A roadmap to analyzing the role of nature on school grounds
Date
2026
Authors
Stokes, Devin
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University of Victoria
Abstract
This project involved preparing preliminary materials for an assessment of the impacts of a schoolyard greening project. The project is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Victoria and the BC Parks Foundation through their Learning by Nature initiative. In my involvement with the project, I compiled elements of a literature review on the relationship between nature and the wellbeing of school-aged students. I then summarized the desires that various interest groups involved in the project had for its outcomes. Finally, I compiled assessment materials that would be used to evaluate project outcomes, such as student surveys and physical activity assessments.
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education, nature, schoolyard greening, Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)