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Welcome to our Virtual CityStudio Hubbub!
We are keeping the experiential learning alive and testing out new methods of collaboration by moving Hubbub, our end-of-term project showcase, which usually happens in the MCA breezeway and MCA foyer online.
Please click on the link to review posters and videos from our UFV students and don't forget to VOTE for the People's Choice Award.
NOTE: Please use internet explorer (IE) for best results. IE Browser links should open in new tabs, if you use another browser (i.e. Chrome) the link may open as downloads.
Japanese Knotweed
CHALLENGE: Japanese Knotweed is an Invasive species that clogs roadside ditches, low-lying areas, irrigation canals, and other water drainage systems. How can we eradicate it and educate the public?
This course provides students with an understanding of factors, biotic and abiotic, responsible for vegetation distribution patterns across landscapes. In particular, lectures will address plants at the individual, population, and community levels and demonstrate how plants interact with their physical environment – soils, water, and climate.
1 - Investigation of Soil Compositions and Eradication of Japanese Knotweed
CHALLENGE: What are the key risks, issues and stakeholders that the City needs to consider in moving forward on climate adaptation?
UFV Course: GEOG 364 - International Planning and Development: Adapting to Climate Change (Instructor: Cherie Enns)
This course includes critique and discussion of readings, international reports and relevant media related to the field of international planning and climate change. Course delivery consists of a combination of lectures by the instructor, seminar discussion, applied projects and the presentation of case studies by students. The course will be designed for an on-line or hybrid learning platform and will require mutual and collaborative learning.
This course explores and critically assesses various perspectives on multiculturalism. Through an analysis of different theoretical perspectives and various political topics, students are invited to reflect critically on issues of power, citizenship, belonging, diversity, difference, and liberal and democratic principles and practices.
6 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in our Community
CHALLENGE: How can we reduce the crop loss and related crop damage caused by European Starlings (Sturnus Vulgaris) without creating conflicts between farmers and adjacent landowners with livestock or local residents?
UFV Courses:
GEOG/CMNS 257 - Environment: Science and Communications (Instructors: Mariano Mapili, Paul Fountaine)
This course, team-taught by faculty in Geography and Communications, introduces the students to the methods of scientific inquiry, and the principles of effective communication in environmental science. Application of the scientific method to case studies of environmental issues will highlight challenges and possible solutions at local, regional, and national scales, while exploring the interface between science, politics, and popular perceptions.
GEOG 452 - Advanced Field Methods and Techniques (Instructor: Mariano Mapili)
In this course, students apply concepts and techniques acquired in previous human and physical geography courses to research problems in the field. Working both in the classroom and in field sites in Southwest B.C., students will define and formulate research questions, collect and analyze appropriate data, and design and write formal research reports on their findings.
We are keeping the experiential learning alive and testing out new methods of collaboration by moving Hubbub, our end-of-term project showcase, which usually happens in the MCA breezeway and MCA foyer online.
Please click on the link to review posters and videos from our UFV students and don't forget to VOTE for the People's Choice Award.
NOTE: Please use internet explorer (IE) for best results. IE Browser links should open in new tabs, if you use another browser (i.e. Chrome) the link may open as downloads.
Japanese Knotweed
CHALLENGE: Japanese Knotweed is an Invasive species that clogs roadside ditches, low-lying areas, irrigation canals, and other water drainage systems. How can we eradicate it and educate the public?
This course provides students with an understanding of factors, biotic and abiotic, responsible for vegetation distribution patterns across landscapes. In particular, lectures will address plants at the individual, population, and community levels and demonstrate how plants interact with their physical environment – soils, water, and climate.
1 - Investigation of Soil Compositions and Eradication of Japanese Knotweed
CHALLENGE: What are the key risks, issues and stakeholders that the City needs to consider in moving forward on climate adaptation?
UFV Course: GEOG 364 - International Planning and Development: Adapting to Climate Change (Instructor: Cherie Enns)
This course includes critique and discussion of readings, international reports and relevant media related to the field of international planning and climate change. Course delivery consists of a combination of lectures by the instructor, seminar discussion, applied projects and the presentation of case studies by students. The course will be designed for an on-line or hybrid learning platform and will require mutual and collaborative learning.
This course explores and critically assesses various perspectives on multiculturalism. Through an analysis of different theoretical perspectives and various political topics, students are invited to reflect critically on issues of power, citizenship, belonging, diversity, difference, and liberal and democratic principles and practices.
6 - Diversity and Multiculturalism in our Community
CHALLENGE: How can we reduce the crop loss and related crop damage caused by European Starlings (Sturnus Vulgaris) without creating conflicts between farmers and adjacent landowners with livestock or local residents?
UFV Courses:
GEOG/CMNS 257 - Environment: Science and Communications (Instructors: Mariano Mapili, Paul Fountaine)
This course, team-taught by faculty in Geography and Communications, introduces the students to the methods of scientific inquiry, and the principles of effective communication in environmental science. Application of the scientific method to case studies of environmental issues will highlight challenges and possible solutions at local, regional, and national scales, while exploring the interface between science, politics, and popular perceptions.
GEOG 452 - Advanced Field Methods and Techniques (Instructor: Mariano Mapili)
In this course, students apply concepts and techniques acquired in previous human and physical geography courses to research problems in the field. Working both in the classroom and in field sites in Southwest B.C., students will define and formulate research questions, collect and analyze appropriate data, and design and write formal research reports on their findings.
European Starling Deterrents - Methods for Blueberry Farms
(Project 11)
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CityStudio Team Award Winner Annoucement
CityStudio Team Award Winner Annoucement by Mayor Braun
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Congratulations to the winner of the CityStudio Team Award!
Halle Kwak, Alysha Bergen, Chloe Hogan, Julia
Whittaker, Emma Conner and Matthew Warnock for their project European Starling
Deterrents – Methods for Blueberry Farms
And thank you to the judges of the CityStudio Team Award!
Mayor Henry Braun
James Mandigo, Provost and Vice-President Academic
Liana Thompson, UFV Director of the Centre for Experiential and Career Education
Hacina Gill, a third year UFV student, studying Biochemistry Major
Alex Mitchell, City of Abbotsford Public Affairs & Innovation Officer
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CityStudio is an innovation and experimentation hub for the City of Abbotsford (CoA) in collaboration with the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV).
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CityStudio Team Award Winner Annoucement by Mayor Braun
