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Help with job searches and events to de-stress 🧠

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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

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

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VIU Student Pulse News: May 2, 2023

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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.

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

By Eric Zimmer
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.

Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

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

A community-based approach to post-secondary education

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VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul
VIU Nanaimo campus

5 Questions about university transfers

By Christine Johnson
...and how to streamline the process
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VIU Student Pulse: April 19, 2023

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Summer jobs and scholarship info 🎒
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Creating a safe space to learn and thrive

By Jenn McGarrigle
Sarah McClelland shares her 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
Liette Masse leans against a pole on VIU's Nanaimo campus

From mature student to a thriving career in management

By Nabeel Nazeer
What Liette Masse did with her VIU degree