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Featured Thesis: The Salt Spring Dollar
Anyone who had visited the Gulf Islands on the west coast of BC, or anyone who is familiar with small island culture, will appreciate this Master's thesis examining a community-based micro-economy. The Salt Spring dollar: toward a re-embedded economy by Maya Cowan...
Featured Dissertation – A City Goes to War: Victoria in the Great War 1914-1918
Dissertation of the Day* A City Goes to War: Victoria in the Great War 1914-1918, by James S. Kempling (History) Abstract: This dissertation is a combined digital history-narrative history project. It takes advantage of newly digitized historical newspapers and...
Featured Thesis: A non-gradient heuristic topology optimization approach using bond-based peridynamic theory
Today, we would like to feature a Master's thesis from the department of Mechanical Engineering. This thesis has notably been downloaded 405 times (all over the world) since its publication in 2017. A non-gradient heuristic topology optimization approach using...
Open Education Resources – New BC professional learning guides to support Indigenization, decolonization, and reconciliation
"Pulling Together" Series "Pulling Together" is open professional learning series developed for staff across post-secondary institutions in British Columbia. These guides are the result of the Indigenization Project, a collaboration between BCcampus and the Ministry...
Some Open Textbooks for Math and Engineering
Have you ever considered using open education resources for your course? Not only does it save the students money, it can give you more flexible control over the content. If you haven’t found the right resource – consider creating one! Contact the UVic Office of...
Better City Bike Maps are Made by Volunteers
April 11, 2019 | The Conversation via UVic News UVic’s post-doctoral fellow Colin Ferster and Simon Fraser University’s Meghan Winters evaluate the mapping of bike routes in Canadian cities in an article originally published in the journal The Conversation (CC BY-ND...
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