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Vancouver Island University
NEWS RELEASE
Jan. 27, 2011
The Vancouver Island University Deep Bay Marine Field Station will host its inaugural culinary event Saturday, Jan. 29, with a feast of locally grown sustainable shellfish served to international seafood experts who are gathering for SeaWeb Seafood Choices 2011 Seafood Summit.
Photo by Jon Rowley – Bill Taylor white shirt, leading a previous tour.
Three great new graphics prepared by Sarita Mielke, recent VIU graphic arts graduate. These diagrams are being made into posters to illustrate how certain areas of the Field Station will be developed as we raise additional funding to increase the education and interactive aspects of visitor experiences.
Yesterday we were in a select group (8 out of 183) Knowledge Infrastructure Program funded projects featured in a new brochure by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
Under brilliant sunshine and bathed in warm ocean breezes Wednesday, September 8, 2010 will long be remembered by the staff of the Centre for Shellfish Research and Vancouver Island University as Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a surprise visit to the Deep Bay Field Station. A large motorcade of black SUV’s and limousines, imposing security detail and RCMP officers marked his arrival. Dr. Ralph Nilson VIU President and Vice Chancellor and Mike Brown, VIU Board Chair were on hand to greet the Prime Minister along with Don Tillapaugh and Brian Kingzett from the CSR and local MP Dr. James Lunney. Read the rest of this entry »
Vancouver Island University
NEWS RELEASE
Aug. 10, 2010
Vancouver Island University’s Deep Bay Field Station goes beyond promoting sustainability for the shellfish aquaculture industry. The field station, with its distinctive clamshell shape, is also providing a model for green design and integrated regional development.
When it opens this fall, the field station will provide leading-edge teaching and research facilities as an extension of VIU’s Centre for Shellfish Research (CSR), said VIU President and Vice-Chancellor Ralph Nilson.
“The field station will also stimulate job creation and demonstrate the innovative ways that our coastal environment can be protected and enhanced through consultation, collaboration and creative partnerships,” Nilson said.
“The field station will be accessible to the public and visitors can get a sense of the wide variety of programs that VIU offers — whether they are tasting seafood dishes prepared by our culinary arts students, touring the grounds rehabilitated by our forestry and horticulture students or riding in the Chetlo, the durable craft built by students in our welding and aluminum boat building programs.” Read the rest of this entry »
Our final roof assembly is going up and this week it was getting some extra attention as video crews were on site to document it. Read on to find out why Read the rest of this entry »
Shaw TV Nanaimo produced a new video documentary (embedded below) about the Field Station which aired this week on “The Daily” – Channel 4. Click to play
Creating Community Partnerships That Work
Another new article by writer Lisa Verbicky at the Beacon Magazine. Lisa has taken a look at the community contribution of our sister facility Milner Gardens and what community impact the presence of the Field Station may have in Lighthouse Country. Click here to Download the article. We really appreciate the increasing community interest and support, it is really helping raise the bar for us to meet community expectations.
Lisa discusses the current VIU regional integrated planning initiative and our desire to get input that will help shape our future role within the community. Let us know your opinions by emailing VIU at wearelistening@viu.ca.
We made up a new brochure for distribution last week – click to download here. This brochure has current construction photos and seeing as we developed it internally, we’ll update it as we go along.
We made the Front Page (and page 5) of the Nanaimo Daily News today. The web version is available here: Hopes High for BC Shellfish Culture Industry
