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Cindy Stelmackowich TRENCHED	May 1, 2024 - 10:06pm
2022	May 22, 2024 - 2:56pm
2024 BC Political Studies Association Conference	August 20, 2024 - 4:54pm	On May 2 and 3, 2024, VIU’s Political Studies department hosted the annual conference of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, which focused on the theme of Trust and Leadership.
Exhibition Archive	April 22, 2025 - 11:25am
OCTAD: Art and Community	May 1, 2024 - 10:11pm
VIU Model UN	November 6, 2023 - 4:29pm	VIU MUN is a learning conference where university and high school delegates simulate how the United Nations attempts to resolve a major international dispute. Delegates learn about the values and interests of countries from around the world and test the capacity of the United Nations to find common ground. VIU MUN is a friendly environment for students to practice public speaking, debating, collaborative problem-solving, and engage in the art of diplomacy.
Contact Us	December 15, 2023 - 1:35pm	Connect with us at lrl@viu.ca Building 456, Room 110, Vancouver Island University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Modern Languages Department, Nanaimo, 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5S5, Canada
Spontaneous Speech	December 29, 2023 - 11:19am	Phonetic research investigates how speakers and listeners use speech to convey messages. The speech produced to encode a particular message can vary wildly. Understanding and explaining the phonetic variability embodied in this example is one of the main motivations for this Element. Why and how do speakers produce this variability and how does it impact listeners? This Element focuses on spontaneous speech and its relationship with phonetic research.
Work Opportunities	November 1, 2023 - 2:19pm	VIU's Linguistic Research Lab (LRL) was founded in 2023 through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) & the BC Knowledge Development Fund awarded to Mukai, Yoichi, Ph.D. (PI) & Morden, Marla, Ph.D. (Co-PI) under the project entitled, Vancouver Island Eye-tracking Hub: Creating Regional Capacity for Evidence-based, Non-invasive Cognitive Assessment.
Media	May 9, 2024 - 10:44am
The role of phonology-to-orthography consistency in predicting the degree of pupil dilation induced in processing reduced and unreduced speech	December 29, 2023 - 11:17am	The relationship between the ways in which words are pronounced and spelled has been shown to affect spoken word processing and a consistent relationship between pronunciation and spelling has been reported as a possible cause of unreduced pronunciations being easier to process than reduced counterparts although reduced pronunciations occur more frequently. In the present study, we investigate the effect of pronunciation-to-spelling consistency for reduced and unreduced pronunciations in L1 and L2 listeners of a logographic language.
OCTAD: Art and Community	November 23, 2023 - 10:05am	Peter Achurch, Laurel Karjala, Tony Martin, Donna Mattila, Donna Nona, Ted Polkinghorne, Heather Thomas and Denise Tierney.
Lab	December 28, 2023 - 11:35pm	Our overarching agenda is for VIU to become an interdisciplinary research hub for the Central Vancouver Island region. Our eye-tracking equipment enables VIU to provide accessible infrastructure and systems for researchers and students to undertake scholarship and research activities without needing to coordinate with and travel to universities in the provincial capital of Victoria or on the mainland.
People	December 29, 2023 - 10:55am
Retirements	December 4, 2024 - 11:01am	Wayne Gamble Norm Cameron Ron Apland Diane Pollard Lynn Gervais Brad Piekkola Rachel Cooper Kim Iles Ruth Kirson
In Memoriam	October 27, 2023 - 9:44am	Patricia Hadaway Doug Morgan Peter Furstenau Lorne Ball Chuck Lemery Tony Robertson Jeff Nicol
Forms - Directed Studies	October 23, 2023 - 10:38am	Social Sciences
Projects	December 29, 2023 - 8:27pm	We are particularly interested in the following aspects of language and experimental methods to understand how sounds or words are represented/processed in the mind. Specifically, how different types of variables are integrated into the representation/processing of sounds or words and how these factors inhibit or facilitate speech communication.
Academic Integrity	October 5, 2023 - 11:51am	This page summarizes VIU’s Academic Integrity Policy 96.01 and Procedure 96.01.001 as well as gives faculty some guidance and best practices for navigating issues around academic integrity.
F23N14	October 3, 2023 - 2:55pm	A VIU Faculty Exhibition September 5 to October 6, 2023 Vancouver Island University and the VIEW Gallery are excited to host F23N14, our biennial VIU faculty exhibition with an exhibition reception on Thursday September 21 from 5 to 7 pm. Many of our faculty artists will be present and everyone is welcome.