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The UVic women’s studies department has changed its name to the Department of Gender Studies. The new name better reflects the program’s field of study which “focuses on how gender, in relation to other categories of difference (race, ethnicity, class, sexual identity, ability, age and citizenship, etc.), shapes people’s lives, knowledge, possibilities and resistances,” says Annalee Lepp, chair of the newly named Department.
It’s long been known that animals living without fear of predation will thrive and reproduce faster. Think rabbits and deer. What hadn’t been demonstrated is that fear of large carnivores—or lack of it—has ripple effects on the whole web of life.
Why do some people succeed in addictions treatment, while others fail? According to Dr. Karen Urbanoski, a scientist with UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia (CARBC) and the School of Public Health and Social Policy, there’s little in the way of good evidence on which to base policies around compulsory treatment. http://www.uvic.ca/knowledge/issues/archives/2016/v16n02-feb16.php
Using new digital mapping technologies including terrestrial laser scanning (ground based LiDAR), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), kites and balloons, students captured high-resolution imagery of Cadboro Beach.