News Stories
Technicians devise remote weigh scale to assess health of Vancouver Island marmots
February 4, 2025
The smart device will help researchers determine if supplemental feeding improves the reproductive health of marmots. Two Vancouver Island University (VIU) Technicians working in collaboration with the Wilder Institute have spent almost two years building an electronic weigh scale to provide valuable research data on marmots in the wild. The Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation started... Read more
VIU Giving Tuesday campaign creates pathways for students in need
November 25, 2024
VIU’s eleventh annual campaign features an online auction and opportunities to have donations matched. Students in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Resource Management and Protection programs are following their passion for protecting the province’s environment and ecosystems. Learning how to do this work requires lots of hands-on practice in the field. In recent years, faculty began... Read more