What happens economically, environmentally and socially when a city grows beyond its limits? On Jan. 19, the City Talks speaker series at UVic’s downtown Legacy Art Gallery will present visiting lecturer Roger Keil of York University. This is the first in a trio of lectures about cities, governance and the politics of urbanism.

University of Victoria President David Turpin is commissioning a review of the recent security breach at the university involving the theft of personal information of nearly 12,000 current and former employees.

During a break-in at the Administrative Services Building over the weekend of Jan. 7 and 8 a small amount of cash, some cheques, electronic devices and employee information were stolen. The university is recommending its employees take measures to ensure their personal information is not compromised.

Over 1,000 people gathered at Victoria's Temple Emanu-El Cemetery on Jan. 8 after vandalism at the 152-year-old Jewish cemetery. On Jan. 13, fifty local middle school students are invited to UVic to discuss the consequences of hate and the devastation of the Holocaust. Also, on Jan. 27 (International Holocaust Remembrance Day), UVic in conjunction with the Victoria Holocaust Remembrance and Education Society will kick off its Holocaust Speakers’ Series. In addition, UVic is in the process of creating a “Local Stories of the Holocaust” archive.

Food security, nutrition, and being free of chronic conditions are the indicators of healthy living examined by the researchers in the latest edition of the Atlas, which built on the goals of the first 2007 edition of mapping health and wellness in BC.