March 15, 2021 - 4:15pm
A bi-weekly roundup of VIU students and employees in the news.
NEWS STORIES
Top Performing article for the last two weeks:
- CTV News: BC Invests $2 Million in Three Vancouver Island Food Hubs. Features Deep Bay Marine Field Station’s new Seafood Innovation Centre. Based off a BC Government News funding announcement release. Reach: 23.2 million.
- Also picked up by the Business Examiner, CFAX 1070
Other stories:
- Business in Vancouver: Women in Leadership Podcast – featuring VIU Chancellor Dr. Judith Sayers.
- Times Colonist: Design Revealed for Correctional Centre at Brannen Lake in Nanaimo (VIU mentioned as an educational partner).
- Comox Valley Record: Strathcona Wilderness Institute AGM upcoming, presenters include Dr. Jasmine Janes, a VIU Biology Professor, and Genevieve van der Voort, a VIU biology student.
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: VIU student actors go online for 25th-annual ‘Rocky Horror Picture show’.
- Sportsnet: How Young, Talented Team Canada is Prepping for Women’s Baseball World Cup (features Alli Shroeder, who joined the VIU men’s baseball team recently).
- Times Colonist: Design Revealed for Correctional Centre at Brannen Lake in Nanaimo (VIU mentioned as an educational partner).
- CBC Radio: Growing Interest in Psychedelic Treatments for Mental Illness, but Expert Warns More Robust Research Needed (featuring VIU Nursing Professor Dr. Shannon Dames).
- VIU News Release: An Important Update on Our Fall 2021 Semester. Picked up by My Coast Now, Nanaimo Bulletin,Times Colonist.
- VIU News Release: VIU Alum Makes Impact Through Endowment Awards. Picked up by CTV, Times Colonist, First Nations Drum, CFAX 1070, Nation Talk, University Affairs and Education News Canada.
TOP-PERFORMING BROADCAST STORY
- A CBC Radio story about the VIU Satyr Players staging The Rocky Horror Picture Show virtually reached 86,000 people.
VIU STUDENT PULSE
- Wednesday, March 10 Edition: 59% open rate, 3.1% click-through rate.
- Most-clicked link: Fall Semester Update
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Top Tweet: Our Tweet about funding opportunities for women to find satisfying careers as skilled tradespeoplereached 2,093 people.
- Top Facebook post: Our post sharing the news that VIU is planning for a safe return to on-campus instruction reached more than 11,000 people, including 80 shares.
- Top Instagram post: Our post sharing the news that VIU is planning for a safe return to on-campus instruction reached more than 7,600 people.
Tags: Announcements
