2022 British Columbia General Local Elections: VIU

Archived since: Sep, 2022

Description:

This collection contributes to a collaborative effort by the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Island University, [University of Northern B.C.], and the University of British Columbia to create a shared archive of web content related to the 2022 BC municipal elections. It also includes some content that is not found in the shared collection.

Subject:   Politics & Elections,  Government - Cities

2024 British Columbia Provincial General Election: VIU

Archived since: Jun, 2024

Description:

This collection contributes to a collaborative effort by the University of Victoria, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Island University, and the University of British Columbia to create a shared archive of web content related to the 2024 BC provincial election. It also includes some content that is not found in the shared collection.

Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre

Archived since: Dec, 2018

Description:

This collection archives the website of the Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre. The Centre is primarily a resource for research about and interest in the life and work of the 18th-century Italian navigator and writer who, as an officer of the Spanish Navy, led a five-year scientific and political expedition to the Pacific. The Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre, affiliated with the Vancouver Island University Liberal Studies Department, is dedicated to conducting, and developing English-language resources for the promotion of, interdisciplinary research into navigation in the 18th century, first contact between Indigenous and European people on the Pacific coasts of the Americas, and the history of humanistic thought since the eighteenth century. The Centre supports international collaboration between scholars and enthusiasts with like interests. It is also the home of the undergraduate journal The Compass Rose.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture,  Universities & Libraries

BC Studies 2017: (Un)Settling British Columbia

Archived since: Oct, 2017

Description:

This collection is an archive of web-based content related to the BC Studies 2017 Conference. Vancouver Island University, in association with BC Studies, hosted the multidisciplinary BC Studies Conference in 2017, on the theme (Un)Settling British Columbia. The conference was held May 4 - 6, 2017. Themes and ideas of the conference included: Colonialism and resistance; Treaties and treaty-making; Land - its uses and meanings; Truth and Reconciliation; Energy past, present, and/or futures; Gender roles, identities, and expressions; Immigration and identities; British Columbia in Confederation; Indigenizing the Academy in BC. – Conference website: https://ah.viu.ca/bcstudies – Conference presentation materials: https://hdl.handle.net/10613/3251

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture,  Universities & Libraries

COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North)

Archived since: Mar, 2020

Description:

In March 2020 the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC) stated: "The deadly flu outbreak of 1918-19 is often called the ‘forgotten pandemic.’ Our responsibility now is to ensure the lessons of COVID-19 are not forgotten. Our collective efforts to capture and preserve the essential online elements of this unprecedented event are critical." (CARL-ABRC). The COVID-19: Vancouver Island, BC (Central & North) Web Archive reflects community experiences and responses to the pandemic in the region served by Vancouver Island University, documenting and supporting diverse aspects of scholarly inquiry, creativity, and community life. The Web Archive is intended to provide a body of information that will support scholarship, creativity, and study. Information rights related to web archiving include considerations of copyright and fair dealing, and of individual and community privacy. The following are among principles and resources that guide web archiving decisions: Ethics of care, for example in VIU Library’s Pledge to our user communities; OCAP® principles, and awareness of relationality and accountability to Indigenous communities, and potential impacts related to web archiving; Good practice and expert advice, emerging and accessed through communities of practice, e.g. the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition (CWAC); and VIU Library, Evolution of Physical Collections: 2017-2021 VIU Library, Special Collections Guidelines (Under review 2020). Web archives are informed by available capture technologies and also by affordances of the content source; not all websites can be successfully crawled or rendered, and quality of archived versions varies. This project is supported by VIU's Special Funding for COVID-19 research projects and carried out in coordination with the University of Victoria’s COVID-19 Collection and the Canadian Web Archiving Coalition. Contact us at research.help@viu.ca with questions or for more information about content included in the Web Archive. [Working description 2021 April 6]

Subject:   Spontaneous Events,  Society & Culture,  Science & Health,  COVID-19 (Disease),  Vancouver Island

Commemorating Ye'yumnuts

Archived since: Jul, 2018

Description:

This collection archives the website of the Commemorating Ye'yumnuts project together with selected related web-based information. The project was initiated by Cowichan Tribes, to give youth, teachers, and other residents of the Cowichan Valley a special opportunity to learn about the history and importance of Ye'yumnuts as a place. The website has been researched and created in partnership with the University of Victoria Department of Anthropology, which also arranged for web archiving by VIU Library.

Subject:   Society & Culture

Compass Rose: Explorations in Thought

Archived since: Nov, 2017

Description:

Cosponsored by VIU’s Liberal Studies program and the Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre, The Compass Rose presents undergraduate responses to the broad scope of human questions arising out of the liberal arts.

Subject:   Arts & Humanities,  Society & Culture,  Universities & Libraries

Duncan-North Cowichan Referendum 2018

Archived since: Jun, 2018

Description:

In 2018, citizens of the municipalities of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan voted in a referendum on whether or not to amalgamate. This referendum followed an earlier referendum in November 2014, when voters in both municipalities were asked: “Are you in favor of spending time and resources to study the costs and benefits of the amalgamation of the municipalities of North Cowichan and the City of Duncan?” The 2014 outcome in favour of studying the matter of amalgamation led to the formation of a Citizens’ Assembly on Municipal Amalgamation, which reached consensus and issued a recommendation in May 2017 in favour of amalgamating the two municipalities. On June 23, 2018, the referendum was held on this question: “Do you support The Corporation of the District of North Cowichan and The Corporation of the City of Duncan amalgamating into a new municipality?” For amalgamation to pass required the support of more than 50 per cent of voters in each municipality. In response to the question, roughly 59 per cent of residents in North Cowichan voted for the amalgamation while 68 per cent of people in Duncan voted against it. Consequently, the referendum did not pass and amalgamation did not proceed. Matters and representations related to amalgamation that were explored through this process and referendum are of interest not only to citizens of the two municipalities, but also to researchers, policy makers, and other levels of government, including other BC municipalities, such as Saanich and Victoria, as they consider amalgamation.

Subject:   Government - Cities,  Politics & Elections

International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, vol. 1, no. 1

Archived since: Oct, 2017

Description:

This collection archives the first issue of this open access journal, which was created as a website. Subsequent issues have included content in downloadable formats, and component items of those issues are archived as a collection in VIU Library's VIUSpace repository. International Journal of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves website (archived link): https://web.archive.org/web/20230319055607/http://biospherejournal.org/ – Additional issues (vol. 1, no. 2 - ) archived in VIUSpace: https://hdl.handle.net/10613/5146

Subject:   Science & Health,  Government,  Universities & Libraries

Project REEL Life

Archived since: Jul, 2018

Description:

Project REEL Life was a digital storytelling initiative designed to help foster community by connecting youth with adult mentors in Ladysmith and Stz'uminus. This collection includes selected posts and videos from the project. Web archive URL: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.projectreellife.com/

Subject:   Society & Culture

Selected VIU Faculty & Staff Content

Archived since: Mar, 2023

Description:

This collection provides for selective item-level archiving of web-based content created by VIU authors, with particular emphasis on content that may be or has been vulnerable to loss. For more information please inquire with dl_libsystems@viu.ca or see the Web Archiving Nomination form at: https://library.viu.ca/DigInfo/SuggestSite

The Co-operative and Its Workers

Archived since: Jan, 2023

Description:

This collection archives the Proceedings of an International Symposium: The Co-operative and its Workers, held at Saint Mary's University, June 15 - 17, 2006. The Proceedings are available from St. Mary's University at: https://www.smu.ca/iccm/researchandpublications/symposia/theco-operativeanditsworkers/ – Vancouver Island University Library has entered into an agreement with Vancity Savings and Credit Union to provide Open Access to an online archive of Bologna Lecture Series and other digitized Cooperative-related materials for the benefit of the general public. These papers are related to this archive as part of the Ian MacPherson collection. Other items in this collection, and in the broader archive, are found in the library's VIUSpace repository at: https://hdl.handle.net/10613/8570

The Homeroom. British Columbia's History of Education Website

Archived since: Jun, 2018

Description:

This collection archives The Homeroom: British Columbia's History of Education website, which was launched in 1997 as a gateway to information about the history of education and schools in British Columbia. The website was developed with contributions from teachers and students at British Columbia schools, colleges, and universities, and from independent scholars and writers. The British Columbia Archives and the Royal British Columbia Museum were also acknowledged as important to The Homeroom. The Homeroom website was edited by Dr. Patrick A. Dunae and hosted by Vancouver Island University. Researchers are requested to see the section on how to cite material from The Homeroom web site: https://wayback.archive-it.org/10558/20180618213231/https://www2.viu.ca/homeroom/content/about/citing.htm

Vancouver Island and Region Wildfires and Climate-Related Issues

Archived since: Jun, 2023

Description:

A collection of news articles, emergency services updates, and social media content related to climate-related events and government, NGO, and community responses in Vancouver Island and Region, including wildfires, drought, flooding, and changes to the land. See also: BC Wildfires 2017 & 2021 collections at UBC Library: https://archive-it.org/collections/9196