February 17, 2021 - 5:30pm
A bi-weekly roundup of VIU in the News.
NEWS STORIES
Top Performing article for the last two weeks:
- Our VIU News Release: Scholarly Article Sheds Light on Whether Vancouver Island Wolverines are a Distinct Sub-Species was picked up by the Victoria Times Colonist (reach 1.19 million people), several Black Press Media outlets (reach 250,000 people), Education News Canada (reach 7,100 people) and CBC Radio Victoria.
Other stories:
- City of Nanaimo: Announcing 2021 Culture & Heritage Award Recipients (featuring VIU alumni Aunalee Boyd-Good, Sophia Seward Good and Eliot White-Hill).
- BCIT News: BCIT Introduces Microcredentials with the Launch of Three Programs (featuring a program developed in partnership with VIU – the Essentials of Natural Resource and Environmental Protection). Picked up by Education News Canada.
- Black Press Media: VIU to Train 72 Health-care Assistants.
- Black Press Media (numerous outlets): BC Colleges, Universities Allowed to Run COVID-19 Deficits.
- Global BC Morning News: VIU Culinary Student heading to Culinary Olympics.
- Head Topics Canada: How to Celebrate the Lunar New Year if You’re Not Chinese (featuring VIU Anthropology Professor Dr. Imogene Lim).
- Oceanside News: Pandemic highlights importance of leisure activity. Oceanside News
- Oceanside News: VIU to host week of virtual events challenging global inequity.
- Parksville-Qualicum Beach News: New Vancouver Island University Courses to Help Train People for High-Demand Careers.
- Woodbusiness.ca: Winners of COFI & CFI’s 5th annual Forestry Photo Contest (featuring a photo by Instructor Chris Cole in the VIU Woodlot).
- Victoria News: North Saanich Author Wins Award for Work in First Nations Housing (featuring VIU Instructor Sylvia Olsen).
- VIU News Release: VIU Launches Baking and Pastry Arts Management Diploma was picked up by Academica Group Today’s Top Ten in Higher Ed, Academica group, Education News Canada
- VIU News Release: VIU Alum Starts Award for Single Mothers was picked up by Education News Canada, CBC Radio’s All Points West.
- VIU News Release: Speaker Addresses Racism in the BC Health-care Sector was picked up by NationTalk and First Nations Drum magazine.
- VIU News Release: VIU Graduate Student Joins National Advisory Committee was picked up by the Journal of Commerce.
- VIU/NIC News Release: VIU, NIC and Tourism VI Partner on Virtual Networking Event was picked up by Targeted News Service.
TOP PERFORMING BROADCAST STORY:
- VIU Biology Professor Dr. Jamie Gorrell and VIU alum Evan Hessels’ research into Vancouver Island wolverines (see top-performing print story) reached 86,000 on CBC Radio One 90.5FM.
SOCIAL MEDIA:
- Top Tweet: @VIUniversity’s Tweet congratulating VIU faculty member Sylvia Olsen on being a co-winner of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Woman of Wisdom and Passion Award for BC earned 4,570 impressions. View Tweet.
- Top Facebook post: Our post about the new Baking and Pastry Arts diploma reached 4,569 people. Check out the photo album.
- Top Instagram post: We shared a teaser video about our first TikTok post, which reached 1,735 people.
Tags: Announcements
