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Kai Stilwell

Program helps students transform business ideas into reality

By Eric Zimmer
Students with disabilities or who have faced employment challenges launch business start-ups through VIU entrepreneur training program.
Headshot of Natasha Marshall Gallic

Seafood Business Accelerator a stepping stone for Indigenous business owner

By Rachel Stern
Natasha Marshall Gallic shares her story
Sherry Wessel sits at a table in the library at VIU's Nanaimo campus

Gaining confidence and finding her crew

Meet valedictorian Sherry Wessel
Teagan stands outside the glass windows on the Centre for Health and Science at VIU's Nanaimo campus

A story of perseverance and hard work

Meet valedictorian Teagan Howden
Close up of a black laptop with computer coding language on the screen.

Creating accessible computer science courses

By Rachel Stern
Amber Thomas shares her experience
A woman takes notes and smiles while she looks at a laptop screen

Tips to write a focused statement of purpose

By Anisha Das
Getting into grad school
Fernando sits near the totem inside the Centre for Health and Science, VIU's Nanaimo campus

Gaining skills through getting involved

From classroom to career: Fernando Jesus Medina Moreno
The front entrance to the VIU Cowichan building in Duncan

A community-based approach to post-secondary education

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul
Sarah portrait in Health and Science Centre

Creating a safe space to learn and thrive

By Jenn McGarrigle
Sarah McClelland shares her story