Island Institutions Team Up to Host Virtual Career Fair
Beyond 2020 seeks to match employers with qualified students in an all-day event on November 19, 2020.
Registration is now open for the first-ever multi-institutional virtual career fair on Vancouver Island.
VIU Helps Future Students Prepare for What's Next
Campaign shows how post-secondary can help people take that first step toward their career aspirations.
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed how we learn, work and spend time together, and Vancouver Island University (VIU) wants people to know the University is here to help future students start down a new path.
VIU’s Be Ready for What’s Next fall recruitment campaign aims to get people thinking about their next move and new opportunities.
VIU Partners with Community to Remember Fallen Soldiers
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 that 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 Wars will be displayed across the city.
VIU and NIC Launch Work-Integrated Learning Hub
The new hub, which aims to create new, mutually beneficial opportunities for students and employers north of the Malahat, includes a partnership with Mitacs and RBC Foundation to focus on rural employer needs.
Vancouver Island University (VIU) and North Island College (NIC) are working together to boost work experience opportunities for students and support employer access to the workforce of the future.
VIU Student Recognized for Supporting Community
Vantaishia Tommy, who recently won a citizenship award for community service and commitment to her studies, is focused on helping animals when she graduates.
DUNCAN, BC: Vantaishia (Taish) Tommy knows exactly where she wants to be when she has finished her educational journey – protecting the rights and habitats of animals of all kinds and sizes around the world.
VIU Launches Two New Information Technology Diploma Programs
VIU answers industry appeal for specialized Information Technology and Applied Systems program offerings in the mid-Island area.
Two new information technology diploma programs are being offered at Vancouver Island University (VIU) to meet growing demand for skilled web and mobile developers and systems and networking administrators.
VIU Speaker Series Addresses Food Security in the Age of COVID-19
WHAT: VIU’s Engaged Citizens Speaker Series presents Food Security in the Age of COVID-19: Toward More Resilient Regional Food Systems
WHEN: Thursday, October 8, 2020, 6:30 – 8 pm
WHERE: Hosted by Zoom webinar
VIU Exceeds Fundraising Goal for Imagine VIU Campaign
The campaign raised $7.3 million to complete three new buildings on campus, create new scholarships, awards and bursaries, and acquire cutting-edge equipment.
From new equipment to learn on, to increased research opportunities, to dozens of new student scholarships, awards and bursaries – the impact of the Imagine VIU campaign has expanded beyond its initial goal of equipping and completing three new buildings on Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Nanaimo Campus.
VIU Appoints Dr. Judith Sayers as New Chancellor
Sayers is President of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and a longtime Indigenous rights and sustainable development advocate.
A prominent local Indigenous leader, sustainable development advocate and passionate educator will be Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) next chancellor.
VIU Alum Helps Start Mobile Youth Outreach Team to Support Homeless Youth
Ruby Barclay, a Child and Youth Care alum and coordinator of the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre’s Youth Advisory Council, is part of an initiative that aims to support and learn more about youth living on the streets of Nanaimo.
“I am the example of what survival is really about on this planet.”
To Ruby Barclay, Coordinator of the Nanaimo Aboriginal Centre’s Youth Advisory Council, this quote shows the resiliency of the homeless youth community that members of her council have been connecting with for many weeks now through the Mobile Youth Outreach Team.