Global Engagement

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

Global Citizens Week Program Guide (PDF)

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

Global Citizens Week Program Guide (PDF)

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

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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