Student Life

This seminar will focus on current policies in Teacher Education and how they impact Aboriginal people. Please join us for this presentation and lunch at Shq'apthut - A Gathering Place.

Please come and join us for Pancake Breakfast at Shq'apthut. Breakfast starts at 8:00 AM and runs to 10:00 AM, or until we run out of food. Looking forward to seeing you here!

Please join Sharon Hobenshield, Director of Aboriginal Education and Engagement for conversations related to your journey at VIU. There will be a Pizza lunch and door prizes. 

Please join us for Soup and Bannock, Lunch and Learn with Noelle Hanuse, Aboriginal Counsellor at Vancouver Island University. Noelle will be presenting Part two: Leave Ego at the Longhouse Door; how living by spiritual values helps to transcend ego.

Please join us for an Indigenous-led workshop for students, staff, and faculty who identify as Indigenous, to participate as research collaborators. This is a free workshop to help guide the development of a cultural safety training assessment tool.

Please join us for Culture Night at Shq'apthut where we will be presenting the Ligwiltach Elder's and Youth Culture Group.

Valentines Day is just around the corner and so is our yearly Sweetheart Feast at Shq'apthut - A Gathering Place. Lunch will be provided and there will be a chance for you to win a cake at our Cake Walk game.

Please join our Director of Aboriginal Education and Engagement, Sharon Hobenshield for conversations related to your learning journey at VIU. Pizza lunch will be provided and door prizes as well. 

At Shq'apthut on Thursday February 7, 2019, NGFF will be showing XeXe Smun Eem (Sacred Children): Victoria Orange Shirt Day at 6:00 PM with a panel discussion with Eddy Charlie and Kristin Spray afterwards. Then at 7:00 PM we will be showing Dust 'n Bones. On Friday February 8, 2019 we will be showing The Radicals at 6:00 PM

This event is FREE, and we look forward to seeing everyone here.

Please join us for Soup and Bannock, Lunch and Learn on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at Shq'apthut - A Gathering Place. Our guest speaker is Vancouver Island University's Chancellor, Louise Mandell. She will be presenting, "Pre-Confederation Treaties and their journey through the courts."