{"id":97097,"date":"2024-11-07T11:01:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T16:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=97097"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:28:53","slug":"then-and-now-learning-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/11\/then-and-now-learning-in-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"THEN AND NOW: Learning in the field"},"content":{"rendered":"

To mark\u00a0<\/em>Brock\u2019s 60th anniversary<\/em><\/a>, The Brock News is running a monthly series<\/a> looking back at the University\u2019s history through photos.<\/em><\/p>\n

For nearly 60 years, students in Brock\u2019s Department of Geography and Tourism Studies have been heading into the field to immerse themselves in their work.<\/p>\n

This time-honoured tradition continued last month, when students participated in a field course in Peterborough over Reading Week.<\/p>\n

Back in Brock\u2019s second year, 1965, Practical Geography was offered for the first time and featured a required fieldwork component. By the following year, the Department\u2019s curriculum included a mandatory field course for its first-ever third-year students. This key learning experience has been an annual feature ever since, offering students of physical geography, human geography and tourism studies opportunities to engage in field-specific research.<\/p>\n

The scope of field courses in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies has expanded over the decades, with courses and even full semesters offered in Vancouver, B.C.; Chicago, Ill.; England; Thailand; Croatia; New Zealand and many more. Other Brock departments also prioritize fieldwork, bringing students as far afield as Trinidad and Tobago, Iceland and many other destinations.<\/p>\n

Field courses are among the many experiential education opportunities offered in programs throughout the University. Learn more at brocku.ca\/ccee<\/a><\/p>\n

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In 2023, Associate Professor David Goldblum (right) observed the cave system at the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area near Peterborough, Ont., with students Alyssa McInally (left) and Ashley Edgeworth (centre).<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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