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| Scholarship Slam | January 13, 2023 - 4:05pm |
Scholarship SlamThis is CREATE's most fun event! |
| Awards | March 19, 2025 - 9:31am |
Students participating in the CREATE Conference have the opportunity to compete for cash prizes! Most awards are worth between $100 and $500 each. In general, if a category receives:
There will often be year-specific awards because every year, there are projects that inspire us to no ends. We challenge you to be that inspiration. |
| Presentations | March 27, 2018 - 12:09pm |
Presentation, Performance, and Film
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| Poster Session | March 24, 2025 - 11:32am |
Traditional Print are your classic idea of a poster printed on paper and hung on a wall. The CREATE poster session will be hosted in the main cafeteria. Posters will be grouped according to topic, theme or class. All poster types can be either a Research Poster or an Infographic Poster. Wondering how your posters will be assessed? Check out the rubrics: |
| CREATE | April 23, 2019 - 10:47am |
What is the VIU CREATE Student Conference?We are getting ready for VIU's 7th annual CREATE Conference taking place April 9-11, 2019 at the Nanaimo campus. Call for Submissions will be open January 7 – March 1, 2019. |
| test 2 | November 29, 2017 - 1:14pm | |
| Elders Lunch with Snaw-Naw-As First Nation | March 5, 2019 - 12:00pm |
On November 16, a couple of student researchers had the opportunity to attend an Elder’s Lunch with the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation. We are working with MABRRI to develop workshops for sharing knowledge on community gardening. As the community garden is a project for the Snaw-Naw-As First Nation we found it beneficial to meet with the Elders to collaborate ideas and knowledge about how best to develop our workshops. We were able to hear about what they would like to see in the community garden, therefore how we can shape our workshops around what would be most beneficial for the community. |
| Canada C3 Visit | January 8, 2024 - 9:09am |
Early this morning adventurous passengers of Canada C3's 143-day voyage crossed the stormy waters of Nanoose Bay to be greeted by Snaw-Naw-As First Nation and the Mount Arrowmsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI) team. |
| Contact Us | May 21, 2025 - 8:37am |
Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity OfficeVancouver Island University
900 Fifth St. Nanaimo, BC Canada Building 305 (Library) – Room 446 (Main Office)
General InquiriesPhone: 250.740.6324 Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 am - 4 pm For more information on Scholarship, Research or Creative Activity at Vancouver Island University contact: |
| Centres and Institutes | May 27, 2025 - 10:23am |
VIU Research and Scholarly Activity Centers and Institutes (RSACI) are governed by the Research and Scholarly Activity Centres and Institutes Policy. The list below highlights all approved and in-process Research Centers and Institutes at Vancouver Island University. |
| Student Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity | November 23, 2022 - 1:46pm |
Scholarship | knowledge acquired by study Research | engaged in investigation and discovery Creative Activity | characterized by originality and the use of imagination |
| Guidelines for Choosing Appropriate Intervention and Endpoints | October 8, 2020 - 2:49pm |
Approved September 19, 2008 A guiding principle of the Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) is that, “animals must not be subjected to unnecessary pain or distress”. The experimental design must offer them every practicable safeguard, whether in research, in teaching, or in testing procedures” (CCAC 1989) An endpoint is defined by the CCAC as the point at which an animal's pain and/or distress is terminated, minimized or reduced, by taking actions such as killing the animal humanely, terminating a painful procedure, or giving treatment to relieve pain and/or distress.” |
| Animal User Training | June 6, 2023 - 12:47pm |
All Principal Investigators and personnel listed on animal user protocols are required to complete four (4) core training modules (Ethics in Animal Experimentation, The 3 R’s of Animal Experimentation, Guidelines, Occupational Health and Safety) provided through the VIU Animal User Training course on VIULearn. Additional training modules on biosafety and WHMIS are available on VIULearn if applicable. |
| Contact Information | December 15, 2022 - 12:29pm |
Animal Care CommitteeVancouver Island University Email: ACC@viu.ca |
| Application and Approval Process | June 5, 2025 - 12:35pm |
When you have decided to use animals in your teaching or research at VIU, please reach out to the Animal Care Coordinator (acc@viu.ca) as soon as possible to discuss your intended activities and the timeline for submissions. The Animal Care Coordinator will ensure you have access to relevant VIU ACC approved standard operating procedures, CCAC guidelines and ACC policies. The Animal Care Coordinator is also available to help write and edit submissions and will connect you to Animal Care Services as needed. |
| The Animal Care Committee | April 7, 2025 - 2:46pm |
The VIU Animal Care Committee is a Presidential Committee that reports to the VP Academic. The Committee was first formed in 2000 to help VIU fulfil its commitment to Animal Care. |
| Guidelines and Policies | June 2, 2025 - 12:07pm |
Guidelines, Policies, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), are formalized procedures that have been approved by the VIU Animal Care Committee (ACC) that are used to educate animal users at VIU on the currently approved techniques and practices. These procedures enable the VIU ACC to implement the institutional Animal Care Policy and Animal Care Procedures. |
| Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC) | November 23, 2022 - 10:16am |
"The CCAC is the national peer review agency responsible for setting and maintaining standards for the ethical use and care of animals used in science (research, teaching and testing) throughout Canada." (CCAC Website). VIU's Animal Care and Use Policies are developed in accordance with CCAC standards and guidelines. VIU holds a Certificate of Good Animal Practices from CCAC, which means that VIU's Animal Care and Use program has been assessed by a CCAC assessment panel. The panel has found VIU's standards satisfy CCAC's guidelines and policy statements. |
| Animal Care Services Department | February 11, 2025 - 10:36am |
The mission of Animal Care Services (ACS) is to ensure high-quality care for animals and facilitate research and teaching at Vancouver Island University. Animal Care Services works closely with the Animal Care Committee to provide services in support of the VIU’s Animal Care and Use Program. The Director of Research Operations manages the ACS team and reports to the AVP Scholarship, Research, and Graduate Studies on animal care needs at VIU. Research with animals may only be undertaken if VIU finds the use of animals acceptable and of scientific merit. |
| Privacy Legislation | August 9, 2017 - 9:07am |
Landscape of privacy legislation in CanadaLegislation has been created by both BC and the Canadian federal government to protect personal information within their respective jurisdictions. Depending on the research, one or more statutes may need to be considered. For example, a Vancouver Island University researcher doing research involving a counseling agency may have to consider both BC’s public and private sector laws. The following are the statutes for their relevant jurisdictions: |
