by Madison Fernway | May 3, 2024 | News, UVicSpace
May 1, 2024 | The New York Times via UVic News Mountain goats, the high-elevation daredevils, have always lived life on the edge. Their survival strategy of seeking refuge on steep, rocky slopes to avoid predators has an inherent risk – avalanches. A recent...
by Stephanie Boulogne | May 25, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace
An M.Sc. thesis in the Department of Geography, by Abdolzaher Ghezeljeh https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11736 Abstract: The world is home to predominantly urbanized populations that continue to grow. In an increasingly urbanized world, cities suffer from...
by Stephanie Boulogne | Jan 6, 2020 | News, Open access, UVicSpace
by Audrey Tung M.A. thesis, Department of Geography Abstract: Household food insecurity is a persistent yet hidden problem in wealthy nations such as Canada, where it has in part been perpetuated through discourses and practices at the local scale. Drawing upon...
by Stephanie Boulogne | Oct 3, 2019 | Open access, UVicSpace
This 2017 M.Sc. in Geography thesis discusses diluted bitumen (dilbit) shoreline retention for southeastern Vancouver Island, British Columbia by Lee Allen Sean Britton Abstract: Canada has become increasingly economically dependent on the exportation of...
by ikehoe | Aug 12, 2019 | News, Open education
What are open Education Resources (OERs)? “Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use,...
