VIU AND VIUFA APPROVE NEW COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
April 29, 2013
The Vancouver Island University Faculty Association (VIUFA) has informed Vancouver Island University (VIU) that its membership has ratified a new collective agreement for the period of April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2014. The University’s Board of Governors and the Post-Secondary Employers Association (PSEA) have also approved the settlement. The settlement includes four 1% wage increases... Read more
VIU AND BCGEU 702 APPROVE NEW COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
April 29, 2013
The British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) Local 702 has informed Vancouver Island University (VIU) that its membership has ratified a new collective agreement for the period of April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2014. The University’s Board of Governors and the Post-Secondary Employers Association (PSEA) have also approved the settlement. The settlement includes four 1% wage... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - VIU STUDENTS EARN ACCOLADES AT CULINARY COMPETITION
April 29, 2013
By Krista Bryce, *Daily News*, Published: Saturday, April 27, 2013 Five Vancouver Island University culinary arts and baking students returned from the 19th Annual B.C. Skills Competitions with some hardware. Hilary Malone, 26, a first-year culinary arts student, topped the podium with a gold medal in the post secondary category for her execution of two dishes, one traditional coq au vin and... Read more
VIU Students Shine at Provincial Skills Canada Trades Competition
April 26, 2013
At the recent Skills Canada Provincial Trades competition, held on April 17 at the Tradex Convention Centre in Abbotsford, six VIU students brought home medals including Hilary Malone who took gold in Culinary Arts. She’ll now compete at the Skills Canada National competition at BC Place from June 5 – 8. Instructors in VIU’s Hairdressing department were thrilled with the results of the... Read more
RICK HANSEN TO OPEN INTERNATIONAL STURGEON SYMPOSIUM ON VANCOUVER ISLAND JULY 2013
April 26, 2013
NANAIMO, BC - Rick Hansen, Founding Chair of the Fraser River Sturgeon Conservation Society (FRSCS) and Co-Chair of the Rick Hansen Foundation, will open the plenary session as Honorary Chair of the 7th International Sturgeon Symposium (ISS7) July 2013 in Nanaimo, BC, Canada. Expected to attract more than 600 delegates from around the world, the symposium is co-hosted by Vancouver Island... Read more
INTERNATIONAL FIELD SCHOOLS PROVIDE LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCES FOR VIU STUDENTS
April 25, 2013
Katie Schneider and Courtney Brown will soon be far away from the comforts of home, immersed in the culture of Ghana, Africa. The Vancouver Island University students from Nanaimo, BC are participating in two international field schools – Brown with VIU’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and Schneider with Tourism Management and Recreation. They are among 190 students participating in VIU... Read more
STUDENT ART AND DESIGN CELEBRATED IN YEAR END SHOW
April 25, 2013
For the past year students in VIU’s Department of Art & Design have been organizing events, such as the popular ‘Zombie Walk’, to raise funds for their annual end-of-year student show *Progressions*. This year’s show, which had a successful launch on April 23, will run until May 11 in a number of different venues on the Nanaimo campus: the work of the Visual Arts students can be seen in the... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - NANAIMO HAS MANY ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL CITY
April 24, 2013
Guest Column in Nanaimo News Bulletin Thursday, April 25, 2013 By David Witty, VIU Provost and VP Academic There continue to be a number of national and international initiatives focusing upon the well-being of urban citizens and urban environments. Recently, Canadian Gov. Gen. David Johnston has promoted Smart and Caring Communities. Healthy communities has been a topic on local, national and... Read more
STUDENT REFUGEE GIVES BACK TO COMMUNITY HE CALLS HOME
April 23, 2013
Education changes the world – just ask Vancouver Island University student Aden Ahmed. Ahmed spent 18 years in Kenya’s Dadaab complex, a sprawling site made up of three overcrowded refugee camps that are home to almost half a million African people. Three years ago, he arrived in Nanaimo as a sponsored refugee student thanks to VIU’s World University Service of Canada (WUSC) local committee, a... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS - MARINERS NAMED BEST IN BC
April 20, 2013
By Josh Aldrich, Nanaimo Daily News April 23, 2013 The Vancouver Island University Mariners received two more honours this weekend as they were named team of the year by Basketball B.C. and Matt Kuzminski received a coaching excellence award. The Mariners surprised many by winning the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association national championship as a Pacific Western Athletic Association wild... Read more