Poets on Campus reading series starts new year with Hilary Peach
January 12, 2010
Gabriola Island poet Hilary Peach performs her distinctive blend of words and music Monday, Jan. 18, at Vancouver Island University. Peach, founder and Artistic Director of the Poetry Gabriola Festival , is a writer, audio poet, recording artist, arts activist, and producer. She has performed at events that include the Vancouver International Folk Music Festival, Montreal’s Festival Voix d’... Read more
New Director of International Marketing, Recruitment and Business Development at VIU
January 12, 2010
Bruce Condie is Vancouver Island University’s new Director, International Marketing, Recruitment and Business Development. Condie, who starts work at VIU on Feb. 22, has been the Director of International Education for Red River College in Winnipeg since 2006. VIU has much to offer students who are looking for a high quality education in a wide range of programs from high school to post-... Read more
Blended courses earn high marks at VIU
January 12, 2010
Two faculty members at Vancouver Island University have discovered a unique way to create better learning experiences for students. Media Studies instructor Doug Stetar and English teacher Daniel Burgoyne collaborated on a pilot project linking two courses – English 115 (university writing and research) and Media Studies 112 (popular culture). The interdisciplinary experiment aimed at first... Read more
VIU conservation expert outlines risks of bear and cougar attacks
January 11, 2010
Hikers, campers and others who venture into the wilds of B.C. can learn ways to reduce the chance of bear and cougar attacks at a free public lecture Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Vancouver Island University. John Merriman, a former B.C. Conservation Officer and instructor for VIU’s Resource Management Officer Technology program (RMOT), will outline strategies to avoid conflict in the wild and... Read more
The Brain - book review
January 7, 2010
John S. Allen is Research Scientist, Dornsite Cognitive Neuroscience Imaging Center and the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California. Drawing on recent techniques of imaging as well as insights and discoveries from paleoanthropology, microbiology, brain anatomy, and molecular genetics Allen provides an "exploration of the evolution of the human brain" as a... Read more
First video art show opens this week
January 6, 2010
The Nanaimo Art Gallery at Vancouver Island University has something special in store for art lovers – the first video art show series. Two shows in the campus gallery of the Nanaimo Art Gallery (900 Fifth Street) open Friday. A third show at the gallery’s downtown location on Commercial Drive opens Thurs., Jan. 14. The show on Nanaimo Art Gallery’s upper floor features the video art work of... Read more
VIU MBA student gives Elvis fashion company a global boost
January 4, 2010
Elvis Presley died six years before Sharon Huang was born in Taiwan but that hasn’t stopped the 26-year-old MBA student at Vancouver Island University from helping to keep memories of the King very much alive. During a four-month internship with Pro Elvis Jumpsuits in Nanaimo, Huang worked with costume designer Elle von Boetticher to reach out to an estimated 80,000 Elvis tribute artists around... Read more
Canadian Letters and Images project receives $12,000 gift
January 4, 2010
The Canadian Letters and Images project, a unique online archive of Canadian war experiences maintained by Vancouver Island University history students, received a special gift from the Nanaimo Community Foundation - $12,000 for technology upgrades. The objective of the Canadian Letters and Images project is to let Canadians tell their own story in their own words by creating a permanent online... Read more
VIU students take action on challenges of homelessness
December 23, 2009
Students at Vancouver Island University are going beyond simply studying about the challenges of people experiencing homelessness in Nanaimo. Their research into the extent of the problem has uncovered gaps in services for the homeless and found a way to improve efficiency in existing programs. Students in Helene Demers’ Anthropology of Homelessness course also raised more than $460 in... Read more