Instructor brings innovative model of learning to local campus
March 7, 2011
The Powell River Campus of Vancouver Island University is pleased to launch an innovative delivery of School and Community Support Worker Program (SCSW). Instructor Alison Taplay has redesigned the delivery of this program to make it more accessible to students who work or might not live in Powell River. The SCSW program prepares students to work with people who have disabilities or as... Read more
Coast Capital Savings sponsors VIU VIP Business Breakfast series
March 4, 2011
Community partnerships are once again among the key ingredients for Vancouver Island University’s VIP Business Breakfasts. “I’m very proud to welcome Coast Capital Savings as the title sponsor of our VIU VIP Business Breakfast Series,” says Bruce Williams, Business Breakfast chair and Manager—Community Relations/ Senior Weather Host for /A\ News Vancouver Island. Coast Capital is sponsoring the... Read more
Ancient and Modern: Ireland in Context with Dr. Timothy Brownlow
March 3, 2011
By Susan Lymbery A few weeks ago, I received a package in the post bearing no return address, but simply “Michael Warren” and an Irish stamp of a common red squirrel. Inside, I found a Hillsboro Fine Art catalogue of Warren’s forty-year retrospective, Kireji. In traditional haiku poetry, a kireji supports the verse structure and acts as a caesura, a pause or a cutting word. Michael Warren penned... Read more
Haiku contest highlights global connections at VIU
March 3, 2011
Lily Banerjee is enrolled in post-graduate business studies at Vancouver Island University but she also shines as a poet. Banerjee, an MBA student from India, took top honours in a haiku contest held in conjunction with International Development week at VIU. Banerjee won the overall prize as well as top spot among entrants whose first language is not English for this entry: After the tsunami A... Read more
Great-West Life and London Life donate $50,000 toward VIU Aboriginal centre
March 3, 2011
Corporate contributions are playing a key role in the creation of Shq’apthut: A Gathering Place, the new Aboriginal Centre on Vancouver Island University’s Nanaimo campus. The latest donation towards the $3.6-million, 5,000-square-foot structure comes from Great-West Life and London Life, through its national corporate citizenship program. Company representative Graham Calder presented a $50,000... Read more
History on Stage: Transforming history into relevant, entertaining musical theatre
February 28, 2011
Theatre artist and Vancouver Island University Professor Ross Desprez will discuss his 30-year exploration of transforming history into relevant musical theatre in a presentation at Vancouver Island University on Friday, March 4. Desprez will give his talk in the Malaspina Theatre (Bldg. 310) from 10 to 11:30 am as part of the Arts and Humanities Colloquium series. The colloquium event is free... Read more
VIU video teams compete in TD Friends of the Environment Go Green Challenge
February 28, 2011
The polls are open as two teams from Vancouver Island University compete for national video honours in the fourth annual TD Friends of the Environment Go Green Challenge. Students from across Canada have entered videos up to four minutes long describing how they would take on their schools’ greatest sustainability challenges. The stakes are high with a $20,000 team prize for the top entry along... Read more
Analyst outlines economic impact of international students in BC
February 23, 2011
Noted economist Dr. Roslyn Kunin will provide an updated analysis of the economic impact of international students in BC in a presentation at Vancouver Island University Thursday, March 3. The event, 6:30 to 8 pm in the Student Services Building (200), Room 203, is part of the BC Council for International Education (BCCIE) Speaker Series. It is free and open to the public. To register for this... Read more
VIU hosts Model United Nations conference for high school students
February 22, 2011
Eighty Vancouver Island high school students will gather at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo to practise international diplomacy skills this week. The students will attend VIU’s second Model United Nations conference Feb. 24 to 27. The conference is organized by the Vancouver Island University Model United Nations Club and co-hosted by VIU’s Global Studies and the Political Science... Read more
Graphic design students win tuition scholarships
February 17, 2011
Aspiring graphic designers enrolled in Vancouver Island University's Graphic Design degree program received three scholarship awards from the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), Vancouver Island Chapter. Students Greg Dubeau and Tashia Potter each received $1,000 tuition scholarships, while Trina M'Lot received $500. The GDC Scholarship Awards are Vancouver Island's pre-eminent... Read more