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just registered for my continuing Spanish (200) class next semester.
The enrollment problems at VIU (and all across the sector) have made it difficult to fill these classes. The fall semester class didn't run because there were not enough students enrolled.
I really really hope it gets up to the number needed to run the course!
There always seems to be good uptake of the 100/101 classes but 200 is a struggle.
#Education #VIU #LifeLongLearning #Español

Reading Break at VIU so there is a special day perforfance of this semester's Theatre production of......
Animal Farm!
The accompanying artwork in the lobby is topical.
#animalfarm #theatre #viu #localtheatre #ice

Oh look, the #BCNDP Government finally noticed the Post-Secondary system is collapsing. *slowclap*
Can hardly wait for that report next spring... maybe I will still have a job by then...
PS: I have a crazy idea: perhaps post-secondary should be majority-funded by government, not by exploitative international tuitions that can just *disappear*)
PPS: Domestic enrolment is not declining in any significant kind of way in the sector. From the “State of Post Secondary Education in Canada 2025” by Alex Usher:
"This decline in per-student funding is therefore not primarily a result of a significant decline in total funding; rather, it is a result of expenditures remaining more or less
constant while enrollments increased.”
WHICH IS WHAT EDUCATORS HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR DECADES
#layoffs #education #educationIsaRight #PostSecondary #VIU #BCPoli #CanPoli #CdnPoli #University #College
https://albernivalleynews.com/2025/11/25/b-c-launches-independent-review-of-post-secondary-education-system/

Sigh.
No comment.
#Palestine #University #VIU #Israel

oh no. 😱 😢
#intimatePartnerViolence #domesticviolence #VIU #Camosun
I did not know her but I know a few people in the business admin dept.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/saanich-bc-intimate-partner-violence-death-9.7044553

Solidarity to union members and students facing cuts at North Island College. VIU and NIC have a friendly rivalry, but more importantly, we each serve as access-focused post-secondary institutions for portions of Vancouver Island north of Victoria.
The list of program suspensions is long. And unfortunately includes some skills in my field… but they are generally... broad cuts. I've included the list below.
The #BCNDP Government seems perfectly ok with post-secondary institutions in BC going through the worst cuts in at least 25 years (my career) and I would dare say - ever.
Adventure Guiding Certificate.
Hospital Unit Clerk Certificate.
Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing.
Global Business Management Post-Graduate Diploma.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Certificate.
Digital Design and Development Post-Graduate Diploma.
Web and Mobile Application Development Diploma.
Web Design Fundamentals Certificate.
Advanced Digital Design and Development Diploma.
Android Application Development Certificate.
Fine Arts Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Diploma.
Coastal Forestry Certificate.
Furniture Design and Joinery Certificate.
Human Services Diploma.
#Education #VIU #NIC #Courtenay #CampbellRiver #PortAlberni #BCPoli #NDP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-island-college-program-cuts-9.7045740

If anyone has a line on a free-or-near-free source of flatscreen LCD monitors with ATSC antenna connections, please do let me know. Would like to build a little ‘over-the-air’ TV monitoring studio.
These little LG 24LJ4540s are perfect.
Two dozen of them would be ideal but 12 would be a good start.
#build #ATSC #OTA #TV #Media #MediaMonitor #VIU
https://www.amazon.com/lg-electronics-24lj4540-24-inch-model/dp/b01n2z17ms

amongst the various start-of-semester things to do today, I started a new backup 800gb of a Time Machine backup onto a HFS formatted disk image.
and also planted my "vegehome" with a fresh batch of little plant plugs. Look at their little plastic domes. 🥰
Once these lettuces and stuff run their course, I want to try something a little bigger... like maybe starting a little fruit tree.
#office #worklife #viu #garden #growing #backup #tech