January 18: VIU campuses and locations closed for evening classes
January 18, 2024
Thursday January 18, 2024: All Vancouver Island University campuses and facilities are closed for evening classes tonight (January 18) due to severe weather. An update on operations for Friday, January 19, 2024, will be provided by 6:30 am tomorrow morning (January 19, 2024). Please note: Campus... Read more
Open: All VIU campuses and locations – January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024
January 18: All Vancouver Island University campuses and locations are open. Please use caution when navigating our campuses and wear appropriate footwear for slippery conditions. Reminders about processes when campuses re-open after a snowfall Employees If your campus re-opens and you are unable... Read more
January 17: All VIU campuses and facilities closed for day
January 17, 2024
Update, 8:30 am: All VIU campuses and facilities are now closed for the rest of the day (January 17). The next update will be by 6:30 am tomorrow morning on whether campuses and facilities will re-open for tomorrow (January 18). Wednesday January 17, 2024: Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo,... Read more
Alum of the Month: Perry Bulwer
January 14, 2024
Coming to Vancouver Island University (then Malaspina College) in the early 1990s was a turning point in Perry Bulwer’s life. He had dropped out of high school in 1972 to join a fundamentalist Christian cult when he was just 16 years old. When he got out 20 years later, he described himself as “... Read more
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