Interactive Lo-fi & Wi-fi event Oct. 19
October 16, 2012
Everyone is welcome to a free interactive presentation called "Lo-fi & Wi-fi: Conjuring Creativity and Performance," Friday, Oct. 19 at Vancouver Island University, 10 am to 11:30 am in the Malaspina Theatre. It's the second event in the popular Arts and Humanities Colloquium series. "This presentation is a highly interactive exploration of how today's media technologies can shape our... Read more
Gustafson Poetry Chair Dennis Lee reads at VIU Oct. 18
October 16, 2012
Enjoy an evening of poetry at Vancouver Island University Thursday, Oct. 18 with award-winning Canadian poet Dennis Lee. Lee, the 2012 Gustafson Distinguished Poetry Chair, will read selections of his work during a free public lecture at VIU’s Nanaimo campus, 7:30 pm, Building 355, in the auditorium. A catered reception, and book-signing in the Royal Arbutus Room, Building 300 follows the... Read more
VIU In The News: Food Security on symposium menu
October 13, 2012
By Andrea Rondeau, Citizen October 19, 2012 Vancouver Island University is hosting a day-long symposium on the Cowichan Valley's food security and how it can be improved on Saturday, Oct. 20. "A hundred years ago, Vancouver Island produced 85 per cent of its own food. What will it take to get there again?" a press release for the event asks. Local food activists, farmers, food producers,... Read more
Heavy Metal Rocks mid-Island students for first time
October 12, 2012
Editor's note: The following news release was issued by WorkSafe BC, VIU, School Districts 68 and 69 and the Vancouver Island Construction Association. Nanaimo, B.C. — A group of students from the Nanaimo-Ladysmith and Parksville-Qualicum regions are the first high schoolers on Vancouver Island to take a work experience course in “heavy metal.” Twenty-five students from School District 68 and... Read more
VIU celebrates history with unveiling of commemorative plaque
October 11, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2012 NANAIMO, BC - Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) historic roots were celebrated today with the unveiling of a six-tonne granite rock engraved with a special plaque at Sid Clarke Gyro Park in Nanaimo. The park, at the corner of Machleary and Campbell streets, is the historic site where Jack Macready opened Nanaimo’s first vocational training... Read more
VIU addressing Canada's Skills Shortage
October 10, 2012
VIU RELEASE: 2012/119 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012 NANAIMO, BC - Vancouver Island University (VIU) is committed to working to address Canada’s skills crisis by training and educating leaders of tomorrow. That was the message from VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Ralph Nilson in a luncheon address to the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce today. Referring to a... Read more
VIU hosts symposium on Food Security in Cowichan Valley
October 4, 2012
A hundred years ago, Vancouver Island produced 85 percent of its own food. What will it take to get there again? Vancouver Island University's new VIU@Cowichan Innovation Lab is sponsoring a day-long symposium on food security in the Cowichan Valley. Join local food activists, farmers and food producers, the public, students and faculty at VIU's Cowichan campus to explore the challenges and... Read more
VIU in the News - Cowichan students learning while taking double the credit
October 2, 2012
By Krista Siefken, Cowichan News Leader Pictorial September 29, 2012 Local high school students take their education a cut above the high-school level, learning hair stylings techniques in a program that gives them credit with both School District 79 and with Vancouver Island University. What education in the 21st century should look like is a topic of debate across the province, but for... Read more
VIU receives $500,000 bequest for student bursaries
September 27, 2012
“If you are educated, you are free.” Stanislaw Radzik Those were the sentiments of the late Stanislaw Radzik who made a bequest of more than $500,000 to create bursaries for VIU students. A bequest is a common planned giving donation, where donors include instructions in their will for part or all of their estate to be left to an institution such as VIU. Mr. Radzik placed a high value on... Read more
VIU in the News: McCarthy ready to take next step with Mariners women's hoops team
September 27, 2012
By Josh Aldrich, Nanaimo Daily News Heather McCarthy is hoping to take full advantage of the opportunity she will be given this year with the Vancouver Island University Mariners women's basketball team. The fourth year guard has worked her way from the far depths of the bench in her first year to being a big part of the team heading into this season. [Read more]() Read more