Founded in 1900 in Washington State, Weyerhaeuser is a timberland, wood products, and cellulose fiber company. In 1999, Weyerhaeuser purchased MacMillan Bloedel Limited.

Western Forest Products Incorporated is a major harvesting and lumber manufacturing company operating in the coastal regions of British Columbia. In 1980, a joint venture of three B.C.-based companies, Doman Industries Ltd., Whonnock Industries Ltd., and British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. acquired the B.C. holdings of Rayonier Canada Limited. The three companies, with equal shares, organized Western Forest Products Limited (WFP) as the purchaser. By 1992, WFP was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Doman Industries Limited, but in 2004, Doman restructured and Western Forest Product Inc. was formally established as its successor.

WFP continued their expansion in 2006 with the purchase of Englewood Logging Division and Cascadia Forest Products. At the time, Cascadia was an integrated lumber producer and the largest Crown tenure holder of coastal British Columbia. Western Forest then went through a number of major restructuring activities in the late 2000s, including the amalgamation with their subsidiaries, WFP Western Lumber Ltd., Western Pulp Ltd., and Mid-Island Reman Inc.; the closing of New Westminster sawmill in 2007; and the integration of timberlands operations of Duncan and Campbell River to its Vancouver and Nanaimo offices.

As of 2016, Western Forest Products consists of acquisitions from a variety of other forestry companies such as MacMillan Bloedel, Weyerhaeuser, Canadian Pacific, and Canfor. The land acquisitions of Western Forest Products stretch from the lower mainland to the northern coast of British Columbia, making it the largest investment company in Coastal manufacturing with currently nine milling facilities located in Nanaimo, Cowichan Bay, Ladysmith, Chemainus, and Port Alberni. The principal activities conducted by WFP and its subsidiaries include timber harvesting, reforestation, sawmilling logs into lumber and wood chips, and value-added remanufacturing.

The WCAC was established in 1946 when the art galleries in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg organized to bring exhibitions from eastern Canada and the U.S., sharing the costs involved. Gradually, other exhibiting centres joined this cooperative organization. The Circuit was re-organized in 1958. A Co-ordinating Committee was established, consisting of one representative from each of the four western provinces, and June Binkert was hired as the Executive Secretary to manage the day-to-day running of the WCAC. In 1969, in response to the growing need for art educational services rather than the coordination of exhibits, the WCAC was replaced by the Western Canada Art Association.

The Vancouver Women’s Network was established in October 1979 as part of the Women in Management and Career Development Programme at the UBC Centre for Continuing Education. It was founded by program director Eileen Hendry as an opportunity for women professionals, often isolated in their places of work, to plug into a support system to promote information and idea exchange, feedback, referrals, guidance, role models and mentors. At its monthly meetings, the Network held discussions and invited speakers on such issues as sexual harassment and discrimination, wrongful dismissal, affirmative action, and inequity of wages in the workplace. The organization was re-organized as a separate non-profit society in 1983 and re-named the Westcoast Women’s Network. The Network has evolved to become more focused on the issues particular to career-oriented women, but it retains its original purpose to promote “women helping women.”

The Wartime Information Board was established in 1942 to co-ordinate existing public information services of the government and to supervise the release of information in or to any country outside of Canada. The Board wound up operations in September 1945.

Location: 6081 University Blvd.
Date: Original construction: 1949-50 Outdoor swimming pool: 1954
Architect: 1949-50: Ned Pratt of Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, and Frederic Lasserre
1954: Sharp & Thompson, Berwick, Pratt
Cost: $746,207
Sources of funds: Students, private donations, and $200,000 from the B.C. government.
Architectural features: Reinforced concrete walls, steel Pratt-type trusses over the main gymnasium, reinforced concrete beams and slabs over the hall. Reinforced concrete stairs cantilevered from the building.
Notes: Won a Massey Silver Medal for architectural design.
Sources: Thompson, Berwick, Pratt; Senate Funds; Ceremonies Office.

Vivaxis is a term coined by Frances Maude Nixon (1910-1984), a Canadian woman who lived on Thetis Island, B.C. and spent almost thirty years conducting pioneering research in this field. Vivaxis derives from the Greek "life" and "centre," and it refers to a unique energy flow that connects an individual's energy field or etheric body with that of the Earth at the time of birth. The link functions as a two-way connection between the individual and place of birth, and the relationship remains even as the individual moves. Each person's circuit has a unique individual frequency. The Vivaxis connection can be harmed or distorted by chemicals, electromagnetic fields or even lightning. It is believed that a disturbed Vivaxis connection can make an individual ill. But once restored, it can keep a person healthy. To carry out Nixon's research and, more broadly, Vivaxis research, education and training, the Northwest Magnetics Research Society was established in 1970. It continued until 1974 when at a special meeting in April, it was superseded by the Vivaxis Energies Research Society. Constitutional changes in 1976 resulted in a name change to Vivaxis Energies Research International Society (V.E.R.I.S.). The Society was registered with Revenue Canada as a charitable organization in January 1977. V.E.R.I.S. operated a number of chapters in various locations in British Columbia, including Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland and the Interior. In California, several area coordinators were located in the Bay area of San Francisco, and a chapter was established in Australia. V.E.R.I.S. continued to exist until 2001, at which time the affairs of the Society were wrapped up. When the Society ceased operation, the bulk of the learning materials were transferred to the Alternative and Integrative Medical Society (AIMS) at the University of British Columbia.

The Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1889. Original shareholders in the company included William J. Macaulay (Victoria), John E. Glover, William H. Phipps and John A. Humbird. The company's mill was constructed in Chemainus and became one of the largest on the West Coast. Although suffering during the depression in the early 1890s, the mill generated 100 million feet of lumber per year by 1896. The mill burned down in 1923 but was rebuilt. It ceased operations in 1950.

Veterans Affairs Canada is responsible for pensions, benefits, education and training for retired and serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces and their families.

The Vermilion Forks Mining and Development Company undertook mining activities and developed access to electricity in the area of Princeton British Columbia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was established under the ownership of the London and Vancouver Finance and Development Company, in which Alfred St. George Hamersley was a major investor. Until his return to England, Hamersley oversaw the activities of the company. It was managed by Ernest Waterman with the involvement of W.J. Waterman.
In the 1910s, its name was changed to the Princeton Coal and Land Company, Limited, Electrical Syndicate. The Vermilion Forks Mining and Development Company was dissolved in 1917. In 1922 Ernest Waterman and E. Barr Hall established the Princeton Light and Power Company. 1928 the Princeton Coal and Land Company was dissolved.