Upper Level Theatre Students Group Stages Jane Martin’s “Talking With”
March 30, 2010
Vancouver Island University third and fourth-year Theatre students present Talking With at Malaspina Theatre located on the Nanaimo campus April 1-3. Talking With by Jane Martin is a series of monologues about women in different places in their lives. The play points out that even though all these women are different—and some of them are really different—they all have basic human needs and in... Read more
Students launch Faces of Addiction website April 1
March 29, 2010
Third and fourth year nursing students at Vancouver Island University hope to raise awareness about substance abuse and increase compassion towards people with addictions. The students, part of a VIU student-led action group called Faces of Addiction, will unveil a new website they’ve created at a student research symposium April 1. “Our website will be a useful community resource for anyone... Read more
Arts and Humanities Colloquium speaker focuses on Irish poet W. B. Yeats
March 29, 2010
Dr. Clay Armstrong of VIU’s English Department unravels the persistently complex work of W. B. Yeats and the tension between politics and poetry Friday, April 9, 10 to 11:30 am in the 5th floor boardroom of the Nanaimo campus Library. W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) is among the most influential poets of the twentieth century. Born in Ireland during a period of cultural, political, and religious... Read more
Music Department presents year-end concerts
March 26, 2010
VIU’s Music Department is presenting three year-end concerts at Malaspina Theatre April 6-8, all starting at 7:30 pm. A Classical Concert Tuesday, April 6 features student solo performances, Cantabile Chamber Choir VIU Wind Ensemble and VIU Trombone Ensemble. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for students and seniors. The Choir Concert Wednesday, April 7 features College Singers, VIU Vocal Jazz... Read more
First Nations poet gives reading at Vancouver Island University
March 26, 2010
Philip Kevin Paul, Vancouver Island University’s short-term writer in residence, will be giving a feature reading on the Nanaimo campus 7 pm to 8:30 pm, Tuesday, March 30 in Building 200, Room 203. Paul is a member of the WSÁ,NEC Nation on Saanich Peninsula. His work has been published in BC Studies, Literary Review of Canada, Breathing Fire: Canada’s New Poets and An Anthology of Canadian... Read more
VIU grad builds carpentry career
March 24, 2010
As a young boy, Luke Cuthbert enjoyed building things around the house. A life-long passion for carpentry and a lucrative career grew out of his childhood interest. Cuthbert started his carpentry apprenticeship while attending Cowichan Secondary School (CSS). One week shy of his 20th birthday, he graduated as a journeyman carpenter from Vancouver Island University’s fourth year Carpentry... Read more
Biggest Lugers earn medals, Poker Walk challenge is next
March 23, 2010
The 22 members of CCSensationals earned chocolate gold medals as winners of Campus Recreation’s Biggest Luger program. The six-week activity and nutrition-tracking program encouraged Vancouver Island University students and staff to compete by logging activity minutes and servings of fruit and vegetables. Based on their performance, competitors moved sleds down a model track installed in the VIU... Read more
Salt Spring Island artist to speak at VIU
March 22, 2010
Salt Spring Island artist John Macdonald will discuss his work at Vancouver Island University Thursday, March 25. The painter’s artwork is informed by a traditional as well as an avant-garde aesthetic. Like the Impressionists, there is immediacy to Macdonald’s large-scale canvases in which forms and figures captured in bold brush strokes reflect contemporary subjects and every day experiences.... Read more
Faith and faith
March 20, 2010
"Please excuse me if I use the "F" word often in this review. I realize that many people are afraid of that word and are disgusted by its frequent use in contemporary letters. Even tough-minded scientists like Jerry Coyne are quick to correct themselves if the "F" word sneaks out. In a recent Point of Inquiry podcast, Coyne, in talking about his book Why Evolution is True, says "most... Read more
VIU student to receive award from Prince Edward
March 18, 2010
Christopher Perrier-Evely will be among 100 young British Columbians to receive the Duke of Edinburgh’s Gold Award from Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, in Vancouver Friday (March 19). Perrier-Evely said it was exciting to find out last fall that rumours were true and a member of the Royal Family would be coming to British Columbia to hand out the top awards in the program that recognizes... Read more