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Global Citizens Week promotes solidarity in action
January 30, 2023
This year’s event includes visiting speakers, film screenings and live music. A campus-wide, community event with a global focus is once again returning to Vancouver Island University (VIU). Global Citizens Week takes place from February 6 to 10 this year and features a variety of events, visiting speakers and dialogues centered around the theme of solidarity in action. “With all the conflict and... Read more
VIU’s Global Citizens Week Shines a Light on Justice Issues
January 31, 2022
This year’s event includes visiting speakers, a film festival and reggae symposium. A campus-wide, community event with a global focus is once again returning to Vancouver Island University (VIU). Global Citizens Week takes place from February 7 to 11 this year and features a variety of campus and community events, visiting speakers and virtual classroom dialogues centred around the theme of... Read more
VIU Shines Light on Inequities During Global Citizens Week
January 27, 2021
Annual VIU event goes virtual with community conversations on building a more just society at home and abroad. In the midst of a pandemic and a year of reckoning with racial injustice, Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Global Citizens Week is tackling the theme of Equity in Action. The event (February 8 – 12, 2021) will explore initiatives that aim to challenge inequity – from systemic... Read more
Celebrating Innovation for a Sustainable Global Community
January 27, 2020
VIU stages Global Citizens Week to showcase employee, student and community Innovation in Action for a better world. Vancouver Island University (VIU) is opening its doors to the local community to take part in Global Citizens Week activities showcasing the many initiatives faculty, students and community members are involved in to build a better world. Innovation in Action is the theme of this... Read more
Global Citizens Week Weaves Local and International Issues Together
January 29, 2018
Annual week of events celebrates change-makers and allies in struggles for social justice Every year, Vancouver Island University (VIU) hosts Global Citizens Week – a week filled with visiting speakers, films and campus events, including live music and classroom dialogues that explore issues of global development at home and abroad. This year VIU is inviting students, staff and Nanaimo-area... Read more