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| Get Involved in the VIU Celebration of Research & Creativity! | December 1, 2022 - 4:48pm |
All VIU Faculty, Staff and Students are invited to showcase the culmination of their research and creative projects with the broader community through numerous special events held throughout the campus during the weeks before and after the Easter long weekend including: |
| VIU Student Art Exhibition Explores Questions About Diversity and Common Experiences | March 10, 2020 - 12:18pm |
The Gallery’s latest exhibit, Puzzle: An Exhibition of Student Drawings, asks questions about who we are, how we got here and how we express ourselves. The exhibit focuses on routes ̶ how we get to our destination or travel through life; and roots ̶ where we come from and some of the social, cultural and political influences in our lives. Christine Battye, Assistant Curator for The View Gallery, says Puzzle is an opportunity to consider the diverse challenges people may face and one of the goals is to talk about diversity and create a dialogue that transcends the gallery walls. |
| Info Session - VIU Internal Awards for Faculty | February 26, 2020 - 12:05pm |
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| Info Session - VIU Internal Awards for Faculty | February 26, 2020 - 12:04pm |
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| Data Collection at Milner Gardens & Woodland | February 19, 2020 - 1:17pm |
On Wednesday, February 12th, I joined Jessica Pyett and a handful of volunteers at Milner Gardens & Woodland to collect data for the Plant Phenology Research & Monitoring Project. The project is a collaboration between Milner Gardens, the Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development (FLNRORD), and the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI). It aims to better understand how shifting climates may affect plant health, as well as evaluate the use of field cameras to capture data on plant phenology. |
| Using Project Management for Academic Research | February 12, 2020 - 3:57pm |
(Hosted by Professional Development and Training - Business and Management) Presentation by Nicole M. Bennett |
| Pink shirt day | February 4, 2020 - 9:48am |
Pink shirt day or anti-bullying day, which originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, is a day when people wear mainly pink shirts to symbolize that they are against bullying. The original event was organized by David Shepherd, Travis Price, and a few friends, who bought a bunch of pink shirts and distributed after seeing a grade 9 student bullied for wearing a pink shirt on the first day of school.
In 2020 in Canada, Pink Shirt day observes on February 26. The focus is to "lift each other up".
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| Winter Solstice/Yule | January 31, 2020 - 10:19am |
Yule is a festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples. Departing from its pagan roots, Yule underwent Christianised reformulation resulting in the now better-known Christmastide. For more information, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/yule.htm.
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| Samhain | January 31, 2020 - 10:17am |
Samhain is a Gaelic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of ‘the dark half of the year’. Celebrants believe that the barriers between the physical world and the spirit world break down during Samhain, allowing more interaction between humans and denizens of the Otherworld. Rituals surrounding Samhain include bonfires, dancing, feasting, and building altars to honor deceased ancestors. |
| Fall Equinox/Mabon | January 31, 2020 - 10:15am |
Mabon is the second of the three harvest festivals (Lammas, Mabon, and Samhain) that encourages pagans to “reap what they sow”, both literally and figuratively. For more information, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/mabon.htm.
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| Lammas/Lughnasadh | January 31, 2020 - 10:13am |
Lughnasadh is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of the harvest festival. It is a time to thank God and Goddess for the food on our tables and to take time to strengthen our link with nature. For more information, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/lammas.htm.
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| Summer Solstice/Litha | January 31, 2020 - 10:11am |
Litha is a celebration of the summer solstice, which marks the longest day and the shortest night of the year. There are many ways to celebrate Litha, such as light up a bonfire, or gather a drum circle. For more information, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/litha.htm.
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| Beltane | January 31, 2020 - 10:06am |
Beltane or Beltain is the Gaelic May Day festival held on 1 May to celebrate the onset of the summer. For more information, please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/holydays/beltane_1.shtml.
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| Spring Equinox/ Ostara | January 31, 2020 - 10:04am |
Ostara is the second of three spring festivals on the Wheel of the year. Coming in between Imbolc and Beltane, it is the official spring in the Northern Hemisphere, which marks the moment when the light and darkness are again in balance, with the light on the rise. For more information, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/ostara.htm.
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| Imbolc | February 6, 2020 - 9:58am |
Imbolc or Imbolg is a polytheistic holiday celebrated from February 1 through sundown February 2 to mark the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox in Neolithic Ireland and Scotland. It is one of the four Gaelic seasonal festivals along with Beltane, Lughnasadh, and Samhain. For Christians, especially in Ireland, it is the feast day of Saint Brigid. For more information about Imbolc, please visit https://wicca.com/celtic/akasha/imbolc.htm. |
| Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative Accelerator Launch Event | January 29, 2020 - 1:24pm |
From January 20th-January 23rd 2019, MABRRI staff members and a team of Master of Community Planning (MCP) students, including myself (both a MABRRI Research Assistant and a MCP student), assisted at the Indigenous Homes Innovation Initiative (IHII) Accelerator Launch Event. The four day launch event took place in Parksville at the Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre. In December of 2019, 24 innovative Indigenous housing projects were invited to participate in the IHII Accelerator. |
| World Sight Day | January 30, 2020 - 1:27pm |
Observed annually on the second Thursday of October, World Sight Day aims to draw public attention to blindness and visual impairment. It has been integrated into VISION 2020 - a global initiative led by the World Health Organization to eliminate avoidable blindness. For more information about VISION 2020 and World Sight Day, please visit http://www.iapb.org/vision-2020/. |
| Accelerating the SDG's" Building VIU's Roadmap to 2030 | January 27, 2020 - 1:04pm |
'Road Map to 2030' brings together VIU leaders from across campus, and is hosted by Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRRI), VIU's Sustainability Advisory Committee, and the Faculty of International Education. The forum is a critical next step in VIU’s achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals across both academic and operational mandates. RSVO pam.shaw@viu.ca |
| Cancelled: Community Partners Series: How the Nanaimo John Howard Society Helps More than Men in Jail | March 10, 2020 - 1:24pm |
Please note this event has been cancelled and will be re-scheduled. |
| VIU Students to Benefit from Norwegian Collaboration in Outdoor Studies | January 27, 2020 - 10:03am |
Students from VIU have an opportunity to take friluftsliv studies at the University of South-Eastern Norway in Bø, and the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, and their students can come to VIU to further their studies in courses related to Child and Youth Care (CYC), Recreation and Tourism Management and Kinesiology. Friluftsliv, pronounced free-loofts-liv, coined by renowned Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in 1859, loosely translates to free air life. |
