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Hwulmuhw / Indigenous Resources
Digital representations of Indigenous-related creative, scholarly, and other works received from VIU student, faculty, and community contributors. -
Journal Archives @ VIU
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Nanaimo Historical Society Collection
Digital files of sound recordings made for the Nanaimo Historical Society. -
Newsletters & Magazines
Retrospective newsletters and magazines of Malaspina College and Vancouver Island University
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BC Studies 2017: (Un)Settling British Columbia
Multidisciplinary conference held at Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC, May 4 - 6, 2017. -
Conference on the Pre-Confederation Treaties of Vancouver Island
Selected digital materials related to the VI Treaties Conference, May 10-11, 2012 -
COVID-19: Vancouver Island University and Region
Works and artifacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic -
Library Construction Photo Collection
Images of the new library building taking during construction [2003 -2005] -
Mainly Malaspina
Staff newsletter for Malaspina College 1976 - 2008 -
Malaspina College Bulletin (Nanaimo)
Staff newsletter for Malaspina College 1970-2005 -
What Becomes Canada: Digitizing Narratives of Exploration, Settlement, and Contact
National Heritage Digitization Strategy (NHDS) 2018/19 project
Recent Submissions
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How 'smart' are smart cities?: The case of Sidewalk Labs, Toronto
(VIU Press, 2021-03)This article looks at the debate surrounding the smart city concept in theory and practice using the proposed Smart Labs development in Quayside, Toronto as a case study. My approach has been to familiarize myself with the ... -
Corridor urbanism and the rise of the neighbourhood in the post-COVID city
(VIU Press, 2021-03)In this paper, urban planner, development consultant and educator, Mark Holland, outlines a rethinking of urban structure that will be supercharged as we learn from the impacts of COVID 19 on our cities. The modern city ... -
Generation urban: Financing family-friendly housing in Canada's urban centres
(VIU Press, 2021-03)As municipalities across Canada are increasingly looking to attract families to their urban cores, and understanding of the ins and outs of development proformas is helpful to support newly constructed housing units that ... -
Future Plans - Volume 2, Issue 1 (March 2021)
(VIU Press, 2021-03)In this issue, you will find considerations on smart cities as a way to promote critical thinking of planning students, a deep dive into the development proformas of housing units at urban cores, and detailed discussions ... -
Land as life: (Virtual) learning from Indigenous knowledge-keepers
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2021)Land as Life is a community-led and created undergraduate course in the Faculty of Xwulmuxw/Indigenous Studies at Vancouver Island University that has been running for 18 years. Every year it is planned and created by local ... -
[Pre-print] The importance of nature to city living during the COVID-19 pandemic: Considerations and goals from environmental psychology
(Routledge, 2020-07-30)The COVID-19 pandemic has produced an opportunity for urban planners, government decision-makers, health practitioners, and environmental psychologists to further understand human psychosocial wellbeing in cities. Given ... -
Creating a Selective Web Archive of Central and North Vancouver Island Community Information during COVID-19: VIU Special Call for Proposals related to COVID-19 [Abstract of Proposal]
(2020-06-03)Describes and offers context for a proposed project to curate a web archive related to COVID-19 impacts for Central and North Vancouver Island. -
Measuring community engagement: A case study of Livingston (Calgary, Alberta)
(VIU Press, 2020)This case study focuses on developing an objective, baseline understanding of the opinions and behaviours of residents currently residing in the developing neighborhood of Livingston (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Livingston ... -
Leisure education for youth with a lived experience of mental illness, development of the FRESH [Fun Recreation Exercise and Skills for Health] program for a youth cohort in Western Sydney, Australia
(VIU Press, 2020)Mental health disorders account for a significant percentage of disease around the world, with the majority of these disorders developed during adolescence and early adulthood, 12-24 years of age. This period is marked by ... -
Kink as a form of leisure: Kinky events and the people who love them
(VIU Press, 2020)In recent years, there has been a popularization of non-mainstream sexual/cultural practices. The sensation of Fifty Shades of Grey has led to the general public becoming increasingly aware of the kink/BDSM lifestyle. The ... -
International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves - Volume 4, Issue 1 (2020)
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2020)Volume 4, Issue 1 of the International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. -
Lessons from the Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve, Oregon, USA
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2020)Cascade Head Biosphere Reserve is Oregon’s only biosphere reserve. It was one of the first group of U.S. biosphere reserves established in 1976 and is one of only two administered by the U.S. Forest Service among the 28 ... -
Reaching common ground: The potential for interagency collaboration in UNESCO biosphere reserves
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2020)In an increasingly urbanized and degraded world, protected areas provide opportunities for people to connect with nature. Biosphere reserves strive for coexistence between the conservation of biodiversity and sustainable ... -
Research at North Bull Island UNESCO Biosphere: An overview of studies completed 1995-2014
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2020)North Bull Island, due to its international scientific importance for flora and fauna and also its close proximity to the capital city and many national universities, has long been a resource for education and scientific ... -
Restoration of bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) in the Strait of Georgia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2020)Bull kelp is an annual species that completes its life cycle within a single growing season and reproduces in the same location from year to year. Unfortunately, bull kelp has declined in the Strait of Georgia over ... -
Improving communities through innovative financing: A case study of the Baileys Trail System
(VIU Press, 2020)This chapter focuses on how one Appalachian community in southeast Ohio is turning to outdoor recreation for economic repositioning due to the long-term fallout from extractive industries leaving the region. Utilizing a ... -
Raising the Curtain: At the intersection of education, art, health care and lived experience of dementia
(VIU Press, 2020)This chapter uses the case study of Raising the Curtain (RTC), a community based participatory research project (CBPR), to explore the opportunities and insights that resulted from an education – arts – health care ... -
Innovative leisure practices: Cases as conduits between theory and practice
(VIU Press, 2020)It is the honour of the World Leisure Centre of Excellence at Vancouver Island University to share the fourth volume of case studies that comprise the Innovative Leisure Practices series. As with previous volumes in the ... -
Plan Canada - Volume 59, Number 3 (Winter 2019)
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 2019-12)Housing|Le question du logement -
Cowichan Campus Student Newsletter [November 1, 2019]
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2019-11-01)
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