VIU Culinary Arts Student Cooking for Gold
January 7, 2021
Ottis Crabbe has earned a spot on Junior Culinary Team Canada, which will be competing at the Culinary Olympics in Germany in 2024. The day his parents opened Abbondanza, a restaurant in Ucluelet, BC, Ottis Crabbe knew he wanted to become a chef. His path toward... Read more
VIU Media Highlights: Top 24 of 2020
January 5, 2021
Happy New Year!For the first edition of the 2021 Media Highlights report, we wanted to take a look at some VIU-related stories that made an impact in the media last year. We were planning on doing a top 20 of 2020, but couldn’t stop there – from an extraordinary... Read more
VIU Invites People to Experience University Life in Live Virtual Events
January 4, 2021
Experience VIU 2021 takes place January 16, 20 and 21While the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that much of the teaching and learning activities at Vancouver Island University (VIU) are happening online this year, that isn’t stopping the University from hosting its open house events for... Read more
Juno-Award-Winning Dub Poet Lillian Allen to Give VIU Gustafson Lecture and Reading
December 23, 2020
The annual lecture will take place online February 11, 2021 via Zoom WebinarDub poetry emerged out of the 1960s Jamaican reggae scene to articulate the joy and protest of Black people. Canadian poet Lillian Allen is the “godmother of dub,” and was at the forefront of that... Read more
VIU and Island Health Partner on COVID Testing Location at Nanaimo Campus
December 22, 2020
To improve community access to COVID-19 testing, VIU is pleased to partner with Island Health to enable drive-through testing in one of our parking lots on the Nanaimo campus. The collection site opened on December 1 and is located in the lower part of Lot B (near the Navy... Read more
VIU Researchers Examining Genetics of Canada Lynx
December 14, 2020
Data could help governments and wildlife conservation groups understand how climate change might impact the life cycles of the Canada lynx and other species in the boreal forest.The lynx-hare predator-prey cycle that has existed for thousands of years in North America is... Read more
VIU Culinary Arts Program Donates Surplus Food to Salvation Army
December 10, 2020
Extra food prepared by students as part of their program is finding its way to the stomachs of people in need through charitable organization in Nanaimo.Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Culinary Arts program is donating the equivalent of about 200 meals... Read more
VIU Media Highlights: November 24 - December 7, 2020
December 9, 2020
NEWS STORIES Top Performing article for the last two weeks:CBC News: BC Poet Sings About Being Black in Nanaimo. Features VIU Creative Writing Professor Dr. Sonnet L’abbe. Reach: 7 million people. This story also appeared in the Nanaimo Bulletin.Other stories:Dr. Shannon... Read more
Alumni of the Month: Spenser Smith
December 8, 2020
Through his writing, Spenser Smith (Bachelor of Arts, Major in Creative Writing ’19) is attempting to change the public’s perception of drug users and add another perspective to the conversation about BC’s overdose crisis.In September 2019, he started his Master of Arts in Creative... Read more
VIU Researchers Investigating Effects of Heat Waves on Marine Animals
December 8, 2020
Three VIU Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture researchers are leading an investigation on the effects of heat waves, due to climate change, on marine animals.Climate change is causing more extreme temperature events, such as heat waves, in marine environments. Researchers at... Read more
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