Thank-you to everyone who participated in VIU CARES: Collaborative Applied Research Engagement Symposium
The symposium, held on Thursday Feb. 18th, was attended by over 70 participants throughout the day and featured presentations, panel discussions and Pecha Kucha videos about projects supported through VIU's Regional Initiatives Fund (RIF) that has enabled collaborative applied research on community planning with Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners, air and water quality, affordable housing, fish health and habitat, marmots, tourism, impacts of COVID-19, and more. Check out the recorded Pecha Talks on VIUTube here:
- Sylvie LaFreniere and the Mt. Arrowsmith Vital Signs Project
- Jamie Gorrell and the Vancouver Island Marmots Project
- Shannon Dames and the Psychedelic Medicine Assisted Therapies Project
- Michael Lait and the Place-Based Housing in Cowichan Project
- Pam Shaw and the Komoks First Nation Community Pulse Project
‘Zoom into Lunch & Learn‘ 2021!
- Tuesday February 23rd - Ann Rogers: 'Canadian Anti-terrorism Study’
- Tuesday March 16th - Dr. Christian Lange: 'Applied Phylogeography - Searching for the origins of Ebolaviruses'
- Tuesday April 20th - Piera Jung, Kelly Zhang, Marti Harder: ‘What Matters Most 2.0: Views of Older Adults with Chinese Descent’
Check out the VIU Research Highlights Report 19/20
Includes news articles written throughout the year by VIU Communications, research stats and more. Click on the image or link to it here.
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