MEDIATION CONTINUES BETWEEN VIU AND CUPE
November 5, 2012
VIU RELEASE: 2012/129 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 5, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1858 are continuing their efforts to finalize the collective bargaining process. The parties met with mediator, Mark Brown, over the weekend and are making good progress towards achieving a renewed collective agreement... Read more
Business Leaders Share Knowledge and Expertise with Students
November 5, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 5, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Innovative business trends, job opportunities and job readiness – these are the key topics Vancouver Island University students in the Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program discussed today (Monday, Nov. 5) with prominent Canadian business leaders. Susan Allan, Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of... Read more
MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL CAPS INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
November 2, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, Nov.2, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – Hundreds of international and Canadian students danced, sang and celebrated during Vancouver Island University’s Multicultural Festival Friday. It was boisterous end to VIU’s International Education Week festivities which included free concerts, a fashion show, talent show, cultural displays, ethnic food and more at VIU’s Nanaimo campus... Read more
VIU AND CUPE MOVE TO MEDIATION
November 2, 2012
VIU RELEASE: 2012/127 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 2, 2012 NANAIMO, BC –Vancouver Island University (VIU) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1838 have agreed to move to mediation as the next step in the collective bargaining process. The parties will meet with a private mediator during the next few days with the goal of achieving a renewed collective agreement... Read more
CULINARY ARTS STUDENTS FEATURED ON TV SHOW
October 29, 2012
Vancouver Island University Culinary Arts students and Chef Debbie Shore will be featured on the lastest episode of Flavours of the West Coast, a Chek TV television series about the best local, sustainable, healthy, and delicious food from various regions around British Columbia. The show airs Monday, Oct. 29 at 9:30 pm and again on Friday, Nov. 2 at 4 pm. A film crew interviewed Chef Shore,... Read more
VIU CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK
October 25, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 NANAIMO, BC – The public is invited to help Vancouver Island University celebrate International Education Week October 29 to November 2. Highlights include a Multicultural Festival, free concerts, lectures, performances, cultural displays, ethnic food and more at VIU’s Nanaimo campus. “VIU is part of a Canada-wide celebration of international... Read more
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MATTHEW HOOTON COMING TO VIU OCT. 29
October 25, 2012
Nanaimo, BC - Matthew Hooton, award-winning author of the novel Deloume Road, will read selections of his work at Vancouver Island University Oct. 29. Deloume Road, Hooton’s first novel, was awarded the inaugural Greene & Heaton Prize for the best novel of the Bath Spa University Masters in Creative Writing program in England. Hooton, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Creative Writing... Read more
VIU SOCCER ON CUSP OF ACHIEVING GOAL
October 25, 2012
By Greg Sakaki, Nanaimo News Bulletin October 24, 2012 The VIU Mariners know just how close they’ve come, now, to achieving a goal. Vancouver Island University’s men’s soccer team is getting ready to start play at the Pacific Western Athletic Association provincial championships this coming weekend (Oct. 27-28) in Squamish. [Read more](http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/sports/175651571.html) Read more
Workplace Accident Leads to Career Change
October 19, 2012
NANAIMO, BC - Randy Cooper worked as a carpenter until a workplace accident in June 2011 changed everything. “A saw kicked back and cut off most of my left thumb,” said Cooper. “Now I have difficulty operating power tools.” That’s why Cooper is launching a career change. Instead of working with wood, he’ll assist seniors. Cooper is one of 32 students enrolled in Vancouver Island University’s... Read more
VIU Theatre department presents fall show November 1 -10
October 19, 2012
NANAIMO, BC – The search for identity and purpose is the theme of Vancouver Island University Theatre department’s fall production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, running Nov. 1 – 10 in the Malaspina Theatre. A Tony and New York Drama Critic award-winning play directed by VIU theatre instructor Leon Potter, the story follows the two titular characters of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern,... Read more