VIU Geoscience Student Finds A Way To Help Others While Earning His Pilot's Licence

VIU Geoscience student combines passion for flying, photography and science to help other students and the environment. 

When Vancouver Island University (VIU) Geoscience student Nick Temos started crisscrossing the Island in a Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft building flight time to obtain his commercial pilot licence, his perspective about the environment we live in changed. 

VIU Researchers Aim to Develop Improved Mapping Methods For Canada's North

A Vancouver Island University (VIU) research project will provide a unique opportunity to examine the glacial landscape of Canada’s North, leading to new mapping methods that will help people identify sources of sand, gravel or minerals. 

Canada’s North is rich in natural resources and a major driver of economic growth in the region. Large mineral deposits could include diamonds, gold, silver, copper and other base metals.  

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