VIU computer science researcher earns national scholarship
September 24, 2010
Kyle d'Oliveira wants to design video games. But his dream job is on hold while he pursues a master's degree in Computer Science, and possibly a doctorate. “I want to keep learning,” says d'Oliveira, a recent graduate of Vancouver Island University with a Bachelor of Science, Major in Computing Science (minor in Math). d'Oliveria has a big reason to keep learning. He won a $17,500 Canada... Read more
VIU students benefit from Realty Referral Program
September 18, 2010
When Dana and Cobus Swarts began looking for a home in Nanaimo, they found out their real estate investment could also be an investment in the education of students at Vancouver Island University. Through the VIU Foundation’s Realty Referral Program, participating realtors donate 25 per cent of their net commission from purchases and sales of property to, or referred by, VIU staff, students,... Read more
Application process opens for new degree in sustainable leisure management at VIU
September 17, 2010
Vancouver Island University is launching a long-awaited Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management. The first public announcement of the graduate degree occurred in South Korea at the 11th World Leisure Congress on September 1st. The graduate program, set to process applications starting Nov.15, is unique because it is endorsed by the Degree Quality Assessment Board of British Columbia’s... Read more
Faculty member’s first novel shortlisted for Butler Book Prize
September 16, 2010
Vancouver Island University Creative Writing professor Jay Ruzesky’s first novel, The Wolsenburg Clock, has been shortlisted for the 2010 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. The story follows the construction and reconstruction of a monumental church clock which charts the stars and planets and is covered with a fantasy of automated figures. First built in the medieval age, the clock is... Read more
Hall of Fame for 1983 soccer champions
September 15, 2010
The 1983 Mariners men’s soccer team has earned another triumph. The Vancouver Island University (Malaspina) team will be inducted to the Nanaimo Sports Hall of Fame at a special celebration at the Nanaimo Museum on Saturday (Sept. 18). Almost the entire team will be in attendance, along with coaches Les Malbon and Mike Armstrong, both professors in the Sport, Health and Physical Education... Read more
Research supports Aboriginal childhood development
September 14, 2010
A new $2.5-million B.C. Regional Innovation Chair at Vancouver Island University will engage First Nations communities to create meaningful, culturally relevant and practical resources for early childhood educators of Aboriginal students, Children and Family Development Minister Mary Polak announced today. "The B.C. Regional Innovation Chair in Aboriginal Early Childhood Development will be... Read more
Poetry at VIU: Reflections on Wordsworth and reading by Susan Juby
September 13, 2010
Poetry, past and present, takes centre stage at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus library Friday and Monday. On Friday, Sept. 17, Steve Lane, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, focuses on one of the supreme voices of English Romanticism, William Wordsworth. Lane will look at key events in Wordsworth's long career, including his relationship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the... Read more
Prime Minister Stephen Harper visits Deep Bay Field Station
September 10, 2010
Under brilliant sunshine and bathed in warm ocean breezes, Wednesday September 8, 2010 will long be remembered by the staff of the Centre for Shellfish Research (CSR) and Vancouver Island University as Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a surprise visit to the Deep Bay Field Station. A six-car cavalcade of black SUV’s and limousines, impressive security detail and RCMP officers marked his arrival... Read more
Safer, energy efficient transit exchange ready for fall semester
August 29, 2010
A new transit exchange at Vancouver Island University is ready for the busy fall semester. Buses switch over to the new transit exchange on Fourth Street at the Nanaimo campus Sept. 7. The transit exchange, part of VIU’s award-winning Campus Master Plan, includes operational design features that will double capacity, improve safety and save energy. The entire $595,000 cost of the project was... Read more
New Board Chair announced at VIU
August 29, 2010
Mike Brown is the new Chair of the Vancouver Island University Board of Governors effective September 1. Brown, a Nanaimo resident for 15 years, has served the Board for the past two and a half years. He completed a two-year term as the Board’s Vice-Chair before stepping up to his new post. “I am indeed proud to have been given the opportunity to lead the Board, and to continue working with... Read more