VIU's Unique First Nations Housing Manager Certificate Program Fills Important Niche in Canada
March 9, 2017
The program is one of only two of its kind in Canada, and the only one that’s online and available for students nationwide When Lory Oberst took on the role of Housing Manager for Skwah First Nation in Chilliwack almost six years ago, she had to learn the job as she went. With a background in management and administration, Oberst was given a portfolio of 15 rental homes on the reserve. She also... Read more
VIU Joins the Green Chemistry Commitment
March 8, 2017
Two institutions in Canada are now part of the Commitment, which ensures the implementation and adoption of green chemistry educational objectives at participating schools Chemistry education at Vancouver Island University (VIU) is about to undergo a green transformation of a kind that only one other university in Canada has done so far. VIU recently joined the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC), a... Read more
VIU Political Studies Professor Goes Above and Beyond for his Students
February 21, 2017
With cameras rolling, Shaw TV surprised Dr. Mark Williams during a lecture to honour him for their program Teachers Above and Beyond Dr. Mark Williams lectures in his classroom unaware that the producer of the Shaw TV series Teachers Above and Beyond, Bisola Alabi, is outside his door with a television crew, his partner Linda Brooymans, baby daughter Iris and colleague Alex Netherton. Alabi... Read more
VIU Baking Instructor Mixes Things up to Make Things Go Wrong
February 9, 2017
Professional Baking and Pastry Arts Program Chair Martin Barnett introduces cause and effect into his classroom Sometimes you have to get things wrong to make things right, which is a lesson students in the Vancouver Island University (VIU) Professional Baking and Pastry Arts Program are about to find out as they gather around eight just-out-of-the-oven loaves of bread. Each one was baked with... Read more
VIU Offers Red Seal Tradespeople Credits Towards Academic Programs
February 2, 2017
The new option, approved last March, gives people a head start towards a second credential Martin Barnett, Chair of Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Professional Baking and Pastry Arts program, is spending a lot of his spare time reading textbooks and writing essays these days. Barnett recently crossed to the other side of the desk to become a student and is one of the first people to take... Read more
Perfect Pitch, the Thalidomide Crisis and Telling Difficult Stories in Film: VIU Professors Share Their Research
January 16, 2017
The University’s Spring 2017 Arts & Humanities Colloquium Series begins January 27 at the Malaspina Theatre Are you interested in learning something new – for free? The Spring 2017 Arts & Humanities Colloquium Series delivers with three Vancouver Island University (VIU) professors sharing their research and expertise on a range of different topics. This series of free public lectures... Read more
New Course at VIU Cowichan Explores the Science of Plants and the Environment from Indigenous and Western Viewpoints
December 21, 2016
INTR 211: Indigenous and Western Sciences of Plants and the Environment is the first of its kind at VIU and the first of two courses in which a Biology Professor and a Traditional Knowledge Keeper will teach these two different ways of learning and knowing science There are many ways of looking at the world, and a new science course at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Cowichan campus will... Read more
VIU Only Canadian Institution to Receive Funding through President Obama's 100,000 Strong Innovation Fund
November 29, 2016
100,000 Strong in the Americas will fund exchange opportunity for Indigenous high school students at California’s Pitzer College and VIU Vancouver Island University (VIU) is the only Canadian university to receive funding through the US State Department’s 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund after a proposal submitted to the organization with California’s Pitzer College was successful... Read more
New English Courses at VIU Explore Diverse Ethnic and Cultural Perspectives
November 9, 2016
Courses are open to the community through the University’s Love of Learning program VIU’s English Department is pleased to present three new courses next semester that examine literature from a variety of non-traditional perspectives and mediums. From reconciliation, to post-colonial Caribbean lifestyles and cultures, to the quest for unforgettable journeys, these new courses incorporate a... Read more
New Course at VIU Helps People Deliver Effective Presentations
October 28, 2016
Interdisciplinary Public Speaking and Slide Design course offers key career skills to people looking for an edge in the workforce Do you want to become a pro at delivering presentations? A new, interdisciplinary course developed by Vancouver Island University (VIU) Public Speaking Professor Sandra Hagan and Graphic Design Professor Patrick Foster provides practical training in two highly ranked... Read more