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A health-care worker helps a patient

Creating new opportunities to work in health care

New program trains international students to work in variety of settings
Dual Credit student Michelle White looking at the camera

Earn university credits while still in high school with VIU’s dual credit program

By Eric Zimmer
Fast-track your future while saving time and money too.
Student working on a laptop in nature

How do I become a student at Vancouver Island University?

By Francesca Paladino
The application process in 5 steps
Sarah Hart and Sevilya Hendricks performing a song together at the Chinese Bridge Singing contest at UBC

VIU students win province-wide Chinese language contest

By Eric Zimmer
It’s the first time VIU students have done so at the event.
A student in a classroom watching an instructor fill a prescription bottle

New partnership brings pharmacy technician training to VIU

By Eric Zimmer
Access training for this high-demand field on the Island
Woman stares at a laptop screen, head in her hands

How we’ve learned to conquer stress

By Samantha Allan
Two student leaders share their strategies
Room for rent sign in a door

Keeping your room while away - and saving the rent

By Michael Witcomb, Off-Campus Housing Coordinator
A guide to subletting and assigning your housing
Angelina Jaeger stands in front of a vine covered wall.

Gaining a global research perspective

By Rachel Stern
Angelina Jaeger snags spot in prestigious summer research internship program
Student carrying boxes with more piled behind her, looking anxious

Need help with your housing situation?

By Michael Witcomb
Five ways VIU’s Off-Campus Housing department can help you