Indigenous Students

VIU offers culturally appropriate supports to help Indigenous students feel connected and at home.

VIU Fest

Join us October 5 for a free community event showcasing the best VIU has to offer.

Free upgrading support

Pathways offers free supports for students upgrading high school courses and for ESL students.

VIU News

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VIU-led project working to protect Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region ecosystems

Eastern Vancouver Island is one of nine eco-crisis regions in Canada. Only about three per cent of the land in the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region (MABR) is...

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Preserving feminist health history to empower future activism and work

Vancouver Island University (VIU) researchers are digitizing Vancouver Women’s Health Collective documents to preserve feminist health activism for future...

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Writing from the heart – my reflections on how to action reconciliation

“How many languages do you speak?” Invariably when I ask this to a room full of VIU graduate students there are always a couple who can speak more than five. I...

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VIU Events

Oct
5

VIU Fest

Looking for free fall fun for the whole family? Come to VIU Fest at Vancouver Island University‘s Nanaimo campus on Saturday, October 5 from 12 to 4 pm! The…

Oct
5

VIU tiwšɛmawtxʷ 50th Anniversary Celebration

This school year marks the 50th Anniversary of post-secondary education and training in the qathet Regional District. To celebrate 50 years of learning, we are…

Oct
5

TOUGH!

Nineteen-year-old Bobby doesn’t know what he’s walking into in Tough!, when his girlfriend, Tina, tells him to meet her and her best friend, Jill, at the…

Oct
5

TOUGH!

Nineteen-year-old Bobby doesn’t know what he’s walking into in Tough!, when his girlfriend, Tina, tells him to meet her and her best friend, Jill, at the…

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