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Student Creative Activity Seen April 16, 2021 - 9:26am

Welcome to CREATE 2021's online Student Creative Activity Seen exhibit. Please browse at your leisure and enter your favorite to win our People's Choice Award.

Part of this exhibit includes entries in the Anti-Racism Arts Festival. Please take the time to consider these powerful entries.
Student Research Seen 2021 People's Choice Award April 15, 2021 - 7:52pm

Hi folks! Thanks for submitting your choice for this year's Student Research Seen People's Choice Award. Please just choose one of the submissions from the list below. 
Student Research Seen April 7, 2021 - 8:35pm
President and Provost Awards Info Session August 26, 2024 - 3:03pm

Are you planning to submit a nomination for the President’s Awards for Community Engagement or the Provost’s Awards for Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity this year? Prepare a winning nomination by joining this session to learn more about the award process, award categories and tips on preparing a strong nomination package. The Chairs of the committees will be available to answer your questions and provide guidance to nominators and nominees.

Information session

Date: April 23

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Zoom:
Canada Research Chair in the Human Dimensions of Sustainability and Resilience September 19, 2023 - 11:30am

Dr Sean Sloan
The Sustainable Development Goals in the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region February 14, 2024 - 9:52am
Research Data Management December 5, 2024 - 2:39pm

Check out the research data management guide directed at researchers involved in projects that require a data management strategy courtesy of the VIU Library.

There are many reasons why researchers plan for the life cycle management of their data, including data archiving. Effective data management can:
VIU EDI Symposium 2021 January 18, 2023 - 1:16pm
Rant-like-Rick March 19, 2025 - 9:34am

A good rant is cathartic. Ranting is what keeps me sane.

- Rick Mercer

We all like to rant every now and then. Or maybe a lot. Either way, ranting can be a great way to communicate your frustration (or passion) about a given issue. A rant is an opinionated speech that usually expresses a position. Good ones are usually witty, humourous, and entertaining and are designed to leave a lasting impression about the topic.

Have a topic you feel like ranting about? Great! CREATE has a stage (or soapbox) for you!
Anti-Racism Arts Festival January 13, 2023 - 4:06pm

CREATE 2022 will be once again co-sponsoring the Anti-Racism Arts Festival with the VIUFA Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee (HRISC)
Applied Research Work Integrated Learning Grant Questionnaire June 22, 2023 - 3:49pm

Thank you for filling out this questionnaire.  It will help me (Kendra Stiwich) put forward the strongest applications possible to the CEWIL iHUB student grant competition in Round 3. I would appreciate you completing this application as soon as possible, by June 10th at the latest. I realize this is a very in-depth piece to fill out - and again, very much appreciate your involvement. I have to submit the application by June 15th. These are competitive grants based on the project, and we should hear by mid-July if we are successful. 
10-minute Performances January 20, 2025 - 7:13pm

"At times in my life, the only place I have been happy is when I am on stage."

- Bob Dylan

Let CREATE be your happy place! If you are a performer and a student here at VIU, get out the video camera and start filming!

We are also super stoked to announce that we have partnered with VIUFA's Human Rights and International Solidarity Committee to bring you the Anti-Racism Arts Festival. See below for more info!
What Happens When Sea Otters Eat 15 Pounds of Shellfish a Day? February 2, 2021 - 10:14am

This story was featured on NPR. Read more.

Researchers from VIU study pandemic schooling and children’s mental health February 2, 2021 - 9:54am

This story was featured in the Toronto Star. Read more.

Grant Funds Prototype of Resilience Education Video Game May 27, 2025 - 11:45am

VIU Professor Dr. Leigh Blaney received a $10,000 grant to develop Firefighter Edge, a video game that could help firefighters cope with stress and anxiety experienced on the job. Blaney and her research partner Robert Fell, a volunteer firefighter and owner of tech company HYPERSURGE, are developing a prototype firefighter resilience education video game called Firefighter Edge that can be used in resilience training worldwide. Read more. 
VIU's Royal Society of Canada Members December 15, 2022 - 3:27pm

Four researchers from VIU have been elected fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the highest academic accolade for scholars, artists and scientists in Canada. They join a distinguished group of more than 2,000 fellows from across the country.

The Royal Society of Canada is the recognized pre-eminent body of independent scholars, researchers and creative people in Canada whose Fellows comprise a collegium that can provide intellectual leadership for the betterment of Canada and the world.

VIU Appointments to the RSC include:
Undergraduate Student Research Awards February 6, 2025 - 11:34am

The Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) is available through significant funding provided by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Starting in 2023-2024, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health (CIHR) also sponsor USRAs for Black scholars.
2020-21 REACH Award Recipients March 1, 2024 - 1:49pm
Zoom into Lunch & Learn about 'What Matters Most: Views of Older Adults with Chinese Descent’ December 21, 2020 - 10:39am

Join Piera Jung, Kelly Zhang, Marti Harder ' and learn about their VIURAC funded project ‘What Matters 2.0: Views of older adults with Chinese descent’

 
Zoom into Lunch & Learn about "Applied Phylogeography - Searching for the Origins of Ebolaviruses" March 10, 2021 - 11:00am

While it seems that the whole world is holding its breath and fighting COVID-19, it is easily forgotten that other pathogens have not disappeared. Especially Africa continues to suffer from epidemics with multiple infectious agents, many of them more feared and deadly than COVID-19. Dr.