An exhibit by a former youth in care, the moment VIU broke a world record, World Oceans Day and much more. Read VIU in the news this week:
Tarah Dowling, a VIU Visual Art student, was featured on CBC’s As It Happens. Tarah, a Tuition Waiver student, speaks about her art project We Are the Change You Want to See, which includes portraits of 15 Tuition Waiver students and a recording of them sharing some of their experiences. Listen to the episode, her interview starts at the 9:45 mark. Learn more about Tarah’s project.
Media coverage from the World’s Largest Nanaimo Bar event last weekend continued this week:
A new exhibit at the Chinese Canadian Museum in Vancouver, called "A Soldier for All Seasons: Chinese Canadians in the Second World War” features photos in the display which hold a personal connection for Retired Anthropology Professor Dr. Imogene Lim. Read more.
Deep Bay Marine Field Station will help celebrate World Ocean Day at a Parksville event featuring VIU honorary degree recipient Chef Ned Bell. Read more about the June 8 event in the World Newswire.
Dr. Kelly Black, a VIU Adjunct History Professor, discusses how logging and settlement history of the Comox Valley helps us understand why the coastal Douglas fir ecosystem is now endangered, in an article in The Discourse. Read the article.
VIU student Olivia Rhodes is heading to Costa Rica to compete in ultimate frisbee at the Pan American Youth Championships. Read more in the Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News.
VIU’s Milner Gardens & Woodland, staff, Horticulture Instructor Christine Quist & VIU students star in an episode of Ageless Gardens! The episode features a group of women who formed a collective to spread knowledge about seed saving. Watch the episode.
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