VIU alumnus’s ceramics career firing up
November 4, 2008
VIU graduate Brendan Tang is enjoying a hot ceramics career. Recently named "Emerging artist" by Ceramics Monthly, Tang was one of the presenters at October’s 1000 Miles Apart, a Western Canadian ceramics conference, shortly after returning from a three month artist’s residency at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana. Tang’s series "Manga Ormolu" explores the modern realities of a world in... Read more
Review - Mill's Utilitarianism
November 3, 2008
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VIU rolls out the welcome mat
October 30, 2008
New university will put its best foot forward to try and gain CIS acceptance By Craig Slater, The Daily News Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008 Company's coming to town. This isn't just any old friend or long lost acquaintance, either. It's family. Well, in Bruce Hunter's eyes, he'd like to be considered family one day soon. For two days at the end of next week, the Vancouver Island... Read more
VIU student helps disabled anglers
October 30, 2008
After four years, a project to help people in wheelchairs fish at Long Lake is complete. Brad Durvin's four-year dream of building a wheelchair-accessible fishing dock on Long Lake became a reality Thursday. The Vancouver Island University aquaculture studies student said he was “delighted" to have the approximately $11,000 floating dock, located in Loudon Park, finally open to the public. "... Read more
Study abroad students share "life-changing" stories
October 29, 2008
Lindsay Kruit and Mike Boomer see the world through different eyes. That’s because they lived and worked in south west Uganda, learning about the challenges faced by individuals and organizations in an underdeveloped, poverty-stricken rural region. “The experience was unequivocally life changing,” said Kruit, a fourth year student in Vancouver Island University's (VIU) Economics and Global... Read more
Faculty join fight against climate change
October 29, 2008
Faculty at Vancouver Island University are joining a province-wide initiative to tackle climate change. Dr. Erik Krogh (Chemistry), Dr. Steve Earle (Earth Sciences) and Laura-Jean Kelly (Horticulture) are talking to students about what they can do as individuals and within communities to address this global crisis as part of the goBEYOND Teach-In initiative launched by the Ministry of Advanced... Read more
Tourism Chair boosts rural benefits from Olympic games
October 24, 2008
A regional innovation chair at Vancouver Island University to support tourism in rural B.C. will provide the knowledge to increase the benefits of the 2010 Winter Games in smaller communities and help them expand their economic base, Premier Gordon Campbell said today. "Rural B.C. communities enjoy some of the most spectacular surroundings in the world, and this chair will help them capitalize... Read more
VIU students Washington bound for Model United Nations conference
October 24, 2008
The international diplomacy skills of six Vancouver Island University (VIU) students will be put to the test in Washington, DC. They're attending the National Model United Nations Conference at the Osgood Centre for International Studies October 31 to Nov. 2. VIU, Queen's University and the University of Ottawa are the only Canadian post-secondary institutions taking part in the international... Read more
World Premiere of CD from VIU’s 2008 Distinguished Poet
October 23, 2008
Daphne Marlatt, one of Canada's most esteemed poets, is Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) 2008 Gustafson Distinguished Poet. On October 23, VIU will host the Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet Lecture: "At the River's Mouth: Writing Migrations" with music from "Like Light Off Water", a CD of Marlatt’s poetry set to music. The event is one of several public activities featuring Marlatt and will... Read more
New President’s Scholarships at VIU offer first full-ride
October 23, 2008
Vancouver Island University (VIU) has developed an exciting new scholarship initiative called the 'VIU President’s Scholarship Programs ’ which will provide the first full-ride, ongoing scholarships the institution has ever offered. “I am proud to announce these scholarships, as they represent VIU’s first ever effort to create tuition support that is potentially renewable every year of the... Read more