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For Students	February 9, 2024 - 1:32pm	BA Major and Minor in English Courses The Writing Centre For First-Year Students Standards and Expectations Prereq
Faculty	March 19, 2025 - 10:39am	Clay Armstrong Professor Building: 459 Room: 102 Phone: 250.753.3245 Ext. 2421 Mail drop: 345 Email: Clay.Armstrong@viu.ca Areas of Interest: American Literature, especially 20th Century and the Southern Tradition; Modernism, with emphasis on WB Yeats; Environmental Literature and Outdoor Writing; College Composition; Business and Technical Writing.
Courses	March 31, 2025 - 9:26am	First-Year Courses (2025-26) Second-Year Courses (2025-26) Upper-Level Courses (2025-26) VIU Course Timetable Course Descriptions
Contact Us	August 15, 2024 - 8:45am	Chair of the English Department Toni Smith Professor and Chair Building: 345 Room: 130 Mail drop: 345 Email: Toni.Smith@viu.ca Arts and Humanities Building 345, Office 227 Vancouver Island University 900 – Fifth Street Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 Canada To contact individual faculty members, please consult our faculty list.
Lee Cadwallader	October 21, 2016 - 4:20pm	Lee Cadwallader, Pat Bevan Scholarship Recipient, 2016
Tegan Matthews	October 21, 2016 - 4:21pm	Tegan Matthews, Morris Donaldson Scholarship Recipient, 2016
Pradeep Menon	October 21, 2016 - 4:20pm	Pradeep Menon, English 125, Best Essay, 2015-2016
Cara Faganello	February 1, 2022 - 4:09pm	Cara Faganello, English 115, Best Essay, 2015-2016
Martin Chomeczko	October 21, 2016 - 4:18pm	Martin Chomeczko, Second Year, Best Essay, 2015-2016
Rob Vanbergen	February 1, 2022 - 4:08pm	Rob Vanbergen, Upper Level, Best Essay, 2015-2016 Rob Vanbergen recalls when he became “hooked” on English Literature and “everything the English Department
Contact Us	January 3, 2023 - 10:51am	Institute of Practical Philosophy Vancouver Island University 900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 Canada
Past Events	April 23, 2024 - 2:21pm	Social Justice Symposiums What Are Your Pension Funds Up To? (MAR 2012) Social and Political Issues in Latin America (MAR 2008)
Reports	January 27, 2020 - 2:03pm	IPP Report 2016-17 IPP Report 2015-16 IPP Report: 2014-15 IPP Report: 2013-14
Newsletters	January 27, 2020 - 2:02pm	Canada Pension Alert: 2014 Canada Pension Alert: 2013 Canada Pension Alert: 2012 Canada Pension Alert Website
Publications	January 27, 2020 - 2:03pm	Justice in the Justice System? Essays on Crime and Punishment in Canada Cases in Health Care Ethics, 4th Edition Someone’s in the Kitchen with DNA: Biotechnology and Our Food Supply Myth and the Meaning of Life and Where to Look for God
Contact Us	September 17, 2024 - 11:00am	The RRL will not be operational from September 2024 - August 2025. We will be returning September 2025 and accepting student applications starting August 2025. Mailing Address Deptartment of Psychology Vancouver Island University 900 Fifth Street Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 Phone/Email Stephanie McKenzie Email: Stephanie.Mckenzie@viu.ca
Links	September 26, 2024 - 10:18am	Reaching in Reaching Out Nanaimo Youth Services International Resilience Project Canadian Psychology Association VIU Psychology Department Vancouver Island University Resilience in Children MOOC Course by Ann Masten
Community	September 26, 2024 - 10:18am	Psychological research addressing resilience has been found to be most efficient when a community-based approach is taken.
Presentations	September 26, 2024 - 10:17am	Vancouver Island University CREATE Conference (2023) Anissa Jahromi presented her research, Faith and Resilience: Exploring Baha'i Multiracial Emerging Adults' Experiences of Resilience, Identity, and Belonging in a poster session at VIU's 2023 CREATE Conference. CREATE 2023 Poster: Faith and Resilience
Past Research	September 26, 2024 - 10:17am	Sample of Resilience Research Lab Projects Official site for the International Resilience Project Dr Michael Ungar, Director of the Resilience Research Centre, met with the Resilience Research Lab to discuss their participation in the International Resilience Project. Dr Ungar also gave a presentation to the Nanaimo community entitled, Too Safe For Their Own Good: How Risk and Responsibility Help Our Children and Teens Thrive.