VIU celebrates local and global community during WorldVIU Days
The theme of the week-long event, which runs November 6 to 10, is Community Through Movement.
An annual, week-long event that celebrates cultural diversity on campus is returning to Vancouver Island University (VIU).
Taking place from November 6 to 10, WorldVIU Days brings people together to find common ground and build community.
VIU connects with local and global community at WorldVIU Days
What: WorldVIU Days
When: October 31 to November 4, 2022
Where: See photo opportunity schedule below
An annual, multi-day event that explores how culture influences the way people make sense of the world is returning to Vancouver Island University (VIU) this month.
VIU welcomes three new refugee students
The students are pursuing their degrees here after arriving from refugee camps in Uganda.
Growing up in war-torn Somalia, Hanan Ali Abdi still remembers the moment her life changed forever and set her on a course to becoming a Vancouver Island University (VIU) student this year.
The moment happened amidst the regular deluge of violence, bombings, kidnappings and raids when an explosion rocked Abdi’s neighbourhood.
“It happened so fast,” she said. “I didn’t know where my mom or my sisters were. I just remember running and a lady holding my hand.”
Queen Elizabeth Scholars from Tanzania Learn Lessons in Resilience
VIU Master of Sustainable Leisure Management graduates conducted their research remotely this year due to the pandemic.
The three final international participants of Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Queen Elizabeth Scholarship (QES) program will graduate this summer – marking the beginning of the final year of the program.
Creating Pathways For Students From Latin America
VIU expands its international presence with the opening of a new recruitment office in Quito, Ecuador.
Vancouver Island University (VIU) is enriching its international student population with the opening of a recruitment office in Quito, Ecuador.
VIU Graduate Student Hopes to Influence Indigenous Learning in Belize
VIU Master of Education in Educational Leadership student Miriam Juarez is researching how to incorporate more Maya culture and perspectives into the curriculum taught in her home country of Belize.
NANAIMO, BC: Inspired by the ways Vancouver Island University (VIU) has worked with First Nations to bring Indigenous ways of knowing and being into many of its programs and courses, international graduate student Miriam Juarez hopes to bring Maya culture into the classrooms in her home country of Belize.
New Dean of International Education Joins Leadership Team at VIU
Dr. Philip Oxhorn to take on key academic role with the University
An internationally respected expert in Latin American affairs is joining Vancouver Island University (VIU) as the new Dean of the Faculty of International Education.
Dr. Philip Oxhorn brings almost 30 years’ experience in post-secondary education to this role, along with a strong research background in the comparative study of civil society and its role in supporting democratic regimes, with a focus on Latin America.