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Students explore food security issues

UVic students took to the streets and explored urban gardens as part of an experiential geography course, Food and the City.
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Field school on a cargo bike

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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.
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Sustainability field school

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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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