Explore climate change with VIU experts
November 14, 2024
VIU experts available November 14, 2024 COP 29 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan until November 22, 2024. UN Climate Change Conferences take place every year and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change that brings... Read more
VIU researcher studying how to better people’s long-term ability to walk and run
November 6, 2024
Dr. Michael Asmussen is looking at ways to improve foot and ankle stabilization to increase performance and minimize injury. We use them every day, usually without a second thought, but for Vancouver Island University (VIU) researcher Dr. Michael Asmussen, this is why it’s so important to study... Read more
VIU News & Experts: November 6, 2024
November 6, 2024
Remembrance Day, US election, memory development 🧠 In this issue of VIU news & experts: Re-translating a classic war novel US election results Studying memory development Featured experts All Quiet on the Western Front – re-translated For two years, VIU Professor Emerita Dr. Katharina Rout... Read more
VIU Professor Emerita re-translates All Quiet on the Western Front
November 4, 2024
Dr. Katharina Rout shares her thoughts about working on this classic novel For the past couple of years, professional translator Dr. Katharina Rout has been immersed in a re-translation of Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a work she describes as the “arguably most widely read... Read more
VIU psychology professor researching conversation memory in children
November 4, 2024
The research has important implications for things like reliability of child witness testimony in the justice system. Have you ever been in the middle of telling someone a story when you have the sneaking suspicion that this isn’t the first time you’ve told them this tale? Vancouver Island... Read more
5 Questions with Cobus Swarts
October 24, 2024
The deeper Dr. Cobus Swarts immersed himself in mathematics, the more his passion for the subject intensified. Swarts, a VIU Mathematics Professor and Math Learning Centre Coordinator, started as a sessional instructor at VIU in 2009 and became a professor in 2010. Growing up he was always... Read more
VIU Professor’s new book explores identity and reconnection through reclamation
October 9, 2024
Dr. Georgina Martin is hosting a book launch on October 22, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, at VIU’s Malaspina Theatre at the Nanaimo campus. Dr. Georgina Martin’s new book Drumming Our Way Home: Intergenerational Learning, Teaching, and Indigenous Ways of Knowing draws inspiration from her Secwépemc... Read more
VIU-led project working to protect Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region ecosystems
October 3, 2024
Eastern Vancouver Island is one of nine eco-crisis regions in Canada. Only about three per cent of the land in the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) is protected and private land ownership is the biggest obstacle. To protect terrestrial lands, people must register them in the Canadian... Read more
Preserving feminist health history to empower future activism and work
October 1, 2024
Vancouver Island University (VIU) researchers are digitizing Vancouver Women’s Health Collective documents to preserve feminist health activism for future study. “Preserving and publishing these histories shows the promise of feminist models of care and feminist health activism, which have the... Read more
VIU Computer Science professor investigating AI privacy concerns among young users
September 3, 2024
Dr. Ajay Shrestha and his research team are looking for participants for their research study. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) announced funding for research projects focusing on children’s privacy and the impact of technology on privacy. This research is supported by the OPC... Read more