A bi-weekly roundup of VIU students and employees in the news.
News Stories
Top Performing article for the last two weeks:
- Yahoo!, Spoke.com and numerous other newswire outlets: CCAB Announces Lineup of Prominent Indigenous Women for June IWIL Event (VIU President Dr. Deb Saucier, who received the Indigenous Women in Leadership award last year, is one of the panelists alongside The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Roberta Jamieson, OC, and others). News release reached nearly 50 million people.
Other stories
- Americanpancake.com: Gillian Stone and the Dark Red Folk Indie Revelations of “Shelf” (review of new music video released by Jazz Studies alum Gillian Stone).
- BC Recreation and Parks Association: Announced VIU Recreation and Tourism Management Student Dave Osborne as a 2021 Scholarship Recipient.
- Canadian Teacher: Place-Based Learning Lessons from the Fraser Canyon (article written by VIU Faculty of Education Professors Dr. Teresa Farrell and Paula Waatainen).
- CBC: ‘Somewhere in France’: Manitoban Hopes Sharing WW1 Letters Will Encourage Others to Dig Into Family History (Canadian Letters and Images Project mentioned).
- Comox Valley Record: VIU Students Research Cumberland’s Past, Future (featuring Master of Community Planning students Neetha Syam and Jacob Burnley).
- Everydaytourist.ca: In Theory New Arena Could be a Catalyst for Stampede Park Transformation (popular Alberta urban development blogger uses Master of Community Planning alum Alex Rowley’s thesis to assess the Calgary arena project).
- Nanaimo Magazine: VIU Takes Popular Science Show Online (based on VIU News Release from last month).
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: VIU Mariners, Nanaimo Mounties Send Hockey Gear to Youth in Nunavut. Story also appears in Nanaimo News Now.
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: VIU visual art grad show presented as virtual gallery tour due to COVID-19.
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: City of Nanaimo Installs New Street Banners Envisioning Ecological Survival (featuring VIU Master of Community Planning alum Becky Thiessen’s designs).
- Nanaimo News Bulletin: Vancouver Island University’s graphic design grad show returns to virtual space.
- Parksville-Qualicum Beach News: Bowser Artist Looks to Bridge the Gap Between Humanity and Nature in Her Work (featuring Visual Art alum Lynda Hyndman).
- Parksville-Qualicum Beach News: From Refugee Camp to Qualicum Beach: Johdee Becomes a Canadian Citizen (Pyoyo Johdee is an Automotive student at VIU).
- Prince George Citizen: ‘First class student-athlete’: Prince George’s Caleby Lyons signs with Vancouver Island Mariners.
- Rabble.ca: Tom Berger Fought for Indigenous Rights His Whole Life (A tribute to Tom Berger, who received an honorary doctorate from VIU in 2013 and recently passed away).
- RISmedia.com: Cover Story: Fighting Back Against Wall Street Real Estate (featuring VIU alumnus Morgan Carey).
- Rock101.com: COVID-19: Vernon Considering Street Closure to Bring Vitality to Downtown During the Pandemic (featuring interview with Community Planning Professor Mark Holland).
- Seaside Magazine: Peninsula Voices: Talking with Sylvia Olsen (co-creator and instructor for VIU’s First Nations Housing Manager program).
- The Walk off Podcast: Learn Her Name: Alli Schroder, First Woman in Canadian College Baseball Conference (features VIU Mariner Alli Schroder).
- United Way CNVI Blog: New research compares high Nanaimo homelessness rate to cities across Canada. (Mentions VIU Social Work student Morgan Jarvis who is a research practicum student on the project.)
- Vancouver Island Free Daily: Nanaimo singer and recent VIU grad releases EP about becoming an adult.
- VIU Blog: The Power of Shared Experiences: Ian Caplette. Picked up by NationTalk.
- VIU Community Classroom: Visual Arts students present graduating exhibition – End Marks.
- VIU Community Classroom: Video Series Amplifies the Voices of Women. (Article about Zoom-In Women Making Impacts video-based interview series created by VIU English Professor Dr. Melissa Stephens.)
- VIU Community Classroom: Far Out! Graphic Design Grad Show.
- VIU Community Classroom: VIU Music Grad Recitals. (Article features three video performances by VIU Grads.)
- VIU Media Release: VIU Hosts Virtual Event to Explore Careers in Trades and Applied Technology. Story picked up by Electrical Line,First Nations Drum.
- VIU Media Release: VIU’s Portal Magazine Celebrates 30 Years of Literary Excellence. Story picked up by Education News Canada and Portal was featured in the Nanaimo News Bulletin and Masthead Online.
- Yellow Point Ecological Society Youtube’s Channel: BioBlitz! With Mandy Hobkirk and Carri-Lyn Robinson (features presentations by Hobkirk, Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Coordinator and Robinson a VIU Master of Geographic Information Systems Applications student).
Top-performing Broadcast Story
- A story about VIU alum and former VIU Mariners hockey player Josh Cook working with the Mariners and Nanaimo RCMP to send hockey gear to youth in Nunavut reached more than 3 million people.
Videos
- Many VIU Program Still Accepting Applications: 775 views in April
- Tour of the Vancouver Island University Campus: 900 views in April (over 10,000 since it was first published a year ago)
- Extreme Science Videos Playlist: 5,300 views since March; 193 classrooms reached, more than 4,000 elementary students involved and $11,000 donated
- Here is a summary video and thank you to our partner CCCU
VIU Student Pulse
- May 5 Edition: 70.4% open rate
- Most-clicked link: Student Q&A About Fall 2021 recording on YouTube.
Social Media
Top Tweet: A Tweet sharing the Nanaimo News Bulletin story about VIU alum and former VIU Mariners hockey player Josh Cook working with the Mariners and Nanaimo RCMP to send donated hockey gear to youth in Nunavut reached 877 people.
- Top Facebook post: Our May the Fourth post reached more than 2,600 people.
- Top Instagram post: Our May the Fourth post reached more than 3,100 people.
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