Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre

Archived since: Dec, 2018

Description:

The website 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 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

No description.

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,  Vancouver Island,  COVID-19 (Disease)

Commemorating Ye'yumnuts

Archived since: Jul, 2018

No description.

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

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