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VIU Mariners men’s basketball team goes for national gold on home turf

March 9, 2026 - 08:35am

VIU researcher examining how microbes could protect frogs and Pacific oysters from diseases

November 22, 2023 - 09:45am

VIU Women's Soccer Coach Bobbi Taylor

VIU’s Bobbie Taylor named CCAA Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year

November 8, 2023 - 02:00pm

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Putting a human face to the Canadian war experience

November 7, 2023 - 02:15pm

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VIU celebrates local and global community during WorldVIU Days

October 30, 2023 - 02:45pm

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Alum of the Month: Mary Clare Massicotte

October 20, 2023 - 12:45pm

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RockVIU 2023 Welcome to Campus: A message of appreciation

September 24, 2023 - 10:45am

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Got questions about university? Let’s talk VIU

March 5, 2026 By Francesca Paladino

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VIU partners with Digital Marketing Institute to offer new certification

March 13, 2024 By Vaidehi Sayar

Training helps MBA students get ahead of the competition

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VIU Student Pulse News: March 6, 2024

March 6, 2024

Work on campus, tax help & social events

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Grad student researches experiences of female rock climbers

March 5, 2024

Sydney Solland shares her story

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Radio show encourages revitalization of Indigenous languages

February 28, 2024

VIU students Kimberly Baines and Jesse Scott-Bradley host the show

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Creating connections through poetry

February 28, 2024 By Eric Zimmer

VIU Education student Paige Pierce is Nanaimo’s Youth Poet Laureate

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Who was Israel Wood Powell?

February 24, 2024

Examining the origins of settler colonial rule in British Columbia

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More than a thousand students Discover VIU at open house events next week

February 16, 2023 - 12:15pm

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VIU’s Seafood Business Accelerator program will help small-scale harvesters find their niche

February 16, 2023 - 12:00pm

VIU named a top employer for the fourth year in a row

February 16, 2023 - 09:15am

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VIU’s Theatre Department presents the dramatic comedy She Kills Monsters

February 15, 2023 - 03:00pm

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VIU’s View Gallery presents Taryn Walker, Echoes From a Time Not Yet Here

February 7, 2023 - 10:45am

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VIU lecture series kicks off with the story of the endangered Vancouver Island marmot

January 31, 2023 - 01:15pm

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