Mariners Women’s Volleyball Team’s Senior Send Off
The Mariners Women’s Volleyball Team honoured their seniors as they closed out the regular season and changed focus for the postseason. On Saturday, February 15, the Mariners Women’s Volleyball Team hosted the Camosun Chargers for Senior Night, the Mariners’ final home game for the season and their final game of the regular season. The Mariners … Continued
Mariners Women’s Basketball Close the Book on CBC
Through the weekend, the Mariners Women’s Basketball Team completed a clean sweep over CBC. On Friday, February 7, and Saturday, February 8, the Mariners Women’s Basketball team hosted the Columbia Bible College (CBC) Bearcats for two games. Both were severely one-sided in favour of the hometown heroes. The last time the Mariners met the Bearcats … Continued
Mariners Athletics Through the Weekend
The VIU Mariners played a total of five games between two sports and three teams through the weekend. On Friday, January 31, and Saturday, February 1, the VIU Mariners Women’s Volleyball Team, Men’s Volleyball Team, and Men’s Hockey Team played five games collectively. While the Mariners Volleyball teams were able to sweep Columbia Bible College … Continued
Nanaimo’s Own: Good Life Juice
Good Life Juice is the only one of its kind on Vancouver Island; creating raw, unpasteurized juices meant to pack your body full of nutrients. Good Life Juice was started by Andrea Dershin in 2014, and she couldn’t be more thrilled with the growth and evolution of her company. Dershin started out by making juices … Continued
Tap in to Nanaimo Craft Beer Week
Nanaimo is holding its third annual Nanaimo Craft Beer Week (NCBW) this month from February 15–23. Last year, Nanaimo welcomed a new brewery, Cliffside, and a new tap room, Craft Fare, both of which will be participating in NCBW. If you’re not interested in beer, there’s also a cider event that snuck in. Find out … Continued
Two-Step with the Mariners Dance Team (and Tye)
Have you ever wanted to learn how to line dance or two-step to your favourite country jams? Me neither. But, if the music and dancing doesn’t tickle your fancy, maybe supporting your fellow Mariners will. On Thursday, February 13, from 7 pm–9 pm, the Mariners Dance Team, partnered with the VIUSU Student Pub, will be … Continued
Mariners away game recap
From Friday, January 24, to Sunday, January 26, the VIU Mariners, collectively, played a total of nine games. Men’s Hockey, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s Basketball were the active teams throughout the weekend; all of the teams played on the opposing team’s territory and played two games each, with the exception of … Continued
VIU celebrates innovation for Global Citizens Week
From February 3 – 7, VIU welcomes the local community to take part in Global Citizens Week. The activities will showcase the many initiatives that faculty, students, and community members are involved in to help build a better, more sustainable world. Innovation in Action is the theme of this year’s event, in effort to coincide … Continued
Gregory Scofield is this year’s Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet
Renowned poet Gregory Scofield will be coming to Nanaimo on February 12 and 13 as VIU’s Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet for 2019-20. He is Michif of Cree, Scottish and European-Immigrant descent, and traces his ancestry to the Métis community of Kinosota, Manitoba, and Bacon Ridge. He will discuss, through oral storytelling, the importance of Indigenous literature and … Continued
Mariners Men’s Volleyball Host Douglas Royals
The Mariners Men’s Volleyball Team were on the hunt for redemption as they hosted the Douglas Royals for two games of action. On Friday and Saturday, January 17 and 18, the Mariners Men’s Volleyball Team hosted the Douglas Royals for back-to-back game days. The Mariners came into the weekend games riding a six game win … Continued
Modo Yoga Nanaimo
Skye Langlois is the studio manager of Modo Yoga in Nanaimo. Modo Yoga has two locations: one on Dufferin Crescent, and the other on Rutherford Road. Langlois has been a yoga teacher since 2015. “What drew me to yoga was initially vanity. I wanted to be someone else. I wanted to be skinnier. I wanted … Continued
Mariners Basketball Sails Through Competition
On Saturday and Sunday, January 18 and 19, the VIU Mariners Basketball teams—Men’s and Women’s—hosted the Okanagan Coyotes for a total of four games stretched across the two day span. Naturally, each day would see one Women’s game and one Men’s game. By mid Sunday, each of the Mariners teams had two wins to add … Continued
Free concert series coming to the VIUSU Pub
Starting on January 9, VIU music instructor Hans Verhoeven will be collaborating with Adam Ockey to present live jazz every Thursday at the VIUSU Pub. The event will run from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. Verhoeven, along with Music Program alumni Alex Coleman and James Darling, will be performing “elegant, swinging and soulful piano trio … Continued
2019 Walter Owen Book Prize Winner Announced
A media release, via Globe Newswire, has announced the winner of the 2019 Walter Owen Book Prize. The Canadian Foundation for Legal Research has selected Jonathan Rudin as the winner of the 2019 Walter Owen Book Prize for his book, Indigenous People and the Criminal Justice System: A Practitioner’s Handbook. The award honours its namesake, … Continued