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

Welcome to campus – the Student Housing edition

By 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

Kai Leighton in a Mariners jersey holding a basketball and pointing at the camera.

Finding purpose on and off the court

By Eric Zimmer

Kai Leighton shares his story

Jenna waves at the camera in a square

Why you should say YES to studying abroad

By Jenna Gill

Finding friendship, direction and adventure overseas: Jenna Gill

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

Christina Hunt smiling at the camera

From memoirs to microplastics: Making headlines for a class assignment

Christina Hunt’s piece on microplastics catches editor’s eye

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