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Saving salmon and keeping the romance alive

February 5, 2026 - 11:50am

National Championship Basketball Tournament a Fond Farewell for VIU Student

March 18, 2022 - 02:00pm

Program Helps Students Transform Business Ideas into Reality

March 17, 2022 - 02:45pm

VIU Mariners Women’s Basketball Team Aims for National Title on Home Turf

March 11, 2022 - 10:30am

VIU Welcomes Award-winning Researcher and Neuroscientist

March 8, 2022 - 11:00am

VIU Carpentry Program Partners With Nanaimo Hospice to Help Create Dream Home

March 7, 2022 - 03:00pm

VIU Media Highlights: February 8 – 28, 2022

March 4, 2022 - 11:00am

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Building a career in hospitality leadership

February 6, 2026

Saurya Mishra shares his story

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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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Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

April 25, 2023 By Eric Zimmer

Ottis Crabbe shares his story

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A community-based approach to post-secondary education

April 24, 2023

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul

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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

VIU Cowichan Campus cancelling classes this afternoon (November 15)

November 15, 2021 - 02:00pm

Congratulations! VIU 2021 President's and Provost's Awards Recipients

November 10, 2021 - 08:15am

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Speaker Series Highlights Innovative Research in the History of Gender and Health

November 9, 2021 - 01:45pm

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