VIU Education Students Encourage Youth to Vote in Federal Election
October 16, 2015
Get out and vote. That’s the message to youth in Nanaimo from Year 6 Education students at Vancouver Island University (VIU). The students, all completing their final semester of VIU’s teacher training program, created a website called You Only Vote Once (www.yovo.weebly.com) as part their class ‘community action project.’ “Youth voting is a concern,” said student Dan Callaghan. “There’s... Read more
International Artist Donates 31 'African Scrapbook' Paintings to VIU
October 16, 2015
International artist Maureen G. Marshall has donated a series of 31 paintings to Vancouver Island University (VIU) based on her sketches, masks, carvings and memories of her African and European travel experiences. The collection of paintings are on display in a special exhibit at the View Gallery, a renovated art gallery at VIU’s Nanaimo campus from now until November 13. About 30 people,... Read more
Celebrated 'Africadian' Poet George Elliott Clarke Reads at VIU Oct. 22
October 15, 2015
Toronto Poet Laureate, playwright and literary critic George Elliott Clarke, VIU’s 2015 Gustafson Distinguished Poet, will deliver a free public lecture, On Entering the Echo Chamber of Epic: My "Canticles" Vs Pound's Cantos, Thursday, Oct. 22 at 7 pm in Building 355 on the Nanaimo campus. “For George, poetry is not only a printed form, but also an oral art,” says Clarke’s colleague and VIU... Read more
VIU MBA Students to Host First BC MBA Games Oct. 16-18
October 13, 2015
Students in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) MBA Society will host the first ever BC MBA Games in Nanaimo this weekend, Oct. 16 to 18. Teams of students in Masters of Business Administration (MBA) programs from VIU, University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University and University of Victoria will come together to compete over the weekend in academic, team... Read more
Salish Sea Marine Mammals Topic of ElderCollege Saturday Speaker Series Oct. 24
October 9, 2015
Anyone curious to learn more about Salish Sea marine mammals will enjoy a special presentation by Paul Cottrell as part of the Vancouver Island University (VIU) ElderCollege Saturday speaker series on Saturday, October 24. Cottrell, who works for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, will speak about “Marine Mammal Management: Actions to Minimize Impact.” He will provide a vivid summary of... Read more
Jazz and Blues concert at VIU's Deep Bay Marine Field Station October 16
October 8, 2015
The Maureen Washington Quartet returns to Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Deep Bay Marine Field Station for another delightful jazz and blues concert on Friday, October 16. The Quartet, featuring Karel Roessingh on piano, Joey Smith on bass, and Damian Graham on drums, has played numerous sold out shows through-out BC including performances at major venues like The Cellar in Vancouver,... Read more
VIU Jazz Concert Oct. 13 Features 'The Cookers Quintet'
October 8, 2015
When you’ve had enough of cooking for Thanksgiving, it will be time to relax and enjoy a jazz concert with The Cookers Quintet Tuesday, Oct. 13 at Vancouver Island University (VIU). As special guests of VIU’s Jazz Studies program, the Toronto-based group will perform at 7 pm in the Choral Room in Building 320. Two of the three quintet leaders, Ryan Oliver (tenor sax) and Alex Coleman (bass),... Read more
VIU recognizes those lost in the First World War by joining ‘The World Remembers’ Project
October 7, 2015
As dusk falls between Oct. 4 and Remembrance Day, Nov. 11, the names of more than 519,000 soldiers killed in the First World War will appear, one by one, on a digital screen in Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Welcome Centre (Building 300). VIU has joined “The World Remembers Project,” an international remembrance, education and reconciliation project begun by Canadian actor and director R.H... Read more
VIU Nursing Students Seek Support for Khowhemun School Project
October 2, 2015
Your quick clicks online could make all the difference for a Vancouver Island University (VIU) Nursing program initiative that aims to install new outdoor play equipment, a walking path and a sheltered community gathering place at Duncan’s Khowhemun Elementary School. An application for $100,000 in funding to complete the project at the Kindergarten to Grade 7 school has been made to the Aviva... Read more
VIU to award more than $800,000 in prestigious QE II Diamond Jubilee Scholarships
September 24, 2015
Students interested in studying coastal resilience issues in Belize and on Vancouver Island are invited to a program launch and information session Wednesday, September 30, 4:30 pm, at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Nanaimo campus to learn more about an exciting scholarship opportunity. VIU will award more than $800,000 in scholarships through the prestigious Canadian Queen Elizabeth II... Read more