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VIU News & Experts: February 5, 2025

The Black History Month edition In this issue of VIU news & experts:  Black History Month events and experts Weighing marmots in the wild Truck donation...

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Technicians devise remote weigh scale to assess health of Vancouver Island marmots

The smart device will help researchers determine if supplemental feeding improves the reproductive health of marmots. Two Vancouver Island University (VIU)...

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VIU joins Canada-wide agri-food innovation project

Vancouver Island University (VIU) is honoured to be a partner institution in the Sustainable Food Systems for Canada Innovation Platform (SF4C), which aims to...

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Scholar explores mountain biking’s social impacts on Indigenous communities

Dr. Kimberly Coleman joins VIU as the 2025 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies. ­As an avid mountain biker, Dr. Kimberly Coleman is well...

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Tara Cooper is a fourth year undergraduate honours student studying psychology at VIU conducting research under professor Marla Morden, with the aim of better understanding the mental health impacts of pandemic related school changes on children across Canada. Morden’s team is performing a longitudinal study over five years that is “trying to shed light on how to support families should a pandemic happen again.”
VIU Professor Dr. Leigh Blaney received a $10,000 grant to develop Firefighter Edge, a video game that could help firefighters cope with stress and anxiety experienced on the job. Blaney and her research partner Robert Fell, a volunteer firefighter and owner of tech company HYPERSURGE, are developing a prototype firefighter resilience education video game called Firefighter Edge that can be used in resilience training worldwide. Read more.
Dr. Lindsay McCunn, a VIU Psychology Professor, and Maureen O’Connor, a VIU Bachelor of Science in Nursing Professor were curious about some of the effects of this new way of interacting with one another.