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Pro D Sessions

VIU’s Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity Office is hosting Pro D sessions until June 10th. Please see the list of sessions below and note that some sessions include a zoom link and some are in-person only.

May
27	Embedding Principles and Practices of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion into your Research	Zoom	10-11 am
June
7	Decolonizing knowledge sharing, one ‘R’ at a time	B305/R440	10-11 am
10	NVivo Workshop Using your laptop for this workshop, email ithelp@viu.ca to request access to NVivo before the workshop, or use a computer in B305/R508 that already has Nvivo installed.	B305/R508 Reserve your seat.	9:30 am-12 pm

Provost Award nomination packages for Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity will be accepted till 4 pm, May 31, 2022

2020-21 Research and Creative Activity Highlights Report

The 2020-21 Research and Creative Activity Highlights Report shines a light on the research and creative activities that Vancouver Island University faculty and students are engaged in.

Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity at VIU!

'Research' is not something separate that just happens in the ivory tower of academia, but involves real people in real projects on the ground in real communities. Check out some of the amazing work that members of VIU 'created' in 20/21 including (click on the titles below for links):

CREATE Awards Flip Book of student awards at the 2021 CREATE conference
BIOL 491 student poster presentations
Community Classroom Extreme Science Videos
Student Research Seen Exhibit
Student Creative Activity Seen Exhibit
Student Research Posters
Student Infographics
Rant(s) Like Rick!
Faculty Research Symposium Abstracts
Faculty Research in Action Posters, Videos and Photos

View VIU Member Session Recordings from the Cascadia Open Education Summit 2021

Includes sessions and panellists from VIU including:

The Digital Toolshed is Open: Collaborative Practices in TVET with Sally Vinden, Jessica Gemella, and Rita Gower and
Blogs and Growing Poinsettias: An OER Opportunity Made Possible by COVID with Christine Quist
Visit the Cascadia 2021 Schedule page to view all the recordings

What's Happening

VIU Grad Discovers Two-Million-Year-Old Skull while Attending Field School in South Africa

VIU Anthropology graduate Samantha Good unearthed skull at the Drimolen Palaeocave System in 2018. Good is graduating from Vancouver Island University (VIU) with an accomplishment few anthropologists achieve in their lifetime – unearthing a two-million-year-old skull belonging to an early human ancestor.

Dr. Sally Vinden, lead author of Strengthening Digital Teaching & Learning for Trades, Vocational, Education and Training Practitioners

Prior to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, trades, vocational, education, and training (TVET) professional development had begun to focus on integrating technology practices and open education into teaching and learning. It is safe to say that the global pandemic accelerated this process.

A River of Unknowns: Dr. Bill Floyd's work featured in Hidden Compass Travel Magazine

Since the 1970s, Vancouver Island’s glacier count has reduced from 170 to five. Dr. Bill Floyd, Research Hydrologist and Adjunct Professor of Geography at VIU worries about what gets lost as the snow melts, a concern he quantifies as data.

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