Faculty collaborate on Meridian, a multimedia performance
March 9, 2012
Kevin Mazutinec recalls the moment when he saw the potential for his fluid animated images to be part of a larger art project and creative collaboration. Mazutinec, an Instructor/Technician in Vancouver Island University's Art and Design Department, produced Meridian, a digitally-animated abstract work that was part of Datastream 4 - Proliferating Signs and Cultural Layers. The result is... Read more
VIU in the news: Schaper wins Wally Buono Award
March 6, 2012
Nanaimo receiver joins Andrew Harris as Vancouver Island Raiders to be named CJFL's top player Josh Aldrich Nanaimo Daily News Jordan Yantz, Jordan Botel and Andrew Smith grabbed most of the headlines for the Vancouver Island Raiders this past season, but it was slotback Michael Schaper who was named this year's recipient of the Wally Buono Award as the player of the year for the Canadian... Read more
VIU in the news: Larisa Fayad award goes to Vancouver Island University theatre student
March 6, 2012
By Charlie Smith Straight.com A theatre student at Vancouver Island University has won the second annual Larisa Fayad Memorial Award in Lighting Design. The Vancouver International Dance Festival has announced that Andrew Pye, who is completing a technical theatre diploma, will use the $2,000 prize to collaborate on a new production with choreographer Holly Bright. They will work under the... Read more
Mariners in the News: VIU ready to host Canadian finals
March 6, 2012
Mariners will take on seven of the top teams in the country this week for the CCAA championship Josh Aldrich Nanaimo Daily News Vancouver Island University athletic department is in high gear preparing for its close up this week. The university is hosting this year's Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Women's Volleyball Championships starting Thursday and running through Saturday. There... Read more
Mariners in the News: Rosenlund leaving a legacy
March 5, 2012
Josh Aldrich Nanaimo Daily News March 05, 2012 The Canadian Colleges Athletic Association women's volleyball championship will be as much about closing out one career as it will be about starting a new one for the Rosenlund family. Tamara, who will leave as one of the all-time Mariner greats, is trying to end her time at Vancouver Island University in style with a national championship this... Read more
In the news: 'Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum' at VIU
March 1, 2012
The comic musical takes a light and rather bawdy look at life in ancient Rome By Chris Koehn Nanaimo Daily News March 1, 2012 The Vancouver Island University theatre department is putting a little spring into it's step with its latest production, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. It's a musical performance, said director and VIU professor Ross Desprez, which is one of the best... Read more
National volleyball championship tournament passes selling fast
February 29, 2012
With only one week remaining until the 2012 CCAA Women's Volleyball National Championship, VIU has sold over 30 per cent of their 250 tournament passes. "We are extremely excited to host this event and showcase the best 8 teams in Canada", says Event Manager, Mike Stefan. "Vancouver Island has always been a hotbed for women's volleyball and we are seeing that support and excitement for this... Read more
The Power of theatre in Indigenous Communities
February 29, 2012
Vancouver Island University professors Eliza Gardiner (Theatre Studies) and Laura Cranmer (First Nations Studies) focus on the power of Indigenous performance traditions, both globally and locally, in a VIU Arts and Humanities Colloquium presentation Friday, March 9. The presentation and discussion, which begins at 10 am in the Malaspina Theatre on the Nanaimo campus, addresses the question:... Read more
Personal experience inspires pension fund questions
February 29, 2012
Vancouver Island University philosophy professor Robert Pepper-Smith began considering unsettling questions about his pension fund when he was visiting Guatemala as a volunteer paramedic. He was warned not to travel in remote regions because of resentment in the highlands over Canadian mining practices. There have been accusations that open-pit mining operations of some Canadian-based... Read more
Mariners in the news: Women's team earns way to nationals
February 27, 2012
By Josh Aldrich Nanaimo Daily News No one will be able to say the Vancouver Island University mariners women's volleyball team doesn't deserve to be at the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association championships next week. The Mariners defeated the University of Fraser Valley Cascades 3-0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-12) to win the Pacific Western Athletic Association championship at Douglas College in New... Read more