A cougar sighting was reported in Mystic Vale around 10 pm on Thursday, April 18. Please be aware of your surroundings and use caution while using the trails or wooded areas.

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Moving Trans History Forward Conference
March 27 - 30 2025
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NEW LOCATION!
Online & University of Victoria's NEW Conference Centre
Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ (Sngequ House)

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Did you know that we have a historic computing lab right here in the library?

'Ed Life got in on the ground floor of the emerging industry, studying computers at Lockheed in Los Angeles in the mid-1960s. It eventually folded and he returned to Victoria.'

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'It's an acknowledgement of past denials and harms, and fully embracing the truth that Haida Gwaii is Haida land, always has been, always will be. We've never surrendered, ceded, in away way given up title to our land.'

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Congrats to library staff for their April 2024 Campus Kudos. UVic Libraries hosted a pronoun button-making workshop for all #uvic staff, producing buttons across nine different pronoun sets, emphasizing the urgent need for ongoing support and visibility for trans communities.

News from the ScholCom Blog: UVic Libraries has signed a transformative agreement with Oxford UP.

UVic authors can now request unlimited APC waivers for Oxford hybrid journals and get a 10% discount on Gold OA journals.

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Tonight @ Cinecenta, a screening of #ParisisBurning & discussion panel on prison abolition, restorative justice, and Audrey Yap’s groundbreaking publication, ‘Not Giving Up on People: A Feminist Case for Prison Abolition.’ 📚 This title is accessible via UVic Libraries!

Reading in 2 more days!

Registration link below.
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Congrats to all the recipients!

CAMERON AWKWARD-RICH

“Obedience to the Call of Art: Encountering Red”

Reflections on my encounters with Red Jordan Arobateau’s papers @ the Transgender Archives.

Thurs., Apr. 25, 2024
12:00 PM Pacific
Zoom reg. required

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We offer extended hours during exams, so find your favourite study space and get comfortable. Whether you prefer a social space or a private one, absolute quiet or background noise, hard or comfy chairs, tech-centric or analog areas, we have you covered!

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A cougar sighting has been reported in Mystic Vale at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday, April 4. Please be aware of your surroundings and use caution while using the trails or wooded areas.

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Congratulations Connie Walker!

Congratulations to Ry Moran, UniversityOfVictoria Associate University Librarian - Reconciliation, who will receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from @ubc - 'a champion for Truth, Reconciliation and human rights domestically and abroad.'

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Victoria waste pickers have diverted about 1,000 pounds in bottles and recycling materials to the bottle depots.

We have a beautiful playground out there and we’re just throwing it all away. I want to find a way to do my part.”

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Join us on April 12 as UVic students breathe life into the archives with a dramatic reading of Lina de Guevara’s play, ‘Storytelling Our Lives.’ The poignant tale follows five women as they immigrate to Canada.

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Limit to 40 participants.

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Visit the lobby of the Mearns-McPherson Library until April 8 to view 'with in the with out' - an art exhibtion by BIPOC artists: Angel Yu, Waylon Asp, Elias Kotuba, Sohee Hong, Jasper Pettman, Sean Sato, Pari Hasani, and Rainy Huang.

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The Mearns - McPherson Library will be open from 10 am - 6 pm this Good Friday/Easter Monday holiday weekend.