BC Seafood Festival
Join VIU faculty, staff and students at the BC Seafood Festival, June 20 – 22, 2025, at the Mount Washington Alpine Resort, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, Canada.
More information at: https://bcseafoodfestival.com/
World Oceans Day
Deep Bay Open House for Brant Wildlife Festival
Deep Bay will have an open house on Friday April 4th, 2025 in partnership with the Brant Wildlife Festival. Watch this space for updates.
Other festival activities will run from April 4-7 at other venues.
Visit https://brantfestival.bc.ca/ for more information.
NEW DATE: Deck the Docks
Due to weather, Deck the Docks will now be on Dec 18, 2024! Join the Bowser/Deep Bay community at the Deep Bay Marina for a warming evening of carols by the fire, warm drinks and snacks, prizes and a boat-lighting competition.
This event is for local Bowser and Deep Bay residents and community partners.
VISIT STEMantics Deep Bay staff at VIU Fest - Nanaimo campus
Open House
Special Open House to view 550 year old Pentlatch fish trap panel exhibit being housed at the Deep Bay Marine Field Station while undergoing restoration.
Send Kelp! Film Screening
What: Send Kelp!, a documentary film screening
When: Saturday June 8, 2024 - doors open at 6 pm, film screens at 7:15pm
Where: Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) Malaspina Theatre, Building 310, Nanaimo campus
World Oceans Day
Join VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station at Maffeo Sutton Park in Nanaimo from 11am to 3pm for World Oceans Day with Nanaimo Science!
We will be hosting our amazing Seaweed Touch Tank, where you can see, touch and identify local seaweeds and learn about the important roles of seaweed in marine ecosystems and a sustainable BC food economy.
IDEAS 2024
Get ready to be wowed at the IDEAS 2024 Showcase, where we celebrate the outstanding achievements of TAT faculty and staff! Dive into a dynamic array of interactive conference-style poster presentations, unveiling the brilliance behind TAT's creative activities, applied research initiatives, and ongoing projects. Plus, don't miss our world cafe-style sessions, your ticket to incubating the next big idea!
ITCH Medieval Madness play
Join us for our Inclusive Theatre Collective's production of "Medieval Madness", an original script by student Ceridwen Nord. In this witty whodunit, kings and knights, processes and pals try to figure out who is the culprit. In this fun farce, students take on both performance and technical roles.