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Field schools

Sustainability field school in Thailand

The Ring

In May, 10 UVic students embarked on a two and a half week field school in Thailand where they learned about issues of development, environment and community resilience.

New degree for a changing world

Media release

UVic’s new BSc in Climate Science is unique in North America, linking science and social sciences to prepare students to face the future with skills that turn climate science into real action.

Glacier field school inspires students

The Ring

Equipped to survive the weather conditions and the long days exploring glaciers in the backcountry, backcountry, students in one geography field school learn about scientific research in physical geography.

Field school unearths passion for discovery

The Ring

A six-week immersive field school at an ancient site in the Greek village of Arma provides ample hands-on experience while studying abroad.

World's first Indigenous law class

Media release

Four years ago, the University of Victoria launched the world’s first law degree to combine the study of Indigenous and non-Indigenous laws. This spring, students in the inaugural class of this historic program are preparing to cross the stage to receive their degrees. UVic’s joint program in Canadian common law (Juris Doctor, or JD) and Indigenous legal orders (Juris Indigenarum Doctor, or JID) equips students with the knowledge that allows them to draw from, engage with, and work across multiple legal systems. Students graduate with both professional degrees (JD/JID).

Brendan Burke, new Mellon Professor

Classicist Brendan Burke is now appointed in Athens to the most significant position in his field for North America at one of the oldest and largest overseas research centres in the world.

Building bridges: Far from home

The Torch

Students at a new field school learn by visiting the sites where Japanese Canadians were held in internment camps during the Second World War.

Field school on a cargo bike

The Ring

As COVID-19 turned the world upside-down, urban geographer Cam Owens had the immense task of shifting his International field school into an online course. The fourth-year geography course, Sustainable Cities, has been a surprising success considering how rapidly Owens had to adapt the field school to an online environment.

Grant to paleontologist will shape next generation of scientists

Times Colonist

Grant to paleontologist will shape next generation of scientists

Conservation field school in Tanzania

The Ring

Last August, as the sun set on the Serengeti National Park, 19 UVic geography students and their instructors arrived in Tanzania to begin a month-long field school on conservation management. Despite the hardships of water rationing and extreme heat, it was a trip of a lifetime for the students, who immersed themselves in the customs and culture of Tanzania while learning about local forest management and ecological conservation practices.

June 2019 Ringers

The Ring

A UVic interdisciplinary field school on migration, xenophobia and Holocaust memorialization in Europe has won a national award for innovation. Charlotte Schallié (Germanic and Slavic studies) accepted the 2019 Innovate German Award on behalf o…

Connecting Indigenous peoples

The Ring

During a two-week stay in Canada, UVic geography faculty and three Maasai from Tanzania exchanged cultural knowledge and practices with First Nations from the T’souke and Tla-o-qui-aht on Vancouver Island to the Selkirk and Carcross-Tagish peoples of the Yukon.

New book focuses on field schools

The Ring

New book gathers expertise of UVic field school instructors to learn from—and extend—off-campus teaching opportunities

3M teaching award to field school founder

The Ring

Helga Thorson, whose groundbreaking field school transforms university students into eyewitnesses of how European countries remember the Holocaust, is the 12th UVic scholar to be recognized with Canada’s most prestigious award for excellence in leadership and teaching.

2019 3M National Teaching Award

Media release

Helga Thorson, whose groundbreaking field school transforms students into eyewitnesses of how European countries remember the Holocaust, is the 12th UVic scholar—and the third in five years—to win Canada's most prestigious award for excellence in teaching, the 3M National Teaching Fellowship.

Sustainability field school

The Ring

As an innovator and advocate of experiential learning, Cam Owens elevated awareness about the value of field schools when he joined UVic’s Department of Geography in 2012. Seven years later, the department has added five field-based schools to its undergraduate program and the popular Sustainability Field School has two programs: the Cascadia Field School and the Urban-Europe Field School.

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