- Description: A cooperative of fruit growers in British Columbia, specializing in the production and marketing of tree fruits like apples, cherries, and pears.
- Careers Website: BC Tree Fruits Cooperative Careers
- Description: One of the largest propagators of vegetable plants, ornamentals, and flowers in North America.
- Careers Website: Bevo Farms Careers
- Description: A producer of a variety of agricultural products, including berries and greenhouse crops.
- Careers Website: Often found on CanWest Farms’ main website or through agricultural job boards.
- Description: Specializes in the production of greenhouse vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers.
- Careers Website: NatureFresh Farms Careers
- Description: Provides a range of horticulture products and services, including fertilizers, seeds, and crop protection products.
- Website: TerraLink Horticulture
- Description: Produces greenhouse-grown vegetables, focusing on sustainable and environmentally friendly growing practices.
- Careers Website: Village Farms Careers
VIU Program Assessments help evaluate your academic readiness for a program, assessing your skills in reading, writing and math.
Students applying for certain trades programs will also be assessed in mechanical and/or abstract reasoning, and space relations.
The following programs require applicants meet the program pre-requisites and successfully complete the assessment.
- Aboriginal Construction
- Baking – Professional
- Carpentry
- Electrician
- Fundamentals of Forestry - Harvesting Practices Program
- Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Mechanic (RACM) (formerly Heating, Ventilating, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration)
- Heavy Mechanical Trades Foundation (formerly Heavy Duty Mechanic)
- Heavy Equipment Operator - Road Builder Foundation
- Power Engineering/Process Operator
- Welding
The following programs require applicants meet the program prerequisites or successfully complete the assessment.
- Animal Care Aide
- Office Administration
- Automotive Service Technician
- Culinary Arts - 1 Year Certificate
- Horticultural Technician
- Nursing Unit Assistant (formerly Hospital Unit Coordinator)
- Medical Office Assistant
- Motorcycle and Marine Technician
Note: Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) assessment only required at the discretion of ECEC Program Chair.
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Our Mission
Mariners Spirit is a team passionate about helping students grow connected to their teammates, campus, and community through several events and performances throughout the year. Mariners Spirit actively collaborates within and outside the VIU Community, and all members are eligible for a CCR Notation. With no experience or specific background required, every VIU student is welcome to fall tryouts each year.
Project Requirements, eligibility and completeness
Mitacs will review all applications for project quality, eligibility, and completeness. You will be notified by Mitacs if your application is ineligible or incomplete within four weeks of submitting your application. Please reviw to the submission checklist below for more information on how to submit a successful Mitacs BSI application/proposal.
Mitacs will assess the benefits of the proposed activity based on the following criteria:
- The economic and societal impact of the project
- The development and deployment of talent
- The establishment and support of collaborations.
A project does not need to demonstrate benefits under every category (project, talent, and collaboration) since a weakness in one category can be compensated by strengths in another. However, projects that demonstrate little or no benefit across all categories will not be approved by Mitacs.
When applying through the RAP
The project start date listed in your application should be at least seven weeks later than your submission date to allow Mitacs the appropriate time to process your application.
- Please watch the following video for how to apply through the RAP.
- The project (internship) start date listed in your application should be at least seven weeks later than your submission date to allow Mitacs the appropriate time to process your application.
- Your project start date will be confirmed in your outcome Letter once your project has been approved.
- Your intern may not begin working on the project until the outcome letter has been received and funds have been remitted to Mitacs.
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