VIU Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity

Recent Content

Enter a comma separated list of user names.
Updated date
Research guidelines March 17th August 26, 2024 - 3:03pm

March 17th, 2020 update

The following information is intended to provide faculty members with considerations for conducting and restricting current research activities. The following guidelines should be used to develop an individual research continuation or slowdown plan and to ensure coordinated communications with those involved at the institution. Please note that there may be additional updates or changes as things evolve. Future changes will be updated on this site and shared in the University Relations daily updates.
The Role of Environment on Pacific Oyster Resilience June 17, 2021 - 10:40am

This project is investigating how specific marine environments (deep-water versus intertidal) may shape the resilience/susceptibility of the Pacific oyster to various drivers of summer mortality.  Bags of oysters have been deployed in deep-water sites and inter-tidal sites across Baynes Sound to test the use of the intertidal zone as a mechanism to promote physiological resilience and/or offer refuge from summer mortality.  
Selective Breeding Program January 6, 2022 - 10:08am

In British Columbia, many shellfish hatcheries are currently struggling with annual mortality events, typically occurring in the summer months, that have nearly bankrupted some companies and have forced others to permanently close their facilities. These mortalities are attributed to an array of causes, such as increased occurrence and severity of marine heat waves, infectious bacteria, viruses, ocean acidification, and climate change.
VIU Grad Discovers Two-Million-Year-Old Skull while Attending Field School in South Africa June 15, 2021 - 11:33am

Good discovered the fossil, one of the best-preserved Paranthropus robustus specimens known to science, while she was attending the Drimolen Field School of Palaeoanthropology and Geoarchaeology in 2018. The excavation site was at the Drimolen Palaeocave System within the Cradle of Humankind, located northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Food and Sovereignty Symposium - Keynote Speaker Ozoz Sokoh June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

Hosted virtually by VIU and the journal Gender & History the Symposium will examine how histories of food and sovereignty have intersected with gender over time. Keynote speaker Ozoz Sokoh will highlight how food is more than nourishment for the body but also an important aspect of people’s history and heritage. Sokoh's keynote webinar is the only portion of the symposium open to the public. Sokoh is a food explorer, culinary anthropologist and food historian from Nigeria.
Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals April 12, 2024 - 1:23pm

Throughout 2018 and 2019, the MABRRI team investigated how VIU is meeting the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through an extensive literature review, over 80 meetings with VIU faculty and staff, and three community engagement events, the MABRRI team researched not only how VIU is meeting the SDGs, but what VIU can do moving forward to continue to meet them in the future.
May Forage Fish Sampling June 15, 2021 - 10:54am

I’m a student research assistant with MABRRI for the summer and a part of my job is helping sample for forage fish embryos! The term ‘forage fish’ refer to small prey fish that feed the larger, pelagic fish in the ocean. Common forage fish include sardines, herring, and anchovies but the two we’re interested in are the Pacific sand lance and surf smelt. Both these species lay their eggs in the sand; Pacific sand lance spawn in the fall and winter months, while the surf smelt spawn in year round.
Bridging Indigenous and Western Research Paradigms June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

with VIU's Danielle Alphonse, BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development as one of the panelists

Wetland Monitoring in the MABR June 11, 2021 - 9:44am

The MABR is comprised of many unique and diverse ecological landscapes, including some very spectacular wetlands! However, relatively little is known about these wetlands and their importance in the hydrology of the MABR. Since both groundwater and surface water play a critical role in providing many coastal communities in MABR with water throughout the year, the Regional District of Nanaimo’s (RDN) Drinking Water and Watershed Protection (DWWP) program and MABRRI began researching more about these wetlands through the Wetland Mapping and Monitoring project.
Dr. Sally Vinden, lead author of Strengthening Digital Teaching & Learning for Trades, Vocational, Education and Training Practitioners June 8, 2021 - 10:11am


A River of Unknowns: Dr. Bill Floyd's work featured in Hidden Compass Travel Magazine June 22, 2021 - 10:23am


Congratulations Dr. Sharon Hobenshield, Maureen Thomas and Tine Reimers, BC Campus 2021-22 Research Fellows! June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

The BC campus Research Fellows program provides support for B.C. post-secondary educators to conduct research on improving student learning and to share their results and experiences with peers in B.C. and beyond.
Monitoring clam harvesting in Nanoose Bay June 7, 2021 - 2:59pm
Amanda Wager's Research Projects December 15, 2022 - 1:51pm

Principal Investigator

Dates

Research
May 2024 - May 2019

Community-based research in education: Youth-led public art as culturally responsive pedagogy and capacity building
Principal Investigator: Dr. Amanda Claudia Wager, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Sponsorship: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $500,000 CA and Canada Foundation Initiative $29,359 CA
The World's Future Social Simulation February 3, 2023 - 8:23am

Have you ever wondered what it was like to run a country? Could you achieve sustainable development if you were the leader of a country? Now is your chance to find out! 
Conferences and Guest Presentations January 10, 2023 - 10:27am

Upcoming Conferences

2021

  • Alphonse, D; Giles, G. (FNPN) Pathways Webinar, First Nations Pathway Network BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS), Vancouver, Online Webinar, January 22, 2021.
    Upcoming Publications November 14, 2023 - 10:47am

    2022

    • Wilson, L. (Forthcoming March 15, 2022). Partnerships: Families & Communities in Early Childhood (7th Ed), Alphonse, D., Chapter: Indigenous Multi Diversity & Inclusion Top Hat Publishing; Toronto.

    2021

    • Wilson, L, (2021) Partnerships: Families & Communities in Early Childhood (7th Ed),Alphonse, D., Indigenous Multi Diversity & Inclusion (January,2021).
      Staff June 20, 2024 - 2:40pm

      Director

      Dr Amanda Wager, PhD

      Canada Research Chair in Community-Engaged Research

      Research Centre Coordinator

      Becky.Thiessen@viu.ca
      NSERC Research Updates for Water 2017-2020 May 3, 2021 - 1:09pm

      Researchers work with industry and government partners to seek out innovative solutions and build resilient, adaptive communities. Preliminary research findings are starting to paint the picture for future water treatability and source water protection, to ensuring safe drinking water for large and small communities across Canada.Read the full report.

      Using Project Management for Academic Research June 22, 2021 - 10:23am

      Led by Nicole Bennett from the Faculty of Management. A research project is similar to a business project in that they both have specific objectives, partners, risks, resources, a schedule, and budget that need to be adhered to.  Applying project management principles to research will give researchers the tools and techniques to complete their research in a timely and methodical manner and will allow the researcher to have a gauge to know where they are at in their plan.