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VIU Student Pulse News: May 2, 2023

Work and study at VIU this summer 🎒
Sheldon Scow, coordinator of VIU’s Community Cousins program, gifts a scarf to Garifuna elder Emily Palacio, director of the Hand in Hand program in Belmopan, Belize.

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

By Eric Zimmer
A new initiative at the University of Belize is taking its inspiration from VIU’s Community Cousins program.
Ottis Crabbe wearing chef's hat and full cooking attire preparing a dish in a pot on a stove in an industrial kitchen during a competition.

Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

By Eric Zimmer
Ottis Crabbe shares his story
The front entrance to the VIU Cowichan building in Duncan

A community-based approach to post-secondary education

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul
VIU Nanaimo campus

5 Questions about university transfers

By Christine Johnson
...and how to streamline the process
A student receives a folder from a woman, with another woman watching in the background

VIU Student Pulse: April 19, 2023

Summer jobs and scholarship info 🎒
Toni sits in a field of garlic

Living the agrarian life

English Professor Dr. Toni Smith’s experiences with the back-to-the-land movement
Headshot of Dr. Marni Stanley

What does it mean to hold space for queerness in the classroom?

Dr. Marni Stanley shares her personal journey as a student and teacher
Sarah portrait in Health and Science Centre

Creating a safe space to learn and thrive

By Jenn McGarrigle
Sarah McClelland shares her story