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
Students from The High School at VIU are Inspired by Nature
March 17, 2017
A unique high school class joins science and art in a natural setting to inspire students to see the world around them in a new light A student art show at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Museum of Natural History recently showcased some incredible work with nature as its theme – birds, trees, rivers, landscapes and more. The masterpieces were created by students from The High School at... Read more
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... 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