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Four students, two males and two females standing beside a banner

Five weeks and five grand to help battle student hunger

By Annette Lucas
Student research teams face off in the name of food security
Three students wearing Urchin Tank T-Shirts talk while sitting at a table

MyVIU student news: April 16, 2025

Semester end is almost here 🙌
A student lies in another students arms

Theatre without barriers

By Rachel Stern
Inclusive Theatre Collective prioritizes community and belonging
Two students discuss a poster behind them, one holds a naloxone kit

MyVIU student news: April 2, 2025

End of semester supports ... and fun 📚
A student puts a book back on a library shelf

From mom to media studies student

By Becky Duarte
A single parent’s journey back to university
Five students talk to each other at CREATE conference

MyVIU student news: March 19, 2025

Budget info and research showcase 🧪
A group of students takes part in an Afro dance fusion class together

MyVIU Student Newsletter: March 5, 2025

Events, career advice and academic supports 📚
A young man clad in hipwaders is standing in a river with snowflakes falling around him

Hooked on salmon: student leads record-breaking fish count project

By Annette Lucas
Tristen Dieleman follows his passion for fish into local waters
Joe Clark holds a container with a cutthroat trout fry.

From classroom to creek: saving Nanaimo’s cutthroat trout

By Rachel Stern
Fisheries student Joe Clark is helping to protect local streams
A woman wearing glasses and a pink and green sweater reads from a poetry book at a microphone

Get the support you need to succeed 📚

Student newsletter: February 19, 2025
A woman looks at a tablet while sitting at a table

Help with job searches and events to de-stress 🧠

MyVIU student newsletter: February 5, 2025
Graphic illustration: the text reads Black History Month 2025 with a Black woman looking skyward and a Black Man raising his fist to the sky.

Black History Month at VIU

Film screening, open mic, book club and more planned throughout the month