These lists reflect VIURAC funding administered and awarded through the Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity Office.
Amplify
Aggie Weighill ($2000) - Leisure Matters VIU
Shannon Dames ($1633.78) - Amplifying Success through Media: Cultivating Connection and Security with Psychedelic-assisted therapy as an effective approach to supporting mental wellness.
Explore
- Marla Morden ($1999.90) - Using 360° Panorama and HMD Technology to Promote Ecological Validity and Experimental Control in Psychological Research
- Linda Neilson ($2000) - ABE ELL Pathways
- Heather Wiebe ($2000) - Conformational Changes in Lactate Dehydrogenase Under High Pressure
- Lindsay McCunn ($2000) - The Effects of Microgravity of Wayfinding, Sense of Place, and Environmental Familiarity in the International Space Station as Experienced in Virtual Reality
Engage
- Sheila Grieve ($2000) - Evaluating Outdoor Play in Early Learning and Care Programs; is There Need for an Assessment Tool?
- Linda Neilson ($2000) - ABE ELL Pathways
Gather
- Sally Vinden ($2982.50) - Plant Medicine: Supporting Growth and Well-being through Learning from Plants
- Andrew Loudon ($3000) - Seaweed Challenge, Applied Learning in Local Food Systems: Seaweed Product Development
- Elizabeth Gillis ($2000) - North American Wildlife Technology Association Annual Meeting and Professional Development Conference
Innovate
- Eliza Gardiner ($5000) - The Inclusive Theatre Project
Inquiry
- Heather Wiebe ($5000) - Conformational Changes in Lactate Dehydrogenase Under High Pressure
- Maureen O'Connor ($5000) - Successful Integration of Perioperative Specialty Education for 4th Year BSN Program Students
Share
- Sheila Grieve ($1200) - Plant Medicine: Supporting Growth and Well-being through Learning from Plants
- L'abbe Sonnet ($1200) - Geopoetics Symposium
- Danielle Alphonse ($1200) - Strengthening Assessment of Spiritual Development in Indigenous Early Childhood Programs
- Cheryl Warsh ($1200) - Royal Society of Canada Celebration of Excellence and Engagement
- Jodi Latremouille ($1200) - Grief-Writing: Navigating Individual and Collective Suffering Through and Ecological Curriculum. Conference Presentation for Hollyhock Geopoetics Symposium
- Brian Dick ($1200) - Developing a New Engineering Technologist Career Pathway from First Year Engineering
Amplify
- Alexandra Weissfloch ($1797) - Development of Chemical Hazards Educational Resources
- Patricia Johnston ($2000) - Sharing Knowledge Between North and South: Setting the Foundation for Decolonizing Arctic Education in Canada
- Shannon Dames ($1633.78) - Amplifying Success through Media: Cultivating Connection and Security with Psychedelic-assisted therapy as an effective approach to supporting mental wellness.
Collaborate
- Joanne Schroeder ($2000) - World Leisure Centre of Excellence
- Robert Mahikwa ($2000) - VIU Research Institute for Indigenous Methodologies and Mentorship [RIMM] Gathering Community Insight, Consultation, and Establishing the Strategic Plan
Explore
- Shannon Dames ($2000) - Explore: A ‘Two-Eyed’ Approach to Mental Health Care: Responding to the Mental Health Crises with an Innovative Transcultural Treatment Option
- Alexandra Weissfloch ($1983) - Development of Chemical Hazards Educational Resources
- Elizabeth McLin ($1994) - Hiring People with Diversabilities & the Theory of Planned Behavior
- Andrew Loudon ($2000) - Microbial Ecology and Soil Health of Naturalized Meadows in Vancouver, BC
Engage
- Jeff Lewis ($2000) - Awareness of Climate Change Through Education and Research (ACER)
- Alexandra Weissfloch ($1890) - Development of Chemical Hazards Educational Resources
- Christine Quist ($2000) - Rhododendron Revival Research
- Paula Waatainen ($1951.30) - Designing an Assessment of Deliberative Dialogue with a Grade 12 teacher
- Patricia Johnston (2000) - Sharing Knowledge Between North and South: Setting the Foundation for Decolonizing Arctic Education in Canada
- Ken von Schilling ($2000) - Port Hardy Recreation - Robotics and Coding
Gather
- Aggie Weighill ($3000) - BC Protected Areas Research Forum
- Patricia Johnston ($3000) - Sharing Knowledge Between North and South: Setting the Foundation for Decolonizing Arctic Education in Canada
Inquiry
- Tim Stokes ($5000) - Karst Aquifer Modelling and Karst Spring Investigation, Port Alberni and Quadra Island, British Columbia
- Aggie Weighill ($3000) - BC Protected Areas Research Forum
- Jenn Houtby-Ferguson ($4850) - Tourism Disaster Communications: Framing Wildfire and Bushfire Risk
- Moghimehfar Farhad ($4984) - Crowding in BC Parks: The Experiences of People with Mobility-Related Disabilities
Innovate
- Caroline Josefsson ($5000) - Garry Oak Ecosystem Restoration on the VIU Nanaimo Campus
- Shannon Dames ($4980) - Innovate: A ‘Two-Eyed’ Approach to Mental Health Care: Responding to the Mental Health Crises with an Innovative Transcultural Treatment Option
- Alexandra Weissfloch ($4467) - Development of Chemical Hazard Educational Resources
- Elizabeth McLin ($4128.25) - Hiring People with Diversabilities & The Theory of Planned Behaviour
- Spencer Russell ($5000) - Gene cloning and gill expression of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) ATPase genes.
- Spencer Russell ($5000) - Field testing of a quantitative PCR assay for the detection of Tenacibaculum ovolyticum bacteria from Vancouver Island marine waters.
Share
- Heather Wiebe ($1200) - Molecular dynamics investigation of the interplay between volumetric and thermodynamic properties of pressure-resistant lactate dehydrogenase
- Heather Pastro ($1200) -Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Visual Imagery and Indigenous Children's Literature
- Sarah Crover ($1200) -The Cam as “Noble Parent”: Herbert’s Anthropocentrism Reconsidered
- Tim Stokes ($1200) - Preliminary Findings from Graphical Modelling of Two Karst Aquifers on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Jean Blackburn ($1200) - Situating Representations of Indigenous Knowledge in Place & Context: Recommendations for Vendors
- Lindsay McCunn ($1200) - Chairship Responsibilities at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association
- Patricia Geddes ($1200) - Situating Representations of Indigenous Knowledge in Place & Context: Recommendations for Vendors
- Elizabeth McLin ($1200) - The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: VIU's Experience and Belonging
- Sylvie Lafreniere ($1200) - The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program at VIU
- Heather Pastro ($1200) - Looking at Young People's Indigenous Literature in the Classroom
- Heather Pastro ($1200) - British Columbia Art Teachers Association (BCATA) Annual Conference
- Marie Hopwood ($1200) - The Movement of Women, Beer, and Feast Foods in Establishing the Inka Empire
- Paula Waatainen ($1200) - Sharing Engage Grant and Dissertation Research at an International Conference
- Warren Heiti ($1200) - Atlantic Region Philosophers' Association Conference
- Sarah Carruthers ($1200) - Growing Accessible and Inclusive Systems Design Course with Plant UML
- Jamie Gorrell ($1200) - TSW 2022: Genetic Diversity of Vancouver Island Marmots
Publish
- Jamie Gorrell ($1000) - Genetic Management on the Brink of Extinction: sequencing microsatellites does not improve estimates of inbreeding in wild and captive Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis)