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A new level: VIU’s 2024-25 CCAA Academic All-Canadians

June 19, 2025 - 04:42pm

COVID-19

Homewood Health: Managing the Impact of the COVID-19 Crisis

June 8, 2020 - 02:45am

Homewood Health: COVID-19: Virtual Workplaces, the New Norm

June 8, 2020 - 02:30am

Transformational Leadership Professional Development

Homewood Health: Health-Promoting Leadership Strategies

June 8, 2020 - 02:15am

VIU Students Strengthen Environmental Education in Ghana

June 4, 2020 - 11:00am

Vancouver Island Leadership Conference organizers Kayla and Seth

VIU Students Host Virtual Leadership Conference

June 3, 2020 - 01:30pm

VIU Master of Business Administration Students learning to be leaders in today's increasingly complex, digital world.

VIU Business Interns Focus on Economic Recovery

May 29, 2020 - 08:45am

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From foster care to university graduate

June 24, 2025 By Annette Lucas

Olivia Thomas’s 14-year journey of resilience and perseverance

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Diseased, Delinquent Bodies: Sanitation, Health Care and Jail Discipline in Colonial India

April 10, 2022

A part of the Gender, Health and Social Justice Speaker Series

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End of semester party, research and exam prep 📖

April 6, 2022

VIU Student Pulse News: April 6, 2022

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Beyond Voices: audio media and the sound of scholarship

April 6, 2022

Media studies professor Robin Davies takes audience members on a journey of sound

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Revamped Hospital Unit Coordinator program returns to VIU after two-year hiatus

April 4, 2022 By Eric Zimmer

The program was put on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Helping students gain confidence and connect with culture

April 4, 2022

Celebrating Indigenous mentorship at VIU

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Working as a post-doctoral fellow at VIU

March 30, 2022 By Rachel Stern

Dr. Karissa Patton shares her story

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