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Program helps students transform business ideas into reality

By Eric Zimmer
Students with disabilities or who have faced employment challenges launch business start-ups through VIU entrepreneur training program.
Tapiwa Shoko in the Centre for Health and Science

Student leader reflects on the power of community and connections

From Classroom to Career: Tapiwa Shoko
Jiayi Li sitting at a table with a cup of coffee looking out the window

International student finds dream job in Nanaimo

Jiayi Li’s innovation saved his company thousands of dollars
Close up of a black laptop with computer coding language on the screen.

Creating accessible computer science courses

By Rachel Stern
Amber Thomas shares her experience
Jane Dean looking at the camera on a sunny day and smiling

Taking classroom learning to community

Jane Dean shares her story
Fernando sits near the totem inside the Centre for Health and Science, VIU's Nanaimo campus

Gaining skills through getting involved

From classroom to career: Fernando Jesus Medina Moreno
Ottis Crabbe wearing chef's hat and full cooking attire preparing a dish in a pot on a stove in an industrial kitchen during a competition.

Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

By Eric Zimmer
Ottis Crabbe shares his story
Ceridwen Nord does a dramatic reading during VIU's International Women's Day event.

VIU’s Inclusive Theatre Collective presents The Fear of Missing Out

By Rachel Stern
The play explores topics of consent and assault
Mikaila Tombe standing outside in front of some bushes on a clear blue day smiling at the camera

How does music affect the mind?

By Eric Zimmer
Mikaila Tombe is researching why people respond the way they do to different types of music.