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Since its inception in 2004, VSSLR have become a nationally and internationally recognized and adopted in soil science courses and natural resource programs at various Canadian and North American universities. The web-based educational resources developed by the VSSLR group serve as the template for continual development of the more comprehensive educational packages.

The VSSLR group has established an award winning record of cooperation in the development of educational material, featured at this web site. Educational tools and courses developed by the VSSLR address the following 4 topics:

  1. Basic soil science principles
  2. Soil classification
  3. Land-use impacts on soil quality, and
  4. Raising awareness about soil as an important natural resource.

We believe that there is much potential to take this collaboration to the next level of jointly offered courses and curriculum development to sustain the discipline of soil science across Canada and beyond.

CNIE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

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In May 2011, our team received CNIE Award of Excellence in Innovation in Web Design by the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE). This award recognizes web-based technologies that support learning.

Team with the CNIE award

Offical Launch at UBC's Celebrate Learning Week

Our educational resources were showcased during the Celebrate Learning week organized at the University of British Columbia (UBC) from Oct 23 to 31, 2010.

In October 29, 2010, our team members and special guests gathered either in person or via video conference to celebrate the official launch of our educational resources. Here are some pictures from the that day and to find our more about this event please visit website of the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.