VIU Hosts Reconciliation Workshops This Fall and Spring
November 1, 2016
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise explores the history of Canada from an Indigenous perspective Imagine you are living on the land, as your ancestors did for many thousands of years before you, hunting, fishing and farming. Your community has its own language, culture, traditions and laws governing your existence. Then an outside group arrives. At first, there is lots of cooperation and support... Read more
Canadian Celebrities Read War Letters for VIU's National Online Archive Project
October 28, 2016
Audio recordings a new addition to the University’s Canadian Letters and Images Project "My Dearest Flo, Just a line to tell you Poor old Bert is killed.” So begins one of the letters that Sheila McCarthy, an acclaimed Canadian stage, film and television actress, reads out for Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Canadian Letters and Images Project – an online archive of letters and images... Read more
New Student Refugee Award Kicks Off WorldVIU Days
October 27, 2016
The VIU International Refugee Newcomer Award launches at the annual event, which celebrates the University’s cultural diversity This year’s WorldVIU Days will kick off with the launch of a new Vancouver Island University (VIU) award to help refugees pursue higher education. The VIU International Refugee Newcomer Award will support newcomers to the mid-Vancouver Island region who have arrived as... Read more
VIU's Malaspina Theatre Looking for Participants for 24-Hour Playwriting Competition
October 20, 2016
Competition, which takes place November 18-20, requires teams to come up with a short play over the course of a weekend Calling all budding playwrights! The Malaspina Theatre at Vancouver Island University (VIU) is looking for people to enter the theatre’s inaugural 24-Hour Playwriting Competition, happening November 18 - 20. “We’re looking for absolutely anyone with a desire to try something... Read more
VIU Hosts Women in Trades Event to Encourage More Women to Consider Trades Careers
October 13, 2016
October 19 event is a partnership between industry, Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools and VIU Carla Smith has worked in the construction industry for the past 20 years and not regretted a minute of it. Smith, who is president of CMF Construction Ltd., a general contractor, loves the complexity of the jobs her company works on – not only are they creating something new and useful, but they’re... Read more
VIU International Students Hit CHLY's Airwaves to Assist Crime Stoppers
October 13, 2016
Nanaimo Crime Stoppers has partnered with VIU International and CHLY 101.7 to get their messages out to different language groups The microphone is live and Vancouver Island University (VIU) international student Wei (Edwin) Song from Beijing confidently leans in to voice a Crime Stoppers message in his native Mandarin. He is one of four students who came together to assist Crime Stoppers... Read more
VIU Series to Engage Canadians in the Challenging Process of Reconciliation
October 11, 2016
It began with the launch of the nationally recognized Witness Blanket art installation and will continue into 2017. Vancouver Island University (VIU) is honoured to announce the start of Reconciliation Road: Join the Journey with VIU, a series of events and activities that support the process and meet the challenge of reconciliation between Canada’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Canada’... Read more
VIU Partners with the City of Nanaimo to Recognize Soldiers Killed in First World War
October 3, 2016
The names will appear in a digital display at City recreation facilities as part of The World Remembers Project For 44 days this fall, when people walk into the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre, Beban Park Pool and Oliver Woods Recreation Centre, they will be greeted by 19-inch TV screens displaying the names of thousands of soldiers killed in 1916, during the First World War. The screens are part of The... Read more
VIU and the Parksville Family Resource Centre Introduces Youth with Autism to the Outdoors in Unexpected Ways
September 26, 2016
Collaborative effort involving two VIU departments and one non-profit organization resulted in a two-week Outdoor Adventure Camp for youth with autism For six Parksville youth with autism, this summer was one they’ll never forget thanks to a two-week Outdoor Adventure Camp that came together through a collaborative partnership between Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Parksville Family... Read more
VIU Cowichan's Construction Students Give Back to the Community
August 30, 2016
Campus has a long history of fostering community partnerships to give students hands-on experiences Three years ago, for the first time, George Harry put the key in the lock of his new home on Malahat Nation land. This moment was particularly poignant for Harry, who had graduated from the Carpentry Foundation program at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Cowichan campus and was a first-year... Read more