VIU and Island Health Partner on COVID Testing Location at Nanaimo Campus
December 22, 2020
Please Note: The testing and collection clinic has relocated to Nanaimo North Town Centre from Vancouver Island University's Nanaimo campus. Read more at Island Health. 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... 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 Dames’ research into using psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD in health-care workers has had a big response from BC news... Read more
Rick Hansen Foundation Funds Accessibility Projects at VIU Campuses
December 3, 2020
Accessibility upgrades aim to make VIU buildings in Nanaimo and Duncan accessible for everyone. Power door openers, wayfinding signage, grab bars in washrooms and plus size chairs are some of the improvements students and employees at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Nanaimo campus and the Cowichan Trades Centre are beginning to see thanks to funding from the BC Accessibility Grants Program... Read more
President's and Provost's Awards for Excellence Celebration Program
December 3, 2020
Presenters in Order of Appearance Emcee and Presenter of the President's Awards for Service Excellence: Dan VanderSluis, Associate Vice-President, Human Resources Elder Welcome: Geraldine Manson, VIU Elder Opening Remarks: Dr. Deborah Saucier, President and Vice-Chancellor Opening Remarks: Dr. Carol Stuart, Provost and Vice-President, Academic Presenter of the President's Awards for Community... Read more
VIU Focuses Fundraising Campaign on Helping Students Impacted by Pandemic
November 13, 2020
The University’s seventh annual Giving Tuesday campaign, which runs from November 16 to December 1, will target supports for students impacted financially and mentally by COVID-19. Vancouver Island University (VIU) students, employees and community friends are teaming up to support our most vulnerable students on Giving Tuesday. Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving that falls on the... Read more
VIU Professor Appointed to Reference Group for Review of Indigenous Research
November 12, 2020
Georgina Martin is the only BC representative to be elected to a national group responsible for providing direction on building mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous communities and researchers. Dr. Georgina Martin, a VIU Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies Professor, has been elected to a newly established, national group for the culturally appropriate review of Indigenous research and is... Read more
VIU Indigenous Speaker Shares a Story of Joy
November 12, 2020
Jesse Wente, an Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts leader, shares his perspective on Canada’s truth and reconciliation process during VIU’s sixth annual Indigenous Speakers Series on Wednesday, November 25. Jesse Wente is taking a harm reduction approach to the truth and reconciliation process by amplifying the voices of Indigenous peoples. The Anishinaabe writer, broadcaster,... Read more
VIU Seeking Feedback on Draft Strategic Plan
November 9, 2020
The University’s draft strategic plan, called A Different Kind of University, outlines a five-year vision and direction for VIU that builds on community input heard last spring and summer. Vancouver Island University (VIU) has developed a vision for the future it would like to see and is ready to hear if the vision resonates with community. A Different Kind of University is the name of VIU’s... Read more
Island Institutions Team Up to Host Virtual Career Fair
November 4, 2020
Beyond 2020 seeks to match employers with qualified students in an all-day event on November 19, 2020. Registration is now open for the first-ever multi-institutional virtual career fair on Vancouver Island. Beyond 2020 – Vancouver Island Career and Connections Fair aims to bridge the gap between employers and students at a time when student talent is needed more than ever to help with... Read more
VIU Helps Future Students Prepare for What's Next
November 3, 2020
Campaign shows how post-secondary can help people take that first step toward their career aspirations. The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how we learn, work and spend time together, and Vancouver Island University (VIU) wants people to know the University is here to help future students start down a new path. VIU’s Be Ready for What’s Next fall recruitment campaign aims to get... Read more