All events are free and open to the public. Unless noted, no registration is required.
March 5
No stepping back: A truth and reconciliation play — 9:30-11 a.m., First Peoples House, Ceremonial Hall
Reconstituting communities: Overcoming violence, civil war and past injustices — 3-5 p.m., Clearihue Building A203
Islands fed by the sea — 4-5:30 p.m., Bob Wright Centre A104
eChildren and @youth: The promise and perils of electronic media — 7-9 p.m., Cornett Building A225
Beyond mental illness: Rethinking mental health and wellness — 7-9 p.m., The Belfry Theatre (1291 Gladstone Ave.). Registration required:
All lit up: Creative writing’s bright lights — 7-8:30 p.m., Copper Owl Bar and Lounge (1900 Douglas St.)
March 6
String quartets at UVic: A musical continuum — 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Maclaurin Building B037 and Phillip T. Young Recital Hall
Express your thesis — 2:30-4 p.m., Student Union Building Cinecenta
The transformative power of maps and stories: Highlighting student and class-based community mapping — 2:30-5 p.m., UVic Cadboro Commons, Arbutus and Queenswood rooms
Graphic women: Beyond stereotypes? — 3-5 p.m., McPherson Library A003
Research Reels — 5-6:30 p.m., Maclaurin Building A144
Climate change, water and governance: Challenges and opportunities in our backyard, and for our Earth — 5-7 p.m., David Turpin Building A120
Art and optimism in an age of worry — 5-7 p.m., Elliott Building 167
The antibiotic apocalypse: How do we stop it? — 7-9 p.m., Bob Wright Centre A104
March 7
Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards Fair — 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Student Union Building, Michele Pujol Room and upper lounge
Unravelling history using advanced microscopy — 12-1 p.m., Greater Victoria Public Library, Central Branch, community meeting room (735 Broughton St.)
Ultrasounding it out: Speech visualization in language-learning research — 1-2 p.m., Human and Social Development Building A240
Not your traditional community-based research conversations — 1-3 p.m., Clearihue Building D132
Research in real life: Student stories from the field — 2:30-4:30 p.m., David Strong Building C118
Living in Victoria with disabilities — 4:30-6 p.m., Human and Social Development Building A240
Beyond the digital frontier: Exploring digital and interactive media in the arts — 5-6:30 p.m., Fine Arts Building
Fortune tellers, story tellers and researchers: Can we predict education’s future? — 6:30-8 p.m., Clearihue Building A127
Is apathy about climate change the greatest threat to the planet? — 7-9 p.m., Human and Social Development Building A240
Whose history? The politics of renaming and de-statueing — 7-9 p.m., David Turpin Building A120
March 8
The chemistry between trees and people: A guided tree walk on the UVic campus — 12-1 p.m., First Peoples House, Entrance
Annual UVic author celebration — 3-4:30 p.m., UVic Bookstore
Research + Community: Provost’s Engaged Scholar Award — 4-6 p.m., University club, Salal Room
On the verge: Student voices — 4:30-6 p.m., McPherson Library 129
Blessings and burdens: Reflections on medical assistance in dying — 4:30-6 p.m., David Strong Building C118
Food for thought: People, place, protein and pronunciation — 6:30-8:30 p.m., First Peoples House, Ceremonial Hall
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition Finals — 7-8:30 p.m., Maclaurin Building A144
The role of the sacred in Indigenous law and reconciliation — 7-9 p.m., Alix Goolden Hall (907 Pandora Ave.) Registration is required for this free event:
March 9
Orient expressions: Treasures from UVic Libraries Special Collections — 1-2:30 p.m., McPherson Library A003 and A025
Fake news, spin and revolution: 17th-century Britain and the wars of truth — 2-4 p.m., David Turpin Building A104
Shakers, breakers and craters in the Pacific Northwest: Are you prepared for geologic hazards? — 3-4:30 p.m., Bob Wright Centre A104 and lobby
Indigenous economic development: Toquaht Nation balances environment, economy, culture and community — 3:30-5:30 p.m., McPherson Library 129
March 10
Looking at sports concussions through the eyes of neuropsychologists — 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Cornett Building A137
Exposing the dispossession of Japanese Canadians in the 1940s — 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Bob Wright Centre A104 and lobby
Books arts interactive — 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., McPherson Library A003, A005 and A025d