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The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Established in 1903 as Victoria College , the institution was initially an affiliated college of McGill University until 1915.
The University of Victoria is located partly within Gordon Head along the southeast boundary. Finnerty Road separates Gordon Head from the adjacent neighbourhood of Cadboro Bay . The local area is dominated physically by Mount Douglas ( SENĆOŦEN : PKOLS), a coastline along Haro Strait , and the central plateau.
Centennial Stadium is a 5000-seat stadium located on the campus of the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The facility was built as a 1967 Canadian Centennial project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Canadian confederation. [1] The original seating capacity was 3,000.
One suggestion for the origin of the name “Mystic Vale” is that it originates from the legend of the mystic spring. In 1904 local author D.W. Higgins gave his version of the mystic spring legend, relating how the vale was once home to a huge maple tree beside a spring of pure water; the maple tree was a god that guarded the spirit of the spring.
The Martlet is a bi-weekly student newspaper at the University of Victoria (UVic) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. There are over a dozen employees on the payroll, but significant work is done by student volunteers (writing, taking photos, copy editing). The Martlet is funded partially by student fees, and partially by advertisements. The ...
The Victoria Vikes men's ice hockey team is a club ice hockey team made up of students from the University of Victoria. The team has been a member of the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League since 2006 and previously competed in U Sports. The Vikes play their home games at the Ian Stewart Complex in Victoria, British Columbia. [2]
The Martlet was founded when UVic was Victoria College, and was originally called the Microscope.The paper takes its name from a heraldic bird with no feet. Three martlet birds appear on the crest of McGill University, and the University of Victoria grew out of the McGill University College of British Columbia.
The Victoria Vikes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Victoria of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in both men's and women's U Sports. Vikes was previously a longstanding nickname for both the men's teams (previously the Vikings) and women's teams (previously the Vikettes) until it was officially adopted as the teams' name in 1989.