VIU Abroad: Transforming Our World
Join us for coconut snacks and beachside-style chats with faculty, QE Scholars, students and international guests working with communities around the world. How do we work together to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, leading to a happier and healthier world by 2030?
Hosted by Faculty of International Education (Education Abroad & Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program)
Exploring Attitudes To Homelessness
Guided group discussion and Q & A with a panel of community workers and people who have experienced homelessness. Identify and explore significant experiences as they relate to homelessness, and how attitudes related to homelessness are formed.
Hosted by Recreation and Tourism
VIU Staff Info Session: Global Engagement Grants - Leave for Change Experience
In February 2018, VIU’s Tracy Vandermolen applied for a Leave for Change grant through the Global Engagement Grants program for VIU employees. Hear about her resulting experience in Vietnam.
Hosted by Faculty of International Education
Indigenous Perspectives Matter Here: Student Panel
A panel presentation from Indigenous, international, and domestic students discussing how and why VIU can incorporate Indigenous perspectives more meaningfully into our spaces.
Hosted by Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies
Nanaimo Empire Days and the Reggae Resistance
A pre-screening of local filmmaker Paul Manly’s “United Against Empire”, which chronicles the efforts of VIU student activists in the mid-2000s to change the name and focus of Nanaimo’s annual Empire Days celebrations. Followed by Q & A with former student activist Simon Schachner and Jamaican reggae musician Clinton Fearon.
Hosted by History and Political Studies
Deepening Connections: Nature-Based Experiences and Physical, Mental, Social, and Community Health
Special film screening of Giant in the Woods, a documentary that explores the social, emotional, and spiritual experiences of students during an 11-day wilderness expedition. Followed by a facilitated discussion.
Hosted by Child and Youth Care
Science & Technology Lecture Series: An Introduction to Wildlife Trade – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Join Ernie Cooper, former Director of the TRAFFIC and Wildlife Trade Program of WWF-Canada, in his review of the good, bad and ugly sides of wildlife trade, and how international authorities are responding to this growing threat to global biodiversity. Come early and enjoy pre-discussion refreshments!
Hosted by Faculty of Science and Technology
All Nations Acoustic Reggae Showcase Featuring Clinton Fearon, Saritah and Yellowsky
On Bob Marley’s birthday, this musical showcase celebrates diversity and the expression of hope and resistance central to international reggae culture.
Hosted by VIUSU, Services for Indigenous Students and Faculty of International Education
World VIU Points: Favella Tourism and the Occupation Movement
Slum Tourism is controversial and yet it has the potential to overcome discrimination through community development. Hear the story of Favella Tourism in Perus, Brazil from VIU students and faculty.
Hosted by VIU World Leisure Centre of Excellence
Everybody’s In! Indoor Field Day: Creating an Inclusive Community Through Fun and Friendship
Join us for community-Building fun, including:
- Global Citizens Soccer
- Zumba Dance Lessons
- Virtual world travel in the VIU TARDIS Telephone Booth
- And much more!
Hosted by Faculty of International Education