Webcast links global community to VIU convocation
February 8, 2012
Family and friends around the world will be able to watch as close to 200 Vancouver Island University students receive degrees at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on Thursday and Friday afternoon. “We had a very positive response when we provided a live webcast of convocation ceremonies for the first time last June,” said VIU President Ralph Nilson. “We have students from close to 70 countries at... Read more
Mariners in the news: The real season starts now for VIU
February 7, 2012
Mariners enter PacWest championships as the No. 1 seed By Josh Aldrich, Daily News (Feb. 23, 2012 The final destination has never been in doubt for the Vancouver Island University Mariners women's volleyball team - as hosts for the national championships, they get a seat at the table - but now it's about how they get there. The Mariners are off to provincials this weekend at Douglas College in... Read more
Ugly sweaters cause for celebration
February 3, 2012
The slowly lengthening days and crocuses beginning to nose up can mean only one thing – National Sweater Day is near. World Wildlife Fund-Canada and Loblaw, as well as BC Hydro, are encouraging folks to turn down the thermostat and don a sweater on Feb. 9. But here at VIU, cooling down a touch and wearing a sweater is cause for celebration and lasts nearly a week. As with most institutions,... Read more
VIU hosts International Development Week Feb. 6 to 10
February 1, 2012
World-class international guests, music, films, discussions, photography and poetry all related to the theme “The World’s Indigenous Peoples” will be featured during International Development Week (IDW) at Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus Feb. 6 to 10. The events are open to the public and provide a window into countries where social justice does not prevail. VIU students, faculty... Read more
Knowing their place?: Identity and space in children's literature
February 1, 2012
Several speakers who participated in a post-graduate conference on The Child and the Book at Vancouver Island University in May 2009 will gather again to continue the discussion Friday, Feb. 10, at 10 am in the Malaspina Theatre on the Nanaimo campus. The conference proceedings were collected into a book of essays edited by Terri Doughty (English Department, VIU) and Dawn Thompson (Chair,... Read more
VIU in the News: Two days of talent will aid students
January 26, 2012
Wide variety of top acts will play at Diners Rendezvous Feb. 9 and 10 for cash to buy instruments By Walter Cordery, Nanaimo Daily News Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012 Eight different musical acts are banding together to hold a two-day event at the Diners Rendezvous to help budding musicians at Vancouver Island University. The shows feature well known groups such as the Georgia Strait... Read more
Visual Arts professor takes edgy approach with installation at Victoria gallery
January 25, 2012
With a well-worn oil drum perched on a creaky stand and a continuous screening of his “post-punk” video You Suck, Gregory Ball is quick to point out that his latest art installation isn’t pretty. “As the drum moves, it wobbles and there’s a whining noise. It’s very irritating,” says the Vancouver Island University Visual Arts professor. Ball is one of five BC artists featured in Throw Down, a... Read more
VIU in the News: Elementary students get a glimpse of their potential future at university
January 21, 2012
Robert Barron, Daily News You could almost feel the excitement among the students at Randerson Ridge Elementary School on Monday as education students from Vancouver Island University hosted Learning Centre Day in the school's gymnasium. As part of their degree program, approximately 30 VIU students set up 16 hands-on and interactive activity centres that focused on a number of educational... Read more
Canadian and global energy sustainability focus of lecture Jan. 25
January 20, 2012
David Hughes, a respected geoscientist and authority on North American and world fossil-fuel reserves, will be speaking on Canadian and global energy sustainability at Vancouver Island University on Wednesday, Jan 25 at 7 pm. Hughes says we face an energy sustainability dilemma, which will profoundly impact future generations unless our non-renewable resources are managed for long term... Read more
VIU researcher and poet take part in inaugural TEDx program in Victoria
January 17, 2012
Update: A web link has been posted for the TEDxVictoria poetry performances by the Vic Slam Team (Scott Thompson with Dr. Justin McGrail, Chair of Visual Arts at VIU and Jeremy Loveday with Matthew Christopher Davidson). Dr. Helen Gurney-Smith, Research Scientist and Head of Shellfish Health & Husbandry Group at the Centre for Shellfish Research talked about her cutting edge work at the... Read more