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A group of students with coloured chalk on them pose for a selfie

How I found my people

By Becky Duarte

Making connections on campus

VIU Senior Leadership wearing orange shirts and smiling at the camera

What Orange Shirt Day means to me

Reflections from senior leaders

Caitlin Lundgren standing outside leaning on a railing on a sunny day and looking at the camera.

VIU alum makes impact in community through media industry

From Classroom to Career: Caitlin Lundgren

a person jumping into a very blue-green ocean

My semester abroad in Barbados

Ben Carter embraces Bajan culture

Students hanging out in a room at one of the VIU residence buildings

Welcome to campus – the Student Housing edition

By Jenna Gill, VIU Recruitment Officer

What to know about orientation, Community Leaders and upcoming events

A row of electric bikes parked at VIU's Nanaimo campus

Biking to Vancouver Island University?

By Kim Sharpe, VIU Health and Safety Advisor

Here are some safety tips:

Ingela netz smiling at the camera

From Sweden to VIU: Growing as a leader, changing education

How a VIU master’s degree transformed Swedish educator Ingela Netz’s career

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

A man wearing hip waders and waterproof jacket holds a salmon

Celebrating VIU’s emerging salmon leaders

By Pacific Salmon Foundation (reprinted with permission)

Meet Tristan Dieleman

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