Research supports Aboriginal childhood development
September 14, 2010
A new $2.5-million B.C. Regional Innovation Chair at Vancouver Island University will engage First Nations communities to create meaningful, culturally relevant and practical resources for early childhood educators of Aboriginal students, Children and Family Development Minister Mary Polak announced today. "The B.C. Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development will be... Read more
Poetry at VIU: Reflections on Wordsworth and reading by Susan Juby
September 13, 2010
Poetry, past and present, takes centre stage at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus library Friday and Monday. On Friday, Sept. 17, Steve Lane, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, focuses on one of the supreme voices of English Romanticism, William Wordsworth. Lane will look at key events in Wordsworth's long career, including his relationship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the... Read more
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits Deep Bay Field Station
September 10, 2010
Under brilliant sunshine and bathed in warm ocean breezes, Wednesday September 8, 2010 will long be remembered by the staff of the Centre for Shellfish Research (CSR) and Vancouver Island University as Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a surprise visit to the Deep Bay Field Station. A six-car cavalcade of black SUV’s and limousines, impressive security detail and RCMP officers marked his arrival... Read more
Safer, energy efficient transit exchange ready for fall semester
August 29, 2010
A new transit exchange at Vancouver Island University is ready for the busy fall semester. Buses switch over to the new transit exchange on Fourth Street at the Nanaimo campus Sept. 7. The transit exchange, part of VIU’s award-winning Campus Master Plan, includes operational design features that will double capacity, improve safety and save energy. The entire $595,000 cost of the project was... Read more
New Board Chair announced at VIU
August 29, 2010
Mike Brown is the new Chair of the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors effective September 1. Brown, a Nanaimo resident for 15 years, has served the Board for the past two and a half years. He completed a two-year term as the Board’s Vice-Chair before stepping up to his new post. “I am indeed proud to have been given the opportunity to lead the Board, and to continue working with... Read more
Information Fair highlights scope of VIU resources
August 21, 2010
New VIU employees, and many long-term colleagues, got a chance to learn more about their university at the Getting to Know VIU Information Fair Thursday. Representatives from 40 VIU departments shared their expertise and demonstrated the broad scope of resources for employees and students. Nanaimo Recycling Exchange and Green Bin – Beyond Composting also took part in the fair to further support... Read more
Deep Bay Field Station promotes sustainability on multiple levels
August 7, 2010
Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Field Station goes beyond promoting sustainability for the shellfish aquaculture industry. The field station, with its distinctive clamshell shape, is also providing a model for green design and integrated regional development. When it opens this fall, the field station will provide leading-edge teaching and research facilities as an extension of VIU’s... Read more
National research awards provide unique summer jobs for students
August 6, 2010
Four Vancouver Island University science students are among Canada’s most promising student researchers. Kyle Duncan, Megan Willis, Zach Yim and Dane Letourneau received prestigious Undergraduate Summer Research Awards from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada worth $4,500 each. The awards, topped up by $2,500 from VIU, cover their wages for 16 weeks of summer... Read more
MBA students raise record funds for child development centre
July 28, 2010
Vancouver Island University students raised a record amount of money for the Child Development Centre (CDC) during the recent Silly Boat Regatta in Nanaimo. Student volunteers from VIU’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) program raised $12,700, far surpassing last year’s effort of $5,000. “Incredible,” said Dino Tsembelis of the CDC. “The 40-plus student volunteers were amazing. We are so... Read more
VIU receives international planning award
July 23, 2010
Vancouver Island University (VIU) has received international recognition for developing a Nanaimo Campus Master Plan and taking an innovative approach to integrated planning in consultation with a wide variety of stakeholders. The Society of College and University Planning (SCUP) honoured VIU with the 2010 Award for Institutional Innovation and Integration. Ric Kelm, Executive Director of... Read more