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March 21, 2024

Alum of the Month: Mary Anne Molcan

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March 20, 2024

VIU News & Experts: Wednesday, March 20

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January 14, 2021 by Olivia Alexander

Let’s Explore the Seafloor: Sea Cucumbers

Have you ever seen a sea cucumber before?

VIU Joins Mastercard Foundation's Young Africa Works in Kenya Initiative

January 12, 2021

VIU Joins MasterCard Foundation's Young Africa Works in Kenya Initiative

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January 7, 2021

VIU Culinary Arts Student Cooking for Gold

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January 5, 2021

VIU Media Highlights: Top 24 of 2020

Experience VIU

January 4, 2021

VIU Invites People to Experience University Life in Live Virtual Events

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December 23, 2020

Juno-Award-Winning Dub Poet Lillian Allen to Give VIU Gustafson Lecture and Reading

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December 22, 2020

T’was the Week Before Christmas (VIU Version)

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December 22, 2020

VIU and Island Health Partner on COVID Testing Location at Nanaimo Campus

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December 17, 2020

Reflections on 2020 from the VIU Voices Editor

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