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The Library at Vancouver Island University offers VIUSpace to digitally preserve and showcase selected VIU scholarship together with special collections that represent the unique character of our region.
Cultural caution statement: Please note that items in VIUSpace include names, images, and recorded voices of deceased persons.
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Transit oriented development: Making it possible in a low density city
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05)This report identifies urban design guidelines from a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) perspective of a potential site in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Transit Oriented Development is characterized as developing a mixed-used ... -
How can an online resource toolkit support international learners in the successful transition from post-secondary studies to the Canadian workplace?
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)International students in Canada are a growing industry that is impacting our communities. Canada is considered a safe and affordable country to attend post-secondary institutes and institutions. While over half of the ... -
Design guidelines for vernacular architecture and built form characteristics: Hopkins, Belize
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05)This Major Project explores the intersection between the impacts of climate change on a coastal community and perceptions of vernacular architecture that represent the unique characteristics of a place. The study employs ... -
Walkability on Vancouver Island: The implications for small towns and rural communities
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-04)Most studies of walkability focus on large urban centres. This paper works to fill the gap in the study of walkability principles and applies them to small towns, and rural communities. Drawing from smart growth and new ... -
[Planning practice guidebook] Planning for bird habitat protection: BC guidelines for local governments, developers and planners
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05)Created as a key part of my major project for my Master of Community Planning at Vancouver Island University, Planning for Bird Habitat Protection: BC Guidelines for Local Governments, Developers and Planners sets out key ... -
Planning for bird habitat protection: BC guidelines for local governments, developers and planners
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05)Planning for Bird Habitat Protection: BC Guidelines for Local Governments, Developers and Planners is a research report completed as the research portion of my major project completed as part of my Master of Community ... -
Nanaimo Free Press [Monday, July 6, 1896]
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Nanaimo Free Press [Saturday, July 4, 1896]
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Nanaimo Free Press [Friday, July 3, 1896]
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Nanaimo Free Press [Thursday, July 2, 1896]
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Harmonious multiculturalism in a non-metropolis: Public spaces improvements to expand multicultural visibility in Nanaimo
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-04)In a mosaic multiculturalism policy context, how can local governments realize “harmonious multiculturalism”, which is defined here as maintaining diversity while integrating all differences, this is a challenge for Canadian ... -
Plan Canada - Volume 35, Number 5 (September 1995)
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1995-09)Annual planning conference of CIP/APA/OPPI|Congrès annuel conjoint de l'ICU/APA/IPPO -
Victoria's suburban sprawl as a barrier to sustainable development
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-11)Canada is a nation where over two thirds of the population lives in some form of suburb (Gordon & Janzen 2013). It is important to monitor the locations of population growth within our nation as it has profound effects on ... -
Neoteric authenticity: using urban magnets to create authenticity in new developments
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-11)This article addresses the issue of creating an experience of authenticity in new developments through the use of a land use and design concept called Urban Magnets. The authors, who are practitioners in planning, design ... -
Making space for bees, radical planning and the messy city
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018-11)Bees and other pollinating insects are increasingly at risk in agricultural spaces, due to years of intensive monocultures, pathogens, imported species and pesticides. New research identifies urban spaces as a bastion of ... -
Emerging issues in cannabis: a look at home production for medicinal use in British Columbia
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Creating a connected campus: the importance of planning for universities
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[Pre-print] Gravitational anti-screening as an alternative to dark matter
(Nova Science Publishers, 2018-07)The theory of gravitational anti-screening is an alternative to the current theory of dark matter. It is based on a model of the analogous screening of electric charges by virtual electric dipoles that is found in QED. ... -
Future Plans - Volume 1, Issue 1 (2018)
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Plan Canada - Volume 36, Number 1 (January 1996)
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1996-01)
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