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The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Established in 1903 as Victoria College , the institution was initially an affiliated college of McGill University until 1915.
The Victoria Vikes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Victoria of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in both men's and women's U Sports. Vikes was previously a longstanding nickname for both the men's teams (previously the Vikings) and women's teams (previously the Vikettes) until it was officially adopted as the teams' name in 1989.
University of Victoria Faculty of Law; Motto "Let there be light" & "A multitude of the wise is the health of the world" Established: 1975; 50 years ago () School type: Public: Parent endowment: $140.7 million: Dean: Freya Kodar: Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business is a business school at the University of Victoria located in the municipality of Oak Bay, British Columbia. [1] Originally, the school was called the UVic Faculty of Business, but on October 22, 2010, the name was changed when Peter B. Gustavson donated $10 million to the school.
B. Brenda Bailey; Mark Bailey (diplomat) Jacqueline Baker; Gillian Barber; John Barton (poet) Karen Bass (writer) Aimy Bazylak; Lisa Beare; Gary Birch (electrical engineer)
One suggestion for the origin of the name “Mystic Vale” is that it originates from the legend of the mystic spring. In 1904 local author D.W. Higgins gave his version of the mystic spring legend, relating how the vale was once home to a huge maple tree beside a spring of pure water; the maple tree was a god that guarded the spirit of the spring.
UVic, or the University of Victoria is a university in Greater Victoria British Columbia, Canada. UVic may also refer to: Uvic acid, more commonly known as tartaric acid; 150145 Uvic, an asteroid named after the University of Victoria; University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia, a university in Osona, Spain
John Henry Esling, FRSC (born 5 June 1949) is a Canadian linguist specializing in phonetics.He is a Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Victoria, where he taught from 1981 to 2014.