Faculty of Education:
Global & Local Citizens, Global & Local Projects
Since its very beginnings as Malaspina College in 1969, service to the community has been a Vancouver Island University commitment. Founding president, Dr. Carl Opgaard said of our role in the community:
"We must put our resources to bear on, somehow or another, having a positive influence on the attitudes and behavior of the total communities which we serve and make this community better for the fact that we exist here..."
Dr. Carl Opgaard, Speech to Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce, 1970
The Faculty of Education is committed to serving both the international and local communities to which it belongs, bringing its resources to bear in order to improve education abroad and at home.