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Poster Session Details March 17, 2021 - 6:43pm

  • Students design and print a poster/infographic detailing their project.

MABR Amazing Places GeoTour July 2, 2019 - 12:03pm

On Friday, June 28th, Courtney, Alisha, Michelle, and I completed the MABR Amazing Places GeoTour. This was a great opportunity to take, Alisha, one of our new staff members on a tour of the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region. It was also great for me to see all 10 of the Amazing Places, as part of my job involves promoting the Amazing Places program, and I have only seen a few of the sites up till now.
What is a poster session? July 16, 2019 - 8:32am

Poster sessions are typical for most academic conferences. They allow space for numerous projects to be displayed at once. If you participate in the poster session you will be required to design a poster that details your project. A good poster requires you to be succinct and creative!
Ways to present at CREATE February 9, 2025 - 5:52pm

Posters

This category includes Research Posters and Infographics.

10-minute presentations

Oral presentations that include digital slides (think PowerPoint).

10-minute performances

Can include spoken word, song, music, dance, or drama.
RSVP for Student Workshop and Training Sessions June 22, 2023 - 3:45pm

Please choose all the sessions you intend on attending. We will send out a reminder email 48 hours prior to the session or if there has been a change in the schedule. All sessions will be hosted on Zoom. Contact us for Research Training Opportunities. 
Centre for Shellfish Research Contact Us June 20, 2023 - 11:56am

Dr. Timothy Green

Director of the Centre for Shellfish Research

Location: Building 473 Room 224

Phone: 250.740.6353

Email: Timothy.Green@viu.ca

Website: Dr. Timothy J. Green
Ma'Qa'th Food Program June 25, 2019 - 10:53am

Every Tuesday afternoon, a food bank program called Ma'Qa'th Food Program is hosted at the Snaw-naw-as Health Centre, adjacent to the Garden of Spiritual Healing, which was constructed by the MABRRI team in collaboration with Snaw-naw-as First Nation. I am fortunate enough to help facilitate the food bank program each week. The program is organized by the Nation and aims to provide food security to community members. To date, I have attended 5 of the food banks and look forward to attending them for the rest of the summer.
Westwood Farm Stream Adventure June 24, 2019 - 1:19pm

On Tuesday, June 11th, Alanna, Colby, and I visited the beautiful Westwood Farm and Cathers Lake to continue water monitoring and plant identification. Westwood Farm is 48 gorgeous acres of meadow bisected by the Millstone River and Sabiston Creek. We plan to do minnow trapping and water monitoring in the Millstone, but we have had difficulties accessing the water due to a 2-3 meters barrier of Himalayan blackberry preventing our entry. In our previous visit we were able to locate an access point, so today we went exploring.
Parksville Parks, Trails and Open Spaces Master Plan Presentation to Council and Mayor June 24, 2019 - 9:29am

On June 3rd 2019, Sarah Holden and I presented the final Parks, Trails and Open Spaces Master Plan (PTOSMP) to the City of Parksville Mayor and Council. After a lot of hard work, we are happy to announce that the PTOSMP was adopted!
Canada Research Chair in Historical Dimensions of Women's Health June 28, 2023 - 9:54am
Dr. Whitney Wood
Canada Research Chair in Community-Engaged Research December 15, 2022 - 1:54pm
Dr. Amanda Wager
New Employee Orientation to Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity (SRCA) August 11, 2022 - 3:32pm

Interested in learning how to continue research or creative activity in your new (or existing) role at VIU? Join this 

Are you interested in pursuing scholarship, research or creative activity (SRCA) in your new role at VIU? The purpose of the New Employee Orientation to SRCA series is to introduce you to the resources and opportunities available to faculty and students at VIU. Our goal is to ensure that we answer your questions about how to engage in SRCA and to set you up for success.
Conference Funding June 3, 2025 - 8:52am

2024-25 Deadlines

  • September 20, 2024, for conferences between May 1 and December 31, 2024
  • January 17, 2025, for conferences between September 1, 2024, and April 30, 2025
  • May 16, 2025, for conferences between January 1 and August 31, 2025 

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    VIU Biology Graduate Sets Her Sights on Protection the Environment November 4, 2019 - 10:57am

    While at VIU, Barrett has been studying the genetic diversity of wild and captive Vancouver Island marmots–the most endangered mammal in Canada... she won a VIU REACH award for her Biology 491 independent research project and was also awarded a competitive Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to work in the VIU lab to expand her research. Read more...
    Read our Latest E-News! May 28, 2019 - 9:57am

    Link to SRCA E-News May, 2019
    Basics November 23, 2022 - 2:44pm

    Characterized by originality and the use of the imagination.

    Truthfully, scholarship, research, and creative activity are complicated, layered, multi-faceted, crazy-awesome ways for us to grow, learn, appreciate, share, wonder, teach, and discover. 
    VIU student-led climate change symposium will spotlight sustainable energy solutions for Vancouver Island. May 7, 2019 - 2:43pm

    The International Panel on Climate Change reports that reducing our reliance on fossil fuels for energy production is the most cost-effective mitigation technique we can implement. This year the ACER symposium will focus on local efforts being made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and include information tables from vendors and community groups. Read more.

    Join Us! SRCA's Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities May / June 2019 May 2, 2019 - 10:18am
    VIU Researchers Awarded $25,000 in Health Canada's Drug Checking Technology Challenge November 4, 2019 - 10:58am

    Researchers at Vancouver Island University (VIU) developing a drug-testing system that could one day save lives are getting some much-needed help from Health Canada and a leading scientific instrument developer. Led by Dr. Chris Gill, a VIU Chemistry professor and Co-Director of the Applied Environmental Research Laboratories (AERL), the team of researchers has developed a system which checks for toxic substances, such as fentanyl or carfentanil. Read more
    Introduction to Podcasting August 2, 2022 - 11:30am

    In this hands-on workshop, participants will clarify exactly what a Podcast is, how it is different from and similar to radio and other audio media, and consider how to get started in Podcasting.