VIU CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK, FEB. 4-8
January 26, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 NANAIMO, BC: From Feb. 4-8, VIU’s community and interested members of the public can get involved in a variety of interactive events and activities that will help them build a better understanding of our connection to the global community, and explore how Canada and Canadians are making a difference around the world. It’s all part of International... Read more
LEGENDARY CANADIAN ARTIST TO RECEIVE VIU HONORARY DOCTOR OF LETTERS DEGREE JAN. 28
January 24, 2013
VIU RELEASE/2013-06 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 24, 2013 NANAIMO, BC: Gordon Appelbe Smith, one of the most prominent and prolific artists working in Canada today, will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Vancouver Island University at the 2013 Convocation at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on January 28. “Throughout his career, Smith has maintained an active presence in the... Read more
VIU CO-OP STUDENTS RECOGNIZED WITH NEW AWARD
January 23, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – At a luncheon on January 24 in VIU’s Discovery Room, students from VIU’s Faculty of Management’s Hospitality Management and Recreation and Tourism Management programs, were recognized with one of VIU’s newest awards – the VIU Co-op Student of the Year Award. The award is the initiative of Lynda Robinson and Micki McCartney, VIU Co-... Read more
LEADING EXPERT IN BAT ECOLOGY TO RECEIVE VIU ALUMNI HORIZON AWARD JAN. 29
January 23, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 2013 In high school, Lynne Burns never thought about pursuing a career in science. Today, this Vancouver Island University graduate is one of Canada’s leading experts in bat ecology and conservation. Burns will receive an Alumni Horizon Award at VIU’s convocation at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on Tuesday, Jan. 29. The award recognizes the outstanding... Read more
VANCOUVER ISLAND POET STEVEN PRICE READS AT VIU JAN. 28
January 23, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island poet Steven Price will read from his new book of poems, Omens in the Year of the Ox, and from Anatomy of Keys, a book-length poem that tells the story of Harry Houdini, at a free Vancouver Island University Poets on Campus presentation Monday, Jan. 28 at 5pm in Building 365 (the log cabin) on VIU's Nanaimo campus.... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS: EDUCATOR HELPS MAKE PARASITES APPEAR 'COOL'
January 21, 2013
By Tamara Cunningham, The Daily News Published: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Tim Goater peers into a microscope in his Vancouver Island University lab and grins. "This is a nasty one," he says. "Just look at (the legs) on it." He picks up a tongue-eating parasite that had been removed from a fish's mouth with tweezers and holds it up to the flickering florescent lights to illuminate the sharp,... Read more
VIU IN THE NEWS: LEARNING CENTRES DAY HUGE SUCCESS AT NANAIMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
January 21, 2013
CTV reporter Andrew Garland visited Nanaimo elementary schools during VIU's Learning Centre Days. Read more
Living with Monsters topic of Arts and Humanities talk Jan. 18
January 16, 2013
NANAIMO, BC: VIU creative writing instructor Kathy Page will give a free talk about her latest novel, The Find, at an Arts and Humanities Coloquium presentation Friday, Jan. 18 at the Nanaimo campus. A visit to a museum inspired Page to write about the discovery of a huge pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous Age, a major local -- and fictional -- prehistoric find. In her talk, sponsored by VIU... Read more
EDUCATION STUDENTS HOST "LEARNING CENTRE DAY" AT TWO NANAIMO SCHOOLS JAN. 21
January 12, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 NANAIMO, BC: Bachelor of Education students at Vancouver Island University will be hosting “Learning Centres Day” at two Nanaimo area elementary schools – Fairview and Georgia Avenue - on Monday, Jan. 21. Education students will set up ‘learning centres’ in school gymnasiums aimed at kindergarten to grade seven students. The centres will be based on... Read more
VIU AND CUPE 1858 APPROVE NEW COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
January 2, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, January 2, 2013 NANAIMO, BC – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 has informed Vancouver Island University (VIU) that its membership has ratified a new collective agreement for the period of July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2014. The University’s Board of Governors and the Post-Secondary Employers Association (PSEA) have also approved the... Read more