OCTOBER 2003

$62.4 million in federal and provincial funding make it official: UVic is the lead Canadian institution in NEPTUNE, the world's largest networked seafloor observatory.

The Centre for Addictions Research of BC is established at UVic.

 

NOVEMBER
1,250 students graduate at fall convocation.

 

DECEMBER
The Division of Continuing Studies opens its new building to better serve its more than 16,000 students each year.

UVic honours artist Ted Harrison, multi-culturalism activist Ben Pires, and public health leader Dr. Richard Stanwick with Community Leadership Awards.

 

JUNE 2004

3,062 students graduate at spring convocation.

UVic becomes the new home for the province?s largest youth festival, the Performing Arts BC Provincials, hosting more than 600 performing artists from across the province.

 

JULY
Protox Therapeutics, Inc., which develops cancer drugs, becomes the first UVic spin- off company on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Established with the assistance of the UVic Innovation and Development Corporation, Protox is based on the research of UVic biochemist Dr. Tom Buckley.

AUGUST
Three new student residences are completed, adding 480 beds and enabling UVic to offer an on-campus residence room to every first-year student.