VIU’s Two Newest Buildings Achieve LEED Gold Certification
February 26, 2021
Vancouver Island University’s two newest buildings are now internationally recognized as “green” buildings. The Dr. Ralph Nilson Centre for Health and Science and Windsor Plywood Trades Discovery Centre both recently received official certification from the Canada Green Building Council as LEED Gold buildings. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an internationally recognized... Read more
VIU Media Highlights: February 1-15, 2021
February 17, 2021
A bi-weekly roundup of VIU in the News. NEWS STORIES Top Performing article for the last two weeks: Our VIU News Release: Scholarly Article Sheds Light on Whether Vancouver Island Wolverines are a Distinct Sub-Species was picked up by the Victoria Times Colonist (reach 1.19 million people), several Black Press Media outlets (reach 250,000 people), Education News Canada (reach 7,100 people) and... Read more
VIU's Campuses and Facilities OPEN on Tuesday, February 16, 2021
February 15, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021, 6 pm update: Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus, Cowichan campus and Trades Centre, Powell River campus, Parksville/Qualicum Centre, G.R. Paine Horticultural Centre, Milner Gardens and Woodland and Deep Bay Marine Field Station will RESUME REGULAR BUSINESS/TEACHING ACTIVITIES on Tuesday, February 16, 2021. All locations that are open will remain open unless... Read more
VIU's Campuses and Facilities Closed February 14 and 15, 2021
February 13, 2021
Saturday, February 13, 2021, 6 pm update: Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus will remain closed Sunday, February 14 and Monday, February 15, 2021, due to severe weather conditions. The Cowichan campus and Trades Centre, Powell River campus, Parksville/Qualicum centre, G.R. Paine Horticultural Centre, Milner Gardens and Woodland and Deep Bay Marine Field Station are closed February 14... Read more
VIU's Nanaimo, Cowichan – campus and Trades Centre – G.R. Paine Horticultural Centre, and Milner Gardens and Woodland are CLOSED today due to severe weather conditions.
February 13, 2021
Saturday, February 13: Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus, Cowichan campus and Trades Centre, G.R. Paine Horticultural Centre, and Milner Gardens and Woodland are CLOSED today due to severe weather conditions. Powell River campus and the Parksville / Qualicum centre are closed as regularly scheduled. Any classes or exams that are on campus are cancelled. Classes or exams that are not on... Read more
VIU, NIC and Tourism VI Partner on Virtual Networking Event
February 10, 2021
CONNECT, which aims to build connections between employers, industry professionals, students and faculty, takes place Wednesday, March 3 from 3-5 pm. Vancouver Island University (VIU) and North Island College (NIC) are partnering with Tourism Vancouver Island (TVI) for an engaging, informative and interactive virtual networking event. CONNECT will take place Wednesday, March 3 from 3-5 pm. The... Read more
Speaker Addresses Racism in the BC Health-care Sector
February 3, 2021
WHAT: VIU’s Engaged Citizens Speaker Series WHEN: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 6:30 – 8 pm WHERE: Zoom webinar Join Dawn Thomas Aa ap waa iik, Associate Deputy Minister for Indigenous Health with the BC Ministry of Health, who will be presenting An Island Response to In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care. The presentation will be followed by... Read more
VIU Media Highlights: January 18 - 29, 2021
February 1, 2021
A bi-weekly roundup of VIU in the News. NEWS STORIES Top Performing article for the last two weeks: A VIU News Release: VIU Culinary Arts Student Cooking for Gold (featuring Culinary Arts student Ottis Crabbe) was picked up by CBC All Points West, Nanaimo Magazine, reddit, Ha-Shilth-Sa story reprinted by CTV News, The Vancouver Star, Yahoo News Canada, Canadian Pizza Magazine, Welland Tribune... Read more
VIU to Train More Community Mental Health Workers
January 18, 2021
Vancouver Island University (VIU) is excited to share the news that the provincial government has provided funding to run a second cohort of our Community Mental Health Worker program in 2021. To learn more, please read the BC Government News release. To learn more about VIU’s Community Mental Health Worker program, please visit the program homepage. If you are interested in applying, please... 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 archaeological find, to chow mein sandwiches, to bald eagle footage, ancient brews and setting up your home work space, VIU employees... Read more