| Discover the photo-filled Bold Types issue! |
An image of an elephant in the wild by world-renowned photographer Paul Nicklen. |
| One Wild Life |
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UVic biology grad and conservationist Paul Nicklen is one of the world’s top wildlife photographers. His new book, Reverence, caps decades spent with bears, penguins, wolves and whales, and is a love letter to the planet.
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Kim Bolan has a drive to uncover the truth. Photo: Michael Kissinger. |
| Pursuing the Truth |
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Humanities grad Kim Bolan is a fearless veteran news reporter, spending years digging into Canada’s most thorny stories, including the aftermath of the Air India bombing and the roots of organized crime.
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Engineers and adventurers Jennifer and James Hamilton. Photo: Courtesy of the Hamiltons. |
| Hamilton! |
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UVic Computer Science alumnus James Hamilton fed his dual passions by working as the top engineer for Amazon Web Services—while travelling the world by sea on a trawler yacht, the MV Dirona.
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Pamphinette Buisa representing Team Canada. Photo: Courtesy of Rugby Canada. |
| Pitch Perfect |
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UVic social sciences grad, Vikes star, Olympian and activist Pamphinette Buisa fought her way back from the heartbreak of injury to make a new start playing pro rugby in the United Kingdom.
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Professor David Leitch had strong role models in his teachers. Photo: Michael Kissinger. |
| Lessons in Chemistry |
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UVic researcher and associate professor David Leitch is inventing new chemistry to create drugs and medicines more efficiently and with less waste.
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Nadia Frost gives tips on the healing power of the outdoors. Photo: Courtesy Nadia Frost. |
| Nature is Healing |
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Certified forest-therapy guide Nadia Frost touts the health benefits of branching out and taking a forest bath.
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Gareth Gaudin is a cartoonist and comic book store owner. Photo: Laura Krutz. |
| Drawing Inspiration |
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Fine Arts grad Gareth Gaudin documents his life through comics, writing a cartoon a day as part of his craft.
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Editor's Note
UVic alumnus Mark Perkins, Dipl ’74, was a firefighter, a proud Métis and a fierce competitor on the ball diamond who never passed by someone who needed help.
Game of Life
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My Career
Theatre grad Laura Anne Harris, BFA ’07, has a thriving career as a “simulated patient,” helping train medical professionals to be better, more caring healthcare workers.
Playing Patient
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Giving Back
The inspiration for the Arscott family scholarship was generations in the making.
The family that Gives Together
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Off Campus
MFA grad Eeman Masood's hand-painted animation of a banyan tree spreads nature and calm across chaotic Times Square.
A Digital Tree
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Send a Class Note
Do you have something to share with your fellow alumni? A new job or major accomplishment? Send us a Class Note.
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Find Class Notes and much more in the complete issue below.
The UVic Torch Alumni Magazine is published by the University of Victoria and the UVic Alumni Association. You can view the entire issue online and view past issues at our website.
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