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Small supports can make a big difference for VIU students – a healthy snack, a professional outfit or help with an unexpected expense. VIU's Giving Tuesday campaign is raising money for the Access Fund, which provides these essentials and more. Learn more: news.viu.ca/viu-giving-t...

CEN Colloquium: Lindsay McCunn, The rise and future of environmental neuroscience in environmental psychology

The rise and future of environmental neuroscience in environmental psychology

🌎 Online
📅 18.11. 3pm CET

Lindsay McCunn @viuniversity.bsky.social
Both disciplines seek to understand the human condition. How can the connection be strengthened?

➡️ Join us online! shorturl.at/AbkjX

#Neuroskyence

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Talked about coroners last week in my @viuniversity.bsky.social history of crime class. This week we’re talking about gaol (not “jail” autocorrect!) & bail. I find the topic fascinating a have been reworking a publication on this topic since 2017 (I can’t stop adding to it, but I’ll let it go soon).

Unique meteor shower competing with ‘super moon’ in Nanaimo skies NANAIMO - At times, it could look like meteors are hitting earth from two different locations, but it's all pa...

A unique meteor shower is competing with a ‘super moon’ in Nanaimo skies and VIU astronomy professor Dr. Gregory Arkos spoke to Nanaimo News Now about the event: bit.ly/4qH5Ert

Nanaimo ultimate team medals at Ontario university nationals NANAIMO - The Vancouver Island University ultimate team returned from a national tournament in Ontario with a ...

Congratulation to the ultimate team at VIU, who, in just their second year of existence, captured a silver medal at the recent Canadian Ultimate University Nationals in Ontario! bit.ly/47DTBSP

October 2025 Issue 203 Web Publishing platform for digital magazines, interactive publications and online catalogs. Convert documents to beautiful publications and share them worldwide. Title: October 2025 Issue 203 Web, Author: Cowichan Valley Voice Magazine, Length: 80 pages, Published: 2025-10-27

VIU Psychology Professor Dr. Lindsay McCunn was the editor of a recently published book about becoming an environmental psychologist, which is featured in the latest issue of the Cowichan Valley Voice: bit.ly/48Xb0bH

The Bookshelf: Contemplation of a Crime by Susan Juby Catch Susan Juby at the Whistler Writers Festival on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1

VIU creative Writing Professor and award-winning author Susan Juby's latest work was featured in Whistler's Pique Newsmagazine: bit.ly/43SSRZ1



 

VIU Mariners men's basketball team building foundation for nationals - Nanaimo News Bulletin Team off to 6-0 start in PacWest play

With men’s basketball nationals coming to VIU this spring, the Mariners are out of the gate with a 6–0 start as they work toward a championship run on home court. Read more from the Nanaimo News Bulletin: bit.ly/4nI55ed

Just in time for Halloween, VIU alum Shanon Sinn, who wrote The Haunting of Vancouver Island while he was still a student, spoke with The Discourse about about some of Nanaimo's spookiest spots: bit.ly/3Jo2UhU

‘Felt like there was something there:’ stories from Nanaimo’s most haunted buildings NANAIMO - From a boy playing with a red ball, to elevators moving for no apparent reason or floating heads in ...

From a boy playing with a red ball, to elevators moving for no apparent reason or floating heads in doorways, Nanaimo has no shortage of ghostly tales – including at VIU: bit.ly/3JDr482


 

Nanaimo nursing students knocking down barriers to youth sport participation NANAIMO - A group of VIU nursing students have a prescription for disadvantaged youth hoping to be involved in...

A group of VIU nursing students want to make participation in sports more affordable by collecting new and gently used sports equipment for local kids in need.

#Nanaimo

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More support for students at VIU! 🎓
100 new awards + increased funding for 300+ existing ones = $3M helping students stay in school and succeed. 💙
Learn more: news.viu.ca/new-donor-su...
#VIUniversity #RipplesofChange #GivetoVIU

How to ensure youth, parents, educators and tech companies are on the same page on AI Ethical AI starts with listening. If we want digital systems to be fair, safe and trusted, we must give young people a seat at the table and treat their voices as essential, not optional.

VIU Computer Science Professor Ajay Shrestha's AI research finds youth want the benefits of AI without giving up ownership of their data.
Parents, teachers, and developers all care — but they’re not on the same page, and now it's time to listen.

Read more: bit.ly/4nmkZdY

Announcing the 2025 Research Trainee awardees - Health Research BC Health Research BC is proud to fund 35 emerging researchers through the 2025 Research Trainee Program. Health Research BC is proud to fund 35 emerging researchers through the 2025 Research Trainee Program. These awards give postdoctoral and health professional researchers in training the vital support they need to focus on high-quality research, drive real improvements […]

Congrats to VIU's Dr. Trevor Wideman, a 2025 Research Trainee award recipient from Michael Smith Health Research BC. He's looking at how policies and community partnerships can better respond to BC’s toxic drug crisis. Read more: bit.ly/4qkaIlt

Delving into the dark side of healthy eating Vancouver Island University psychology student Isabelle Desrosiers researches a relatively unknown cluster of eating behaviours.

Isabelle Desrosiers, who recently graduated from the psychology program at VIU, is raising awareness about a relatively unknown eating condition called orthorexia nervosa, where a person gets fixated on only eating “healthy” foods. Read about her research in the National Post: bit.ly/471W7SR

Congrats to Farhad Moghimehfar, VIU’s Regional Innovation Chair for Tourism and Sustainable Rural Development, who's been awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to further support his research! Read the full CFI news release: bit.ly/3W06Qbf

Vancouver Island University recognized by Moose Hide Campaign for awareness around gender-based violence — CHLY 101.7FM: Listener Supported in Nanaimo BC. Vancouver Island University has been recognized for its work on campus raising awareness around gender-based violence.

Vancouver Island University has been recognized for its work on campus raising awareness around gender-based violence.

For 8 years, VIU has been working with the Moose Hide Campaign to stand up against violence towards #Indigenous women & children. Read more @chly.ca: www.chly.ca/local-news/2...

Join us on Monday, September 29 for VIU's National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day event. A commemorative walk will take place in the quad at 9 am with ceremony and activities to follow in the Malaspina Theatre.

#VIUniversity #OrangeShirtDay

Q&A: Nanaimo artist Lenae Silva on substance use, support and ‘bright endings’ – The Discourse. Lenae Silva talks about her experiences as a person who uses drugs in her new exhibit at Vancouver Island University.

An art exhibit by local Indigenous artist and advocate Lenae Silva about the experience of drug use is showing at VIU's Malaspina Theatre Sept. 24 until Oct. 10. The exhibit is part of an event titled Harm Reduction is an Act of Love. Learn more about Silva and the exhibit: bit.ly/3KmIvtA

Nanaimo athlete competes with world’s fittest at adaptive CrossFit Games Graham Giske was in Las Vegas this month for strength and fitness sport event

Congratulations to former VIU Mariners basketball player Graham Giske, who represented Nanaimo at the adaptive CrossFit Games in Las Vegas this month, finishing as high as sixth in his best event: bit.ly/4nOJVeM

VIU is officially an Ambassador Campus for the Moose Hide Campaign! 🎉 Since 2017, our students and employees have handed out 40,000+ pins – sparking more than 200,000 conversations about ending gender-based violence and taking steps toward reconciliation. Learn more: bit.ly/3VWL0oV

Local CEO Jane Stoller publishes new book on business organization "Organize Your Business Like a Boss" helps entrepreneurs build efficient habits, written by Stoller: Glimmer CEO and former Holcim Group consultant.

Starting a new business isn’t easy. VIU MBA alum Jane Stoller wants to help people develop time- and sanity-saving practises. Her latest attempt at doing so is a brand-new book: Organize Your Business Like a Boss. Read more: bit.ly/466fpHu

Harm reduction education highlighted to keep students safe at Vancouver Island University — CHLY 101.7FM: Listener Supported in Nanaimo BC. As many new and returning students are settling into campus life at Vancouver Island University, students through the campus health and wellness centre want to educate students to make sure they know ...

"As many new and returning students are settling into campus life at @viuniversity.bsky.social, students through the campus #health and #wellness centre want to educate students to make sure they know the impacts of the ongoing #toxicdrug crisis" #Nanaimo #BC @chly.ca www.chly.ca/local-news/2...

Need a dose of nature? There’s a prescription for that Sponsor Content

Need a dose of nature? There’s a prescription for that. Dr. Lindsay McCunn, an environmental psychologist and VIU Psychology Professor, weighs in on a @g1portal.bsky.social article on the psychological benefits of exposure to nature: tgam.ca/47Ju8JF/

Man Keeps Joking About Replacing His Wife, Until She Snaps And Makes Him Cry What did he think was going to happen?

Dr. Cameron Gordon, a Psychology Professor at Vancouver Island University, weighed in on an article about teasing. He says you should pay attention to body language. If the other person is tense or silent, step back and apologize. Read more: bit.ly/3VODoon

An Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Confronts Hunger on Campus - The Council on Undergraduate Research This VIU third-year course is entirely student-led, with research projects designed and carried out by the students over the academic year.

VIU students enrolled in an interdisciplinary team-based research course confronted a mounting issue experienced on campuses across Canada: student hunger. Read more in this Council on Undergraduate Research writeup: www.cur.org/featuredur-s...

AI literacy, algae blooms and oyster illness, here's how VIU experts are making the news: news.viu.ca/viu-news-aug...

UVic to trial AI writing tutor in select classes this fall UVic’s learning and teaching innovation department will begin piloting a generative AI tool in three lower-level undergraduate courses this fall.

AI development is waiting for no one, with businesses and governments racing to find real-world applications for the technology, VIU Education Prof Julia Hengstler tells the Times Colonist. AI literacy is critical for everyone, she says: www.timescolonist.com/local-news/u...

First-year students in Nanaimo prep for start of university life RockVIU orientation being held this week

Former high school students got their first taste of campus life at Vancouver Island University in Nanaimo this week. Read more in @nanaimobulletin.bsky.social: www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/f...

Selfie! I'm wearing my bright orange paisley shirt and my Dino earrings and I'm standing by the rainbow stairs.

Good morning! It's #RockVIU and if you're at @viuniversity.bsky.social you should come by the history department and say hi! I'm not a regular prof, I'm a ~cool prof~. You'll find me by the dinosaur earrings.

Campus has so much energy today!!