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From hairstylist to university

Dr. Sally Vinden’s lifelong learning journeyDr. Sally Vinden is living proof that the places education can take you have no limits. Her career has taken many…

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Cybercrime’s hidden toll: How online scams impact mental health

VIU student seeking participants for a study on the effect of cybercrime on emotional well-being.  Watching a friend fall victim to a cybercrime scam…

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Using children’s picture books to teach about climate change

Expert commentary: Education Professor Dr. Wendy Simms shares her research In 2022, the United Nations said that climate change is the defining crisis of…

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VIU News & Experts: February 14, 2025

Canada-US relations experts 🇨🇦🇺🇸We know what is happening with our neighbour to the south is top of mind for everyone right now, and will be for quite…

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Researchers from VIU study pandemic schooling and children’s mental health

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.”

Grant Funds Prototype of Resilience Education Video Game

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.

VIU Professors Examine the Social Impacts of Wearing Masks

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.