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Photography Exhibit April 8, 2025 - 1:41pm

Welcome to the As Seen by VIU Photography Exhibit at CREATE 2025. Have a look and pick your favourite to receive the People's Choice Award. Voting will be open from April 8 to April 10 at 4 pm.
Adjudimentor April 2, 2025 - 1:57pm
Keynote Attendance March 21, 2023 - 3:55pm

CREATE's 2023 Keynote Address will be on April 3, 2023 starting at 1pm in the Royal Arbutus Room in the Upper Cafeteria on the Nanaimo Campus. Please confirm your attendance below. 

If you have any questions please send them to Nova.Heartland@viu.ca. 
Keynote March 21, 2025 - 8:49am

2025 CREATE Keynote Address

(Following the Conference Opening beginning at 1pm)

April 7 | Royal Arbutus Room 

David Gouthro

Courageous Communication: Speaking Up and Standing Out!

Ready to find your voice and use it to make an impact?
Graduate programs March 14, 2023 - 4:19pm
Healing in Theory and Healing in Us October 3, 2023 - 12:04pm

The psychedelic process is a spirit manifesting process, 

The creative process is a tangible manifestation of our spirit.
Knowledge Translation & PaT Hub October 3, 2023 - 5:35pm

What is Pat Hub??

It is our knowledge translation web site created from an alliance between VIU’s Psychedelic-assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate and the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research. The aim of this Hub is to have a free psychedelic knowledge bank where we share the knowledge created by the members of both organizations with the PaT community. 

Visual arts, music, academic writing, therapeutic modalities and more to come! 
Research and Creative Activity Symposium April 6, 2023 - 9:42am

Join this celebration and showcase of scholarship, research and creative activity at VIU. The day will begin with a panel presentation by Dr. Deborah Saucier and Dr. Michael Quinn who will share their perspectives on the role of SRCA at VIU. Throughout the day, VIU employees will share the projects they are pursuing in various formats including 15-minute presentations, posters and short 3-minute slams. This is a great way to learn about the many and varied projects underway and identify potential collaborators who share your interests.
Recent Alumni Follow-up Questionnaire April 18, 2024 - 1:06pm

Greetings from Vancouver Island University. We are following up on a recent alumni survey you completed for VIU. In this survey you agreed to participate in a follow-up to explore ways you might engage with VIU by sharing your interests and expertise. 

The current questionnaire should take about five minutes to complete. We are not asking for money or selling anything.
Research Ethics Board (REB) Information Session for Faculty and Students March 3, 2023 - 9:47am

This online workshop is intended for those engaging in research involving human participants. The session will cover REB jurisdiction, key concepts, and REB application and review processes, including the new streamlined process for Course-based Student Research. Presented by VIU Research Ethics Officer Chris Turner, PhD.

https://viu.zoom.us/j/63223733983?pwd=R25XUXNxbXk2WEhDSkFpTWRSZmFzQT09
Research Ethics Board (REB) Information Session for Faculty and Students March 3, 2023 - 9:46am

This online workshop is intended for those engaging in research involving human participants. The session will cover REB jurisdiction, key concepts, and REB application and review processes, including the new streamlined process for Course-based Student Research. Presented by VIU Research Ethics Officer Chris Turner, PhD.

https://viu.zoom.us/j/69173335845?pwd=b2lnak1iVlJXUmVNRkhXQWRDOGNZZz09
Research Ethics Board (REB) Information Session for Faculty and Students March 3, 2023 - 9:45am

This online workshop is intended for those engaging in research involving human participants. The session will cover REB jurisdiction, key concepts, and REB application and review processes, including the new streamlined process for Course-based Student Research. Presented by VIU Research Ethics Officer Chris Turner, PhD.

Zoom link: https://viu.zoom.us/j/62912506468?pwd=cmlEVmt3OEorNi9YZkJmMXZvdGtRUT09
Easter Monday March 2, 2023 - 4:00pm

University closed
Good Friday March 2, 2023 - 3:59pm

University closed
Insights from the Tropics on the Life on Land Sustainable Development Goal March 2, 2023 - 3:45pm

Join this talk by Dr. Colin Chapman to hear about what is happening in the tropics that will strongly determine if the world can meet the SDG goals. The talk will focus on the Life on Land goal, but this strongly affects our ability to reach many of the other SDG goals. For example, globally, ~60 million hectares of tropical primary forest were lost from 2002 to 2019. This means that an area of old-growth forest almost twenty times the size of Vancouver Island was lost in 18 years. The effect that this has had on the climate and people’s abilities to grow food has been tremendous. Dr.
Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals Workshop March 2, 2023 - 3:43pm

How can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a global call to action to be met by 2030, be advanced on a local level? What is happening at VIU to advance the SDGs? Join Anna and Kyla from Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI) to listen to a presentation about how VIU contributes towards the advancement of the SDGs, followed by a workshop on SDG localization. This workshop aims to give participants a more grounded understanding of how to apply global goals in their everyday lives, in achievable ways.
VIU and the SDG Accord March 2, 2023 - 3:37pm

VIU and the Sustainable Development Accord

In 2022, VIU signed the Sustainable Development Accord.  The SDG Accord in the University and College sector’s collective response to the SDGs. It is intended to inspire, celebrate and advance the critical role that education has in delivering the SDGs and to provide opportunities for learning. Join this session to learn more about the SDG Accord and the resources available to us via the sustainability exchange.
Garry Oak Restoration Project Open House May 16, 2023 - 11:17am

Garry oak ecosystems are drought-adapted landscapes of cultural and ecological significance to our region. They are one of the most biodiverse, but also one of the most threatened, ecosystems in Canada. Come and find out more about this fascinating ecosystem and VIU’s restoration efforts. This event is an open house format. Drop by the site between buildings 470 and 475 on Saturday, April 15, from 1 to 4 pm.
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute Open House June 29, 2023 - 12:54pm

Please drop by on the morning of April 11, 2023, between 9 am and 12 pm to learn about some of the applied research projects that the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI) is currently involved in. We hope that through this event (sharing our work and learning about potential parallels with others’ work and/or interests), we will be able to further enhance our collaboration with students, staff, and faculty at VIU!
Johnny, Charsanaa March 28, 2024 - 8:21am

Uy' Skweyul!
My name is Charsanaa Johnny. I was born and raised in Seattle, WA with my mother who is from Snuneymuxw First Nation and my father who is Afro-American from Alexandria, Louisiana. I grew up visiting Snuneymuxw every summer and dreamed of moving back some day to be closer to family.