University of Victoria Research

Chris Jensen (pictured above), a master’s student in geography at the University of Victoria, is using sophisticated computer models to assess the ability of various low-impact development strategies to cope with rainwater. His study site is the heavily urbanized Bowker Creek watershed, which straddles the municipalities of Victoria, Oak Bay and Saanich. more »

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You may think it’s the end of the line when you put a beverage container into your recycling bin, but as Jutta Gutberlet knows, it’s really just the beginning.

The University of Victoria geographer is finding ways to help make life better for informal recyclers or “binners”—people who make their living collecting the beverage containers we put in our recycling bins and dumpsters.

Binners, many of whom are homeless or socially isolated, may not have anywhere to leave their personal belongings while they’re collecting. Transporting both personal belongings and collected containers is a big problem.

Gutberlet’s Community-Based Research Laboratory at UVic has teamed up with Tony Hoar, an engineer and founder of Tony’s Trailers, to create a unique “shelter-in-a-cart” that solves that problem—and more.

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