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VIU Foundation’s Giving Tuesday campaign raises more than $480,000 for students in need

December 4, 2025 - 04:09pm

VIU Media Highlights: February 8 – 28, 2022

March 4, 2022 - 11:00am

Misha Zvekic stands in a garden at VIU's Nanaimo campus.

Microplastics Exposed to Sunlight Can Change their Behaviour in the Environment

March 1, 2022 - 11:30am

VIU Psychology Student Researching Stress, Resilience in Romantic Relationships of Firefighters

February 28, 2022 - 01:00pm

VIU Employee Engagement Survey Results information session recording

February 28, 2022 - 11:45am

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Vancouver Island Marmot Breeding Program is Preserving the Genetic Diversity of the Species

February 24, 2022 - 10:00am

Dr. Chris Gill stands in a forested area at VIU's Nanaimo campus.

VIU Researcher Developing Precise Chemical Tests Requiring Minutes Instead of Hours

February 23, 2022 - 09:45am

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New entrance scholarship process gives future VIU students more certainty

December 16, 2025

Record amount of funding available for entrance scholarships

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Taking classroom learning to community

May 17, 2023

Jane Dean shares her story

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Gaining skills through getting involved

May 16, 2023

From classroom to career: Fernando Jesus Medina Moreno

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Connecting students and employers

May 10, 2023

Jonah Ferguson is here to help

Learning to help people through their final stages of life

May 3, 2023

VIU is launching an end-of-life doula course

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VIU Student Pulse News: May 2, 2023

May 2, 2023

Work and study at VIU this summer 🎒

Sheldon Scow, coordinator of VIU’s Community Cousins program, gifts a scarf to Garifuna elder Emily Palacio, director of the Hand in Hand program in Belmopan, Belize.

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

May 1, 2023 By Eric Zimmer

A new initiative at the University of Belize is taking its inspiration from VIU’s Community Cousins program.

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VIU's Nanaimo campus closed this morning (December 18) due to snow and ice concerns

December 18, 2021 - 06:15am

VIU Media Highlights: November 15-29, 2021

November 29, 2021 - 08:45pm

Green, blue and red holiday lights twinkle and glow on Milner House and trees and shrubs.

Christmas Magic Returns this Holiday Season to VIU’s Milner Gardens & Woodland

November 24, 2021 - 12:00pm

VIU’s Severe Weather procedures

November 17, 2021 - 05:15pm

Media Highlights: November 1 - 15, 2021

November 16, 2021 - 07:45am

Classes resume at VIU Cowichan today (November 16)

November 16, 2021 - 06:15am

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