VIU Blog

Student Stories

Why you should say YES to studying abroad

Finding friendship, direction and adventure overseas: Jenna Gill

Finding her calling in therapeutic healing

Elise Cole’s journey from Kinesiology student to physiotherapist

From memoirs to microplastics: Making headlines for a class assignment

Christina Hunt’s piece on microplastics catches editor’s eye

From foster care to university graduate

Olivia Thomas’s 14-year journey of resilience and perseverance

Rebooting his future with the information technology program

Matthias De Gisi graduates VIU with top honour in his category

A voice for justice: VIU grad champions Indigenous women and girls

Leah Vaisanen shares her journey

Safeguarding the digital world

VIU student aspires to become a cybersecurity expert

Could a common tire chemical threaten fruit flies?

Sarima Amadi investigates impact of tire toxins

From mom to media studies student

A single parent’s journey back to university

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

Tristen Dieleman follows his passion for fish into local waters

Helping to make health care make sense

Nursing students aim to help people make better health decisions

From classroom to creek: saving Nanaimo’s cutthroat trout

Fisheries student Joe Clark is helping to protect local streams