Associate Media Editor Elke Sorensen and Nav Reporter Nadia Fontaine travel to Vancouver for a night of in-person speed dating in an attempt to try something new for February. Sorensen and Fontaine sit down to chat about their experiences with apps such as Tinder, and discuss the pros and cons of online dating. The pair contrast their participation online to their participation at the speed dating event, which turns out to exceed their expectations in ways they could never have imagined. 

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 5For more in this issue, head to ⁠thenav.ca

For this month’s edition of Elke’s On The Island, Elke met with Vancouver Island Kappa Sigma President Ethan Johnson and Vice President Kyle Osipov to discuss Kappa Sigma’s presence on VIU’s Nanaimo campus. Johnson and Osipov share about their interest in the Fraternity, the benefits it brings to campus life, address concerns about their presence, and speak about future events and how to get involved. Listen to the podcast on Spotify at The Navigator.

By Elke Sorensen

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 4For more in this issue, head to ⁠thenav.ca

This episode is not suitable for children. In this special edition, Elke sits down with Thomas Boston, a Nanaimo Santa, to chat about the job for the upcoming holiday season.

By Elke Sorensen

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 4
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In this edition of Elke's on the Island, Elke Sorensen gets in contact with one of the administrators behind the popular campus Instagram page: Spottedviu. The account, which has over 1 thousand followers, is a platform for students to send in personal ads, missed connections, rants, and raves about campus to be posted anonymously to the page. In an anonymous interview, Admin speaks about the motives behind the page, what it's like to run it, and the future of Spottedviu.

By Elke Sorensen

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 3
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Join Elke for the Halloween edition of Elke’s on the Island. In this episode, Elke brings the spooky vibes by chatting with sisters Gina Armstrong and Victoria Vancek, co-founders of Haunted History BC, about ghostly encounters at historical haunts around British Columbia. Their interview even features audio containing the voice of an alleged ghost woman. Then, Elke asks folks from her social media, VIU library-goers, and The Nav staff to share their scariest ghost stories, which includes Ouija board mishaps, Buttertubs Marsh ghost circles, and grandma’s last goodbye. Elke finishes the episode with a couple ghoulish book recommendations by Canadian authors to kickstart the spooky season.

By Elke Sorensen.

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 2

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We all know RateMyProfessors.com exists. At the start of a new semester, students frequent the professor reviewing site more than ever. Associate Media Editor Elke Sorensen spoke with three VIU students: Cynthia deConinckSmith, Meetika Kher, and Liv Loewen to discuss why Rate My Professors is a helpful tool in determining what to expect from instructors in her new Nav Podcast, Elke’s on the Island. Plus, Elke managed to wrangle two VIU professors brave enough to confess they’ve visited their own respective pages: Amelia Horsburgh of the English department and Susan Juby of Creative Writing. Join Elke and her interviewees for 20 minutes of students and faculty reacting to silly, serious, and salty Rate My Professor reviews.

By Elke Sorensen

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 57, No. 1
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Join Daniela Guevara as she sits down with guest Becky Duarte to react to some unpopular opinions shared by VIU students. After working together on Q&A videos for VIU, Daniela and Becky decided to ask students for their boldest takes on any topic and discuss their own thoughts in response.

Tune in for a fun conversation as they share their reactions as well as interesting (and sometimes surprising) opinions.

By Daniela Guevara

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 56, No. 6For more in this issue, head to thenav.ca

Join Jack Corfield for their last podcast at The Navigator. This episode we'll discuss the phrase "safe space" and how it can create problems in discussion. We'll hear detailed interviews with feminist scholars Dr. Melissa Stephens and Dr. Magnolia Pauker from the VIU Faculty of Arts and Humanities , including a thorough discussion of Jordan Peterson's politics.

Prepare yourself for broad, academic discussion of genocide, transphobia, and fascism.

By Jack Corfield

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 56, No. 6
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In this episode, host Daniela speaks with Master’s students Jaya and Sid, winners of the 'Best Team Presentation' at last year's 2024 CREATE Conference. They discuss their award-winning project on the interdisciplinary connection between leadership, marketing, and education, with a vision to build a free school in India to empower children for success. As respective M.Ed. and MBA students, Jaya and Sid also share their experiences of leadership at VIU and involvement in campus organizations like ROCK VIU, SLC, OCCEL, and VILC, offering advice on how students can get more engaged in both campus life and the Nanaimo community. 

By Daniela Guevara

This episode is part of The Navigator | Vol. 56, No. 5
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The theatrical retelling of the horrible (fictional) events leading up to the tragic death of rising Canadian starlet, Jenna Caraway, and the maniacal, yet perhaps genius methodology of her costar and killer, the reclusive rom-com actor, Roy McQuade—the man who became a tiger.

Listen in as Crawford Giles brings together a talented cast for the most realistic recreation of a fictional historical event recorded in "The Tiger Method"

By Jack Corfield

This episode is part of The Navigator, Volume 56
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