The Community Cabbage

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A group of students in 2014 at an environmental roundtable bring forth a radical idea.. Provide free food… leaving students with a full tummies and full mind.

Ripple effect of field school moments

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When history students live and work with Stolo nation as part of a field school, the ripple effects go far beyond the classroom

6 week exploration of progressive organizations

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A self directed quest across North America in search of progressive organizations, from cooperatives to maker spaces. Talking to the founders , to learn what’s working. Each city I’m going to is special in different ways. I intend to align

Cascadia Field School, UVic

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Students are guided on a multimodal trip down the west coast of North America, interviewing interesting thought leaders.

Keys to impactful university teaching

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After almost a decade teaching at the university, James identifies essential factors in enhancing the impact his teaching has on his students.

Course in materials and restoration of old buildings

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Outlines what a restoration technologist does, and where they might work. Geordie was sharing ideas at a course in this field in Victoria BC that drew participants from many parts of the world.

Mercy Ships.. UVic club

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The local and international impact of belonging to Mercy Ships. Mercy Ships brings transformational health care, relief aid and community support to some of the most impoverished people on earth, meeting their immediate and long-term needs. Our multi-national volunteers and

Abebe Teklu : social activist, professor

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Remarkable stories from an activist from Ethiopia who escaped captivity and eventually made his way to Canada, becoming the first African-Canadian blind person known to have completed a PhD at any of British Columbia’s universities. Here he shares reflections on

Jason Heinrich at Lansdowne Middle School ( 2011)

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Jason Heinrich, Engineer, adventurer, volunteer Jason Heinrich, a junior engineer at DEC Engineering, has traveled a windy path back to Victoria after working and volunteering in Uganda, Rwanda and Abbotsford. As a student, Jason won many academic awards such as

Deputy mayor of civic enagement

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Trevor Hancock, a professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy talks about a fresh idea about democratic engagement that’s worth spreadin