Heavy Metal Rocks is not just about playing in the dirt. High school students had a chance to rotate through real-world machine stations during an experiential event that introduces teens to the heavy equipment operator trade. Read about it in Heavy Equipment Guide or the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
A chemical found on car tires is entering waterways on Vancouver Island and beyond, with deadly effect for salmon populations. The Pacific Salmon Foundation goes behind the scenes to learn more about what VIU’s Applied Environmental Research Lab and the BC Conservation Foundation are doing to learn more about how this tire toxin enters waterways and discover effective mitigation strategies. Watch the video.
VIU students are preparing to take back the record for the world’s largest Nanaimo Bar, as told in Education News Canada.
Dr. Michael MacKenzie, VIU’s Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership, helps explain the decimating election results for the NDP in the Discourse.
VIU’s Mariners athletics department honoured outstanding athletes at the annual awards night. Read more in the Nanaimo News Bulletin.
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