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Fernando sits near the totem inside the Centre for Health and Science, VIU's Nanaimo campus

Gaining skills through getting involved

From classroom to career: Fernando Jesus Medina Moreno
Portrait of Jonah with arms crossed in front of greenery

Connecting students and employers

Jonah Ferguson is here to help
silhouette of a man watching the sunset

Learning to help people through their final stages of life

VIU is launching an end-of-life doula course
Student looks at the view wearing a backpack

VIU Student Pulse News: May 2, 2023

Work and study at VIU this summer 🎒
Sheldon Scow, coordinator of VIU’s Community Cousins program, gifts a scarf to Garifuna elder Emily Palacio, director of the Hand in Hand program in Belmopan, Belize.

Indigenous peer mentors join international cooperation project

By Eric Zimmer
A new initiative at the University of Belize is taking its inspiration from VIU’s Community Cousins program.
Ottis Crabbe wearing chef's hat and full cooking attire preparing a dish in a pot on a stove in an industrial kitchen during a competition.

Taking his culinary skills to global competitions

By Eric Zimmer
Ottis Crabbe shares his story
The front entrance to the VIU Cowichan building in Duncan

A community-based approach to post-secondary education

VIU’s Cowichan campus offers Q’ushin’tul
VIU Nanaimo campus

5 Questions about university transfers

By Christine Johnson
...and how to streamline the process
A student receives a folder from a woman, with another woman watching in the background

VIU Student Pulse: April 19, 2023

Summer jobs and scholarship info 🎒