Craft & Connect 🎨
You’re Invited to the UVic WIS Craft & Connect event! Join us for a chance to meet new people, share some food, and start the year right! Snacks and drinks provided!
Location: UVIC Quad, look for our banner!
Audience: Open to all!
PMP Application Deadline ⏰
Deadline to apply to be a mentor or mentee for the peer mentorship program!
PMP Intro & Training Event 👩🏫
PMP Intro & Training Event
When: Sep 24, 6-8 PM
Where: TBA
This event is catered to the individuals in the peer mentorship program however, we are open to all who want to join!
Faculty of Science Fair
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Bob Wright Centre Lobby
Audience: All new undergraduate students in the Faculty of Science
No registration needed!
Biology Seminar: Dr. Diana Varela, "Oceanographic voyages from the Poles to the Equator: Ocean physics and nutrient cycling shaping primary production"
Speaker: Dr. Diana Varela (University of Victoria, Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences & Biology)
Location: Cunningham 219
Event type: Biology Seminar Series
Island Medical Program (IMP): Northern & Rural Pathway Info Session
Location: RSVP here for location
Event type: Island Medical Program (IMP): Northern & Rural Pathway
Discrete Math Seminar: Amanda Porter, Title TBA
Speaker: Amanda Porter (University of Victoria, Math 588)
Location: Clearihue CLE A329
Event type: Discrete Math Seminar Series
Earth & Ocean Sciences Seminar: Mariana Barbosa Ferreira Alves, "Impacts of vessel noise on ringed seal (Pusa hispida) acoustic communication"
Speaker: Mariana Barbosa Ferreira Alves (University of Victoria, PhD Student)
Location: Bob Wright Centre BWC A104
Event type: Earth and Ocean Sciences Seminar Series
School of Medical Sciences Seminar: Dr. Wendie Marks, “Engaging Indigenous Peoples in preclinical research of early life adversity”
Speaker: Dr. Wendie Marks (University of Saskatchewan, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics)
Location: Medical Sciences MSC Bldg 150
Event type: School of Medical Sciences Seminar Series
Island Medical Program (IMP) Info Session
Location: RSVP here for location
Event type: Island Medical Program (IMP) Information Session
SEOS Honours Student Presentations
Location: Elliot Ell 016
Event type: University of Victoria, Earth and Ocean Sciences Honours Undergraduate Presentations 2025-26
Civil Engineering Seminar: Dr. Nandita Basu, "From Pollution to Restoration: Warming Winters, Algal Blooms, and Pathways to Resilence"
Speaker: Dr. Nandita Basu (University of Waterloo, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Location: Engineering and Computer Science Bldg ECS 124
Event type: Civil Engineering Seminar Series
Civil Engineering Seminar: Dr. Nandita Basu, "Solutionscapes for sustainable food, water, energy, and climate futures"
Speaker: Dr. Nandita Basu (University of Waterloo, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Location: Engineering and Computer Science Bldg ECS 124
Event type: Civil Engineering Seminar Series
Café Scientifique: Dr. Laura Cowen, “Counting the uncountable - How we estimate population size”
Speaker: Dr. Laura Cowen (University of Victoria, Professor of Statistics)
Location: The Mint, 1414 Douglas St.
Event type: Café Scientifique
🎨🖼️ UVic Women in Science Picture Frame Painting Night
Join us on March 9th from 5:30 - 7PM to paint picture frames, make friendship bracelets, and do some colouring!
Math/Stat Biology Seminar: Maria Kuruvilla, "Parameter identifiability in fisheries models: Lessons learnt from estimating the impact of forestry on Pacific salmon"
Speaker: Maria Kuruvilla (University of Victoria)
Location: Clearihue A-329 OR online
Event type: Math/Stat Biology Seminar Series
Department of Chemistry Seminar: Dr. Avena Ross, “Discovery and biosynthesis of tambjamine bacterial alkaloids: An example of evolutionarily privileged structures”
Speaker: Dr. Avena Ross (Queen’s University, Associate Professor of Chemistry)
Location: David Turpen Building DTB A104
Event type: Department of Chemistry Seminar Series
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology Seminar: Amy Migneault, "Enhancing molecular tools for cetacean conservation "
Speaker(s): Amy Migneault (University of Victoria, PhD Student)
Location: David Turpin Building DTB A104
Event type: Biochemistry and Microbiology Seminar Series
Health Information Science Seminar: Hwayeon Danielle Shin & Gillian Strudwick, “Co-Designing Implementation Strategies for a Suicide Prevention App with Clinicians, Patient and Care Partners”
Speaker(s): Hwayeon Danielle Shin (Registered Nurse, Postdoctoral fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital) & Gillian Strudwick (Registered Nurse, Chief Clinical Informatics Office, Senior Scientist, and Scientific Director at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health)
Location: Online on Zoom
Event type: School of Health Information Science Seminar Series
Mathematics Colloquium: Dr. Candida Bowtell, “Chess puzzles - from recreational math to fundamental mathematical structures”
Speaker: Dr. Candida Bowtell (University of Birmingham)
Location: COR A120
Event type: Mathematics Colloquium
UVic Women in Science Annual STEM Research Symposium
Join us for the 8th Annual UVic Women in Science STEM Research Symposium! This year, we continue our passionate journey towards inclusivity in STEM, celebrating our theme, 'Fostering Community in STEM'. Dive into a day of inspiring research, groundbreaking ideas, and community building.
Date: March 3rd, 2026
Poster session
Where: Michèle Pujol Room
When: 2pm-3:30pm
What: Undergraduate and graduate student researchers presenting their work
Keynote Speaker Presentations
Where: SUB Upper Lounge
When: Doors open 3:30pm, start 4:00-6:00
What: Keynote speakers, Awards
Honours Fest 2026
Honours Fest is the Faculty of Science’s annual conference-style poster session, where undergraduate honours students are invited to share their honours research with the public.
Honours Fest is open to the public and admission is free!
Deadline for WIS Symposium Poster Sign up
The deadline to submit a poster application for the WIS Annual Symposium
Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMbxkF-pAOsczDuMR6OwWTsPzT5WsESW0ctenPvkWp6M1IwA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=100889730627358802131