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With Paris Gaudet, Capacity Building Programs Lead, Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster. In this session, learn about the status of the new Digital Technology Supercluster organization and its key activity stream – Capacity Building. The focus of this discussion is to start a conversation about what’s possible and explore opportunities for collaboration. The Supercluster Capacity Building initiatives encompass four themes: 1) Diverse Digital Workforce 2) Building the Digital Economy in the Regions 3) Indigenous Digital Skills Training 4) Women in Technology Leadership.

Are you interested in getting involved with some of Vancouver Island's local environmental stewardship groups? Join us to hear from a panel of local stewards as they discuss their past, current and upcoming work, and learn how you can join them to contribute to a brighter future for our region! Panel presenters include: Pete Law - Mid-Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society, Ceri Peacey - Friends of  the French Creek Conservation Society, and Lynn Brookes - North Island Recovery Association. This session is co-sponsored by the Mt. Arrowsmith Biopshere Region Research Institute.

Chris Turner, VIU's Research Ethics Officer and member of the Scholarship, Reserach and Creative Activity Team will be speaking from 12 to 1pm at the Shq’apthut - Gathering Place. Soup will be served at 11:30, presentation at Noon. Sponsored by the Faculty of Education.

We will be open just for shoreline clean-up volunteers from 12pm to 3pm! Want to come visit? Then help us clean-up the shores of Deep Bay!

Jodi is entering her second year in the geography department and her project is titled: ArcGIS Parks and Gardens Information Model Expanded: A complete plant records system. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Paul Zandbergen and was awarded the Alexander Graham Bell CGS-M. 

Dylan has just arrived in the Master of Community Planning program and his project is titled: Equitable Planning: Measuring Quality of Life Among Marginalized Urban Groups.He received the Joseph Armand Bombardier CGS-M.

Each award is valued at $17,500.00.

Well done Jodi and Dylan!

Join your Grant Facilitators to learn about the VIU Regional Initiatives Fund and how to succeed with your application. Time permitting, we will also discuss the Mitacs Accelerate internship.

This session will provide some background and tips for applying to this award and filling out the CCV. Want more details on the CGS-M – check it out!

To celebrate and disseminate some of the research activities happening at VIU, the Faculty of Science and Technology is a monthly seminar series.  Faculty, Students, Grad Students, Adjunct Faculty and visiting Researchers are welcomed to participate and share their discoveries with members of VIU’s Science & Tech. The hour will include short presentations with an opportunity for discussion afterwards.

Presenter:  Jamie Gorrell will be discussing his research on “Inbreeding, maladaptation and genetic pollution impairment in conserving endangered species”.