Photograph of a chemistry instructor in the chemistry lab. Links to Chemistry faculty bios at https://scitech.viu.ca/chemistry/faculty.

Collections

These collections are used in the teaching of various biology, resource management, horticulture, and other science education courses.

The collections are quite extensive for our small space, however, here is a sampling of what is currently maintained.

  • Botany - collection size 5700
  • Invertebrates - collection size 2000
  • Birds - collection size 850
  • Mammals - collection size 350
  • Paleontology - collection size 1000
  • Minerals - collection size 1700
  • Rocks - collection size 1000