VIU’s Communications and Public Engagement team is happy to be your first contact for information and requests about the university.
Important links for Media
Communications contacts
Jenn McGarrigle, Communications Manager
Cell: 250.619.6860 | Jenn.McGarrigle@viu.ca
Areas of responsibility:
- General Media Inquiries
- Media Requests for President Deborah Saucier and Senior Administrators
- Indigenous Education and Engagement
- Advancement and Alumni Relations
- Facilities and Ancillary Services
- Future Students (Recruitment)
- Health and Safety
- Library Services
- Registrar
- Student Affairs
- Milner Gardens and Woodland
- Deep Bay Marine Field Station
- Faculty of Arts and Humanities
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity
Eric Zimmer, Communications Officer
Cell: 250.618.7296 | Eric.Zimmer@viu.ca
Areas of responsibility:
- Cowichan Campus
- tiwšɛmawtxʷ Campus (Powell River)
- Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Health and Human Services
- Faculty of Management
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Faculty of Trades and Applied Technology
- VIU Mariners