Community Classroom

Welcome to VIU's Community Classroom!

Join us in exploring the labs, offices and research facilities of Vancouver Island University! In our community classrooms, you can meet our faculty and students, discover new environments and change the world alongside us. We're excited to share our knowledge and passions with you. 

Diseased, Delinquent Bodies: Sanitation, Health Care and Jail Discipline in Colonial India

A part of the Gender, Health and Social Justice Speaker Series

Beyond Voices: audio media and the sound of scholarship

Media studies professor Robin Davies takes audience members on a journey of sound

How can computer modelling help us understand our oceans and cryosphere?

A part of the VIU spring 2022 Science and Technology Community Lecture Series

How does climate change impact humans’ relationship with the sea?

A part of the VIU spring 2022 Science and Technology Community Lecture Series

Living the Garden Life

Milner Gardens & Woodland creates community gardening guide

Podcasting 101

Learn the basics with Dr. Ravindra Mohabeer

How is ocean acidification impacting marine life in BC coastal waters?

A part of the VIU spring 2022 Science and Technology Community Lecture Series

Drug checking technology developed at VIU supports harm-reduction strategies

A part of the VIU spring 2022 Science and Technology Community Lecture Series

How mountain snow affects our daily lives

A part of the VIU spring 2022 Science and Technology Community Lecture Series

Ask Me Anything Virtual Guest Speaker Series

Are you interested in having a scientist or mathematician visit your class and tell your students all about the projects and research they are working on? VIU professors and student researchers in our Faculty of Science and Technology are excited to share their knowledge, experience and passions with your students via virtual classroom visits. Parents homeschooling their children may also be able to take advantage of this exciting new series. This free service comes with only one catch – be sure to bring some questions for our speaker to answer!

Virtual Guest Speaker Series Information