Halloween at VIU 2024
November 6, 2024
VIU employees got into the spirit of Halloween this year. Check out the costumes and decorations below. Read more
VIU and community partners remember local fallen soldiers through video memorial
November 1, 2024
VIU video project acknowledges Nanaimo soldiers’ contributions to the First and Second World Wars. A Vancouver Island University (VIU) video memorial project that tells the story of Nanaimo soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First and Second World Wars will be displayed across the city. For the 11 days leading up to Remembrance Day, the Nanaimo Remembers project will display the... Read more
Flower Power: Milner Gardens & Woodland receives national recognition
October 31, 2024
The Rhododendron Species Garden highlighted as the only one of its kind in Canada. Vancouver Island University’s Milner Gardens & Woodland received 5 Blooms and a special mention for Natural Heritage Preservation for The Rhododendron Species Garden from Communities in Bloom (CiB). “We are incredibly proud to receive this level of recognition from the Communities in Bloom judges and... Read more
Our Town explores love, loss and life’s fragility
October 21, 2024
What: Our Town – VIU Theatre department’s fall play When: October 31 to November 9, 7:30 pm Where: Malaspina Theatre (Building 310), Nanaimo campus Our Town explores the universal human experience of growing up, falling in love and dying. It conveys powerful messages about the beauty and fleeting nature of life and the fact that people often take it for granted. The play tells the story of two... Read more
Celebrated Canadian poet Lisa Robertson to give VIU Gustafson lecture
October 18, 2024
Robertson’s lecture is October 24 from 7 to 8:30 pm on the Nanaimo campus. Renowned poet Lisa Robertson is Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet for 2024-25. “Lisa Robertson’s exhilarating and endlessly refreshing oeuvre has multiplied the possibilities of expression. Her poems inspire us to be attentive and daring for the sake of deeper connection,” said... Read more
VIU tiwšɛmawtxʷ celebrates 50 years in the qathet Region
October 16, 2024
A birthday celebration this month helped kick off a year’s worth of festivities. When Vancouver Island University (VIU) – then Malaspina College – began offering programming in Powell River, the first classes were offered out of a small office building on Marine Avenue. The campus, which offers a wide variety of programing designed to meet the unique and specific needs of community, the region... Read more
Learn about climate solutions and explore wildfire health risks at free climate conference
October 16, 2024
What: A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: A Climate Change Symposium When: Saturday, October 26, 9 am to 1 pm, doors open at 8:45 am Where: VIU Nanaimo campus, Building 355, Room 203 Explore how people can take personal and collective action to help prevent extreme climate impacts during A Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: A Climate Change Symposium. The symposium, presented by Awareness of... Read more
Celebrate autumn during Milner Gardens & Woodland’s Scarecrow Spectacular
October 10, 2024
What: Scarecrow Spectacular When: October 25 to 27, from 11 am to 3 pm Where: Milner Gardens & Woodland Experience the beauty of fall at Milner Gardens & Woodland during the second annual Scarecrow Spectacular – a fun-filled family event. “We were thrilled with the incredible response to last year’s inaugural Scarecrow Spectacular and with the level of creativity our participating... 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 culture and the teachings of her grandparents. It is an autobiographical journey that blends Indigenous... Read more
Life’s unexpected realities explored in VIU Theatre department’s studio play – Tough
September 24, 2024
What: Tough – VIU Theatre department’s studio play When: October 3 to 5 Where: VIU’s Mike Taugher Studio (Building 330, Room 109), Nanaimo campus Friends Tina, Jill and Bobby are navigating the challenges of life after high school when Tina, Bobby’s girlfriend, announces an unexpected pregnancy. After the bombshell, the three must face the realities of life. Their story unfolds in the one-act... Read more