Editing University of Victoria (section)

==History==
The University of Victoria is the oldest post-secondary institution in [[British Columbia]]. First established in 1903 as Victoria College, an affiliated college of [[McGill University]], it gained full autonomy and degree-granting status through a charter on July 1, 1963.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |author=P. Anisef; J. Lennards |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university |title=Universities in Canada |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025162902/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/university |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Between 1903 and 1915, Victoria College offered first- and second-year McGill courses in the arts and sciences.<ref name=canenc>{{cite web |author1=Terence Bailey |author2=Philip M. Wults |author3=Sarah Church |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/music-at-university-of-victoria-emc |title=Music at University of Victoria |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=December 16, 2013 |access-date=August 19, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808021219/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/music-at-university-of-victoria-emc |url-status=live }}</ref> Administered locally by the Victoria School Board, the college was an adjunct to [[Victoria High School (British Columbia)|Victoria High School]] and shared its facilities. Both institutions were under the direction of a single Principal: E.B. Paul, 1903–1908; and S.J. Willis, 1908–1915.

[[File:Craigdarroch Castle, 2010-07-31.jpg|thumb|left|The second incarnation of [[Victoria College, British Columbia|Victoria College]] was housed in [[Craigdarroch Castle]] from 1921 to 1946]]
The 1915 opening of the [[University of British Columbia]], established by Act of Legislature in 1908, obliged the college to suspend operations in higher education in Victoria. In 1920, as a result of local demands, Victoria College began the second stage of its development, reborn in affiliation with the University of British Columbia.<ref name=canenc/> Though still administered by the Victoria School Board, the college was now completely separate from Victoria High School, moving in 1921 into [[Craigdarroch Castle]]. Over the next two decades, under Principals E.B. Paul and P.H. Elliott, Victoria College provided courses in first- and second-year arts and sciences. It was also during this period that future author [[Pierre Berton]] edited and served as principal cartoonist for the student newsletter, ''The Microscope''. Between 1921 and 1944, enrollment at Victoria College seldom exceeded 250. However, in 1945, 128 servicemen returning from [[World War II]] pushed enrollment up to 400, and 600 in 1946.<ref name="The Castle">{{cite web |title=The Castle |url=http://thecastle.ca/about-the-castle/victoria-college/ |publisher=Craigdarroch Castle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222001803/http://thecastle.ca/about-the-castle/victoria-college/ |archive-date=2014-02-22}}</ref>

[[File:Provincial Normal School, Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 03.jpg|thumb|left|The Young building at [[Camosun College]] housed Victoria College, and its successor institution, the University of Victoria, from 1946 to 1967]]
The final stage, between the years 1945 and 1963, saw the transition from two-year college to university, under Principals J.M. Ewing and W.H. Hickman.<ref name="canenc"/> During this period, the college was governed by the Victoria College Council, representative of the parent University of British Columbia, the Greater Victoria School Board, and the provincial Department of Education.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} In 1946, the college was forced by postwar enrollment to move from Craigdarroch to the Lansdowne campus of the Provincial Normal School, the current location of [[Camosun College]]'s Lansdowne Campus. The Normal School joined Victoria College in 1956 as its Faculty of Education. Late in this transitional period (through the cooperation of the [[Department of National Defence (Canada)|Department of National Defence]] and the [[Hudson's Bay Company]]) the 284-acre (1.1 km<sup>2</sup>){{emdash}}now 385-acre (1.6 km<sup>2</sup>){{emdash}}campus at Gordon Head was acquired. In 1961 the college, still in affiliation with UBC, awarded its first bachelor's degrees.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of [[theology]], [[law]] and [[medicine]]. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized coursework and the completion of a [[Thesis|research thesis]] was introduced.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to [[social justice]] and economic productivity for individuals and for society.<ref name="autogenerated1" />

The university gained its full autonomy in 1963 as the University of Victoria.<ref name="canenc"/> The University Act of 1963 vested administrative authority in a chancellor elected by the convocation of the university, a board of governors, and a president appointed by the board; academic authority was given to the senate which was representative both of the faculties and of the convocation.

The university's [[Coat of arms|Arms]] were registered with the [[Canadian Heraldic Authority]] on April 3, 2001.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=203 |title=Arms and Badge |website=Archive.gg.ca |date=2005-07-28 |access-date=2012-01-10 |archive-date=2012-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327161200/http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=203 |url-status=live }}</ref> The historical traditions of the university are reflected in the coat of arms, its academic regalia, and its house flag. The BA hood is solid red, recalling the early affiliation with McGill, along with the [[martlet]]s in the coat of arms. The BSc hood, of gold, and the BEd hood, of blue, show the colours of the University of British Columbia. Blue and gold have been retained as the official colours. The motto at the top of the Arms, in Hebrew characters, is "Let there be Light"; the motto at the bottom, in Latin, is "A Multitude of the Wise is the Health of the World."

===Department of Political Science Chilly Climate Report===
On May 11, 1992, the Department of Political Science created the committee to Make the Department More Supportive to Women as a response to concerns regarding the experiences of graduate and undergraduate students.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |title=Report of the Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science |last=University of Victoria (B.C.). Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science |date=23 March 1993 |pages=1–7 |access-date=27 September 2019 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717235832/https://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |url-status=live }}</ref> The committee was made up of five female undergraduate students and Dr. Somer Brodribb, an untenured professor working in the department.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |title=UVic's poli-sci faculty divided by war of sexes |last1=Helm |first1=Denis |date=23 April 1993 |access-date=24 September 2019 |website=Times-colonist |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717235832/https://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, this committee was unofficially called the "Chilly Climate" or Climate Committee within the department.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |title=Sexual-politics battle rages in university |last1=Wilson |first1=Deborah |date=19 April 1993 |access-date=24 September 2019 |website=Globe and Mail |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717235832/https://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Chilly Climate" is a term used by the [[Project on the Status and Education of Women]]. 
A preliminary report published by the Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science on March 23, 1993, which looked at the experience of both faculty and students at the University of Victoria issued recommendations that, in their eyes, would make the department more hospitable to female students while also highlighting the experiences of female students which the committee found troubling.<ref name=":0" /> These recommendations included the establishment of a committee for addressing issues that were raised in the report, the creation of formal policies addressing race and gender discrimination, and workshops for faculty on race and gender issues in the classroom environment.<ref name=":0" /> Notably, the preliminary report also highlighted the importance of including classroom content from feminist perspectives and more texts authored by female scholars.<ref name=":0" />

In response to this report, tenured professors of the political science department Robert Bedeski, Colin Bennett, Ron Cheffins, Warren Magusson, Terry Morley, Norman Ruff, Rob Walker, and Jeremy Wilson challenged what they perceived to be slander from Dr. Brodribb, who chaired the committee.<ref name=":2" /> They requested that Dr. Brodribb allow an investigation into the allegations of sexist behaviour in the Chilly Climate report.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |title=Report of the Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science |last=University of Victoria (B.C.). Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science |year=1993 |pages=36–40 |chapter=Gender equality in the department of the Political Science. A Responses from the Tenured Faculty to the Report of the Climate Committee |access-date=2019-09-27 |archive-date=2021-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717235832/https://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dr. Bodribb refused, stating that this went against the agreement her committee made with the women interviewed and could expose them to further discrimination.<ref name=":1" /> If the evidence was not handed over the tenured professors requested a complete withdrawal of the statements made in the Chilly Climate report and an apology that would be distributed to all those who saw the report.<ref name=":3" /> They also mentioned seeking further action if Dr. Brodribb did neither of these things.<ref name=":3" /> To review documents related to the report, one can go to the University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections.

A review committee was established by University of Victoria President David Strong, requesting advice from lawyers Beth Bilson and Thomas R. Berger to assist in evaluating the climate of the political science department.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |url=http://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |title=Report of the Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science. |last=University of Victoria (B.C.). Climate Committee to the Department of Political Science |date=21 January 1994 |pages=46 |chapter=Report of the Review Committee into the Political Science Department |access-date=27 September 2019 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717235832/https://voyager.library.uvic.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=535876 |url-status=live }}</ref> They published a report in August 1993, which included recommendations that Strong later endorsed.<ref name=":4" />