A heartfelt farewell to Canada’s second oldest Starbucks – 811 Hornby

On February 1, 2021 the Starbucks location at 811 Hornby Street in Vancouver closed for good after exactly 33 years in business. It’s one of about 300 Starbucks Canada locations in set for closu...

Foster Care and Adoption

Partners in VIU’s Tuition Waiver Program include (left to right) MLA Parksville-Qualicum Michelle Stilwell; Ralph Nilson, VIU’s President and Vice-Chancellor; Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk; Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux; Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, and Bill Yoachim, Kw’umut Lelum Child and Family Services, Snuneymuxw Councilor, VIU Alumnus & Governor. (Vancouver Island University)

Nathaniel Christopher / 26 August 2013 / 2 Comments

Vancouver Island University launches first-of-its-kind tuition waiver for former youth in care

Youth who grew up in foster care are welcome and wanted at university. So says Vancouver Island University (VIU) in Nanaimo which recently announced that they would waive tuition fees for former youth...

Personal

Nathaniel Christopher / 12 February 2009

I didn’t graduate!

Back in 2000 I graduated from high school… or so i thought. I passed all my courses, had all the right credits, marched up on stage and received a vinyl green folder with a class photo and a cer...

Personal

Nathaniel Christopher / 2 June 2005

Graduating from University

For the last three and a half years I have been sleeping in, procrastinating like hell, evading textbooks, and frequently contradicting my superiors (ie. professors). My efforts, not all of which are ...