Reflect on the nature of your perspectives... Science and Ecological RestorationBIRD IDENTIFICATION Love Among the Feathers and Diving Instructor: James Clowater (BSc, MSc) is an AND BEHAVIOUR Birds Revealed ornithologist who specializes in the behavioural ecology of marine birds. Date: Wednesday, Sept. 12 Birding Basics II: Waterbirds Time: 7 to 9 pm Dates: Thursdays, Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 Sessions: 1 (four lectures); and Sundays, Oct. 21 to Nov. 4 (three field trips) Fee: $30 plus $1.50 GST Time: Thursdays 7 to 9 pm; and Sundays Code: ASSC213 2018F C01 9 to 11 am The romantic adventures of resident waterbirds Sessions: 7 are examined in this presentation by local bird biologist, James Clowater. Birds rely on a Fee: $125 plus $6.25 GST beautiful visual language of displays to defeat their rivals and impress their mates. Slow motion Code: ASSC227 2018F C01 video helps to reveal the complex syntax of postures that is the language of love to birds. Winter is the time to enjoy waterbirds in Victoria. Most waterbirds breed elsewhere and Diving birds have adapted to an underwater return to coastal waters to spend the winter environment that is often dark, dangerous, feeding, socializing and building up reserves and demanding. Learn about the challenges for the next breeding season. In this series of presented by the ocean and adaptive solutions. four lectures and three field trips, you will learn Why do cormorants have to dry their wings? the skills necessary to find and identify local How can a murre dive to 212 metres and survive waterbirds, including geese, swans, ducks, gulls the pressure? Can birds fly underwater? These and terns. Lectures will include slide and video questions and more will be answered in this presentations, and field trips will visit local entertaining presentation. birding hotspots.continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 51
Instructor: James Clowater (BSc, MSc) (see bio NEW The Ecology of Historic Indigenous knowledge systems and westernunder Love Among the Feathers and Diving Birds Gardens scientific knowledge, and the opportunities andRevealed) challenges on the path towards interweaving Dates: Saturdays, Sept. 15 to 29 the two in support of improved environmental FOR MORE INFO: conservation strategies and Indigenous rights Bird Identification and Behaviour Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm resurgence. The environmentally-oriented 250-472-5442 knowledge systems of Indigenous peoples are [email protected] Sessions: 3 increasingly recognized as having relevance continuingstudies.uvic.ca/bird in research exploring biological diversity Fee: $70 plus $3.50 GST and ecology, for informing environmental ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION conservation goals and practices, and as a stand- Code: ASSC270 2018F C01 alone form of environmental management that has been applied for millennia. This three-part course celebrates gardens that have been protected from extinction and Instructor: Lauren Eckert is currently a those that have been heroically preserved and Raincoast Conservation Fellow and a National opened to the public. These once-endangered Geographic Explorer. She is also a conservation landscapes, thanks to a few groups of fervent scientist, adventure enthusiast, and PhD garden advocates, are now accessible to student in the Applied Conservation Science everyone and serve as living, flourishing lab at the University of Victoria. She completed cultural landscapes for historians, botanists, her MSc in a partnership led by the Heiltsuk, horticulturalists, and garden lovers all over Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Wuikinuxv and Nuxalk the world. We will explore the historical, social First Nations on the Central Coast of British and cultural value of historic gardens and Columbia, Canada to contribute to their marine the practical challenges faced by individual conservation strategies. restoration projects. The course is intended to develop an understanding of garden and landscape history and of the issues surrounding the ecology, conservation, and restoration of historic gardens.Green Shores™ Training NOTE: There are two garden visits scheduled FOR MORE INFO: for this course: Finnerty Gardens and The First Ecological RestorationProtecting shorelines in the face of climate Peoples House, which are both located on the 250-721-8458change and sea level rise has largely focused UVic campus. Please contact the instructor ahead [email protected] building seawalls and dikes. While these of time if you require any accommodation for continuingstudies.uvic.ca/ECOstructures provide protection in the short term, these visits.they’re expensive and often contribute to erosionand habitat loss at other locations along the Instructor: Susan Hawkins completed both hershoreline. As an alternative to hard armouring BA and MA in Art History and Visual Studiessolutions like seawalls, the Green Shores program at the University of Victoria, where she alsoprovides practical strategies for shoreline design completed a program in Heritage Landscapesand management, and the promotion of healthy & Gardens. She is a landscape horticulturalist,shoreline environments. Open to homeowners master gardener, garden designer and gardenand shoreline professionals, these one- and two- historian, and has worked on the restorationday workshops provide information about the of the gardens at Government House, St. Ann’sGreen Shores program, including its rationale, Academy, and the Japanese Shinto Tea Garden atbenefits and application. Topics covered include the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.shoreline ecology and governance, GreenShoresTM credits and ratings systems, and a visit NEW Conservation at the Interface:to local shorelines to consider the concepts in a Indigenous Knowledge andpractical setting. Environmental Science Visit greenshores.ca or send an email to: Dates: Wednesdays, Nov. 14 to [email protected] for information aboutupcoming workshops. Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm Sessions: 3 Fee: $70 plus $3.50 GST Code: ASSC271 2018F C01 Humans have been making decisions about the environment since time immemorial, and different societies and cultures have approached the environment in diverse ways. In this three-part course, we will explore aspects of local knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, and Indigenous knowledge. A core focus will be the relationships betweenSCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION52
EMERGING ECOLOGY Instructor: Julie Galloway is a current Master NEW Traditional Plant Cultivation on RESEARCH SERIES of Science candidate in the School of the Coast: Indigenous Estuary Root Environmental Studies, where she studies GardensSERIES REGISTRATION: climate change and its potential effects on coastal bird habitat in the Lower Mainland of Date: Thursday, Nov. 8 Dates: Thursdays, Oct. 18 to Nov. 8 (no British Columbia. Although her current research class Nov.1) has an ornithology focus, Julie is a primatology Time: 7 to 8:30 pm enthusiast with a passion for the subject. She Time: 7 to 8:30 pm is particularly interested in social behavior, Sessions: 1 Sessions: 3 communication and conflict resolution in Fee: $55 plus $2.75 GST primate communities. Fee: $21 plus $1.10 GST Code: ASSC272 2018F C01Graduate students in the Environmental Studies NEW Artificial Reef Ecosystems of Code: ASSC272-3 2018F C01department share their exciting research in this British Columbiaseries of three stand-alone presentations. Learn On the Northwest Coast, long beforeabout the incredible diversity of primate species, Date: Thursday, Oct. 25 colonization, Indigenous peoples managed andfind out how shipwrecks form artificial reefs in modified coastal landscapes through practicesour local harbours, and learn how Indigenous Time: 7 to 8:30 pm such as proscribed burns, the creation of terracedpeoples traditionally managed the local gardens, and the management of individuallandscape. You may register for a single session Sessions: 1 plants or plant communities (such as weeding oror receive a discount if you register for all three. pruning). In this short course, we will learn about Fee: $21 plus $1.10 GST various forms of traditional plant management, NEW Introduction to the World with a specific focus on estuary root gardensof Primates Code: ASSC272-2 2018F C01 as a case study. We will also touch on how the dismissal of indigenous plant cultivation by early Date: Thursday, Oct. 18 What happens when a ship sinks to the bottom colonial arrivals and anthropologists has had Time: 7 to 8:30 pm of the ocean and Mother Nature is left to take an enduring impact on our understanding of Sessions: 1 over? subsistence practices on the Northwest Coast Fee: $21 plus $1.10 GST — and how we are just starting to rectify these Code: ASSC272-1 2018F C01 This course introduces students to artificial reefs, mistakes.Ranging from the pygmy mouse lemur to the their uses, and potential to provide habitat formajestic Grauer’s (eastern lowland) gorilla, marine life. We will look at a local example in the Instructor: Isabelle Maurice-Hammond is aprimates are fascinating animals with complex form of shipwrecks and become familiar with doctoral student in the ethnoecology streambiological and behavioural characteristics. This their inhabitants. We will discuss the potential at the School of Environmental Studies,informative lecture provides an introduction costs and benefits of using artificial reefs locally UVic. She is interested in the archaeologicalto the world of primatology, focusing on the to replace natural habitat. This course provides and ethnoecological study of traditionalecology and behaviour of non-human primates. some basic fish and invertebrate identification estuary root gardens, an ancient form ofTopics will include speciation, habitat, social skills allowing students to learn about plant cultivation traditionally practiced byorganization, communication and conservation, ecosystems that are usually out of sight. Come to Indigenous communities on the Northwestas well as a brief history of primate studies. class prepared to see lots of underwater photos Coast of North America. Specifically, she isYou will learn about the incredible diversity of and videos! No prior marine biology knowledge focused on developing a better understandingprimate species on Earth, take a tour through is required. of the characteristics (physical, ecological andthe world of primate habitat and meet the archaeological) of traditional estuarine rootpioneering primatologists who devoted their Instructor: Desirée Bulger is a current graduate gardens in order to help ensure the success ofcareers to primate conservation. student in UVic’s School of Environmental future restoration projects. Studies. She completed her BScH in Marine and Freshwater Biology at the University of Guelph. FOR MORE INFO: Her research takes place in the inshore waters Emerging Ecology Research Series of British Columbia. Using remotely operated 250-721-8458 underwater vehicles (ROVs), she evaluates [email protected] the efficacy of artificial reefs in achieving continuingstudies.uvic.ca/ecology-series conservation objectives for rockfish and other marine fauna. Desirée is passionate about conservation and understanding the delicate balance of marine ecosystems.continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 53
GENERAL SCIENCE rainforests of the West Coast. We will learn about Mathematical Skills AND MATH techniques used to access the canopy, including rope installation, movement within the canopy, Dates: Mondays and Thursdays, Oct. 1 toIntroduction to Chemistry # and ascending and descending devices. Students Nov. 29 (No class Oct. 8 and Nov. 12) will not be climbing in this course, but will join Dates: Sept. 5 to Dec. 5 professional tree climbers during a field day Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Duration: 13 weeks in which we watch them access the canopy Sessions: 16 Fee: $182.50 plus $9.13 GST and sample for arthropods. Students will learn Fee: $325 plus $16.25 GST Code: ASCH091 2018F D01 how to handle the arthropod specimens and Code: ASMA099 2018F C01This online tutorial course is designed to provide look at them under the microscope. Finally, we This non-credit preparatory course providesbackground for those who intend to enroll in a will discuss the condition of forests in British a review of the fundamental concepts anduniversity-level general chemistry course. If you Columbia and opportunities to train as a tree problem-solving skills taught prior to Grade 12.do not have the equivalent of Chemistry 12, you climber or participate in recreational climbs. Topics include fractions, ratios and proportions;may be allowed to use this course to fulfill that shape, space and geometry; right triangleprerequisite. Instructor: Becky Miller is a forest ecologist trigonometry; exponents; lines, polynomials studying at UVic. She learned to tree climb and factoring; functions; co-ordinate systems;Prerequisites: Successful completion of in 2013 so she could study the timing of tree graphing functions and solving equations andChemistry 11 and Principles of Mathematics growth in ancient Douglas-fir forests. Although inequalities.12 or Pre-Calculus 12, or their equivalents. You her current work does not involve canopymust provide transcripts to show successful research, she still climbs recreationally and If you successfully complete this course, you maycompletion of these courses. enjoys assisting local climbing groups. Some apply to the UVic Department of Mathematics of her favorite canopy experiences include and Statistics for permission to take Math 120,Instructor: Monica Reimer spending the night in an old-growth Douglas-fir Math 151 or Math 161. tree, monitoring spotted owl nesting boxes, andNEW Exploring the Forest Canopy climbing to the top of a tree the size of a 26 story Instructor: Chedomir Barone building.Dates: Thursdays, Sept. 20 and 27 NEW Humans and the Water Cycle (lectures); and Saturday, Sept. 29 NEW Demystifying Newton’s Laws (field trip) of Motion Dates: Wednesdays, Oct. 3 to 10 (lectures); and Saturday, Oct.13 (field trip)Time: Thursdays 7 to 8:30 pm; and Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 26 to Oct. 17 Time: Wednesdays, 7 to 8:30 pm; and Saturday, 10 am to 1 pm Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am Saturday, 1:30 to 4:30 pmSessions: 3 Sessions: 4 Sessions: 3 Fee: $70 plus $3.50 GSTFee: $70 plus $3.50 GST Fee: $75 plus $3.75 GST Code: ASSC273 2018F C01 Humans are influencing the Earth more than everCode: ASSC274 2018F C01 Code: ASSC279 2018F C01 before — some scientists think we have entered a new geological epoch, the “Anthropocene.”ThisHave you ever stood on the forest floor and Newton’s Laws of Motion — a body at rest stays three-part course will explore how our actionslooked overhead? What lives in the forest at rest, a body in motion stays in motion, every (both individuals and society) affect the watercanopy? How do we study that seemingly action has an equal and opposite reaction, and cycle at the global scale (Earth) and local scaleunreachable part of the ecosystem? This so on — are vitally important to understanding (Victoria). We will draw on perspectives fromcourse introduces you to forest canopy the world around us. We will examine Newton’s geoscience, engineering, ecology and socialecology, describes methods for accessing the Laws of Motion as the basis of the science of science disciplines to understand human impactscanopy, and provides an opportunity to see mechanics, from the fall of an apple to the orbit on the water cycle from diverse perspectives,tree climbers in action and study specimens of the International Space Station. Our approach with the goal of identifying solutions to protectsampled from the canopy. We will discuss the will be conceptual rather than computational, water resources for all of Earth’s residents. Topicsbiology, environmental processes, and species and several demonstrations will illustrate the covered will include global climate and land userelationships that shape global canopy ecology, physics involved and keep things lively. change, ‘Virtual Water’, green infrastructure, BC’sbut will focus on examples from the temperate Water Sustainability Act (2016), and more. Instructor: Peter Hopkinson taught introductory physics to adults for many years at Vancouver NOTE: Class time will be spent both in the Community College. His emphasis is on classroom, and exploring UVic’s campus to promoting understanding of the underlying find local modifications to the water cycle; concepts in science rather than the traditional there will be a field trip through the Bowker computational approach. He is a regular Creek Watershed which starts on campus and presenter at conferences for teachers and has enters the ocean in Oak Bay. Please contact recently taught Continuing Education physics the instructor ahead of time if you require any courses at UVic and SFU. accommodation for these visits. Instructor: Sam Zipper is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Civil Engineering at UVic, specializing in groundwaterSCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION \( Certificate/diploma Credit options # Online54
science. He spends most of his days studying NEW 4 Seasons X 10 Plants = One receive take home materials to continue theirhow groundwater pumping affects streamflow Amazing Landscape! learning around restoration photo monitoring,and most of his evenings relaxing with his wife species at risk conservation, and invasive speciesand baby daughter. Sam was born and raised in Date: Thursday, Nov. 1 management.the Seattle suburbs and loves to explore the WestCoast’s unique and diverse ecosystems and water Time: 7 to 9 pm Instructor: Jenna Falk completed a Masters inresources. Environmental Studies at UVic with Eric Higgs Sessions: 1 and the Mountain Legacy Project, then started FOR MORE INFO: working at the Galiano Conservancy Association General Science and Math Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST (GCA) in May 2014, building on earlier volunteer 250-472-5442 activities for the GCA. Her work on Galiano [email protected] Code: ASSC276 2018F C01 Island includes capacity-building activities, continuingstudies.uvic.ca/GEN partnership development, species-at-risk Four seasons and a total of ten plants in each recovery and invasive species management, HORTICULTURE AND season can be the foundation to a marvelous and strengthening existing and new fundraising NATURE TOURS garden! The Pacific North West Garden can programs. Jenna has a particular interest in certainly have excitement in every season. Trees, legacy giving as a way of enabling communities NEW More Bulbs for Your Buck shrubs, perennials, annuals, bulbs and vines — and individuals to reach their conservation goals. the choices seem endless and at times cause Date: Wednesday, Oct. 24 confusion for the gardener rather than joy. Jeff Digging Art Time: 7 to 9 pm de Jong and David Whiting will join forces to Sessions: 1 help you discover some unusual and exciting Date: Wednesday, Nov. 7 Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST plants along with some exceptional new cultivars Time: 7 to 9 pm Code: ASSC275 2018F C01 of old favourites. David and Jeff have recently Sessions: 1This autumn is your chance to make a fresh start created a new garden and want to share what Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GSTto creating a striking and extraordinary garden! plants a year-round garden should have. This will Code: ASSC264 2018F C01You might think that planting bulbs is a lot of be a class filled with banter and fun, helping us A garden in many ways echoes a beautifulwork with little reward. This is the furthest thing all to grow a better and healthier landscape! painting. It will have interest, balance, color,from the truth. Jeff de Jong is going to transform and one never grows tired of looking at it. Thatyour garden into a place that will continue to Instructors: Jeff de Jong has been teaching visual appeal is mastered by some thoughtfulflourish and be more beautiful year after year. gardening classes for over 20 years in Canada considerations when designing our own yards.This talk will focus on design and bulb choices and abroad, and was the former host of Victoria’s A growing and living environment is neverthat will add beauty and value to any yard. only radio gardening program, Gardening 101 static, changing with the seasons and even day on CFAX. He writes for numerous gardening to day. Jeff de Jong has visited many amazingInstructor: Jeff de Jong has been teaching magazines and leads garden tours throughout gardens around the world and spoken to notedgardening classes for over 20 years in Canada the world. landscape designers who seem to have learnedand abroad, and was the former host of Victoria’s by trial and error but all arrived at a similar spot.only radio gardening program, Gardening 101 David Whiting is a retired professor from Take a journey with Jeff and learn how you canon CFAX. He writes for numerous gardening Colorado State University who now lives in Port change your garden palette with the stroke ofmagazines and leads garden tours throughout Angeles. He has taught horticulture classes and this class.the world. was the coordinator for the Sate Master Gardener Program. Instructor: Jeff de Jong (see bio under More Bulbs for your Buck) NEW Conservation and Restoration in the Gulf Islands Nature Explorations at Yellow Point Lodge Date: Saturday, Nov. 3 Dates: Monday to Friday, April 22 to 26, Time: 2 to 4 pm 2019 Sessions: 1 Fee: $350 (tuition) and $645 (based on double occupancy), plus $49.75 Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST GST. Single Supplement is $150 plus $7.50 GST. Code: ASSC278 2018F C01 Code: ASRP012 2019K E01 This course provides a detailed story-rich case “The leaders, the laughter, the environment: this study of the conservation and restoration work has been one of the most enriching weeks of my of the Galiano Conservancy Association. Told life.” – Past participant through the lens of a staff member deeply engaged in this work, course participants In spring, the world is alive—the meadow will learn about local initiatives with regional of sea blush and camas; the mink, otter, significance and deep impact. This is an hummingbirds, eagles and blue herons are opportunity to learn about restoration activities in a variety of different conservation lands including Coastal Douglas Fir ecosystems such as Garry oak mountain tops, dense plantation forests, old growth Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar and Arbutus, moss-covered cliff faces and more. The course is photo rich and uses real examples from Galiano Island. Participants willcontinuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 55
pursuing their springtime agendas; the forests FROM WAR TO WELFARE: What Does it MEAN? – Mycorrhizas,are fresh and green; the sea is alive with birds STRANGE PARTNERSHIPS OF Mushrooms and Plantsand sea life. Join us for some leisurely days of FUNGI AND PLANTS SERIESlearning, explorations and delicious meals at the Date: Tuesday, Oct. 2legendary Yellow Point Lodge. Presenters may SERIES REGISTRATION: Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pminclude biologists Marc Bell, David Denning, Sessions: 1Darren and Claudia Copley, and pianist Bruce Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 2 to 23 (lectures); and Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GSTVogt. There will be some early morning birding, Saturday, Oct. 27 (field trip) Code: ASSC253-1 2018F C01and in the evenings, we’ll call owls, stargaze, An overview of the world of mycorrhizalenjoy a sing-along and watch computer and Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 pm; mushrooms, focusing on the major types ofmicroscope videos of the day’s samplings of Saturday,10 am to noon fungal symbiosis and examining the networksnature. Deborah LeFrank’s workshop may inspire that fungi establish with and between plants.you to discover nature journalling and sketch Sessions: 5notes as you collect memories and experience Fee: $110 plus $5.50 GST Instructor: Kem Luther (PhD) is a Victoria-basednature’s wonders. We’ll also make an inspiring Code: ASSC253 2018F C01 writer and naturalist. His book Boundary Layervisit to Wildwood, the late Merve Wilkinson’s The most active and fascinating area of current (Oregon State University Press, 2016) exploresselective forestry acreage. This is a unique research in mycology deals with the way that the stegnon, the curious world of fungi, mosses,opportunity to recharge and relish in the spring fungi, including our local forest mushrooms, lichens and plants that live along the ground inconcert of nature. Come on your own, plan a interact with plants. Two centuries ago, fungi Pacific Northwest ecosystems.reunion or bring your walking group. You can were thought of as peculiar plants. Over thechoose double accommodation in the lodge or course of the twentieth century, mushrooms NEW How Fungi Attack Ourmodern cabins with fireplaces and electric heat. were moved into their own kingdom. In the Food PlantsA limited number of single rooms are available at last 30 years, we have begun to realize that thean extra cost of $150 plus $7.50 GST. kingdom of plants and the kingdom of fungi, Date: Tuesday, Oct. 9 though completely separate kingdoms, are not Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pmFor more accommodation information, please independent. They form complex partnerships Sessions: 1visit yellowpointlodge.com. and the partnerships take many different forms. Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Sometimes they have developed in ways that Code: ASSC253-6 2018F C01Cancellation deadline for refund of fees is March seem to benefit the plants. In other plant/fungi A fairly large number of fungi attack various22, 2019. Purchase of trip cancellation insurance hookups, fungi appear to be exploiting the parts of our food plants and threaten harvests.is strongly recommended. plants. Many of these relationships, however, We are trying to breed resistant crop varieties, have intricate tit-for-tat interactions. In this and to develop new fungicides that protect ourCoordinator: Anne Fraser course, four Victoria scientists will lead us domesticated plants. One of the best of these is through this world between the plants and fungi. produced by a saprobic fungus. FOR MORE INFO: Students who complete this course will, when Horticulture and Nature Tours they take a walk through the woods of the British Instructor: Bryce Kendrick (PhD, DSc Mycology) 250-721-8458 Columbia, look at plants and mushrooms in a has published more than 300 research papers, [email protected] new way. and written or co-authored several books, continuingstudies.uvic.ca/HORT including the widely used university text The This series consists of four stand-alone sessions Fifth Kingdom. He taught and researched at the and a field trip. You may register for a single University of Waterloo for 30 years before retiring session or receive a discount if you register for to BC in 1994. the entire series. Parasites and Companions: The Strange Life of Mycoheterotrophic Plants Date: Tuesday, Oct. 16 Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm Sessions: 1 Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Code: ASSC253-3 2018F C01 Most of the non-photosynthesizing plants we once called saprophtyes, under the assumption that they lived directly on decaying matter, are now known to depend on fungal partnerships. Instructor: Andy MacKinnon (MSc, DSc), whose graduate research was in mycology, is the co-author of six guidebooks to BC plants. HeSCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION56
recently retired from a 30-year career as an SUSTAINABILITYecologist with the Research Branch of the BCMinistry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resources.Fungal and Plant Ecosystems: Rainwater Harvesting: Building Everyone onSystem Thinking and the Balance Natural Processes Facebookin BC Forests is no more Dates: Tuesdays, Nov. 6 and 13 than 3.5 Date: Tuesday, Oct. 23 degrees Time: 6:30 to 8:30 pm Time: 7 to 9 pm separated. Sessions: 1 Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Sessions: 2 Let us help you Code: ASSC253-4 2018F C01 stay connected!How will the study of mycorrhizal fungi change Fee: $48 plus $2.40 GSTthe way we view and the way we work with BC FIND US ONforests? Code: ASSD011 2018F C01Instructor: Richard Winder (PhD) is a microbial If you’ve been thinking about harvestingecologist with Natural Resources Canada who is rainwater, this course provides an introduction tobased at the Pacific Forestry Centre. Richard has the basic premises of rainwater harvesting andover 30 publications on fungal and microbial the new lifestyles and ways of thinking that itroles in sustainable forestry. encourages us to adopt. Developing an awareness of natural and built-environment water cycles isField Trip – Fungi and Plants Series essential for the effective management of water resources. Urban development (including vast, Date: Saturday, Oct. 27 impervious surfaces and sophisticated supply/ Time: 10 am to noon waste systems) has severely interrupted natural Sessions: 1 water cycles. Refurbishing nature’s water processes Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST is a big job, requiring changes in our thinking Code: ASSC253-5 2018F C01 and in the decades-old cultural modus operandiJoin some of the instructors on a field trip to view associated with water systems. Session themes aremycorrhizal mushrooms and some of their plant 'Redirection' (Nov. 6) and 'Building Nature' (Nov. 13).symbionts. Instructor: Ken Nentwig (BLA, MLA, CLM, CLD)Instructors: Kem Luther (see bio under What is a retired landscape architect and an educatorDoes it MEAN? – Mycorrhizas, Mushrooms and who has developed rainwater harvestingPlants) and management training for the Canadian Association for Rainwater ManagementAndy MacKinnon (see bio under Parasites (CANARM), as well as an online course withand Companions: The Strange Life of Gaia College. He is involved with the AmericanMycoheterotrophic Plants) Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) education program, the ASSE rainwater FOR MORE INFO: practitioner certification program (US), and the Fungi and Plants Series ICC/CSA Rainwater Standards Committee, and 250-721-8458 consults with developers, builders, landscapers, [email protected] municipalities and rainwater practitioners in best continuingstudies.uvic.ca/fungi-series practices for rainwater system installations. FOR MORE INFO: Sustainability 250-721-8458 [email protected] continuingstudies.uvic.ca/sustainabilitycontinuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 57
General University Food Services lower level of the McPherson Library. Gallery hoursinformation are the same as the library. This gallery is a storage, University Food Services (UNFS) operates the reference and exhibition facility dedicated to theCAMPUS SERVICES following: permanent collection of works of art on paper. Exhibitions draw from the permanent CollectionCentre for Accessible Learning • Arts Place, Fine Arts Building and rotate regularly. The Legacy Maltwood Gallery is free and open to the public.The Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL) is • BiblioCafé, McPherson Libraryresponsible for providing leadership in the FOR MORE INFOdelivery of student-focused accessible learning • Cap’s Bistro & Village Market, Cadboro Legacy Art Gallery Downtownmodels and delivers training and education Commons 630 Yates Street, Victoriato further the university’s commitment to Gallery hours: 10 am–4 pm, Wednesday–Saturdayprovide equal access to all academic programs. • Commons Kitchen, Cadboro Commons 250-721-6562 | legacy.uvic.caCAL provides advice and consultation on theuniversity’s legal and regulatory compliance • Court Café, Fraser Building UVic Alumni Associationwith the BC Human Rights Code, the Ministryof Advanced Education, and University policy • Halftime, CARSA The UVic Alumni Association represents alland procedures. CAL is a core academic support graduates of the University of Victoria, includingunit for both students and faculty and as such, • Mac’s, MacLaurin Building graduates of diploma and certificate programs.consults in areas such as universal instructional We encourage active, lifelong involvement in thedesign to increase accessibility on campus. • Mystic Market, University Centre (10 outlets) university’s teaching, research and community outreach efforts.Students who encounter barriers to their • Nibbles & Bytes Café, Engineering Lab Wingacademic work may require academic The association offers a host of benefits andaccommodations. Appropriate documentation is • SciCafé, Bob Wright Building services that link alumni with their university.required to register with the CAL, and in order to Visit us and learn about our events, programsrequest academic accommodations. A diagnosis • Village Greens, Cadboro Commons and services. The UVic Torch Alumni Magazineof disability alone does not guarantee academic is mailed free of charge twice each year and weaccommodations. When students, faculty and staff use their distribute a monthly electronic newsletter to all ONECard Flex Funds at any UNFS outlet*, alumni who provide us with their email address.The Learning Assistance Programs (LAP) offer they receive a 5% discount on their purchase.fee-based programs for all students: Campus guests may obtain a GUESTCard from FOR MORE INFO the ONECard Office that also provides 5% off 250-721-6000 | [email protected] | alumni.uvic.ca• Learning Strategist program purchases at all UNFS outlets*. UVic Bookstore/Blink Print/Computer• Tutor Matching program You may add Flex Funds to your ONECard at Store/Finnerty Express Café uvic.ca/food or in-person at the ONECard or• Note-taking program UNFS Office. A variety of items essential to academic success are on hand. We stock new and used texts, as wellFOR MORE INFO *Please note that purchases made at the Village as digital versions when available. All textbooksCampus Services Building Hours: Market or General Store are exempt from the 5% requested by faculty are stocked in the store.8 am–4 pm, Monday through Friday discount. Textbook listings are available in-store and online,250-472-4947 | [email protected] three weeks before the beginning of each term.uvic.ca/services/cal Food Services also has a registered dietitian on At the beginning and end of each term, the staff who oversees menu development, teaches Bookstore buys back used texts at up to 50% ofUniversity Centre Farquhar Auditorium cooking classes, and coaches students and the the new retail price if they are in demand. Texts in campus community on various dietary needs. demand are listed on our website.University Centre Farquhar Auditorium is the To provide feedback or book a complimentarylargest performing arts venue located on appointment with the dietitian, email [email protected]. The Bookstore’s general book department carriescampus, presenting high profile music, theatre, a comprehensive selection of both academicdance and performances by many community FOR MORE INFO and general titles and can special order anygroups. It is also home to all UVic convocation 250-472-4777 | [email protected] | uvic.ca/food book currently in print that is not currentlyceremonies. Student Rush Tickets are available stocked. The Bookstore also handles regaliafor select shows 10 minutes prior to showtime University of Victoria Legacy rentals for graduates, offers a wide selection offor $10. Students are encouraged to follow the Art Galleries contemporary UVic crested clothing, school andFarquahar Auditorium’s Facebook and Twitter for stationery supplies, and has a unique gift section.more information on upcoming shows and on The Legacy Art Gallery Downtown is UVic’sStudent Rush Tickets availability (facebook.com/ primary gallery space and is free and open to the Blink Print is a wide format print shop located onUVicFarq and twitter.com/UVicFarquhar). public. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions the lower level of the store that produces posters, and programs that focus on the university’s signs, banners, decals and more.FOR MORE INFO remarkable art collection. Teaching and research250-721-8480 | uvic.ca/auditorium spaces have been added to the facility, which The Computer Store carries a wide selection of continues to showcase the Michael C. Williams laptops, hardware and accessories. collection, as well as other material from the university’s rich and diverse collections. The Legacy Art Gallery is a lively and engaging centre for art that is easily accessible to the community and enables students to study both art and curatorial practice. Legacy Maltwood (at the Mearns Centre— McPherson Library on campus) is located on theGENERAL INFORMATION58
Finnerty Express Café, located on the lower 15X Limited Stop Service—UVic/Downtown Emergency procedures – just in caselevel, sells organic, fair-trade Salt Spring coffee, Esquimalt via Foul Bay, Yates/Fort and Douglas a variety of teas, locally baked goods, lunch Esquimalt Although major emergencies on campus areselections and cold drinks. 16X Limited Stop Service—UVic/Uptown via unlikely, it’s a good idea to be prepared. Here McKenzie, Pat Bay Highway to Uptown are a few tips to help you respond when theFOR MORE INFO 17 Cedar Hill Special—Mon. to Fri. unexpected happens.Bookstore/Computer Store: Monday–Friday, 26 UVic/Dockyard via McKenzie, Saanich Road, 8:30 am–5:30 pm; Saturday, 11 am–5 pm Boleskine, Harriet, Burnside, Tillicum, Lampson 1. If you have access to My Page, sign up for UVic250-721-8311 | uvicbookstore.ca and Esquimalt Road Emergency Alerts and receive emergency text 33 UVic from James Bay via Fort, Richmond and messages. Visit uvic.ca/alerts for more info.Finnerty Express Café: Monday–Friday, Cedar Hill X Road—when UVic is in full session7:30 am–7 pm; Saturday, 11 am–5 pm 39 UVic/Royal Roads via McKenzie, Shelbourne, 2. Use texting, not calls, to let your family know250-472-4594 Mt. Doug Park, Royal Oak, Interurban, you’re safe. Helmcken, Wilkinson, Old Island Highway and W.C. Mearns Centre for Learning, Western Exchange—evening and weekend 3. At the time of an emergency, check the UVicMcPherson Library trips to Royal Oak Exchange only website at uvic.ca for information. 51 UVic/Langford Exchange via McKenzie, Trans The Mearns Centre for Learning – McPherson Canada Hwy, Old Island Hwy and Kelly Road 4. Medical emergency? Call 911 and CampusLibrary provides a comfortable, positive and 76x Swartz Bay Express: UVic/Swartz Bay Ferry Security Services: 250-721-7599. Give your location.welcoming learning environment for students Terminal via McKenzie and Pat Bay Highway and allows cold food and covered drinks in —early Fri. afternoon from UVic, and late Sun. 5. Fire? Pull the fire alarm and get out of themost areas. Continuing Studies students taking afternoon and evening from Swartz Bay only. building—follow the instructions of theany non-credit course are eligible to borrow Operates only when UVic is in full session emergency coordinators wearing safety vests.library materials. Visit the Loan Desk to set upyour Community borrowing privileges and start FOR MORE INFO 6. Damaging earthquake? Drop, Cover and Holdexploring the libraries’ resources. BC Transit: 250-382-6161 | bctransit.com On. Do not leave the building until the shaking For the most current changes to routes, visit the stops. Go to the playing fields behind CARSA andFOR MORE INFO website and use Google trip planner. stay away from the buildings.UVic Libraries, borrowing and resources:uvic.ca/library Campus safety 7. Threat of violence? Protect yourself by gettingLoan Desk: 250-721-8230 | [email protected] out, hiding or as a last resort—fight. Campus Security Services is committed toStudents residing outside Victoria, contact promoting a safe and welcoming environment to 8. If you evacuate a building take your wallet,Distance Learning and Research (Infoline): enhance the well-being of students, staff, faculty keys and mobile phone with you.250-721-6488 | [email protected] and visitors, and to protect all university property. Campus Security Services is open 24 hours a 9. If you see something, say something—call theVISITING THE UVIC CAMPUS day, seven days a week. A“safe haven”is located Campus Security emergency line at 250-721- just inside their front doors should you need 7599 or call 911 to report an emergency, unusualThe University of Victoria encourages visitors to help at any time. SafeWalk services are available behaviour or personal safety concern.use sustainable transportation to get to campus: any time to anyone wanting an escort withintransit, walking, cycling and carp ooling. For campus boundaries. Campus Alone is available Parkingdetailed information on travel choices available 24 hours a day for individu als who work/studyto you, please visit: uvic.ca/sustainability/ in isolated areas on campus and are concerned Pay parking is in effect Monday to Saturday, 24operations/transportation/alternative. about their personal safety. Security Officers act hours. Pay by Licence (PBL) is now in effect on as First Responders trained to handle all medical campus, visitors will be required to enter theirBuses emergencies. Crime prevention, personal safety licence plate at the parking dispenser at the time information and workshops are available. of purchase. Parking permits may be purchasedThe campus bus terminal is located beside the at any of the parking permit dispensers locatedCampus Services Building, Finnerty Road. The Reminders: in lots outside Ring Road or in advance online atcampus is served by the following bus routes: • Be alert and aware of your surroundings parking.uvic.ca. • Trust your instincts4 UVic/Downtown via Douglas, Hillside and • Plan your route and vary it, if possible These permits are valid only in the General Henderson • Park in well-lit areas Parking areas in numbered lots only, not at7 UVic/Downtown via Fairfield, Foul Bay and • Keep your vehicle locked parking meters or Reserved Parking areas. The Henderson • Wallets and purses are attractive targets to lots inside Ring Road are for Reserved permit11 UVic/Tillicum Mall via Arbutus, Uplands, holders until after 4:30 pm weekdays, at which Cadboro Bay, Fort, Douglas and Gorge thieves—don’t leave unattended time General permit holders may park. The “after12 UVic/University Heights via Cedar Hill, • Have your keys ready before you get to 4:30” rule for General Parking permits does not Kenmore, Tyndall, San Juan, Arbutus and apply to the areas marked “24-hour Reserved.” Finnerty your vehicle Dispensers accept both coin and credit cards.13 Ten Mile Point/University Heights via McKenzie, • Check interior of vehicle before entering UVic, Finnerty, Sinclair, Cadboro Bay, Arbutus There are a number of short-term, coin-operated14 UVic/Vic. General via Cedar Hill X-Road, FOR MORE INFO parking meters provided for visitor use. Richmond, Fort, Douglas, Bay, Craigflower and Campus Security Services / Personal Safety Helmcken Coordinator: 250-721-8981 | web.uvic.ca/security FOR MORE INFO SafeWalk Services: 250-721-7599 Campus Security Services: 250-721-6683 uvic.ca/security/parkingcontinuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 GENERAL INFORMATION 59
How to Registration payment Depending on your method of payment, aregister refund will be either mailed to you or credited All registrations must be accompanied by full to your credit card. The Canada Revenue AgencyOnline registration payment: cash/debit card (in person only), requires that we request the return of yourVISIT: continuingstudies.uvic.ca/register cheques, money orders, Visa, MasterCard and original receipt. American Express. Phone/online registrations areTo register online, please follow the secure by credit card only. If you withdraw from a course, an administrativeregistration process on our website. Search for a fee may be charged for processing. The amountcourse by name or by topic and then follow the Goods and Services Tax may vary according to the type of course, but willinstructions for purchase via our Shop Cart. be a minimum of $15. Some Continuing Studies courses are subject toWalk-in registration Goods and Services Tax (GST). If GST is paya ble, Note: Some programs have special refund policies it is indicated alongside the tuition fee in the as printed in individual course descriptions or inRegister at the Continuing Studies Building (see course description. program announcements.campus map, pg. 62). Office hours are weekdays,8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Confirmation and classroom location Bursary program University of Victoria After you register, you will receive a confirmation Each term the Division of Continuing Studies 3800 Finnerty Road receipt with the classroom location, date and offers bursaries totalling $1,000 to assist learners Continuing Studies Building time. Most courses are held on campus. If you in furthering their education. Bursaries will be (Corner of Ring and Gabriola Roads) have not received your confirmation receipt by awarded to learners who can display evidence of 2nd Floor Reception the day before the class begins, please call 250- a commitment to lifelong learning and who can Victoria, BC V8P 5C2 472-4747 for help locating the classroom. demonstrate financial need.Phone registration Scents and perfumes Applicat ions are available on our website at:CALL: 250-472-4747 continuingstudies.uvic.ca/bursary or in person: In consideration of others, please refrain fromWeekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm using scented products in classrooms. University of Victoria 3800 Finnerty RoadMail registration Tuition fee tax deductions Continuing Studies Building (Corner of Ring and Gabriola Roads)Fill out registration form (pg. 61) and send to: Keep your confirmation receipt as it is your 2nd Floor Reception official income tax receipt. Your tuition fees may Victoria, BC V8P 5C2 University of Victoria be tax deductible if the total fees paid to UVic in Division of Continuing Studies a calendar year exceed $100. You may combine Application deadline: Aug. 15, 2018 PO Box 1700 STN CSC the fees of more than one course so their total Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 exceeds the $100 minimum. HOLIDAY CLOSURERegistration reminders Cancellations, withdrawals, refunds The University of Victoria is closed on statutory holidays and from Dec. 25 to Jan. 1 (inclusive).• Provide account number, CVD number, expiry The Division of Continuing Studies reserves You may still register online during the holiday date and signature if paying by credit card. the right to cancel/res chedule courses or other periods. offerings without notice, and to establish• Notify us of an address change. special regulations for admission to non-degree Unless otherwise noted, classes will not be held• Make cheques payable to University of Victoria. programs or courses. If a course or offering on statutory holidays.• If a course is full, your registration will be is cancelled/rescheduled, the liability of the Division of Continuing Studies is limited to a FOR GENERAL INQUIRIES placed on a waiting list. refund of your course fee, or, if desired, transfer CALL 250-472-4747 to another offering.Registration process To withdraw from a course, let us know in personTo avoid disappointment, register as soon as or by phone (250-472-4747), at least:possible. Many courses fill up quickly whileothers will be cancelled one week prior to the 1. Seven days prior to the first meeting of astart date if they do not meet their minimum short-term, intensive course, workshop orenrolment. If we are unable to register you in a conference, with limited enrolment.course because it is full, you will be placed on awaiting list and contacted if a space becomes 2. Prior to the second class when a courseavailable. Your payment will not be processed meets once or twice weekly over a period ofunless space is available for you in the class. several weeks.HOW TO REGISTER60
Registration formAll registrations must be accomp anied by full University Act, RSBC 1996, c.468 and section 26 of Phone registration: 250-472-4747fees, payable to the University of Victoria. the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The information you provide is used for the Web registration: The Division of Continuing Studies reserves purposes of admission, registration and other continuingstudies.uvic.ca/registerthe right to cancel/reschedule courses or other decisions relating to your Continuing Studiesofferings without notice, and to establish program. Mail completed registration form to:special regulations for admission to non-degreeprograms or courses. If a course or offering For details on how the information is used, University of Victoriais cancelled/rescheduled, the liability of the contact Continu ing Studies or read UVic Policy Division of Continuing StudiesDivision of Continuing Studies is limited to a 4400, Access to Student Records at: uvic.ca/ PO Box 1700 STN CSCrefund of the course fee, or, if desired, transfer to registrar/students/policies/student-information/ Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2another offering. index.php. The relevant law for all matters concerning these programs shall be the law of Inquiries:The University of Victoria collects personal the Province of British Columbia, Canada. 250-472-4747 | [email protected] on its form pursuant to theDivision of Continuing Studies, University of Victoria – Course RegistrationCourses fill up fast – Consider registering online at continuingstudies.uvic.caPlease notify us of any changes to your name and address.Ms/Mrs/Mr ______________________________________________________________________________ Student record UVic student #________________________ Surname First name Middle name Preferred first name I've previously taken a UVic credit course I've previously taken a UVic non-credit courseM ailing a ddress __________________________S_tr_e_e_t_a_d_d_r_e_s_s_____________________________________ Mail list_______________________________________________________________________________________ I do not wish to receive further mailings City Province Postal code Special needsPhone_________________________________________________ Provide details: _______________________ _____________________________________Email address____________________________________________ Date of birth __________________ _____________________________________ (YY/MM/DD)W ould you like to stay informed about new courses, programs, special offers and events? If you do not check this box, you will still receivecommunications relating to the administration of your course/program. Yes, I would like to receive this information by email.Course selection, independent study materials, or gift certificatesCourse title ________________________________________________ Course code Fee $_______Course title ________________________________________________ Course code Fee $_______Course title ________________________________________________ Course code Fee $_______Course title ________________________________________________ Course code Fee $_______ Total enclosed: $_______If you are paying by credit card, please call 250-472-4747.Credit card Visa MasterCard AmEx Account number__________________________________ Expiry date___________________CVD #_____ Signature (mandatory for credit card) _________________________________________________________continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 REGISTRATION FORM 61
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