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VIU launches collaborative psychedelic research centre
March 2, 2023
The first of its kind in Canada, the centre will bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives together for research, treatment and program development. A new psychedelic research centre at Vancouver Island University (VIU) will bring Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives together to co-develop programming. Known as the Naut sa mawt Center for Psychedelic Research, the institute will... Read more
VIU Establishes New Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Program
February 9, 2022
The graduate certificate program is the first of its kind from an accredited university in Canada. As growing research continues to demonstrate that psychedelic-assisted therapies show promise for treating mental health conditions, a new program is set to launch in September 2022 at Vancouver Island University (VIU). The Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy program is a graduate-level certificate program... Read more