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Victoria practicum students face challenges with restrictions, vaccine eligibility during an unusual year Graphic by Sie Douglas-Fish. Due to the challenges of COVID-19, post-secondary practicum students in Victoria have faced an unusual year. While many students have still been able to access the hands-on learning that practicums provide, they have faced difficulties around compliance with and clarity of public health guidance, decreased hands-on experience, and ambiguity around vaccine eligibility. According to Ralf St. Clair, dean of the UVic Faculty of Education, the pandemic has created a tense environment around practicums. “There’s a higher level of anxiety and worry,” said St. Clair. “There’s certainly worry on the part of the schools about having people they don’t know that aren’t part of the regular bubble suddenly coming into the school, and I don’t just mean teacher candidates. I mean the university supervisors who would usually go in an ....