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Ten years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report, Acting President, Dr. Robina Thomas reflects on what this moment means for her, Indigenous communities across Canada, and the role of education in shaping the future.

🔗 Read the full op-ed: https://ow.ly/kz8x50X34AF

Four early career health scholars celebrated  - Faculty of Health - University of Victoria Four early career researchers working to transform health systems so diverse populations can access safe and equitable healthcare have received prestigious scholar awards.  The Michael Smith Health Re...

Congratulations to four #UVic Faculty of Health researchers who have won prestigious Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar awards! Read more about Megan Ames, Farah Mawani, Sarah Nutter & Allie Slemon.
➡️https://www.uvic.ca/health/stories/health/four-health-scholars-celebrated.php

Psychedelics offer healing for concussion, traumatic brain injuries    - UVic News New research from the Christie Lab at UVic reveals the promise of two psychedelic compounds for healing traumatic brain injuries.

New research from Brian Christie's UVic lab reveals the promise of two psychedelic compounds—psilocybin and 5-methoxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT)—for healing concussion and other traumatic brain injuries injuries. Read more:
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This is great! I encourage @uvichealth.bsky.social students to join. I learned so much from journal clubs as a student.

From Dallas Road to the gym floor, movement is medicine in Victoria Only 41 per cent of Canadian adults achieve recommended activity levels

“We need to reposition recreation and movement as preventative health." Jean Buckler, from Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education, talks to Oak Bay News about movement as medicine.
🔗https://www.oakbaynews.com/sports/from-dallas-road-to-the-gym-floor-movement-is-medicine-in-victoria-8191220

Post Doctoral Fellowship within the Faculty of Health, Nursing - Faculty of Health - University of Victoria Post Doctoral Fellowship within the Faculty of Health, Nursing for MENBELONG: Belonging for Single Migrant Men: A Cross-Country Comparative Perspective

📢Applications for an exciting postdoctoral fellowship with Nursing's Nancy Clark are open. Read more about the project MENBELONG: Belonging for Single Migrant Men: A Cross-Country Comparative Perspective. Details here: www.uvic.ca/health/resea...

Congrats to Ryan Rhodes, who has been named to an international team that will advise Google on new health technologies. A professor of health psychology, Ryan is the only scholar from a Canadian institution on the Consumer Health Advisory Panel. Read more: store.google.com/intl/en/idea...

Kula Academy Launch: Symposium on Truth, Knowledge, & Society Join us for engaging discussions with internationally renowned thinkers about the future of democratic societies.

📖 UVic Libraries is launching Kula: Library Futures Academy—the world’s first library-based innovation hub.

🎤 Join us Sept 15–16 for panels on Truth, Knowledge & Society with authors, archivists, & artists.

🎟️ Early bird tix: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kula-acade...

Inflammatory molecule found in the blood may underlie the link between diabetes and dementia A study in mice identified the cytokine IL-10 as a key culprit in diabetes-associated vascular damage in the brain and cognitive deficits

MD, author & longevity researcher Peter Attia recently featured a #UVic Medical Sciences-led study published in Nature Metabolism about the link between diabetes and dementia. Read the story:
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Or the paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39496927/#fu...

Funding announcement - University of Victoria - University of Victoria announcement on recent funding from SSHRC grants for for research in health, climate, environment and social justice

Congratulations to Faculty of Health researchers, including Jean Buckler, Jodie Gawryluk, Megan Ames, Allie Slemon, and Erica Woodin, who received Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funding announced today.
➡️ www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

Nurse practitioners bring holistic lens to primary care - UVic News When Shari Hurst completes her nurse practitioner studies, she will become a primary care provider to up to 1,000 patients in the Victoria region. Hurst,

Did you know that each graduate from @uvic.ca's nurse practitioner program can provide primary care to up to 1,000 patients? This year, 34 graduating students will play a crucial role in supporting the health & wellness of people in BC. news.uvic.ca/2025/nurse-p...

UVic study analyzes brain injury survivors within unhoused community A new study by UVic researchers hopes to help health services improve for unhoused brain injury survivors facing mental health and substance use issues.

“Our healthcare system is not designed to treat these conditions together.” #UVic Clinical Neuropsychology PhD student Cole J. Kennedy shares how we can improve healthcare for unhoused brain injury survivors with mental health & substance use conditions.
➡️ victoriabuzz.com/2025/06/uvic...

We're honoured to host UVic Distinguished Woman Scholar award recipient, Rheanna Robinson, on June 12. Register for her talk, Equity, Inclusion & Why Indigenous Knowledges are Important to Health Research.
➡️https://events.uvic.ca/health/event/97948-equity-inclusion-why-indigenous-knowledges-are

“We really wanted to have a conversation about the intersections between brain injury, mental health and addictions, ‘cause we notice it’s very common, but not so common to talk about it.” Dr. Mario Garcia-Barrera. @uvic.ca

YouTube video by Royal Roads University Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience and Our Collective Solidarities with Dr. Fred Chou

UVic Counselling Psychology's Fred Chou recently spoke at a @royalroads.ca's event for #AsianHeritageMonth. Listen to his talk, Intergenerational Trauma and Resilience and Our Collective Solidarities.
➡️https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ0AAZc-DEg

A poster with orange text on a black background for the Baycrest Defy Dementia podcast. The text reads "On the Rocks-How Alcohol Affects Brain Health. A Toronto resident shares his 11-year sobriety journey as experts explore alcohol's impact on brain health and reducing dementia risk.: A photo of Dr. Tim Naimi appears in the lower half of the poster, next to text that reads, "Expert guest: Dr. Timothy Naimi, MD, MPH. Director, Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research; Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. The defydementia.org URL appears along the bottom of the poster.

CISUR's Dr. Tim Naimi was recently a guest on @baycrest.bsky.social's #defydementia podcast, talking about alcohol's impact on #brainhealth. You can listen to the full episode here: www.baycrest.org/podcast/epis...
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