Scholarship, Research & Creative Activity

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 panelists 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

Join a CBRC panel discussion on Bridging Indigenous and Western Research Paradigms with VIU's Danielle Alphonse,  BC Regional Innovation Chair for Aboriginal Early Childhood Development

• Held on June 17, 12 to 1pm ET, Register and more info here
• Followed by a Live Discussion on June 25, 12 to 1:15pm ET

The BC campus Research Fellows program provides support for B.C. post-secondary educators to conduct research on improving student learning and to share their results and experiences with peers in B.C. and beyond. Maureen Thomas and Tine Reimer's research question will be: How can VIU, as a public post-secondary institution, be responsive to the findings and considerations in the Making a Difference: “Walking away with a Good Mind and a Good Spirit” Report that endorses the vision of stewardship to uphold the ecological, social, and spiritual values of Coastal First Nations, including the protection of ancestral territories and economic health for communities. And Sharon Hoenshield's primary research question is: What processes and protocols are necessary to engage in the kinds of relationships that foster a co-creation approach to community-based teaching and learning with Indigenous communities?