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All contributions received by June 30th will be compiled into an Annual Report published in the Fall online. Activities can include research initiatives, publications, presentations, conference presentations, awards, performances, exhibitions or shows, competitions, designs, community engagement, or service activities such as serving on committees, boards or editorial boards and more!  Link to the Scholarly Activity Database.

Student Video Collaborations

The following six short films illustrate various Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity projects undertaken by VIU students. The films were done by DIGI281 students as part of their Spring 2020 classwork. They did a beautiful job capturing their fellow students' work. Well done all!

We would like to invite all faculty with an interest pursuing COVID19 research to a Zoom meeting to share their project ideas in hopes of identifying  synergies and collaborative opportunities. We will answer questions about the special VIURAC COVID 19 Call for Proposals and share a list of other COVID research funding opportunities. Some areas where VIU faculty may be able to respond quickly include but are not limited to:

Vancouver Island University is extending a special call to faculty from all disciplines who are interested in undertaking research, scholarship and creative activity to better understand, learn from and inform the societal response to COVID 19 and potential future infectious disease outbreaks.

Link to the call

Link to the set of research guidelines for COVID 19 response. These guidelines will be updated frequently as information from Tri-Agencies and other sources is made available.

Cancellation of events at Deep Bay Marine Field Station:

Vancouver Island University (VIU) has been working hard to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and has been actively monitoring this situation and updating our response every day.

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:

An information session for Faculty who want to learn more about applying for internal awards/ funding at VIU. Individuals from the other campuses can participate via zoom if you contact Roisin Mulligan in advance.

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.