Thursday November 21, 2024 | LANGFORD, BC
by Mary P Brooke | Island Social Trends
Graduate students at Royal Roads University (RRU) have been working on various aspects of west shore ecosystems.
All of that will be showcased at an open house at the Royal Roads University campus library on Friday November 22, from 12:30 to 5:30 pm.
The open house will be hosted by Drs. Rob Newell and Brian White who have guided the graduate student research.
Students at Royal Roads University receive support for major research projects, master’s theses and doctoral dissertations from their program’s faculty.
About the research:
The research focuses on issues and approaches to improving well-being and ecosystems in the West Shore communities of the Capital Regional District.
Topic areas covered by the research presented in the session include:
- environmental management,
- tourism management,
- town planning,
- community garden development, and
- regional planning and growth.
Summaries of the research would be made available on a website hosted by RRU, and the event will be promoted locally.
West shore of Greater Victoria:
The west shore is generally considered to be Langford and Colwood as well as View Royal, Metchosin and Highlands as well as Sooke.
This represents nearly half of the 13 municipalities of the Greater Victoria area.
Open house activities:
- The event will include poster sessions on graduate research projects and a slide show presenting research highlights.
- Poster sessions will involve student researchers presenting and speaking to summaries of their research.
- In addition, the event will include an interactive display of a watershed planning and management visualization tool, which is being developed through a Millstream Creek Watershed visualization planning tool project (www.triaslab.ca/watershed). The display will consist of computers and virtual reality headsets available for attendees to use the visualization tool and explore scenarios for development and management in the watershed.
Broad audience:
Community members, teachers, representatives from west shore community associations, and government leaders are invited to attend.
Upcoming new campus:
Royal Roads University is located in Colwood at the old Hatley Castle location on Sooke Road. A brand new second campus will open in downtown Langford next year on Goldstream Avenue.
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