Indigenous Youth Exploring Issues through VIU Art-based Literacy Project
June 23, 2021
VIU community-engaged research team working with youth to use art as a conduit for self-care, language learning and as a relationship-building tool. A team of Vancouver Island University (VIU) community-engaged researchers is working with Indigenous youth on a project that is empowering them to explore important issues and share knowledge with the wider community through an artistic work. The... Read more
Scaling up and Shifting online: 10th Annual MED Research Conference
April 29, 2021
Each spring Dr. Rachel Moll, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education, organizes and hosts the MED Research Conference so second-year VIU Master of Education (M.Ed) students who are working on their theses can share their work. It also provides first-year M.Ed students a chance to learn from the presentations as they develop their research proposals. The opportunity to present at the conference... Read more
BSN Students Make Positive Impact on Opioid Crisis
April 29, 2021
By Pat Woods, Nursing Instructor Last year, 2020, was British Columbia's deadliest in relation to drug overdoses, with 1,716 people dying due to illicit drug use -- a 74 percent increase over the 2019 number of deaths. To raise awareness and provide training and resources, third-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students Riley Kirkpatrick, Therese Pirie and Hanni Zhao planned and... Read more
New Online Learning Opportunity for VIU Employees
April 29, 2021
VIU recently announced a partnership with LinkedIn Learning, giving all employees access to the LinkedIn Learning platform. This is the closest thing there is to an actual learning party, especially during COVID times. The LinkedIn Learning educational platform takes professional and personal development to the next level, with 16,000 online courses that create the opportunity for you to learn at... Read more
VIU Faculty Take Popular Extreme Science Show Online
April 12, 2021
Series of videos showcase daring and exciting physics and chemistry experiments to get youth interested in science. A show that has been getting kids excited about science for more than a decade went virtual this year – and caught thousands of elementary school-aged children up in a challenge that saw 11 lucky classrooms win science supplies. Every spring, Vancouver Island University (VIU)... Read more
VIU Students Find Creative Ways to Support Children and Families During COVID
March 12, 2021
Students in VIU’s Child and Youth Care program didn’t let physical distancing get in the way of developing activities that support children, youth and families in their communities this year. Over the years, students in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Child and Youth Care (CYC) program have built strong connections with community agencies that help children, youth and families who are... Read more
VIU Baking Program Rises to the Next Level
February 9, 2021
Bakers who want to start their own specialty business or take on commercial management roles can learn the skills they need at new program being offered at VIU. Students who love baking and are ready to take the next step toward becoming a professional baker or even selling their own delicious creations can take a new diploma program starting in August 2021 at Vancouver Island University (VIU... Read more
Anti-Racism Education List
February 3, 2021
Want to take some action in understanding anti-black racism and its legacies? Check out this education list provided to us by our CUPE local 1858 from the Nanaimo/Ladysmith Spoke of the Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network. Thank you CUPE! Also, follow the CUPE 1858 Facebook page for weekly posts on Black History Month. Books So You Want to Talk About Race (2019) by Ijeoma Oluo Guides readers of... Read more
VIU Shines Light on Inequities During Global Citizens Week
January 27, 2021
Annual VIU event goes virtual with community conversations on building a more just society at home and abroad. In the midst of a pandemic and a year of reckoning with racial injustice, Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Global Citizens Week is tackling the theme of Equity in Action. The event (February 8 – 12, 2021) will explore initiatives that aim to challenge inequity – from systemic... Read more
VIU Professor Assesses Leisure in the Time of a Pandemic
January 26, 2021
EXPERT COMMENTARY: VIU Recreation and Tourism Professor Joanne Schroeder says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of access to leisure activities as an investment in the long-term health and well-being of communities. The urgent need to stop people from gathering in close proximity to one another to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus took away or severely restricted most forms... Read more