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Three students walk by the Health and Science Centre

VIU Student Pulse News: March 20, 2024

What's going on at VIU 🍏
Four students in a gym holding volleyballs

Creating a safe place to play and learn

Child and Youth Care students participate in community program

Portrait of Jonah with arms crossed in front of greenery

Connecting students and employers

Jonah Ferguson is here to help
Text reads Celebrating Asian Heritage Month at VIU with image of cherry blossoms and lotus flower

Asian Heritage Month resources

A guide to learn, celebrate and help you take action
Student looks at the view wearing a backpack

VIU Student Pulse News: May 2, 2023

Work and study at VIU this summer 🎒
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. by Eric Zimmer

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

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

Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

Ottis Crabbe shares his story
The front entrance to the VIU Cowichan building in Duncan

A community-based approach to post-secondary education

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul
VIU Nanaimo campus by Christine Johnson

5 Questions about university transfers

...and how to streamline the process
A student receives a folder from a woman, with another woman watching in the background

VIU Student Pulse: April 19, 2023

Summer jobs and scholarship info 🎒
Sarah portrait in Health and Science Centre by Jenn McGarrigle

Creating a safe space to learn and thrive

Sarah McClelland shares her story