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75-727: The CHA represents historians in Canada and acts as a public advocate for the field. Within the historical profession, the CHA helps to set ethical standards for research and has published a Statement on Research Ethics. The Association organizes annual meetings for members and publishes the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association , The CHA Bulletin and series of booklets featuring concise treatments of particular aspects of Canadian history in an international context. The CHA has also created

150-475: A charter on July 1, 1963. Between 1903 and 1915, Victoria College offered first- and second-year McGill courses in the arts and sciences. Administered locally by the Victoria School Board, the college was an adjunct to Victoria High School and shared its facilities. Both institutions were under the direction of a single Principal: E.B. Paul, 1903–1908; and S.J. Willis, 1908–1915. The 1915 opening of

225-709: A critical context of analysis, interpretation, research, and communication. The University of Victoria is home to Canada's first and only Indigenous Law degree program along with dedicated research centers for Indigenous and Environmental law. The Faculty of Law was instrumental in the establishment of the Akitsiraq Law School by founding its first class in Iqaluit , Nunavat . Along with The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University , UVic jointly founded and co-operates TRIUMF , Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics , which houses

300-478: A joint session and some social events. Based on the success of their joint meeting, they established a joint membership in 1936 at the cost of four dollars. In 1937, the CHA was invited by the CBC to prepare a series of radio broadcasts on forgotten Canadians. The Association created a Radio Committee with Toronto's George Glazebrook as chair. Over twelve months the committee paired specific historians with specific topics in

375-594: A letter to Charles Cochrane, the Secretary-Treasurer at the time, encouraging the Canadian Historical Association to model its annual meeting after the American Historical Association. Underhill later suggested that the annual meeting be organized around a particular theme. Cochrane agreed to both suggestions. In 1927, the annual meeting was held at the University of Toronto. The format in 1927 became

450-1083: A long tradition of scholarship in the areas of Islamic art, South and Southeast Asian art, and Native arts of North America. It is one of few schools that has traditionally held two chairs of Islamic art, most recently filled by Anthony Welch and Marcus Milwright. Esi Edugyan , two-time winner of the Giller Prize , is a graduate of the creative writing program The Faculty of Humanities consists of ten departments (English, French, Gender Studies, Germanic & Slavic Studies, Greek & Roman Studies, Hispanic & Italian Studies, History, Linguistics, Pacific & Asian Studies, and Philosophy) and three Programs (Latin American Studies, Medieval Studies, and Religious Studies). The faculty offers certificates, minors, and majors leading to both BA and BSc degrees, as well as MA and PhD degrees. Languages, narratives, philosophies, histories—the Faculty of Humanities brings these all together in

525-477: A microsite, What Can you Do With a History Degree? [1] , which profiles individuals with history degrees who work in a variety of fields. Other activities include lobbying government agencies, libraries, and archives on matters related to document preservation and availability. The current CHA president is Penny Bryden of the University of Victoria . An affiliated committee of the Canadian Historical Association,

600-423: A nature setting, notably Finnerty Gardens and Mystic Vale , a 4.4 ha (11 acres) forested area and park. The large campus is home to deer, owls, ravens, squirrels and many other wild animals native to the area. A large population of domestic rabbits was previously a feature of the campus. In May 2010, the university began trapping and euthanizing the rabbits as they had been known to put athletes at risk in

675-680: A new constitution for the Historic Landmarks Association (founded in 1907), which was adopted, changing the name and objectives of the organization. Burpee's model for the Canadian Historical Association was based on the American Historical Association , which was founded in 1884. The first Canadian Historical Association Executive and Council included George Wrong , Chester Martin , Arthur Doughty , Pierre-Georges Roy , James Kenny, Lawrence Burpee, William Douw Lighthall , and Frederic William Howay . Marius Barbeau

750-400: A part of the University of Victoria Libraries and are committed to preserving the histories of pioneering activists, community leaders, and researchers who have made contributions to the betterment of trans , non-binary , and Two-spirit people. The University of Victoria has acquired a portfolio of properties around Victoria, British Columbia , and across Vancouver Island . These include

825-564: A series of twenty-seven broadcasts. In late 1939, the Royal Society of Canada approached the CHA with an offer to become a subgroup of the Society, but after Donald Creighton and Reginald Trotter met with representatives of the Society it was decided that the Canadian Historical Association would not accept this offer. In 2017, in response to public conversations about the legacies of Canadian historical figures and in particular their roles in

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900-663: A variety of school subjects including science, math, health, English and language arts, foreign languages, history, and social studies. The University of Victoria’s Legacy Art Galleries has two locations––Legacy Downtown and Legacy Maltwood at UVic Libraries––which host loan exhibitions and show the works of local artists, students, and faculty. The University Art Collection, founded in 1953 by Dr. W.H. Hickman, Principal of Victoria College (1953–1963), consists of 6,000 works, mainly by contemporary artists practicing in British Columbia. The Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, founded through

975-614: Is a term used by the Project on the Status and Education of Women . A preliminary report published by the Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science on March 23, 1993, which looked at the experience of both faculty and students at the University of Victoria issued recommendations that, in their eyes, would make the department more hospitable to female students while also highlighting

1050-586: Is based on... illegal actions on the part of the state". Daschuk thus offers a critical assessment of the Canadian government broadly, but does not withhold judgement of specific people like Macdonald. For example, Daschuk shows evidence of Macdonald speaking in Parliament about keeping Indigenous peoples on the edge of starvation. Clearing the Plains has been highly acclaimed. The Canadian Historical Association awarded

1125-613: Is composed of two libraries: the William C. Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library and the Diana M. Priestly Law Library. UVic Libraries has undergone significant growth in recent years thanks to the university's investment in library purchases and research. Amongst the highlights from Special Collections & University Archives are: ·         Renovations and construction have included new Special Collections & University Archives classrooms, an innovative Learning Commons,

1200-473: Is highly competitive. Each year, the university receives far more applications than there are spaces available, making it one of the most applied to institutions in Canada. Applicants are required to submit applications with their grade points average (GPA) and personal statements in order to be considered for admission. The university may also accept qualified applicants studying under IB programs, AP programs or other international distinctions. Given its endowment,

1275-415: Is one of Canada's largest graduate schools , offering more than 160 graduate programs across the university's faculties and departments. UVic's Graduate programs range from individual interdisciplinary programs to graduate research programs. The university also offers students specialized degree options and doctoral options. Admission to the University of Victoria is based on a selective academic system and

1350-558: Is situated 7 km north of downtown Victoria and is spread over 403 acres. UVic also has an offsite study center at the Jeanne S. Simpson Field Studies Resource Center in Lake Cowichan . Despite its name, no part of the university's main campus is located in the City of Victoria proper, instead split between the municipalities of Saanich and Oak Bay . The campus is several hundred feet from

1425-657: Is the only full-time, term clinical program offered by a Canadian law school. The program reflects the faculty's emphasis on integrating legal theory, legal skills, and community service while providing students with unique education and research opportunities. Clearing the Plains Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life is a 2013 book by Canadian scholar James Daschuk. The book takes an epidemiological approach and documents

1500-587: Is undergoing upgrades and expansions currently and was scheduled to be in service by late 2011. The School of Earth & Ocean Sciences is also home to the VENUS and NEPTUNE research institutes responsible for seismic, oceanic and climate change research. Located in the Greater Victoria area the university's legal centre provides free legal assistance to the disadvantaged as well as dealing with important environmental cases in British Columbia. The UVic Law Center

1575-564: The Canadian Center for Climate Modelling and Analysis and the Water and Climate Impacts Research Centre. The Ocean Climate Building housed at the Queenswood location is dedicated solely to ocean and climate research. The Institute of Integrated Energy Systems is a leading center for research on sustainable energy solutions and alternative energy sources. The university was a founding member of

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1650-540: The University of British Columbia , established by Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the college to suspend operations in higher education in Victoria. In 1920, as a result of local demands, Victoria College began the second stage of its development, reborn in affiliation with the University of British Columbia. Though still administered by the Victoria School Board, the college was now completely separate from Victoria High School, moving in 1921 into Craigdarroch Castle . Over

1725-412: The University of Manitoba , titled "The political economy of Indian health and disease in the Canadian northwest." Daschuk has stated that he was challenged at his PhD defense for having put together a work primarily of scholarly synthesis, and that he continued to work on adding to the manuscript for years after graduating. Ultimately, Daschuk stated that the book represented more than 20 years of work by

1800-551: The University of Saskatchewan . This letter was in turn criticized immediately by seven historians in Native American studies . As part of its mandate to promote and recognize excellence in historical research, the CHA administers the following prizes: University of Victoria The University of Victoria ( UVic ) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia , Canada. Established in 1903 as Victoria College ,

1875-769: The martlets in the coat of arms. The BSc hood, of gold, and the BEd hood, of blue, show the colours of the University of British Columbia. Blue and gold have been retained as the official colours. The motto at the top of the Arms, in Hebrew characters, is "Let there be Light"; the motto at the bottom, in Latin, is "A Multitude of the Wise is the Health of the World." On May 11, 1992, the Department of Political Science created

1950-423: The 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. The university gained its full autonomy in 1963 as the University of Victoria. The University Act of 1963 vested administrative authority in a chancellor elected by the convocation of the university, a board of governors, and a president appointed by

2025-508: The 19th best research university, with a sponsored research income of $ 114,922 million, and an average research income of $ 170,000 per faculty member in 2017. The university's research performance has been noted in several bibliometric university rankings, which uses citation analysis to evaluate the impact a university has on academic publications. In 2019, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked

2100-636: The Canadian Committee on Labour History, publishes the journal Labour/Le Travail . It holds an annual conference together with other scholarly groups as part of the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (the "Learneds"). Other affiliated committees include: The Canadian Historical Association was founded in 1922 by Lawrence Burpee . That year, Burpee presented

2175-561: The Faculty of Business, was renamed following a donation by local entrepreneur Peter B. Gustavson. The school, which is EQUIS and AACSB accredited, offers a wide range of programs, including BCom , MBA and other business degrees. The program starts with two years of general studies (with six required classes), followed by business-intensive 3rd and 4th years. Three co-op work terms are also required. The Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science admits approximately 400 students into first-year programs each year. Students can specialize in

2250-633: The Lansdowne campus of the Provincial Normal School, the current location of Camosun College 's Lansdowne Campus. The Normal School joined Victoria College in 1956 as its Faculty of Education. Late in this transitional period (through the cooperation of the Department of National Defence and the Hudson's Bay Company ) the 284-acre (1.1 km )—now 385-acre (1.6 km )—campus at Gordon Head was acquired. In 1961

2325-708: The Legacy Gallery in downtown Victoria, the University Club, the Inter-urban campus, a former Saanich-based lodge and retreat, the Swans Hotel and Restaurant complex, and the Queenswood Property. The large, partially forested Queenswood property has been proposed as a site of future expansion for the university. In 2017, the University of Victoria announced plans to develop a downtown campus/accommodation centre in

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2400-458: The Loss of Aboriginal Life , which in part highlighted Macdonald's role in the forced starvation of Plains Indigenous peoples in the late 19th century. Daschuk noted that winning the award for this book was "ironic" and was vocally in favour of rebranding the prize. In May 2018 at its annual meeting in Regina, CHA members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the name change, by a margin of 121–11. The prize

2475-685: The Pacific Ocean at Cadboro Bay . The six-hectare Queenswood campus was acquired from the Sisters of St. Ann and converted into a national laboratory. The Legacy Art Gallery on Yates Street and a proposed redevelopment on Broad Street make up the properties owned by the university in downtown Victoria. The University of Victoria's campus was originally designed by American architectural firm Wurster, Bernardi & Emmons , which had previously achieved fame for having completed major buildings at Stanford University and UC Berkeley . The principles and concept of

2550-593: The Plains winning the Canadian Historical Association 's Sir John A. Macdonald Prize was widely noted given how the book exposed the role of Macdonald in the so-called politics of starvation. Daschuk became a vocal advocate of changing the prize's name as the Association engaged in conversations on the re-assessment of the namesake of the prize, established in 1977. At the 2018 annual meeting in Regina, CHA members voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing

2625-424: The University of Alberta and the University of Calgary. Undergraduates at the University of Victoria have full access to research and learning at this facility. In 2011 the university, in collaboration with the provincial government purchased and modified a state of the art ocean vessel capable of launching 'deep sea submersibles' and conducting long-range marine biology research expeditions. The 'floating laboratory'

2700-606: The University of Victoria is able to offer scholarships and financial aid to a large number of students. The University of Victoria has partnered with a number of research institutions to provide UVic students with the opportunity to gain research experience abroad. International conferences and study abroad opportunities are encouraged for all students, with many students completing a gap year before commencing their studies. Both UVic undergraduate and graduate students may travel abroad with UVic's many partner universities. The University of Victoria has partnered with institutions around

2775-506: The University of Victoria since its inception in 1963. Today, the Division of Continuing Studies provides adult and continuing education programming in co-operation with UVic faculties and community partners. The Division of Continuing Studies offers a comprehensive portfolio of programs in a range of academic disciplines, using diploma, certificate and other programming models to serve adult, part-time and internationally dispersed students. UVic

2850-626: The Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society. UVic maintains this field station on the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is jointly run by the University of British Columbia , Simon Fraser University , the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary . The UVic School of Public Administration specializes in its M.P.A. and PhD. programs but also offers a selective admission minors program for political leaders and mid-career civil servants. Continuing education has been an integral part of

2925-568: The addition of Tek Booths, an expanded student lounge, and the Legacy Maltwood gallery space. The UVic Libraries collection includes over 4 million physical and electronic resources, almost 200,000 journals and 985 databases. The University of Victoria Libraries has a unique collection of textbooks used in British Columbia’s public schools since the province joined confederation in 1871. This historical textbooks collection includes books on

3000-504: The agreement her committee made with the women interviewed and could expose them to further discrimination. If the evidence was not handed over the tenured professors requested a complete withdrawal of the statements made in the Chilly Climate report and an apology that would be distributed to all those who saw the report. They also mentioned seeking further action if Dr. Brodribb did neither of these things. To review documents related to

3075-586: The basic format of the annual meeting. In 1928, the annual meeting was held in Winnipeg. In 1929, Rodolphe Lemieux became president, he was succeeded by Robert Borden . In 1931, Frederic William Howay became president and he was succeeded by John Clarence Webster in 1932. In 1933, the Canadian Historical Association held its annual meeting in conjunction with the Canadian Political Science Association . They met separately, but gathered for

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3150-464: The bequest of English sculptor and antiquarian Katharine Emma Maltwood (1878–1961) and her husband John Maltwood (d. 1967), reflects their varied taste which included Arts and Crafts, and English Gothic and Tudor periods. The collection of 12,000 works of fine, decorative and applied arts includes Asian ceramics, costumes, rugs, seventeenth-century English furniture, Canadian paintings and Katherine Maltwood's own sculptures. The Transgender Archives are

3225-496: The board; academic authority was given to the senate which was representative both of the faculties and of the convocation. The university's Arms were registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on April 3, 2001. The historical traditions of the university are reflected in the coat of arms, its academic regalia, and its house flag. The BA hood is solid red, recalling the early affiliation with McGill, along with

3300-466: The book its 2014 Clio Prize for the best book in Canadian Prairie history. It also won four separate Saskatchewan Book Awards in 2014, including the non-fiction and scholarly writing book awards. Clearing the Plains was awarded the 2014 Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research as the best book in Canadian history. Clearing the Plains has been an influential book in re-assessing

3375-480: The college, still in affiliation with UBC, awarded its first bachelor's degrees. In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology , law and medicine . Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized coursework and the completion of a research thesis was introduced. The policy of university education initiated in

3450-491: The committee to Make the Department More Supportive to Women as a response to concerns regarding the experiences of graduate and undergraduate students. The committee was made up of five female undergraduate students and Dr. Somer Brodribb, an untenured professor working in the department. Later, this committee was unofficially called the "Chilly Climate" or Climate Committee within the department. "Chilly Climate"

3525-416: The devastating impact of disease on bison, which had significant cultural importance for the plains' populations and had for millennia been an important source of food. The first section of the book therefore documents the changes brought about by contact and the spread of disease, which led to significant losses in prairie Indigenous populations. The second section of the book shifts the focus to politics as

3600-514: The existence of a "broad consensus" among historical experts that "genocidal intent has been amply established". In response, on 12 August The Dorchester Review published an open letter from 53 historians (many of whom were past members of the CHA) disputing this claim. Authors included Margaret MacMillan ; Robert J. Young ; Robert Bothwell ; J.L. Granatstein, author of Who Killed Canadian History? ; and Prof Jim Miller, emeritus professor of history at

3675-567: The experiences of female students which the committee found troubling. These recommendations included the establishment of a committee for addressing issues that were raised in the report, the creation of formal policies addressing race and gender discrimination, and workshops for faculty on race and gender issues in the classroom environment. Notably, the preliminary report also highlighted the importance of including classroom content from feminist perspectives and more texts authored by female scholars. In response to this report, tenured professors of

3750-459: The following disciplines: Biomedical Engineering , Civil Engineering , Computer Engineering , Computer Science , Electrical Engineering , Mechanical Engineering , and Software Engineering . The Faculty of Fine Arts splits into five different departments: Art History and Visual Studies, the School of Music, Theatre, Visual Arts and Writing. UVic's Department of Art History and Visual Studies has

3825-470: The genocide of Indigenous peoples, the CHA council proposed changing the name of one of its flagship awards, the Sir John A. Macdonald Prize. The award was an annual prize established in 1977 and given to the book making the most significant contribution to Canadian historical understanding. In 2014, the prize had been awarded to James Daschuk for his book Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and

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3900-473: The historic area of Victoria, BC including accommodation for students and other facilities. The new downtown campus will be centered in buildings donated to the university and located around the historic Broad Street area, beside the old Bay Centre. The downtown development has been suggested as a possible future home for UVic's Peter B. Gustavson School of Business . The UVic endowment (estimated at $ 374 million ) and large private donations have allowed for

3975-620: The historical roots of modern health disparities between Canadians and Indigenous peoples living in what is now Canada . In doing so, Daschuk highlights in particular the role of Canadian policy designed to displace Indigenous populations from their traditional territories to make way for the settlement of the Prairies , including policies that amounted to forced starvation. The book implicates numerous government officials, including John A. Macdonald , Canada's first Prime Minister, in advocating for and designing such policies. Daschuk thus builds on

4050-553: The institution was initially an affiliated college of McGill University until 1915. From 1921 to 1963, it functioned as an affiliate of the University of British Columbia . In 1963, the institution was reorganized into an independent university. The University of Victoria is the oldest post-secondary institution in British Columbia . First established in 1903 as Victoria College, an affiliated college of McGill University , it gained full autonomy and degree-granting status through

4125-407: The new Canadian state embarked on Treaty negotiations with Indigenous populations and sought to open the prairie region to Canadian settlement. It is in this section that Daschuk demonstrates how Canadian officials used policy to take advantage of already decimated populations in order to restrict and control movement, which had the effect of worsening the devastation of disease and malnutrition. While

4200-511: The next two decades, under Principals E.B. Paul and P.H. Elliott, Victoria College provided courses in first- and second-year arts and sciences. It was also during this period that future author Pierre Berton edited and served as principal cartoonist for the student newsletter, The Microscope . Between 1921 and 1944, enrollment at Victoria College seldom exceeded 250. However, in 1945, 128 servicemen returning from World War II pushed enrollment up to 400, and 600 in 1946. The final stage, between

4275-545: The oldest residential complexes at the university are named for Emily Carr , Arthur Currie , Margaret Newton , and David Thompson . Construction on the South Tower Complex was completed in January 2011. The largest residence building in terms of capacity is Cheko'nien House, which holds 398 beds. The campus has become increasingly cycling-friendly. Much of the university estate and endowment lands have been preserved as

4350-616: The original design are still being followed, with the academic portions of the campus located inside the Ring Road, forming a perfect circle 600 m (1,969 ft) in diameter. The following is a list of prominent buildings on the University of Victoria campus: The university offers on-campus housing for over 3,200 students. A variety of housing is available, including single and double dormitories, Cluster Housing (apartment-style housing with four people per unit), bachelor and one-bedroom apartments, and family housing. Four buildings in one of

4425-549: The playing fields and cause extensive damage to university grounds. Local veterinarians offered to perform neutering of the male rabbits. As of July 2011, the UVic campus is free of rabbits. 900 rabbits were saved and sent to shelters. The majority of rabbits moved to shelters died between 2011 and 2016, after which the remaining survivors (147 rabbits) were relocated to a private sanctuary in Alberta. University of Victoria Libraries system

4500-473: The political science department Robert Bedeski, Colin Bennett, Ron Cheffins, Warren Magusson, Terry Morley, Norman Ruff, Rob Walker, and Jeremy Wilson challenged what they perceived to be slander from Dr. Brodribb, who chaired the committee. They requested that Dr. Brodribb allow an investigation into the allegations of sexist behaviour in the Chilly Climate report. Dr. Bodribb refused, stating that this went against

4575-594: The post-contact period, leading to a 'nadir of indigenous health' around 1885. While Daschuk addresses myths about the region being free of disease prior to contact, the author does highlight the absence of European diseases and provides evidence of how Indigenous populations tended to be exceptionally healthy. Much of the first section charts the spread of European epidemic diseases, including smallpox, through Indigenous populations largely through trading networks, and explores how and why particular populations were especially susceptible to such epidemics. The book also examines

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4650-470: The report, one can go to the University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections. A review committee was established by University of Victoria President David Strong, requesting advice from lawyers Beth Bilson and Thomas R. Berger to assist in evaluating the climate of the political science department. They published a report in August 1993, which included recommendations that Strong later endorsed. The campus

4725-497: The state used its power to control food rations, for example, to help force Indigenous hands in Treaty negotiations, it also turned around and failed to honour many provisions of the treaties it did negotiate and wielded tainted meat and medicine to continue to subdue populations. Daschuk highlights that such actions could not be justified even under Canadian law, arguing that this research demonstrates that "the foundation of western society

4800-399: The time it was published by the University of Regina Press in 2013. The book is effectively divided into two sections, charting developments up to and after 1870. Daschuk begins the book with an examination of the health of Indigenous populations in the prairie region prior to contact with Europeans, helping to demonstrate that those populations experienced a precipitous decline in health in

4875-408: The treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canadian history broadly, as well as the actions of figures like Macdonald specifically. Historian Elizabeth A. Fenn , who has written extensively about colonialism and the impacts of epidemic diseases, wrote that the book "dismantles and destroys the view that Canada has a special claim to humanity in its treatment of Indigenous peoples." The irony of Clearing

4950-525: The university 359th in the world, and fourteenth in Canada. The 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the university 301–350 in the world, and 14–15 in Canada. In the 2022–23 U.S. News & World Report Best Global University Ranking , the university ranked 327th in the world, and 13th in Canada. The Canadian-based Maclean's magazine ranked the University of Victoria second in their 2023 Canadian comprehensive university category. Along with academic and research-based rankings,

5025-455: The university 374th in the world, and 15th in Canada. The University Ranking by Academic Performance 2018–19 rankings placed the university 370th in the world, and 17th in Canada. Research facilities operated by the University of Victoria include: The university maintains a field station on the west coast of Vancouver Island to conduct marine research. The facility is jointly run by the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University,

5100-484: The university has also been ranked by publications that evaluate the employment prospects of its graduates. In the Times Higher Education's 2022 global employability ranking, the university ranked 183rd in the world, and seventh in Canada. In QS's 2022 graduate employability ranking, the university ranked 301–500 in the world, and 10–17 in Canada. In 2018, Research Infosource named the University of Victoria

5175-559: The university's estate to continue growing and for facilities to be upgraded and expanded on an ongoing basis. Below is a list of undergraduate faculties, departments, and schools within the University of Victoria system. UVic also offers a number of interdisciplinary undergraduate programs, including Applied Ethics, Arts of Canada, European Studies, Film Studies, Human Dimensions of Climate Change, Indigenous Studies, Latin American Studies, Social Justice Studies, and Technology and Society. The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business , formerly

5250-400: The work of scholars such as Sarah Carter who have highlighted the shortcomings of Canadian Indigenous policies in the settlement period, along with scholarship on the social determinants of health. In an article about his research, Daschuk argued that these types of policies were part of a process of genocide and ethnic cleansing. The book is based on Daschuk's 2002 doctoral dissertation at

5325-645: The world's largest cyclotron . Altogether UVic operates nine academic faculties and schools including the Faculty of Law and Peter B. Gustavson School of Business . The University of Victoria Faculty of Law features a course at Hakia Beach, BC in association with the Tula Foundation. UVic hosts Ocean Networks Canada 's deep-water seafloor research observatories VENUS and NEPTUNE , the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, and two Environment Canada labs:

5400-500: The world, including Sciences Po , University of London , University of Washington , Hong Kong University , Utrecht University , and the National University of Singapore . The University of Victoria has ranked in a number of post-secondary rankings . In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities rankings, the university ranked 301–400 in the world and 13–17 in Canada. The 2023 QS World University Rankings ranked

5475-568: The years 1945 and 1963, saw the transition from two-year college to university, under Principals J.M. Ewing and W.H. Hickman. During this period, the college was governed by the Victoria College Council, representative of the parent University of British Columbia, the Greater Victoria School Board, and the provincial Department of Education. In 1946, the college was forced by postwar enrollment to move from Craigdarroch to

5550-468: Was its founding Secretary. Lighthall nominated Burpee for the presidency of the Canadian Historical Association, and Burpee was president from 1923 to 1925 and continued his involvement as chairman of the management committee until 1934. Over the course of the 1920s, the Canadian Historical Association saw its annual meeting become a scholarly conference. It also became a social event for historians to reconnect with each other. In 1926, Frank Underhill wrote

5625-604: Was renamed the CHA Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize . Several Canadian historians are concerned that the CHA has been recently "more about activism than good scholarship" or that from the 1990s onwards the CHA has moved too close to social history at the expense of political history , diplomatic history and military history . For example, on 1 July 2021, the CHA issued a statement regarding Canada's past treatment of Indigenous peoples , claiming

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