VIU in the news: February 28, 2025
March 1, 2025
Algae toxin detection techniques, Visual Art student exhibit, SkillsCanada regional competitions and more. VIU researchers Dr. Chris Gill and Lucas Abruzzi are developing cutting-edge techniques using paper spray mass spectrometry to quickly and affordably detect harmful algae toxins in freshwater... Read more
VIU News & Experts: February 27, 2025
February 27, 2025
VIU Insights: Youth Anxiety, Algae Toxins Hundreds of central Island high school students will be competing in the Skills Canada BC regional competition at VIU’s Nanaimo campus on Thursday, March 6. Students will compete in a range of different trades and technology categories, from carpentry and... Read more
Romance, magic and mischief await in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
February 27, 2025
What: A Midsummer Night’s Dream When: March 6 to 15, 7:30 pm showtimes Where: VIU’s Malaspina Theatre (Building 310) A night of comedy, an enchanted forest and mischievous magic is coming to Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Malaspina Theatre. Considered one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays... Read more
Using children’s picture books to teach about climate change
February 24, 2025
Expert commentary: Education Professor Dr. Wendy Simms shares her research In 2022, the United Nations said that climate change is the defining crisis of our time. It also stated that if governments, businesses, civil society, youth and academia work together, we can create a more sustainable... Read more
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Frances Kelsey’s battle against birth defect causing drug thalidomide profiled in new book
Dr. Cheryl Krasnick Warsh, a Vancouver Island University (VIU) History Professor, recently released her latest book Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and...
Chasing the total solar eclipse
Dr. Greg Arkos, a VIU Astronomy Professor, travelled to Mazatlán, Mexico to view the total solar eclipse. The eclipse crossed North America, passing over...
How has VIU’s Portal magazine evolved over the years?
How did Portal magazine evolve from a black-and-white photocopied and stapled chapbook to a nationally distributed literary magazine?Joy Gugeler,...
Blog Posts
Helping to make health care make sense
Self-diagnosis, what our mothers told us and the arrival of the internet can often be the only source of medical information people adhere to when it comes to...
From classroom to creek: saving Nanaimo’s cutthroat trout
Joe Clark is working with the Nanaimo & Area Land Trust (NALT) to monitor urban streams in Nanaimo for the presence of cutthroat trout.The project started...
Get the support you need to succeed 📚
While classes are taking a break for students in academic programs this week, our student services and support staff are still at their desks! This week is a...