Sustainability in Hospitality – Tackling Single Use Plastics in Vietnam
On a recent professional development exchange in Vietnam, Tracy Vandermolen led environmental awareness training for hotel and restaurant staff to help reduce single-use plastics in their operations.
She will share her experience of the hospitality industry’s opportunity to make small change with a big impact.
Hosted by Hospitality Management
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
Global Citizens Week Program Guide (PDF)
https://international.viu.ca/gcw
Transforming Plastic Pollution into a Lesson on Sustainability
Focusing on the potential of remanufacturing plastics gathered on the Scottish West Coast, Dr. Katharina
Vones and Ian Lambert will talk about sharing their findings through educational workshops for school children. These workshops teach about recycling and the concept of a circular economy, using 3D printing techniques with the newly developed Ocean Plastic filament.
Hosted by Faculty of Education and Department of Art and Design
Lunch and Learn: Another Side of Internationalization - Current Research in International Education
What does internationalization of higher education mean? How is internationalization experienced by students? These and other questions will be addressed by four VIU employees who have recently completed research in the scholarly field of internationalization of higher education.
Hosted by Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
Indigenous Book Circle
Join VIU’s own Dawn Thompson to explore prominent and contemporary themes present in Indigenous
Fiction through facilitated discussion of The Marrow Thieves, by Cherie Dimaline. Drop-ins welcome.
Hosted by Office of Aboriginal Education and Engagement
The Shoe Project
Experience the art of personal memoir and help empower female immigrants as they recount their amazing stories of journey and arrival to Canada.
Hosted by Faculty of International Education, VIUFA, Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society, and Literacy Central Vancouver Island
Kick-Off: Global VIU Showcase
A celebration of global development and social justice activities taking place at VIU, and how to get involved. Featuring music, free coffee courtesy of VIUSU, and treats!
Hosted by Faculty of International Education
Confronting Climate Change – An International Negotiation Simulation (PART I)
Join this fun and interactive world climate simulation, a role-playing exercise that uses an interactive computer model to rapidly analyze the results of mock-negotiations.
Presented by Dr. Mark Williams
Global Citizens Week Program Guide (PDF)