New Student Awards Honour Legacy of VIU Alum Micah Messent
Two awards in memory of a VIU graduate who passed away in a plane crash in March 2019 will be given out to Indigenous students in need in 2020.
Friends and family of Micah Messent remember the Vancouver Island University (VIU) graduate as a caring, community-oriented individual who focused on helping those around him. To honour this legacy of supporting and encouraging others, Messent’s family has established an endowment fund through the VIU Foundation that will give Indigenous students in need a hand up.
VIU Reduces Barriers to Education on Global Day of Giving
VIU’s sixth annual Giving Tuesday campaign, running until December 3, highlights the need for additional scholarships and bursaries for students.
Rebekah Aplin is grateful for the generosity of a stranger, which allowed her to continue into the second year of her Bachelor of Science degree at Vancouver Island University (VIU) with a significantly lower financial burden.
Hope, Inclusion and Access to Education: VIU President Shares Vision at Installation Event
Dr. Deb Saucier, VIU President and Vice-Chancellor since July 2019, was formally endowed with the powers and responsibilities of office in a ceremony at the Snuneymuxw First Nation Longhouse in Cedar on November 15.
A regional institution such as Vancouver Island University (VIU) can change what it means to be a university, challenge longstanding perceptions on who goes and what can be taught there, and redefine how we understand and value people.
Assessing Creative Tourism in Rural BC and Yukon
Two Vancouver Island University (VIU) researchers are heading north to analyze a relatively new economic driver ̶̶ creative tourism and its impact on rural communities.
Two Vancouver Island University (VIU) researchers are leading a study into the role the cultural sector and creative tourism play in the sustainability of smaller, rural cities and towns in northern British Columbia and the Yukon.
Teachers-in-Training Help Communities
VIU Education program students who are about to become certified teachers, spend their final weeks at University creating or participating in projects that fill a need in local communities.
Preserving a child’s dignity by giving them a suitcase, collecting feminine hygiene products for women in need and creating the curriculum for a local nature centre all have substantial impacts on people, organizations and communities.
In Search of the Promised Land: Freedom, Prosperity and #Landback for Indigenous Peoples
Max FineDay, Executive Director of the Canadian Roots Exchange, will share his perspective on what reconciliation looks like during VIU’s fifth annual Indigenous Speakers Series on Monday, November 25.
When Max FineDay graduated from university in 2015, his grandmother sat him down and told him he had a duty to explain Indigenous peoples to the rest of Canada by telling the kinds of stories that change people’s hearts and minds.
Community Remembers Fallen Soldiers in Remembrance Day Project
VIU video memorial that honours Nanaimo soldiers’ contributions to the First and Second World Wars to be displayed across the city.
A unique video memorial project aims to tell a piece of the story of the lives of the Nanaimo soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the First and Second World War.
VIU Chosen to Offer National Land Management Training for First Nations
University will begin offering the Professional Indigenous Lands Management Certificate program in summer 2020.
Behind every sustainable, thriving community is the guiding hand of a land manager tasked with balancing the needs of the people who live there with what needs to be done to ensure resources are protected for future generations.
Nursing Students Go On The Air To Promote Good Health
VIU’s nurses of tomorrow address community health-care issues on unique Nanaimo radio show.
NANAIMO, BC: Five Vancouver Island University (VIU) Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) students are taking to the airwaves to provide reliable health information to the community.
A Sound Constitution is a radio show that focuses on community well-being, hosted on CHLY 101.7 every Thursday between 10 and 11 am. It plays a significant role in developing the skills of future front-line health-care workers.
Vancouver Island University Recognized as a Bee Campus
Bee City Canada designation commits VIU to organizing activities that help protect pollinators on campus and raising awareness about the importance of pollinators.
Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Nanaimo campus is set to become a hive of bee-friendly events and activities thanks to its designation as a Bee Campus.