Vancouver Island University

• Big program cuts on the table at Vancouver Island University

  Eleven programs could be slashed come September, while several others could end the following year as the school faces a cash crunch amid reduced international enrollment.

  Education

  May 6, 2025
  
• B.C. basketball provincials moved from Abbotsford college following investigation

  B.C.'s basketball provincials are without a home following an investigation into allegations of harassment against a transgender athlete aimed at the original host school.

  Sports

  Feb 9, 2025
  
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• B.C. university goes to court in attempt to end Gaza encampment

  Vancouver Island University says it is "regrettably" seeking an injunction against the pro-Palestinian demonstrators after they disregarded a trespass notice issued last week.

  Politics

  Jul 16, 2024
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• Vancouver Island University’s music program at risk of shutting down

  In a statement, Vancouver Island University said the board of governors will make a final decision, which is expected to happen in the next few weeks.

  Education

  Mar 12, 2024
• RCMP search for man who exposed himself to woman on Nanaimo university campus

  According to RCMP, the woman said she was walking between Building 205 and 210 around 6 p.m. on Dec. 6 when a stranger riding his bicycle stopped, dismounted and flashed her.

  Crime

  Dec 12, 2023
• VIU professor concerned over B.C. Pension Corp. delay in notification of privacy breach

  The B.C. Pension Corporation said around 8,000 members of the College Pension Plan with service from 1982 to 1997 are affected.

  Apr 5, 2019
• Vancouver Island University launches new program to help children affected by opioid crisis

  Vancouver Island University is launching a program specifically for children caught up in the opioid crisis.

  Canada

  Dec 5, 2018
• Pipeline politics boil over in Trudeau’s Vancouver Island town hall

  Pipeline politics boiled over at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Vancouver Island town hall stop Friday afternoon, with three hecklers who refused to stop escorted from the room and the topic dominating almost all others over the course of the gathering.

  Canada

  Feb 2, 2018
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• Canadian Letters and Images Project captures first-person history of veterans

  As Remembrance Day approaches, a project at Vancouver Island University is giving Canadians a whole new perspective of our wartime history: that of the veterans themselves.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2016
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• PHOTOS: Massive algae bloom causing Strait of Georgia waters to turn bright green

  A spectacular algae bloom is causing the water across much of the Strait of Georgia to turn a bright, almost florescent, green.

  Environment

  Aug 23, 2016