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Linea Brickwood gets ready to bump the ball during a Mariners game inside the VIU gym while a crowd watches in the background

Mariners alum takes passion for her sport overseas

By Eric Zimmer

Linnea Brickwood shares her story

Tyson holds up his Ma Murray award

Alum wins coveted Ma Murray award for feature writing

Tyson Whitney’s feature series for the North Island’s ongoing hospital closures picked up the gold medal this year.

Samuelle Simard-Provençal holds a small bird in her hands.

Alum takes high school students under her wing

By Rachel Stern

Samuelle Simard-Provençal shares her love of science through bird banding demonstration

A woman stands next to a fence and a green field with her hands in her pockets

Finding her calling in therapeutic healing

Elise Cole’s journey from Kinesiology student to physiotherapist

Laura Hutchinson smiling at the camera with trees in the background.

Finding her career as a biomechanics researcher

By Eric Zimmer

Laura Hutchinson shares her story

VIU Graduate, wearing convocation robes, Olivia Thomas is holding a medal while standing outside in front of a garden

From foster care to university graduate

By Annette Lucas

Olivia Thomas’s 14-year journey of resilience and perseverance

VIU grad and current employee Rayan Zeineddine wearing a VIU hoodie and glasses standing next to a tree outside and smiling at the camera

Finding community and belonging at VIU

By Eric Zimmer

VIU grad and current employee Rayan Zeineddine shares his story

Valentina sits in a garden with lots of greenery around her

Healing the mind with psychedelic-assisted therapy

From classroom to career: Valentina Chichiniova

Andrea wearing ski gear smiles with a snowy mountainscape behind her

From the volleyball court to the oil fields

Geoscience alum Andrea Čanković is putting her VIU skills to work

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