Photo by Karl Yu from the Nanaimo News Bulletin
AI literacy, algae blooms and oyster illness, here's how VIU experts are making the news:
Welcoming new students
New students were welcomed to our Nanaimo campus this week during RockVIU. Read more from the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
Student researching lesser-known eating disroder
An unhealthy obsession with healthy eating was the focus of a research project from recent VIU graduate Isabelle Desrosiers. Read more from the Nanaimo News Bulletin and Nanaimo News Now.
Schools Out programming coming to Nanaimo
United Way BC is bringing an out-of-school program to new communities on Vancouver Island to help address food insecurity and a lack of after-school support. VIU is supporting the program. Read more from CTV News.
VIU alum tries out for pro women’s baseball nationals
The Women’s Pro Baseball League, debuting next year, held the first pro women’s baseball tryouts in more than 80 years in August, in partnership with MLB’s Washington Nationals. Among those at the tryouts is pitcher Alli Schroeder, who has played for Canada’s national team since 2018 and became the first woman to play in the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Conference at VIU. Read more from the Toronto Star.
Citizen of the Year for VIU alum
Nuu-chah-nulth language keeper and VIU alum Jeneva Touchie (Čakʷaasiqḥw̓iłim) is Ucluelet’s 2025 Citizen of the Year. Read more from the Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper.
Oyster illness
Some people have become sick after eating BC oysters. VIU Fisheries and Aquaculture Professor and Canada Research Chair in Shellfish Health and Genomics Tim Green spoke with CBC Radio's On the Coast host Gloria Macarenko about the issue. Listen here.
New position for former VIU employee
Congratulations to former VIU Associate Dean Dr. Stacie Chappell, who is joining University Canada West starting September 15 as Dean, School of Management and Business. Read more in Education News Canada.
Getting AI literate
AI development is waiting for no one, with businesses and governments racing to find real-world applications for the technology, VIU Education Professor Julia Hengstler tells the Times Colonist. AI literacy is critical for everyone, she says. Read more in the Times Colonist.
Algae bloom research
A dedicated and competent group of local volunteers has come together to form a new society in response to intensifying blue-green algae blooms at Nicola Lake near Merritt. Dr. Chris Gill, Co-Director of VIU's Applied Environmental Research Lab, shares his knowledge. Watch the Rogers TV segment.
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