Making headlines – Alyona Latsinnik breaks viral election night story
A journalism course project led to Alyona Latsinnik breaking a viral election story that exposed a Conservative candidate’s racist remarks about Indigenous people.
As part of her class project assigned by her Journalism Professor Stephen Hume, Alyona arranged to interview Marina Sapozhnikov, the Conservative candidate for Juan de Fuca-Malahat, on election night.
Lighting up the stage – Alex Bhargava shares his transformative experience
The connections with fellow students that Alex Bhargava made in the VIU Theatre diploma program have deeply impacted him.
“I’ve gained so much confidence in my abilities and my ability to problem solve and it’s all because of the students that were around me and their willingness to keep pushing me and encouraging me, but also to help me if I needed it.”
From lieutenant commander to business student
At age 30, Carol Seabra thought she had everything she had strived to achieve in life – a job as a high-ranking official with the Brazilian navy, a nice apartment and enough money to travel and see the world. After a life-altering injury in 2019, she began doing some deep thinking about next steps and realized there was more she wanted to achieve. She had visited Canada in 2018 and she decided that living, studying and working here would be her next move.
Chemistry students receive accolades at national conference
VIU Chemistry students Simon Maguire, Lily Eggert and Trevor Michalchuk snagged top honors during a national chemistry conference this summer.
Preserving nature’s music for future generations
Safeguarding birds for future generations is crucial, says Chelsey Watts.
Amy Mattes’ debut novel explores love and identity
Amy Mattes, a VIU Creative Writing student, drew inspiration from experiences of her youth to write her debut fictional novel, Late September.
Late September tells the story of Ines, a young, grief-stricken skateboarder who is trying to leave her past behind to become someone else. She learns along the way that you can’t change who you’ve been.
English major’s research paper published in an academic journal
Claire Gordon says it’s “exciting and unbelievable” to have her undergraduate research paper published by the Queen City Writers, a journal of undergraduate writing and composing.
Solving a puzzle no one else has solved
Networking is an integral skill for students who want to pursue research, says Krystyn Forbes.
Krystyn graduated in June with a Bachelor of Science degree, with a Biology honours. He worked as a research assistant for the past two summers with Dr. Jamie Gorrell, a VIU Biology Professor. He recommends that students talk to their professors about research opportunities.