Birth, Death and the End of the World Explored in VIU's Fall Colloquium Series
September 25, 2017
Free public lecture series hosted by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities starts Friday, September 29 From a birthday party, to the apocalypse, to what happens after death, community members can explore a range of themes and timely issues during The Arts & Humanities Colloquium Series fall lineup. Every year, Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Arts and Humanities Faculty members share... Read more
VIU Faculty Strengthen Global Ties With Colleagues in Tanzania
August 28, 2017
Partnership between VIU and Tanzania’s National College of Tourism aims at launching new program by 2019 Vancouver Island University (VIU) faculty embarked on a trip through Kenya and Tanzania this summer to strengthen existing partnerships and forge new ones. One of the main goals of the trip was to reconnect with partners at Tanzania’s National College of Tourism (NCT). It was a reciprocal... Read more
VIU Offers New Graduate-level Business Program for People with No Formal Business Education
July 13, 2017
The Graduate Certificate in Business, launching in September 2018, provides the specialized education needed to run a business effectively A new graduate-level program at Vancouver Island University (VIU) aims to give people with no formal business education the information they need to run a business effectively. The Graduate Certificate in Business is a one-year, three-semester program that... Read more
Where Coding and Jane Austen Meet: Digital Humanities at VIU
June 30, 2017
Course uses computing tools to look at traditional texts in new ways Vancouver Island University (VIU) Creative Writing and English alum Melisa Jones loves Victorian novels. She also loves computers, and a new course at VIU helped her combine these two passions and discover a talent for research that has driven her to pursue a master’s degree. That life-changing course is English 392: Topics in... Read more
VIU Baking Students Head to Belize for Two-week Baking Field School
April 27, 2017
Nearly two dozen students and faculty from VIU and two other institutions go to Belize May 2-14 to learn more about key ingredients bakers use every day Learning how to make chocolate from scratch is something Eve Barrieau never thought she’d get the chance to do, but in a week, the VIU Professional Baking and Pastry Arts student will be doing just that – in Belize. Barrieau, 21, from Ladysmith... Read more
Construction starts on Vancouver Island University's Health and Science Centre
April 25, 2017
The largest capital project in Vancouver Island University’s history is well underway. Construction work has begun on the university’s $39.9-million Health and Science Centre. Once completed in the fall of 2018, the four-storey building will be home to health and chemistry programs, teaching labs for nursing and an environmental research laboratory. Read more of Nicholas Pescod's article in the... Read more
VIU Carpentry Students Partner with Habitat for Humanity to Build Houses
April 12, 2017
The University’s partnership with the non-profit group allows students to experience working on a real job site while helping out families in need Vancouver Island University (VIU) carpentry students are building a strong foundation for a career in the construction industry, thanks to a partnership between the institution and Habitat for Humanity Mid-Vancouver Island. Five years ago, the... Read more
Team-Based Learning at VIU Energizes Professors and Engages Students
April 10, 2017
More than 30 instructors have implemented Team-Based Learning in their classrooms since its introduction by VIU’s Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning A teaching method called Team-Based Learning (TBL) that flips the traditional classroom model on its head is showing positive results in dozens of classrooms across Vancouver Island University (VIU). Take Hospitality Management... Read more
VIU Presents Eight Talks on Teaching in a World of "Alternative Facts"
April 3, 2017
Teaching in a Post-Truth Era, a free event open to the public, explores the impact a mistrust of facts has on society from multiple perspectives Oxford Dictionaries has identified “post-truth” as their 2016 Word of the Year, citing a “general decrease in the influence of objective facts on people’s opinions.” On Wednesday, April 12, eight VIU professors and instructors with a wide range of... Read more
VIU Library Group Study Rooms Get a Tech Makeover
March 31, 2017
The new technology includes digital displays and attachments to hook laptop computers and other mobile devices up to the displays Walk past the group study rooms at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Nanaimo Campus Library and you will see groups of students hard at work, typing away on laptops, scrawling notes in notebooks and talking and laughing with each other. Chances are good you will... Read more