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Milner Gardens & Woodland launches five-year strategic plan

July 11, 2025 - 08:22am

Liberal Studies alum Braedan Zimmer

Alum of the Month: Braedan Zimmer

February 12, 2020 - 10:45am

VIU and Camosun Initiative Supports Indigenous Trades Training

VIU and Camosun Initiative Supports Indigenous Trades Training

January 28, 2020 - 02:45pm

Celebrating Innovation for a Sustainable Global Community

Celebrating Innovation for a Sustainable Global Community

January 27, 2020 - 03:00pm

Renowned Michif Poet Gregory Scofield to Give VIU Gustafson Lecture and Reading

January 27, 2020 - 09:45am

VIU students to benefit from Norwegian collaboration in outdoor studies.

VIU Students to Benefit From Norwegian Collaboration in Outdoor Studies

January 24, 2020 - 09:45am

Cold War Propaganda, Graphic Narratives and Magical Music Explored in Series

January 22, 2020 - 09:15am

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Finding her calling in therapeutic healing

July 9, 2025

Elise Cole’s journey from Kinesiology student to physiotherapist

Taylor LeBrun

Finding her fit with VIU’s Child and Youth Care degree program

February 7, 2022 By Eric Zimmer

Graduate Taylor LeBrun is living her dream.

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Pursuing a lifelong passion for art

February 3, 2022

Meet Pam Vickars – student curator for VIU’s View Gallery

Poster of the Gender, Health & Social Justice Series

Vasectomy in 20th-Century Britain: Uncovering Men's Reproductive Choices

February 2, 2022

A part of the Gender, Health and Social Justice Speaker Series

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Six ways to get involved on campus

January 28, 2022 By Preet Parmar

Student clubs, research, special events, university jobs and more

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A Brief “Visit” into the Theatre of Grotesque

January 28, 2022

Theatre Professor Leon Potter takes audience behind the curtain of spring production

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Top 6 reasons you should talk to a VIU educational advisor

January 27, 2022 By Rachel Stern

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Incident at VIU Trout Facility

January 7, 2020 - 10:00am

Max FineDay, Indigenous Speakers Series

In Search of the Promised Land: Freedom, Prosperity and #Landback for Indigenous Peoples

November 6, 2019 - 02:30pm

Engaged Citizens Speaker Series

VIU Launches New Speaker Series with Renowned Expert on Democracy and Civil Society

September 9, 2019 - 10:00am

Kevin Borserio, Director, Skidegate Haida Immersion Program

VIU Recognizes Alumni for Achievements in Language Preservation and Research

May 23, 2019 - 09:30am

Douglas White III Speaks on Re-Imagining Reconciliation in VIU's Indigenous Speakers Series

November 16, 2018 - 11:45am

VIU's National Indigenous Speaker Shares Reflections on Youth and Reconciliation

November 17, 2017 - 12:45pm

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