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VIU master’s student brings alternative healing program to Canada’s North

By Annette Lucas

Emily Hoefs is transforming health care in her community

Sheldon Scow, coordinator of VIU’s Community Cousins program, gifts a scarf to Garifuna elder Emily Palacio, director of the Hand in Hand program in Belmopan, Belize.

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

By Eric Zimmer

A new initiative at the University of Belize is taking its inspiration from VIU’s Community Cousins program.

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Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

By Eric Zimmer

Ottis Crabbe shares his story

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A community-based approach to post-secondary education

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul

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5 Questions about university transfers

By Christine Johnson

...and how to streamline the process

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VIU Student Pulse: April 19, 2023

Summer jobs and scholarship info 🎒

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Living the agrarian life

English Professor Dr. Toni Smith’s experiences with the back-to-the-land movement

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