Mission
In Health Sciences and Human Services at Vancouver Island University we foster student success. We develop and maintain relevant, responsive, and stimulating learning opportunities that are community-based, globally and locally, and offered in a visionary, interprofessional environment that is conducive to learning and promotes health and wellness for all.
Beliefs
We believe that learning is a lifelong endeavour, and we can work together with individuals and communities to co-create a positive, relational environment that promotes a sense of belonging, personal and collaborative participation, a sense of community, and enhanced well-being. We believe our work should be based on clear communication and open dialogue, evidence-based practice and research, and on joy and passion.
Values
- Lifelong learning “as a way of being.”
- Being part of the community.
- Community partnerships.
- Equity and Diversity.
- Interprofessional teaching, learning, and practice.
- A positive working, teaching, and learning environment.
- The pursuit of new knowledge.
- Community partnerships. Collegiality.
- Collaboration. Innovation.
- Learner-centredness.
- Humanism.
- We value quality of work life, recruitment of new and retention of current faculty, staff, and students.
- We value “the tried and true” as well as the new.