NEWS
Alum of the Month: Jordyn Monaghan
2024-01-30
Jordyn Monaghan is passionate about supporting the community with a trauma-informed, harm-reduction and strength-based approach. That passion guided her through her undergraduate degree at VIU, where she studied Psychology and Criminology.
Alum of the Month: Perry Bulwer
2024-01-16
Coming to Vancouver Island University (then Malaspina College) in the early 1990s was a turning point in Perry Bulwer’s life.
Community Classroom: VIU Alum Christina Mansueti
2024-01-08
Did you miss Christina Mansueti's VIU Colloquium talk? Mansueti used the TV comedies Chewing Gum and Fleabag to illustrate how these shows negotiate contemporary feminisms. Watch a video of her lecture online here.
Alum of the month: Marisa Turner
2023-12-22
Marisa Turner graduated from VIU’s Bachelor of Business Administration, Major in Marketing program in 2022 and wasted no time in starting her own design firm – Marisa Turner Design. Read her full story here.
Alum of the Month: Mary Clare Massicotte
2023-10-26
A self-described lifelong learner, Mary Clare Massicotte enrolled in VIU’s Master of Education in Educational Leadership program in 2020 at age 64. By this time, she had retired from her full-time career with the federal government and started her...
Alum of the Month: Telma Dos Santos
2023-09-30
Telma Dos Santos was working as a health care assistant when she first heard about the Activity Assistant certife at VIU. The program is designed to provide further training for people who have previous experience as a health care aid...
Alum of the Month: Spenser Smith
2023-08-31
Struggling with substance use in his hometown of Regina, Saskatchewan, Spenser Smith decided to come to a residential treatment centre in Nanaimo. Following his treatment, he made the decision to stay in the city after...
Alum of the Month: Brian Timmer
2023-07-31
As a SCUBA instructor at Sundown Diving, Brian Timmer swam amongst the kelp forests in the waters of Nanoose Bay. During heatwaves in 2014 and 2015, he witnessed those kelp forests disappear.
Alum of the Month: Lee Cooper
2023-06-18
The restaurant’s executive chef and owner is Lee Cooper, who graduated from VIU’s Culinary Arts program in 1997. The restaurant’s most recent accomplishment is making the Canada’s 100 Best Restaurants list this year.
Alum of the Month: Xander France
2023-05-29
Xander France has found the ideal job combining his passions for tourism, sales and marketing. He is the Director of Marketing and Sales with the Vancouver Island Ferry Company.
Alumnae of the Month: Amy Armstrong and Vanessa Young
2023-05-23
Amy Armstrong and Vanessa Young graduated from VIU’s Bachelor of Interior Design program in 2015. They met during their studies and became good friends. Now they work together as senior co-directors of product design and development at Dvele
Alum of the Month: Ashley Kuramoto
2023-05-23
Since graduating from Vancouver Island University in 2011 with her Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees, Ashley Kuramoto has been working her dream job as a teacher. She’s also a mother and, most recently, a published author.
Alum of the Month: Tchadas Leo
2023-05-18
Former Digital Media Studies student Tchadas Leo shares his story as a journalist, and the award he given for his Indigenous-focused podcast.
Alum of the Month: Trevor Ballantyne
2023-05-15
When Trevor Ballyntine was growing up, graduating from high school seemed like a stretch – never mind university. Now Trevor, who graduated from VIU’s Liberal Studies program last spring, is on his way to becoming a lawyer.
Alum of the Month: Drew Milne
2023-05-11
Growing up on Vancouver Island, Drew Milne explored the great outdoors whenever he got the chance, so it’s not surprising he gravitated towards a career as a BC Conservation Officer.
Alum of the Month: Dr. Travis Baker
2023-05-05
Creating the next generation of treatments for substance abuse disorders. VIU Psychology alum Dr. Travis Baker receives $2.5-million grant for research.
Alum of the Month: Douglas Groenendijk
2023-05-03
Since graduating in 2019, Douglas Groenendijk has appeared on the reality TV series, Farming for Love, and started developing business plans to start his own farm, Legend Dairy Farms.
Alum of the Month: Margot Fedoruk
2023-01-04
VIU’s Creative Writing program helped Margot Fedoruk achieve her lifelong dream of publishing a book.
Student Stories
2022-10-26
Gabrielle Hayashi Santos has been interested in the topic of international education since high school. Here's what she says about her time at VIU!