Continuing Studies at UVic – Sept–Dec 2019

Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 say where it hurts), make reservations, give a NEW Comprehensive French - Level 1 definition, clarify a statement, tell whether a Time: 7 to 9 pm sentence is in a past, present or future tense. Date: Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 16 to Dec. 18 Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Textbook: No textbook required Duration: 10 sessions (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Fee: $245 Time: 7 to 9 pm Code: FLCC101 2019F C11 FLCC: Advanced Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 This course is intended for students at the Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 Duration: 26 sessions Beginner level who would like to practice their oral French at a level in which they are (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Fee: $549 comfortable. It can be taken as many times as you like as themes will vary from one term to the Time: 7 to 9 pm Code: FREN100 2019F C11 next. This course is not meant to prepare you for the next level. Students who wish to take courses Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 This is the introductory level of our series of that will allow them to progress steadily all the four comprehensive courses for complete way to an advanced level should register in our Duration: 10 sessions beginners, focusing on all four basic language Comprehensive French courses. skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Fee: $245 Classes feature a balance of structural and communicative activities. No experience or Code: FLCC501 2019F C11 initial assessment is necessary for September entry. Entrance at midpoint in January is possible Register for this course if you have taken Date: Fridays, Sept. 27 to Nov. 29 if your initial level is sufficient. Small classes the Introductory course, or if you know how (maximum 18) enhance individual participation. to: count up to 20, spell your name, give your Time: 9:15 to 11:15 am address and phone number, speak about yourself, your family, your work, the weather, Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 time and date, identify basic shapes and colours, ask and answer basic yes or no questions. Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $245 NEW Comprehensive French - Level 2 Code: FLCC501 2019F C01 Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17 to Dec. 12 This course is intended to maintain and build your language skills for a broad variety Time: 7 to 9 pm Textbook: No textbook required of situations, such as nuancing an opinion, identifying features of different regional varieties Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 FLCC: Intermediate of French and using various registers of French. Duration: 26 sessions Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 It can be taken as many times as you like, as Fee: $549 themes will vary from one term to the next. Code: FREN200 2019F C11 Time: 9:15 to 11:15 am Register for this course if you already know how This is the second level of our series of four to: express the relation of time between various comprehensive courses focusing on all four basic Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 events in the past, present and future, make language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and hypotheses, express emotions (disappointment, writing. Classes feature a balance of structural Duration: 10 sessions empathy, surprise etc.), give advice, disagree and communicative activities. Entrance at with someone, use different registers in different midpoint in January is possible if your initial level Fee: $245 contexts, identify accents from various parts of is sufficient. Small classes (maximum 18) enhance the Francophone world. individual participation. Code: FLCC301 2019F C01 Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 Time: 7 to 9 pm Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Textbook: No textbook required NEW Comprehensive French - Level 3 Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $245 COMPREHENSIVE FRENCH Date: Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. (formerly French Language Diploma) 16 to Dec. 18 Code: FLCC301 2019F C11 Improve your overall French language This course is intended for students at an proficiency with our new Comprehensive French (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Intermediate level who would like to practice courses. This non-credit series is open to adults their oral French at a level in which they feel of all levels of competency. It is designed to meet Time: 7 to 9 pm comfortable. Here, you’ll gain more fluency the needs of a wide audience from working in using your French in a variety of everyday professionals, to lifelong learners, to people Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 situations, such as speaking about likes and who are new in Canada—anyone wanting to dislikes, making comparisons and telling a story confidently and competently develop fluency in Duration: 26 sessions in the past. It can be taken as many times as you French. It features four levels, each aligned with like, as themes will vary from one term to the the internationally recognised DELF benchmarks Fee: $549 next. This course is not meant to prepare you for A1, A2, B1 and B2. Upon successful completion the next level. Students who wish to take courses of each level, students will receive a Certificate of Code: FREN300 2019F C11 that will allow them to progress steadily all the Completion. way to an advanced level should register in our This is the intermediate level of our series of four Comprehensive French courses. comprehensive courses focusing on all four basic language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and Register for this course if you already know writing. Classes feature a balance of structural how to: speak on the telephone, ask for and and communicative activities and an important give directions and other information (such as cultural content to optimize learning. Entrance at midpoint in January is possible if your initial level is sufficient. Small classes (maximum 18) enhance individual participation. continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 51

NEW Comprehensive French - Level 4 ARABIC Instructor: Catherine Verhaegen Date: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 17 Catherine Verhaegen worked as a language to Dec. 12 teacher in Brussels for 10 years before moving to Arabic: Introductory Canada in early 2014. Education and language Time: 7 to 9 pm training have always been her passion. She uses a conversational approach in her classes and is Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Date: Saturdays, Sept. 28 to Nov. 30 always keen on sharing her culture with others. Duration: 26 sessions Time: 2 to 4 pm Fee: $549 Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Code: FREN400 2019F C11 Duration: 10 sessions FINNISH This is the advanced level of our series of four Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes comprehensive courses focusing on all four basic Required manual) language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and Code: ASLA098 2019F C01 Finnish: Beginner writing. Classes feature a balance of structural This course is a very basic introduction to the Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 and communicative activities and an important Arabic language. You will learn “survival” words Time: 7 to 9 pm cultural content to optimize learning. Entrance and phrases, as well as how to read and write at midpoint in January is possible if your initial both words and practical sentences in the Arabic Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 level is sufficient. Small classes (maximum 18) alphabet. Note: We recommend that you bring a Duration: 10 sessions enhance individual participation. recording device to class. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Textbook: Course manual will be provided in Code: ASLA239 2019F C11 class (mandatory); Read and Speak Arabic for FOR MORE INFORMATION: Beginners, by McGraw-Hill (optional) Beginners Finnish will help you to build French Language 250-721-8630 Instructor: Nooshi Saberi your confidence in your Finnish language [email protected] continuingstudies.uvic.ca/french Nooshafarin Saberi was born in Kuwait to a communication skills using a variety of real-life Persian family and grew up speaking, reading WORLD LANGUAGES and writing Persian and Arabic. She also became scenarios (asking for directions, occupation, fluent in English after spending a year in England, followed by 22 years in Luxembourg, hobbies, small talk). You’ll also cover more complex where she added another three languages to her palette. Nooshafarin and her family came to aspects of Finnish grammar and syntax. We will use Canada in 2002, and she has enjoyed teaching at Continuing Studies since 2006. a“role play”model for much of our lessons. In this interactive course students will be encouraged to come up with practical everyday or travel scenarios to effectively use their language skills. Textbook: Suomea Suomeksi 1, by Olli Nuutinen (mandatory) Instructor: Ari Vainionpää (BA, MBA) DUTCH Ari Vainionpää has been an instructor in Continuing Studies Business and Management Dutch: Introductory Fast Track and International Programs at the University of Victoria since 2006. He was born Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 in Vaasa, Finland and moved to a multi-cultural town in Northern Ontario where Finnish speakers Time: 7 to 9 pm had a close and active community. Although business became his vocational choice, he Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 retains a love for his Finnish heritage. Duration: 10 sessions Our portfolio of world language courses is Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST constantly evolving to meet a growing demand for more languages and more levels. Honing Code: ASLA037 2019F C11 your skills in another language is like doing yoga or becoming proficient on a musical instrument: Did you know that Dutch is not spoken just in GERMAN it can take a bit of practice. In our world language the Netherlands? It is actually the most spoken courses, there is no pressure to move up from language in Belgium and the official language German: Introductory one level to the next: you can repeat the same of Suriname. In addition, a modified form of level as many times as you like to build your Dutch is one of the official languages in South Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 confidence, and our instructors will keep the Africa. This introductory conversation course content fresh and interesting for you each time. will familiarize you with the pronunciation Time: 5 to 7 pm If you’re interested in one of our courses where of Dutch and will introduce basic vocabulary more than one level is offered, but aren’t sure and grammar. The emphasis will be on Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 about your level, please contact us and we’d be understanding the spoken language and simple happy to work with you. All language courses texts, as well as engaging in basic conversation Duration: 10 sessions offered by Continuing Studies are subject to in Dutch. enrolment. Please register early and invite a Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes friend to join you! Required manual) Code: ASLA016 2019F C11 Textbook: Colloquial Dutch: A Complete Students do not need any previous knowledge Language Course, 2016 edition, by Bruce of German to take this course, just a love of the Donaldson (mandatory) language. 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your basic German language skills and build skills and listening comprehension. Lessons are cultural discussions will enhance your learning up confidence when communicating in the enhanced by fun videos and fascinating cultural and strengthen your basic knowledge in a fun language. You will also gain a solid foundation of facts. We encourage students to participate in our and interactive atmosphere. German grammar. language courses more than one time in order to truly learn the material taught in only 10 lessons. Textbook: Information sheets will be provided Textbook: Course manual will be provided in It also gives you additional exposure to varying in class. class (mandatory). activities within each topic. Instructor: Estelle Kurier (see bio under Italian: Instructor: Joanna Schaller (MA [pedagogy]) Textbook: Course manual will be provided in Introductory) class (mandatory). Joanna Schaller has a passion for languages and JAPANESE cultural awareness. She completed her master’s Instructor: Joanna Schaller (see bio under degree in German language and literature, German: Introductory) as well as in pedagogy. She worked as an interpreter, tour guide and language teacher in ITALIAN Japanese: Introductory Germany and Poland before moving to Canada in 2004. In Victoria, Joanna has been teaching Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 German, translating, interpreting and tutoring. Italian: Introductory (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Date: Fridays, Sept. 27 to Nov. 29 Time: 1 to 3 pm German: Beginner Time: 12 to 2 pm Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Duration: 10 sessions Time: 7 to 9 pm Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Required manual) Duration: 10 sessions Code: ASLA049 2019F C01 Code: ASLA008 2019F C01 Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes If you have no previous knowledge of Italian and Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 want to learn basic conversation, reading and Required manual) writing skills, this course is for you. Here, you’ll no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11 learn about Italy and Italian culture through Code: ASLA216 2019F C11 short lectures and videos, and there will be Time: 7 to 9 pm plenty of opportunities to speak in Italian. Oral If you have completed German: Introductory or participation is encouraged. Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 have equivalent grammar and conversation skills, Duration: 10 sessions this course will build on that foundation. Through Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST $25 plus role-playing, simulations and other exercises, $1.25 GST for Required manual you’ll continue to build your essential vocabulary Textbook: Information sheets will be provided Code: ASLA008 2019F C11 in class. and your knowledge of structures, idioms and Whether you are hosting a Japanese visitor or planning a trip to Japan, let’s learn to speak cultural etiquette. We encourage students to Japanese! This course is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of Japanese and participate in our language courses more than Instructor: Estelle Kurier are eager to take up a new challenge. In addition to learning “survival” words and phrases, you’ll one time in order to truly learn the material be introduced to the “hiragana” and “katakana” characters, as well as the basics of Japanese taught over 10 lessons. It also gives you additional Estelle Kurier enjoys communicating in many grammar. You’ll also focus on developing different languages and particularly loves practical conversation skills and will be exposure to varying activities within each topic. teaching people about Italian language, travel, introduced to cultural aspects of life in Japan. and culture. She is an experienced instructor, Textbook: Course manual will be provided in translator, and tutor of Italian, Spanish, and class (mandatory). French, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Hispanic and Italian Studies at UVic, focusing on Instructor: Joanna Schaller (see bio under comparative aspects of Dante’s Divine Comedy. German: Introductory) Estelle looks forward to helping you expand your language abilities and feel confident German: Intermediate communicating in Italian to prepare you for travel Textbook: Course manual will be provided in or to fulfill a lifelong dream of learning Italian. class (mandatory). Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 Time: 5 to 7 pm Instructor: Keiko Tachibana (BA [Linguistics]) Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Italian: Beginner Keiko Tachibana was born in Osaka, Japan. She came to Canada in 1995 and studied linguistics Duration: 10 sessions at UVic, where she started working as a teaching assistant when she was a graduate student. She Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 genuinely cares about her students and their Required manual) learning, providing them with an encouraging Time: 6 to 8 pm environment to learn Japanese. She has enjoyed teaching at Continuing Studies since 2007. Code: ASLA316 2019F C11 Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 If you have previously studied German or have Duration: 10 sessions completed German: Beginner and would like Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST to refresh your knowledge at an intermediate Code: ASLA249 2019F C11 level, this course is ideal for you. This course will This beginner course is intended for those strengthen your foundation in grammar, enrich who have completed Italian: Introductory or your vocabulary, and improve your conversational who already have some basic skills. Videos and continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 53

Japanese: Beginner skills. Hiragana and katakana characters will be students will be able to communicate a bit more used in the class to strengthen your writing. fluently in Korean in daily life. For example, they Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 will be able to set up their own appointments, Textbook: Course manual will be provided in ask for and follow directions, and make a phone Time: 7 to 9 pm class (mandatory). call in Korean! Finally, students will also be able to enjoy Korean modern pop culture. Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Instructor: Keiko Tachibana (see bio under Japanese: Introductory) Textbook: Active Korean 1, by Language Duration: 10 sessions Education Institute, Seoul National University, from Moonjinmedia publishing (mandatory) Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes Mastering Conversational Korean: Korean for Required manual) Beginners, by Kyubyong Park & Henry J Amen IV, from Tuttle Publishing (optional) Code: ASLA208 2019F C11 Instructor: Jaerang Lee (see bio under Korean: This course is designed for those who have KOREAN Introductory) completed Japanese: Introductory or who have some prior knowledge of the language. You will Korean: Introductory gain proficiency in the understanding, speaking, reading and writing of Japanese in practical Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 situations. You will also learn more about Japan’s culture and people. Time: 7 to 9 pm Textbook: Course manual will be provided in Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Korean: Intermediate class (mandatory). Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 Instructor: Keiko Tachibana (see bio under Code: ASLA009 2019F C11 Time: 7 to 9 pm Japanese: Introductory) Have you been interested in learning about“한류” Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 (Hallyu or the Korean Wave)? If you’re interested in learning about the Korean language and culture, Duration: 10 sessions you’ll love this course. Here, you’ll learn to read Japanese: Intermediate and write“Hangul”, the Korean alphabet,“survival” Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST words, and daily expressions in modern Korean Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 culture. By the end of the course, you will be able Code: ASLA309 2019F C11 to carry on basic conversations on topics such as Time: 7 to 9 pm dining out and shopping. This course is for those who have already completed Korean: Beginner, or who have Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 some basic communication skills, vocabulary and sentence patterns. In this course, you will Duration: 10 sessions deepen your understanding of basic grammar and sentence construction, and expand your Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes Textbook: Active Korean 1, by Language vocabulary to be able to: make inquiries about Required manual) Education Institute, Seoul National University, public transportation, make reservations for from Moonjinmedia publishing (mandatory) hotels or restaurants, and more. You will also Code: ASLA308 2019F C11 Mastering Conversational Korean: Korean for broaden your understanding of Korean modern Beginners, by Kyubyong Park & Henry J Amen IV, pop culture. If you have completed Japanese: Beginner or from Tuttle Publishing (optional) who have strong knowledge of the language with recognition of “hiragana” and “katakana” Instructor: Jaerang Lee Textbook: Active Korean 2, by Language letters, this course is for you. Japanese: Education Institute - Seoul National University, Intermediate further develops grammatical and from Two Ponds publishing (mandatory) conversation skills, while allowing you to further Active Korean 2 Workbook, by Moonjinmedia explore prominent aspects of Japanese culture. (optional) Textbook: Course manual will be provided in Jaerang Lee has over 15 years’ experience as a class (mandatory). teacher in the public school system in South Korea. Since immigrating to Canada, she has Instructor: Keiko Tachibana (see bio under completed her MEd in Leadership Studies at Instructor: Jaerang Lee (see bio under Korean: Japanese: Introductory) UVic. Jaerang loves teaching and believes that Introductory) education is life itself. She also loves to share her culture with her students and learn from others. Japanese: Advanced Korean: Beginner MANDARIN Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 Time: 7 to 9 pm Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 Mandarin: Introductory Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Time: 7 to 9 pm Duration: 10 sessions Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 Fee: $247 plus $12.35 GST (includes Duration: 10 sessions Time: 7 to 9 pm Required manual) Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Code: ASLA408 2019F C11 Code: ASLA209 2019F C11 Duration: 10 sessions This course is designed for those who have This fun and interactive course is a continuation Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST completed Japanese: Intermediate (formerly “Conversant”) or who have a high-intermediate of Korean: Introductory (formerly ‘Korean for Code: ASLA013 2019F C11 knowledge of the language. It will further develop your speaking, listening and reading Beginners – Part 1’). It is also designed for people This course is a very basic introduction to the Mandarin language. You will learn “survival” with some written and oral communication skills words and phrases, and receive ear training for in the Korean language. At the end of the course, LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 54

Mandarin tones to become aware of how the Mandarin: Advanced culture at UVic and aims to make learning a meaning of words change in Mandarin. Slavic language fun and easy by providing a Date: Thursdays, Sept. 26 to Nov. 28 friendly and supportive classroom environment. Textbook: Practice Makes Perfect: Beginning Chinese (book and CD-ROM set - for Windows), Time: 7 to 9 pm RUSSIAN by Live ABC (mandatory) Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Instructor: Dawn Yuan Duration: 10 sessions Ye (Dawn) Yuan has reached her goal in making Mandarin learning easy, fun and educational for Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Russian: Introductory her students. In China, Dawn taught as a part of the International Baccalaureate Program team Code: ASLA413 2019F C11 Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 at an international school. In Canada, she has taught Mandarin for both adults and families at This course is geared to students who have (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) UVic and at community centres. completed Mandarin: Intermediate (formerly “Conversant”) or are functionally conversant Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the language. While conversations are kept simple, they will be enriched with a variety of Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 daily life topics, at once broadening your cultural knowledge while building your communication Duration: 10 sessions skills. You will also get to expand your written skills by focusing on constructing paragraphs. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Code: ASLA004 2019F C11 Mandarin: Beginner This interactive course will help you to learn simple introductory concepts of Russian Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 Textbook: Living Language Chinese – Complete vocabulary and grammar, as well as how to make Edition, by Living Language (mandatory) full sentences. You will actively learn basic level Time: 7 to 9 pm Russian through four skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Through a communicative Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Instructor: Dawn Yuan (see bio under Madarin: approach, you will learn many historical facts Introductory) about Russia and it’s culture, as you watch videos Duration: 10 sessions and participate in classroom activities. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Code: ASLA213 2019F C11 POLISH If you already have a basic knowledge of Polish: Introductory Textbook: Sputnik: An Introductory Russian Mandarin tones and “survival” Mandarin, this Language Course, Part 1, by J. Rochtchina course will help you master simple sentences for Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 (optional). Sputnik Workbook: An Introductory easy conversations. Connected to the reality of Russian Language Course, Part 1, by J. daily life, you will learn basic Chinese characters (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Rochtchina (optional). useful for email or WeChat messages. Time: 1 to 3 pm Textbook: Living Language Chinese – Complete Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Instructor: Galina Sanaeva Edition, by Living Language (mandatory) Duration: 10 sessions Galina Sanaeva was born and raised in Russia and moved to Canada in 2010. In Russia, she Instructor: Dawn Yuan (see bio under Madarin: Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST chose an academic career and completed her MA Introductory) in Languages, Literature and Education and then Code: ASLA018 2019F C01 acquired a PhD at A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature in the Russian Academy of Sciences Mandarin: Intermediate The official language of Poland, Polish, is a in Moscow. Galina also holds a certificate blend of Slavic and European elements and the in Training Methods of Teaching Russian as Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 native language of over 40 million people. In Foreign Language from the Peoples’ Friendship this course, you’ll start with pronunciation and University of Russia. (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) progress to basic vocabulary and grammar. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to greet Time: 7 to 9 pm people, ask for and provide simple information, and much more. Whether you plan to travel to Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Poland, do business there, or just want to learn another language, you’ll feel more comfortable Duration: 10 sessions with this solid foundation for further study. Russian: Intermediate Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Code: ASLA313 2019F C11 Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 This course is for those who have already Textbook: Polski, Krok po Kroku: Coursebook for (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) completed Mandarin: Beginner (or the Learning Polish as a Foreign Language: Level A1 equivalent). Here, you’ll take your basic Author: Iwona Stempek, Anna Stelmach, Sylwia Time: 7:30 to 9:30 pm knowledge of Chinese characters and developed Dawidek, Aneta Szymkiewicz (available at UVic tone recognition and expand your ability to Bookstore) Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 build longer sentences, while continuing to learn about the culture through Chinese songs, Duration: 10 sessions poems, movies, and other art forms. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Instructor: Dorota Lockyer Code: ASLA304 2019F C11 Textbook: Living Language Chinese – Complete Dorota Lockyer is a bilingual English-Polish In this intermediate course, you will strengthen Edition, by Living Language (mandatory) speaker with a passion for Slavic languages and your conversation skills and expand your cultures. She has an MA in Slavic Studies (UVic) understanding of Russian grammar. We will also Instructor: Dawn Yuan (see bio under Madarin: and is currently completing her PhD (UBC). take advantage of online resources to further Introductory) Dorota has taught Polish, Russian and Slavic optimize your learning. Participants are expected to have some proficiency in Russian or to have completed Russian: Beginner (or the equivalent). continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 55

Textbook: Sputnik: An Introductory Russian Alicia has been teaching Spanish at Continuing Textbook: Complete Spanish Step-by-Step, by Language Course, Part 1 & 2, by J. Rochtchina Studies since 1998. Barbara Bregstein with McGraw-Hill (mandatory). (optional). Sputnik Workbook: An Introductory Russian Language Course, Part 2, by J. Spanish: Beginner Instructor: Gabriela McBee, PhD (Sept. 24) Rochtchina (optional). Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 Dr. Gabriela McBee was born in Cuba and Instructor: Galina Sanaeva (see bio under raised in Mexico. After living in Germany and Russian: Introductory) Time: 9:15 to 11:15 am the United States she came to Canada and has been teaching at the UVic since 1998. Dr. Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 McBee has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction and a BC Teaching Certificate. She also teaches SPANISH Duration: 10 sessions Spanish language and a course on Indigenous Peoples in Latin America with the Department Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST of Hispanic and Italian Studies. Dr. McBee has also taught German and English and worked Code: ASLA225 2019F C01 in interpretation and translation. She enjoys teaching, and her greatest motivation is Spanish: Introductory Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 watching students grow as they learn. Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 Time: 7 to 9 pm Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens (Sept. 25) (see bio under Spanish: Introductory) (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Time: 9:15 to 11:15 am Duration: 10 sessions Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Duration: 10 sessions Code: ASLA225 2019F C11 Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST This course is for those who have completed Code: ASLA025 2019F C01 Spanish: Introductory, or have a basic knowledge Date: Mondays, Sept. 23 to Dec. 9 of the language and wish to improve their Spanish: Advanced (no class Oct. 14 and Nov. 11) written and speaking skills. This course gives Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 Time: 7 to 9 pm you the opportunity to participate in class and strengthen your oral skills in a friendly Time: 1 to 3 pm Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 atmosphere. Essential grammar points will also Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Duration: 10 sessions be covered. Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Textbook: Complete Spanish Step-by-Step, by Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Barbara Bregstein with McGraw-Hill (mandatory). Code: ASLA025 2019F C11 Code: ASLA425 2019F C01 This introduction to Spanish is designed for Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens (Sept. 24) Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 those who have no previous knowledge of (see bio under Spanish: Introductory) the language. Here, you will acquire basic Time: 6 to 8 pm pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar, as well as conversation skills through practice in Instructor: Alicia Brown, (BA) (Sept. 25) (see bio Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 pairs and small groups. Videos and audiovisual under Spanish: Introductory) materials will enrich the content of your classes Duration: 10 sessions and teach important aspects of culture. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Spanish: Intermediate Code: ASLA425 2019F C11 Textbook: Complete Spanish Step-by-Step, by Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Nov. 26 This advanced conversation class is intended Barbara Bregstein with McGraw-Hill (mandatory) for those who have completed Spanish: Time: 6 to 8 pm Intermediate (formerly “Conversant”) or have a high intermediate to advanced level. This class Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens (Sept. 23, Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 is geared to help you maintain your fluency and 9:15 am) further enrich your vocabulary. Typical activities Duration: 10 sessions will include oral presentations and discussion of current events. Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens was born and raised Code: ASLA325 2019F C11 in Mexico City, where she taught ESL before moving to Canada in 1976. She has always been Date: Wednesdays, Sept. 25 to Nov. 27 Textbook: No textbook required connected with the education field, and has been teaching Spanish for more than 20 years Time: 9:15 to 11:15 am Instructor: Maria Elena Cuervo-Lorens (Sept. 24) in community schools and 11 years through (see bio under Spanish: Introductory) Continuing Studies. She is also the author of Register by: Sunday, Sept. 15 Maria Elena’s Mexican Cuisine and Mexican Culinary Treasures. Duration: 10 sessions Fee: $222 plus $11.10 GST Instructor: Gabriela McBee (Sept. 25) (see bio under Spanish: Intermediate) Code: ASLA325 2019F C01 Instructor: Alicia Brown (BA) (Sept. 23, 7 pm) Do you have a basic knowledge of Spanish FOR MORE INFORMATION: and are looking to progress further, or have Alicia Brown was born in Mexico, where she you recently completed Spanish: Beginner? World Languages worked as a civil engineer and a tutor before she This intermediate course will help you improve came to Canada in 1992. Her involvement at UVic your speaking abilities by giving you ample 250-721-8630 began in 1993, when she started as a lab monitor opportunities to practise conversation. An for the Hispanic and Italian Studies Department. increased emphasis on grammar will also [email protected] strengthen your writing skills. continuingstudies.uvic.ca/languages LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 56

TRAVEL TOURS DISCOVER THE WORLD WITH OUR GUIDED EDUCATIONAL TOURS Uncover the pleasures of learning while you explore fascinating and spectacular areas of the world where you and a small group of fellow travellers are led by academic guides, who share their knowledge of and enthusiasm for the destinations. What makes our Travel nature and the arts through visits to sites not Free Preview: 2020 Travel Study Program Tours unique? usually available to travellers and to those well-known sites. Date: Sunday, Oct.20 • Each tour is accompanied by an academic guide who is an expert in his/her field Join us! We welcome all interested persons, Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm regardless of educational background – you • Pre-tour classes where you’ll learn about your don’t need a prerequisite for this university Sessions: 1 tour’s focus, get answers to all your practical program! These tours will appeal to you if you questions and meet your travel companions want more from your travel experience than Fee: Admission is free, but you must standing in lines or shopping for souvenirs. pre-register, as seating is limited. • Small groups – maximum of 25 passengers per tour Included in your tour: Code: ASTS100 2019F C01 • An experienced tour coordinator travels with • Return airfare and comfortable land Whether you’re curious about travel study or you to ensure that everything runs smoothly transportation are a seasoned participant in our programs, you will enjoy this preview of our tours for 2020. • Gratuities to drivers and guides are included in • Accommodation Educational travel extends your imagination, the tour price life experience and appreciation of different • All admissions and excursions cultures. During the afternoon you will have Our Travel Study program offers educational the chance to discuss upcoming tours with travel to destinations around the globe. • Many meals, as indicated in tour itinerary our academic specialists, watch fascinating Itineraries are chosen carefully to offer a safe and presentations about each destination and comprehensive way to explore history, culture, • Baggage handling at hotels, where available learn more about the Travel Study program. Refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there! continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 57

From Mexico City to Oaxaca: Co-Academic Resources: Christine Forster tourist hotspots, such as the Musée du Louvre, Art and Food is a continuing sessional instructor in the as well as some lesser- known Parisian treasures, Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies such as an evening classical concert at the April 21 to May 10, 2020 at UVic. Rosa Stewart is an assistant teaching Sainte Chapelle, with its dazzling stained-glass professor in the Department of Hispanic and windows, and an entertaining tour of the From the architecture of ancient civilizations Italian Studies at UVic. famous and infamous residents of Père Lachaise to the galleries of modern design, this tour will Cemetery. In every city we will enjoy the take you on an exciting adventure through From Paris to Bayeux and the regional wines, cheeses and culinary specialties. Mexico to experience highlights of its rich Loire Valley You will also have some free time to explore artistic heritage and award-winning cuisine. on your own. Our pre-trip classes will offer On this 20-day tour, participants will be guided May 26 to June 13, 2020 historical and cultural insights that will deepen through the museums of Mexico City, from the On this 19-day travel tour of la Belle France, and enrich your travel experience. Join us for a impressive Museum of Anthropology and the we will discover three of its beautiful regions. memorable exploration of French history, wine, elegant Museo de Bellas Artes, to Frida Kahlo’s Our first destination will be the medieval city food and joie de vivre! charming Casa Azul. We will then travel by bus of Bayeux, in Normandy. Here we will view the to the beautiful towns of Puebla and Cholula, extraordinary Bayeux Tapestry, and the nearby Academic Resource: Betty-Joan Traverse, MA, with its famed 365 churches (one for each day historic World War II sites, focusing particularly Professor Emerita, University of the Fraser Valley of the year), talavera ceramics, and culinary on Juno Beach, site of the Canadian landings, specialties like mole poblano; San Miguel de and honouring our fallen at the very moving London – with visits to Oxford, Allende, known for its active artists’ colonies; Canadian cemetery. From there we will head Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath and Guanajuato, one of the most vibrant and to the lovely Loire Valley, where we will explore colourful towns in the Americas. From there, several jewels of Renaissance architecture, June 15 to 30, 2020 we will fly to the southern state of Oaxaca to such as the castles at Chenonceau, Chambord, On this leisurely 16-day tour to London and experience the diverse regional cuisine and Amboise et Blois. We will end our trip with five surrounding cities, we will enjoy a combination production of mezcal, while exploring the days in Paris, enjoying both the most popular of theatre and historical and cultural tours. workshops of local tapestry, black ceramic and alebrije artisans. LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 58

Upon arrival we will board our coach and head We then return to Prince Rupert and transfer panoramic view of the Mediterranean, before straight to Oxford for a three-night stay. During by ferry to Haida Gwaii, to visit some remote our journey home. our time here we’ll have a walking tour of Oxford Haida villages, as well as carving studios and University and visit the Bate Collection of musical museums, including the Cultural Centre in Academic Resource: Dr. Paul G. Chamberlain instruments and the Oxford Botanical Gardens, Qay'llnagaay (Skidegate). We also have time is a historical geographer who teaches at the the UK’s oldest, founded in 1621. From Oxford to relax and marvel at the pristine natural University of Victoria; he specializes in Middle we travel to Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace beauty of Haida Gwaii, with its diversity East studies and has a special interest in the of William Shakespeare and home to the Royal of flora and fauna and miles of unbroken history, comparative theology and current Shakespeare Company. We plan to attend a pristine beaches. political events in the region. He has travelled play and also enjoy an excursion to Coventry extensively throughout Israel three times. Cathedral. We then take a scenic drive through Academic Resource: Kerry Mason is an art the Cotswolds to the UNESCO World Heritage historian and author who lectures at the FOR MORE INFORMATION: city of Bath, where we will enjoy an architectural University of Victoria in the Department of Travel Tours walking tour, including a visit to the Roman History in Art and for the Division of Continuing 250-721-8827 Baths. Our final stop for five nights is London, Studies. Her courses focus on various topics of [email protected] where we will attend a play and a musical in the Canadian and BC art history with a particular continuingstudies.uvic.ca/travel West End, visit the Victoria and Albert Museum emphasis on Emily Carr and Northwest coast and take a boat trip on the Thames to Greenwich. art. Kerry has led four previous tours to DO THESE TOURS Also included will be a day excursion to the Northern British Columbia and two to Georgia INTEREST YOU? seaside resort town of Brighton. O’Keeffe’s New Mexico. The following tours are being Academic Resource: Robert Holliston is an Journey to Israel considered for 2021: accompanist and chamber player, and is currently keyboard department head and a Nov. 16 to Dec. 5, 2020 • Highlights of the Andes: Colombia, vocal coach at the Victoria Conservatory of A journey to Israel is an unforgettable Peru and Northern Argentina Music, as well as curator, public engagement at experience that encompasses the promised – May 2021 Pacific Opera Victoria. land of the Jews, the birthplace of Christianity and some of the holiest sites in Islam. But • New York, New York “Start Art History of our Northwest whether you come for religious, political or Spreadin’ the News…” Coast: Emily Carr and First hedonistic reasons this beautiful, troubled – May 2021 Nations land is undoubtedly going to challenge your preconceptions. • Jewels of the Habsburgs: Prague, Aug. 6 to 18, 2020 Vienna, Budapest Leave the big cities behind and join this exciting Our journey begins with a three day tour of – May/June 2021 13-day exploration of Northwest Coast art Jerusalem that will include a visit to the City and culture and the life and works of Emily of David, the Temple Mount and the Church of • Art History of Newfoundland: 500 Carr. Tracing Carr’s 1912 and 1928 journeys to the Holy Sepulchre, the traditional site of the Years of inspiration and Creativity vibrant communities of contemporary carvers crucifixion. – June 2021 and ancient village sites, we experience the rich history and warm hospitality of various First Then it’s off to Bethlehem and Jericho for two • Highlights of Scandinavia, with an Nations communities. days, before travelling along the shores of the Excursion to St. Petersburg Dead Sea where we will visit Qumrun and take – June 2021 Beginning with a visit to Campbell River and a ride in a gondola to the top of Masada. Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, we continue • Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico to Alert Bay on Cormorant Island to witness After this we will have a rest stop in Eilat, – September 2021 the legacy of internationally renowned Israel’s favourite beach resort. From here Kwakwaka'wakw carvers Willie Seaweed and we plan to include an overnight excursion LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE INTERESTED: Mungo Martin and visit the U'Mista Cultural to Petra, Jordan and then we’ll make our 250-721-7797 Centre, with its impressive collection of masks, way back to Beersheba to Abraham’s well [email protected] baskets, coppers, and canoes. before moving north to Tel Aviv to sample continuingstudies.uvic.ca/upcoming- Israel’s most modern and vibrant city. We will tours After we cruise the splendid inside passage complete our tour with a three day visit to from Port Hardy to Prince Rupert and the Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee, a tranquil ancestral home of the Tsimshian people, we setting where Christians believe Jesus travel inland by coach along the Skeena River multiplied the loaves of bread, delivered the to the home of the Gitxan. We will also visit Sermon on the Mount and walked on water. the Kitselas Cultural Centre and the Nisga’a Museum in the Nass Valley. On our way back to Tel Aviv we’ll stop at Haifa to visit the Baha’i gardens and enjoy a continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 LANGUAGES AND TRAVEL 59

Producing new perspectives... Science and Ecological Restoration BIRD IDENTIFICATION Birding Basics II: Waterbirds Instructor: James Clowater (BSc, MSc) AND BEHAVIOUR Date: Oct. 10 to Nov. 3 James Clowater is an ornithologist who specializes in the behavioural ecology of Time: Thursdays, Oct. 10 to 31, 7 to 9 marine birds. pm (4 lectures); and Sundays, Oct. 20 to Nov. 3, 9 to 11 am (3 field FOR MORE INFORMATION: trips) Bird Identification and Behaviour 250-721-8481 Duration: 7 sessions [email protected] continuingstudies.uvic.ca/bird Fee: $125 plus $6.25 GST Code: ASSC227 2019F C01 Winter is the time to enjoy waterbirds in Victoria: most waterbirds breed elsewhere and return to coastal waters to spend the winter feeding, socializing and building up reserves for the next breeding season. In this series of four lectures and three field trips, you will learn the skills necessary to find and identify local waterbirds, including geese, swans, ducks, gulls and terns. Lectures will include slide and video presentations, and field trips will visit local birding hotspots. SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 60

ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION ETHNOBOTANY SERIES were cultivated and owned in ‘gardens’. Fiona is a long-time organic farmer and commercial seed grower specializing in food plants and soft fruit production. She holds an MA from the University of Victoria (French and Environmental Studies), an MSc from Oxford (Environmental Change and Management), and a Masters in Environmental Design from the University of Calgary. She has authored or co-authored numerous field guides, including Wild Berries of BC, and owns and operates Metchosin Farm, a small organic operation on Southern Vancouver Island specializing in heritage and locally-adapted seeds as well as a wide variety of soft fruits. Green Shores™ Training This series consists of four stand alone sessions NEW The Ethical Forager that introduce students to the related subjects of Protecting shorelines in the face of climate ethnobotany, native food plant cultivation, the Date: Thursday and Saturday, Oct. 10 change and sea level rise has largely focused ethical forager, and basic seed saving. Sessions on building seawalls and dikes. While these consist of class time and field trips. to 12 structures provide protection in the short term, they’re expensive and often contribute to Time: Thursday, Oct. 10, 6 to 9 pm erosion and habitat loss at other locations along (lecture); and Saturday, Oct. the shoreline. As an alternative to hard armoring NEW Ethnobotany101 12, 10 am to 1 pm (field day in solutions like seawalls, the Green Shores program Metchosin). Note: Transportation provides practical strategies for shoreline design is not provided. and management, and the promotion of healthy shoreline environments. Open to homeowners Date: Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 2 Duration: 2 sessions and shoreline professionals, these one- and two- day workshops provide information about the and 3 Fee: $58 plus $2.90 GST Green Shores program, including its rationale, benefits and application. Topics covered include Time: 4 to 7 pm Code: ASSC293 2019F C01 shoreline ecology and governance, Green ShoresTM credits and ratings systems, and a visit Duration: 2 sessions Imagine if you could leave your favourite to local shorelines to consider the concepts in a practical setting. Visit greenshores.ca or send an Fee: $58 plus $2.90 GST berry bushes and medicinal tea plants email to: [email protected] for information about upcoming workshops. Code: ASSC292 2019F C01 healthier, stronger and with a larger and more FOR MORE INFORMATION: This course will provide students with an stable population than if you had not done Ecological Restoration 250-721-8458 introduction to ethnobotany, which is the study your harvesting? This course goes beyond [email protected] continuingstudies.uvic.ca/ECO of the relationship between humans and plants. conventional foraging practice to introduce Using examples from First Nations, European the concepts of gratitude, stewardship and and other cultures, students will learn about reciprocity. Many traditionally-managed plants key traditional plant management practices as respond well to human interactions if these are well as the philosophical foundations such as done purposefully and respectfully. Indeed, left reciprocity and stewardship. The field portion to grow ‘naturally’, these plants can have higher of this course will identify key native species levels of disease and lower health than if they and show students first-hand how culturally are being regularly picked and tended. Today, important plants such as cattail, willow, nettle, culturally-important plants such as springbank camas and others were traditionally cultivated clover, camas and nettle are all on the decline, to enhance production and health. Learning in and the ethical forager can help to reverse this both sections of this course will be hands-on trend. Using a number of traditionally-managed and experiential. This course, while standing on plants in both Europe and BC such as willow, its own, is designed to be the first in a series of 4 cattail and nettle, you will learn about the ethics hands-on courses that will introduce students to of stewardship as well as practices such as the related subjects of ethnobotany, native food pruning and transplanting to assist the plants plant cultivation, the ethical forager and basic you are harvesting from. seed saving. Instructor: Fiona-Grace Hamersley Chambers (see bio under Ethnobotany 101) Instructor: Fiona-Grace Hamersley Chambers Fiona Hamersley Chambers is an ethnobotanist whose research focuses on traditional foods and how northwest coast First Peoples managed and co-evolved with their plant resources. Her PhD work on B.C.’s Central Coast, working collaboratively with the Heiltsuk First Nation and supervised by renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy J Turner, investigates how key berry plants continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 61

NEW Native Plant Food Cultivation organic seeds of squash, kale, lettuce and tomato Introduction to Chemistry # in the Home Garden varieties from Metchosin Farm with which to practice their newfound seed-growing skills. Date: Sept. 4 to Dec. 4 Date: Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 15 Instructor: Fiona-Grace Hamersley Chambers (see Duration: 13 weeks and 16 bio under Ethnobotany 101) Fee: $182.50 plus $9.13 GST Time: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 6 to 9 pm FOR MORE INFORMATION: Ethnobotany Series Code: ASCH091 2019F D01 (lecture); and Wednesday, Oct. 250-472-4507 [email protected] This online tutorial course is designed to provide 16, 10 am to noon (campus walk). continuingstudies.uvic.ca/ethno background for those who intend to enrol in a Note: Please dress appropriately GENERAL SCIENCE AND MATH university-level introductory general chemistry for the weather. course. If you do not have the equivalent of Duration: 2 sessions Chemistry 12, you may be allowed to use this Fee: $58 plus $2.90 GST course to fulfill that prerequisite. Code: ASSC294 2019F C01 Prerequisites: Prerequisites for this course include successful completion of Principles First Nations practiced extensive cultivation and of Mathematics 12 or Pre-Calculus 12, and landscape management practices to enhance Chemistry 11, or their equivalents. Transcripts key food plant species throughout what we must be provided to the Division of Continuing now think of as British Columbia. This was not a Studies to show completion of these courses wilderness, and these stewardship practices are before permission to register is granted. not recognized or known today to the extent that they should be. Through the description Instructor: Monica Reimer of culturally-important plants such as camas, cattail, nettle, willow and others, this course will Monica Reimer is a senior lab instructor with the describe how First Nations cultivated important Department of Chemistry, UVic. resources and even changed landscapes as a result. Many of these key species also have a NEW Down the Rabbit Hole - long tradition of management and usage in Quantum Physics for Nonphysicists Europe and Asia, where they also grow and were important historically. The lecture portion of this Date: Thursdays, Sept. 19 to Oct. 24 course will be followed by hands-on field time where students will learn how to prune, fertilize, Time: 7 to 9 pm propagate and otherwise care for these plants. Duration: 8 sessions Instructor: Fiona-Grace Hamersley Chambers (see Fee: $140 plus $7 GST bio under Ethnobotany 101) Code: ASSC284 2019F C01 Introduction to Biology and Natural History # What does this word “quantum” even mean? NEW Introduction to Seed Saving Sounds daunting, doesn’t it? Forget about Date: Thursday and Saturday, Oct. 17 Date: Sept. 4 to Dec. 4 everything you have learned about the nature to 19 Register by: Friday, Nov. 1 of reality and be prepared for a fun ride down Time: Thursday, Oct. 17, 6 to 9 pm Duration: 13 weeks the rabbit hole! We will explore the key concepts (lecture); and Saturday, Oct. 19, 10 am to 1 pm (field day in Fee: $85 plus $4.25 GST of quantum physics, such as the elementary Metchosin). Note: Transportation is not provided. particles, the fundamental forces, the dual nature Code: ER099 2019F D01 of matter, non-locality, superposition, quantum This online self-study course is for people tunneling, and the mystery of dark matter. These Duration: 2 sessions looking to gain foundational, scientifically sound, concepts provide a liberating lens to perceive the Fee: $58 plus $2.90 GST knowledge in biology and natural history. It is world around you differently. This course is not organized into eleven study units outlining the limited to the classroom – we will also explore Code: ASSC291 2019F C01 general principles by which plants and animals some hands-on aspects through field trips at In this course students will be introduced to interact with each other and their surroundings. UVic. Once you enter this magical world, you will key concepts in seed saving, with the goal of Our course will guide you, self-paced, through be astounded by the possibilities! supporting them in growing and successfully each unit so that you can attain a Certificate of Instructor: Skye Sen (PhD) harvesting their own garden seed. Topics will be Completion on successfully passing the course. covered in a hands-on way by focusing on 4 key If you’re planning to apply to the Ecological Skye Goksenin Sen holds a PhD in science education and curriculum studies with a seed crops: lettuce, kale, tomatoes and squash. Restoration or the Restoration of Natural Systems background in physics engineering and 20 years of teaching experience with people from ages Students will gain a basic understanding of programs, this course will fulfill our requirements 7-77. Her doctoral studies focused on how middle school teachers learn and teach the concepts relevant plant biology and reproduction, soil and of a biology course equivalent. of quantum physics. She is a facilitator who has a passion for working with the conceptual plant health, isolation distances and the concept understanding of quantum mechanics to promote opportunities for critical and creative thinking. of minimum population numbers. This course will also cover the processing methods for wet (fermenting) and dry (threshing) seeds as well as successful storage requirements. Students will each be given locally grown and certified SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION \\ Intensive ( Certificate/diploma Credit options # Online 62

NEW Turn Up the Heat! Physics of Instructor: Chedomir Barone (MMus, MSc) NEW Life’s Emergence and Evolution Fire, Furnaces and Nuclear Fission Chedo Barone studied both music and Date: Thursday, Sept. 12 mathematics at the University of Victoria. He Date: Tuesdays, Sept. 24 to Oct. 15 earned his MMus (Composition and Theory) in Time: 10 am to noon 2004, and his MSc. (Discrete Mathematics/Graph Time: 9:30 to 11:30 am Theory) in 2008. He has taught mathematics for Duration: 1 session over a decade at the University of Victoria. Register by: Monday, Sept. 23 Fee: $29.95 plus $1.50 GST FOR MORE INFORMATION: Duration: 4 sessions General Science and Math Code: ASSC285-1 2019F C01 250-472-5442 Fee: $80 plus $4 GST [email protected] Join us in exploring how life got going on Earth continuingstudies.uvic.ca/GEN nearly 3.8 billion years ago and the mechanisms Code: ASSC286 2019F C01 by which it continues to evolve. Scientists now EVOLUTION AND believe that organic life arose out of inorganic Have you ever wondered why your bare feet feel EXTINCTION SERIES material in a complex series of chemical interactions. Once simple cells emerged, warm on the mat but cold on the tiles next to biological evolution started up and has been guiding the development of life ever since. it? Or why ice forms from the surface of a lake and not from the bottom? We’ll answer these questions and many more. In this introduction to thermodynamics, we Instructor: Donald Macdonald (BSc, MSc) will examine how heat and temperature are measured, how heat energy is transferred, Don Macdonald holds a BSc and MSc from the and how heat affects different materials. University of Alberta in earth sciences. In his The emphasis will be on concepts rather career he has been a research geoscientist, an than computation, with lots of engaging energy research manager, an environmental/ demonstrations to clarify the physics and keep climate change policy advisor, and a lecturer things lively. at MacEwan University and the University of Alberta. He has authored approximately 40 Instructor: Peter Hopkinson scientific publications. A former Edmontonian, he currently lives in Sidney, BC. He also teaches Peter Hopkinson taught introductory physics to mindfulness meditation at the McTavish adults for many years at Vancouver Community Academy of Art. College and has recently taught physics courses with Continuing Studies at UVic. He promotes an NEW Extinction Events on Earth understanding of the underlying concepts rather than traditional computation. Date: Thursday, Sept. 19 Mathematical Skills # Time: 10 am to noon Date: Mondays and Thursdays, Sept. 30 Duration: 1 session to Nov. 28 NEW SERIES REGISTRATION Fee: $29.95 plus $1.50 GST (no class Oct.14 and Nov.11) Date: Thursdays, Sept. 12 to 26 Code: ASSC285-2 2019F C01 Time: 5:30 to 7:30 pm Time: 10 am to noon Global mass extinction events have occurred at Duration: 9 weeks Duration: 3 sessions least five times in the geological past and are the Fee: $75 plus $3.75 GST result of often-complicated and interconnected Fee: $325 plus $16.25 GST Code: ASSC285 2019F C00 causes. In this course we will focus on how Code: ASMA099 2019F C01 Life arose from inorganic matter about 3.8 billion these mass extinction events severely knocked This non-credit preparatory course provides years ago and has been guided by biological life back and thereby altered the trajectory of a review of the fundamental concepts and problem-solving skills taught prior to Grade 12. evolution ever since. However, life had been biological evolution. The death of the dinosaurs Topics include fractions, ratios and proportions; shape, space and geometry; right triangle rocked back and evolution redirected, by at least and the rise of mammals 66 million years ago is trigonometry; exponents; lines, polynomials and factoring; functions; co-ordinate systems; five major global mass extinction events. Over a familiar example, but is not the only example graphing functions and solving equations and inequalities. the past 20,000 years humans have instigated a we will study. sixth extinction event that is accelerating today. Instructor: Donald Macdonald (see bio under Life's Emergence and Evolution) This sixth extinction event is again dramatically changing life’s evolutionary trajectory; producing many winners and losers. This series consists of If you successfully complete this course, you may three stand-alone sessions: you can register for a apply to the UVic Department of Mathematics and Statistics for permission to take Math 120, single session or receive a discounted rate if you Math 151 or Math 161. register in the entire series. continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 63

NEW The Anthropocene Extinction an understanding of the importance of creating worked on the restoration of the gardens at a landscape design has made it possible to plan Government House, St. Ann’s Academy, and the Date: Thursday, Sept. 26 and build many beautiful and successful gardens. Japanese Shinto Tea Garden at the Art Gallery of This class will show you the basic tools and Greater Victoria. Time: 10 am to noon techniques that designers use, and will provide you with essential information and practical Duration: 1 session skills. Jeff de Jong has taught garden design for several years and can help you understand the Fee: $29.95 plus $1.50 GST process. Through this introduction to garden NEW Small Plants with Big Impact design, you will be able to move on to a more Code: ASSC285-3 2019F C01 advanced class in the future. Date: Wednesday, Oct. 16 The impact of human activities on the Earth Instructor: Jeff de Jong Time: 7 to 9 pm system are becoming so great that scientists have coined a new geological epoch: The Jeff de Jong has been teaching gardening classes Duration: 1 session Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is also resulting for over 20 years in Canada and abroad, and in a sixth great mass extinction event of hundreds hosts Victoria’s only radio gardening program Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST of species and in turn, is changing the direction of on CFAX, Gardening 101. He writes for numerous biological evolution on Earth. We will examine how gardening magazines and leads garden tours Code: ASSC289 2019F C01 over the past 20,000 years, humans instigated a throughout the world. major large mammalian faunal extinction. We will Good things come in small packages and that also study how in the past 150 years or so, human impacts to the land, oceans, ice, atmosphere and certainly applies to plants. The most fragrant, the climate system are radically changing Earth’s systems and its inhabitants. beautiful and striking plants are often small in size but HUGE in impact. These jewels are lost in a herbaceous border, yet in the right place they will shine. Jeff de Jong will be exploring some small but mighty plants that you can have on a balcony or in a grand garden. This class Instructor: Donald Macdonald (see bio under NEW Gardens in History: Victorian will certainly make you want to find room for Life's Emergence and Evolution) and Edwardian Gardens these beauties. We will discuss woody plants and perennials and even bulbs in this class, with Date: Saturdays, Oct. 5 to 26 many that are rare and unusual. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Instructor: Jeff de Jong (see bio under Garden Design for Beginners) Evolution and Extinction Series Duration: 4 sessions 250-721-8481 Fee: $85 plus $4.25 GST [email protected] Code: ASSC287 2019F C01 More Bulbs for Your Buck continuingstudies.uvic.ca/evolution If gardens could speak, what stories would they Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23 tell? Gardens involve plants, design, exploration, Time: 7 to 9 pm innovation, wealth, politics and empire. Many of HORTICULTURE AND these characteristics can be seen in two of the Duration: 1 session NATURE TOURS most vibrant and important eras in the history of Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST the British Empire and its colonies; the Victorian Code: ASSC275 2019F C01 (1837-1901) and Edwardian (1901-1910) ages. This autumn is your chance to make a fresh start on creating a striking and extraordinary garden! These were times of rapid and tumultuous You might think that planting bulbs is a lot of work with little reward. This is the furthest thing change and the garden styles reflected many of from the truth. Jeff de Jong is going to transform your garden into a place that will continue to those changes. In Gardens in History: Victorian & flourish and be more beautiful year after year. This talk will focus on design and bulb choices Edwardian Gardens, we will explore these garden that will add beauty and value to any yard. styles through the ‘lens’ of some of the most important historical and beautiful gardens of Victoria. Join art historian and master gardener Susan Instructor: Jeff de Jong (see bio under Garden Hawkins as we explore and visit some of the Design for Beginners) gardens of Victoria and examine their place NEW Garden Design for Beginners in the history of gardens. We will survey such 4 Seasons X 10 Plants = One Amazing notable gardens as: Royal Roads Hatley Park, Landscape! Gertrude Jekyll inspired Samuel McClure Date: Saturday, Oct. 5 landscapes, Finnerty Gardens, Beacon Hill Park, Date: Wednesday, Oct. 30 Japanese gardens, and Government House, Time: 1:30 to 4:30 pm which we will also visit. Time: 7 to 9 pm Duration: 1 session Instructor: Susan Hawkins Duration: 1 session Fee: $46 plus $2.30 GST Susan Hawkins completed both her BA and MA Fee: $28 plus $1.40 GST in Art History and Visual Studies at the University Code: ASSC288 2019F C01 of Victoria, where she also completed a program Code: ASSC276 2019F C01 in Heritage Landscapes & Gardens. She is a Do you have a love for gardening and plants, but landscape horticulturalist, master gardener, Four seasons and a total of ten plants in each garden designer and garden historian, and has season can be the foundation to a marvelous have never tried to create a garden design on garden! The PNW Garden can certainly have excitement in every season. Trees, shrubs, paper? If you have a desire to get your ideas onto paper then this is the class for you! Developing SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 64

perennials, annuals, bulbs and vines – the FROM WAR TO WELFARE: We are trying to breed resistant crop varieties, choices seem endless and at times cause FUNGI AND PLANTS SERIES and to develop new fungicides that protect our confusion for the gardener rather than joy. Jeff domesticated plants. One of the best of these is de Jong and David Whiting will join forces to produced by a saprobic fungus. help you discover some unusual and exciting plants along with some exceptional new cultivars Instructor: Bryce Kendrick (PhD, DSc Mycology) of old favourites. David and Jeff have recently created a new garden and want to share what Bryce has published more than 300 research plants a year-round garden should have. This will papers, and written or co-authored several be a class filled with banter and fun, helping us books, including the widely used university text all to grow a better and healthier landscape! The Fifth Kingdom. He taught and researched at the University of Waterloo for 30 years before Instructor: Jeff de Jong (see bio under Garden retiring to BC in 1994. Design for Beginners) NEW Botanical Watercolour Parasites and Companions: The Life of Illustration Mycoheterotrophic Plants Date: Wednesday, Oct. 23 Date: Saturday, Nov. 2 SERIES REGISTRATION Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Date: Wednesdays, Oct. 9 to 23, and Duration: 1 session Duration: 1 session Saturday, Nov. 2 Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Fee: $63 plus $3.15 GST Time: Weekly lectures 1:30 to 3:30 pm; Code: ASSC253-3 2019F C01 Saturday field trip 10 am to noon Code: ASSC290 2019F C01 Most of the non-photosynthesizing plants we Long before cameras were invented explorers Duration: 4 sessions once called saprophytes, under the assumption used illustrations to log the flora and fauna they discovered. Botanical illustration was not Fee: $87 plus $4.35 GST that they lived directly on decaying matter, are considered an Art as much as it was considered for practical information. The drawings were painted Code: ASSC253 2019F C01 now known to depend on fungal partnerships. to mirror the plants color and size. They were also labeled with the correct botanical name. Today we This series consists of three stand-alone sessions and Instructor: Andy MacKinnon (MSc, DSc) can see how stunning these illustrations can be. Jeff de Jong will guide a class to paint their own a field trip.You may register for a single session or illustration. If you want to explore your inner artist then this class is a great place to start! receive a discount if you register for the entire series. Instructor: Andy MacKinnon, whose graduate research was in mycology, is the co-author of six What Does It Mean?: Mycorrhizas, guidebooks to BC plants. He recently retired from Mushrooms and Plants a 30-year career as a forest ecologist with the BC Forest Service. Date: Wednesday, Oct. 9 NOTE: This class is designed for the novice and Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Field Trip: Strange Partnerships of the price includes all the materials needed. Fungi and Plants Duration: 1 session Instructor: Jeff de Jong (see bio under Garden Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Date: Saturday, Nov. 2 Design for Beginners) Code: ASSC253-1 2019F C01 Time: 10 am to noon An overview of the world of mycorrhizal Duration: 1 session Nature Explorations at Yellow mushrooms, focusing on the major types of Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST Point Lodge fungal symbiosis and examining the networks “The leaders, the laughter, the environment: this has been one of the most enriching weeks of my that fungi establish with and between plants. Code: ASSC253-5 2019F C01 life.” – Past participant Instructor: Kem Luther (PhD) Join some of the instructors on a field trip to view This popular program will be back for its 35th mycorrhizal mushrooms and some of their plant year from April 20 to 24, 2020. Registration will Kem Luther is a Victoria-based writer and symbionts. begin after the Jan–Aug 2020 Calendar is mailed naturalist. His new book Boundary Layer explores out in early December. the stegnon, the curious world of fungi, mosses, FOR MORE INFORMATION: lichens and plants that live along the ground in Coordinator: Anne L. Fraser Pacific Northwest ecosystems. Fungi and Plants Series How Fungi Attack Our Food Plants 250-721-8463 [email protected] continuingstudies.uvic.ca/fungi-series Date: Wednesday, Oct. 16 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm Horticulture and Nature Tours 250-721-8458 Duration: 1 session [email protected] Fee: $24 plus $1.20 GST continuingstudies.uvic.ca/HORT Code: ASSC253-6 2019F C01 A fairly large number of fungi attack various parts of our food plants and threaten harvests. continuingstudies.uvic.ca • 250-472-4747 SCIENCE AND ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION 65

with instructor James Clowater By Therese Eley, Marketing Services “We all grew up with nature shows showing animals from “People get most excited about the songbirds course, where I Africa and other countries, but so little do people realise teach beginners how to listen to birds and learn how to identify what’s right here,” says James Clowater, a lifelong naturalist and them by their song. I have a technique where I help people longtime instructor with Continuing Studies at UVic. “What I like compartmentalize the kind of sounds that they’re hearing.” to do is get people excited about the animals and nature that He explains, “When you’re listening to the dawn chorus in the are in our own back yard.” morning, and there’s so many birds singing all at once, it can be a bit bewildering, but if you learn some skills to separate the In 1998, upon returning to Victoria after completing his different types of songs, then it’s easier to identify them.” masters degree at Simon Fraser University, James developed his first course, Marine Birds, for Continuing Studies. “I originally While James’ passion for nature began with solitary adventures designed it for the tourism industry, so when they didn’t see as a young boy, it soon grew to be something he enjoyed whales, they could talk about marine birds. I would, at the time, sharing with others. “As a child, about seven or eight, I get just about every park naturalist, ranger or eco-tourism remember going out into the bush and spending all day in the worker in Victoria coming to take my course.” woods, building forts and cutting trails, by myself.” But soon enough he noticed his demographic expanding to “Then as a young man, a naturalist who was learning about all include lots of regular people who just wanted to know more the plants and such, I would share [my knowledge] with anyone about the birds and wildlife they were seeing around Victoria. who cared to learn. After all, that’s how I had first learned, going So he started adding additional courses to meet the interests of out with the Natural History Society in Comox.” his students. DISCOVERY: IT'S IN OUR NATURE 66

What I like to do is get people excited about the animals and nature that is in our own back yard. James spends hours wandering the streets and parks of Victoria searching for new species to include in his Trees of Victoria course. And he still enjoys it. “Almost every outing something really “The idea struck me as I was walking around Victoria and I special happens—I often see something I’ve never seen looked up and I saw this tree and I wondered ‘what is that?!’ before. But you have to be open to perceiving what’s going because I know it’s not from here. But how do you look that on around you.” up? Your local field guides won’t have them because trees planted in the urban environment can be from anywhere in the He goes on to say, “I don’t think people really appreciate the world.” So he spends hours scouring through scant resources, natural environment and they don’t understand that without photographing characteristics, identifying trees, and compiling valuing and looking after it, it will be human life that will be it into a web site and database so comprehensive, he’s not sure endangered. If you don’t look after nature, the human race isn’t if it will be completed in his lifetime. going to survive, and we’re seeing some of those effects now. So my philosophy is, for every person that I can excite about “So it is my own interest in learning about nature that leads to nature, I am doing my part to ensure that both humans and the producing more courses. I’m retired now but this has allowed natural environment will be here for future generations.” me to combine my personal passion with my own learning opportunities and be able to share it with others. It’s like my This is why James goes out of his way to explore topics that own continuing education.” people just don’t know about. His latest personal project, Trees of Victoria has already spawned a new course about the identification of native and exotic conifers in the city. DISCOVERY: IT'S IN OUR NATURE 67

General The Farquhar at UVic University of Victoria Legacy information Art Galleries The Farquhar at UVic is the largest performing CAMPUS SERVICES arts venue located on campus, presenting high The Legacy Art Gallery Downtown is UVic’s profile music, theatre, dance and performances primary gallery space and is free and open to the Academic accommodations by many community groups. It is also home to all public. The gallery presents rotating exhibitions UVic convocation ceremonies. $10 Student Rush and programs that focus on the university’s At Continuing Studies at UVic, we want to Tickets are available with a valid ONECard two remarkable art collection. Teaching and research support all of our students towards achieving weeks in advance of select Farquhar Presented spaces have been added to the facility, which success. Sometimes this means providing events. Students are encouraged to follow The continues to showcase the Michael C. Williams academic accommodations to reduce barriers Farquhar at UVic’s Facebook and Twitter feeds for collection, as well as other material from the and provide different ways of meeting essential more information on upcoming shows and on university’s rich and diverse collections. The course or program requirements. Of course, Student Rush Tickets availability (facebook.com/ Legacy Art Gallery is a lively and engaging centre fulfilling these requirements remains the UVicFarq and twitter.com/UVicFarquhar). for art that is easily accessible to the community responsibility of learners, but there are things and enables students to study both art and that we can do to help. Some barriers could FOR MORE INFORMATION curatorial practice. include: 250-721-8480 | uvic.ca/farquhar Legacy Maltwood (at the Mearns Centre— • Mobility challenges University Food Services McPherson Library on campus) is located on the lower level of the McPherson Library. Gallery hours • Visual impairment (low vision/blind) University Food Services (UNFS) operates the are the same as the library. This gallery is a storage, following: reference and exhibition facility dedicated to the • Learning disability, ADHD permanent collection of works of art on paper. • Arts Place, Fine Arts Building Exhibitions draw from the permanent Collection • Deaf or hard of hearing and rotate regularly. The Legacy Maltwood Gallery • BiblioCafé, McPherson Library is free and open to the public. • Chronic pain • Cap’s Bistro & Village Market, Cadboro FOR MORE INFORMATION • Anxiety Commons Legacy Art Gallery Downtown, 630 Yates St, Victoria 10 am–4 pm; Wednesday–Saturday Learners with long-term or chronic medical • Commons Kitchen, Cadboro Commons 250-721-6562 | legacy.uvic.ca issues and learners with disabilities are encouraged to contact our student support • Court Café, Fraser Building UVic Alumni Association coordinator as early as possible to see how we can best support their learning. • Halftime, CARSA The UVic Alumni Association represents all graduates of the University of Victoria, including FOR MORE INFORMATION • Mac’s, MacLaurin Building graduates of diploma and certificate programs. Student Support Coordinator We encourage active, lifelong involvement in the 250-721-8473 | [email protected] • Mystic Market, University Centre (10 outlets) university’s teaching, research and community continuingstudies.uvic.ca/campus-info outreach efforts. • Nibbles & Bytes Café, Engineering Lab Wing Mearns Centre for Learning – The association offers a host of benefits and McPherson Library • SciCafé, Bob Wright Building services that link alumni with their university. Visit us and learn about our events, programs The Mearns Centre for Learning – McPherson • Village Greens, Cadboro Commons and services. The UVic Torch Alumni Magazine is Library provides a comfortable, positive and mailed free of charge twice each year and we welcoming learning environment for students When students, faculty and staff use their distribute a monthly electronic newsletter to all and allows cold food and covered drinks in most ONECard Flex Funds at any UNFS outlet*, alumni who provide us with their email address. areas. Continuing Studies students taking any they receive a 5% discount on their purchase. non-credit course are eligible to borrow library Campus guests may obtain a GUESTCard from FOR MORE INFORMATION materials. Visit the Loan Desk to set up your free the ONECard Office that also provides 5% off 250-721-6000 | [email protected] | alumni.uvic.ca community card and start exploring the libraries’ purchases at all UNFS outlets*. resources with borrowing privileges. UVic Bookstore/Blink Print/ You may add Flex Funds to your ONECard at Computer Store FOR MORE INFORMATION uvic.ca/food or in-person at the ONECard or UVic Libraries, borrowing and resources: UNFS Office. A variety of items essential to academic success Loan Desk: 250-721-8230 | [email protected] are on hand. We stock new and used texts, as well uvic.ca/library *Please note that purchases made at the Village as digital versions when available. All textbooks Market or General Store are exempt from the 5% requested by faculty are stocked in the store. Students residing outside Victoria, contact discount. Textbook listings are available in-store and online, Distance Learning and Research (Infoline): three weeks before the beginning of each term. 250-721-6488 | [email protected] 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% of 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. To provide feedback or book a complimentary appointment with the dietitian, email [email protected]. FOR MORE INFORMATION 250-472-4777 | [email protected] | uvic.ca/food GENERAL INFORMATION 68

The Bookstore’s general book department carries 33 UVic from James Bay via Fort, Richmond and 1. If you have access to My Page, sign up for UVic Emergency Alerts and receive emergency text a comprehensive selection of both academic Cedar Hill X Road—when UVic is in full session messages. Visit uvic.ca/alerts for more info. and general titles and can special order any 39 UVic/Royal Roads via McKenzie, Shelbourne, 2. Use texting, not calls, to tell people you’re safe. book currently in print that is not currently Mt. Doug Park, Royal Oak, Interurban, 3. At the time of an emergency, check the UVic website at uvic.ca for information. stocked. The Bookstore also handles regalia Helmcken, Wilkinson, Old Island Highway and 4. Medical emergency? Call 911 and Campus rentals for graduates, offers a wide selection of Western Exchange—evening and weekend Security Services: 250-721-7599. Give your location. contemporary UVic crested clothing, school and trips to Royal Oak Exchange only 5. Fire? Pull the fire alarm and get out of the building—follow the instructions of the stationery supplies, and has a unique gift section. 51 UVic/Langford Exchange via McKenzie, Trans emergency coordinators wearing safety vests. Blink Print is a wide format print shop located Canada Hwy, Old Island Hwy and Kelly Road 6. Damaging earthquake? Drop, Cover and Hold on the lower level of the Bookstore. They offer 76x Swartz Bay Express: UVic/Swartz Bay Ferry On. Do not leave the building until the shaking the most affordable large format printing on Terminal via McKenzie and Pat Bay Highway stops. Go to the playing fields behind CARSA and campus which includes presentation posters, —early Fri. afternoon from UVic, and late Sun. stay away from the buildings. signs, banners, decals and more. Blink’s services afternoon and evening from Swartz Bay only. are open to the public as well as the campus Operates only when UVic is in full session 7. Threat of violence? Protect yourself by getting out, hiding or as a last resort—fight. community. FOR MORE INFORMATION 8. If you evacuate a building take your wallet, The Computer Store carries a wide selection of BC Transit: 250-382-6161 | bctransit.com keys and mobile phone with you. laptops, hardware and accessories. For the most current changes to routes, visit the website and use Google trip planner. 9. If you see something, say something—call 911 or Campus Security Services: 250-721-7599 to FOR MORE INFORMATION report an emergency or unusual behaviour. Bookstore/Computer Store: Monday–Friday, Campus safety Parking 8:30 am–5:30 pm; Saturday, 11 am–5 pm 250-721-8311 | uvicbookstore.ca Campus Security Services is committed to Pay parking is in effect Monday to Saturday, 24 promoting a safe and welcoming environment to hours. Pay by Licence (PBL) is now in effect on campus, visitors will be required to enter their enhance the well-being of students, staff, faculty licence plate at the parking dispenser at the time of purchase. Parking permits may be purchased VISITING THE UVIC CAMPUS and visitors, and to protect all university property. at any of the parking permit dispensers located Campus Security Services is open 24 hours a in lots outside Ring Road or in advance online at parking.uvic.ca. The University of Victoria encoura­ ges visitors to day, seven days a week. A“safe haven”is located use sustainable transportation to get to campus: just inside their front doors should you need These permits are valid only in the General transit, walking, cycling and car­pooli­ng. For help at any time. SafeWalk services are available Parking areas in numbered lots only, not at detailed information on travel choices available any time to anyone wanting an escort within parking meters or Reserved Parking areas. The to you, please visit: uvic.ca/sustainability/topics/ campus boundaries. Campus Alone is available lots inside Ring Road are for Reserved permit transportation/drivingalternatives. 24 hours a day for individu­ als who work/study holders until after 4:30 pm weekdays, at which in isolated areas on campus and are concerned time General permit holders may park. The “after 4:30” rule for General Parking permits does not Buses about their personal safety. Security Officers act apply to the areas marked “24-hour Reserved.” as First Responders trained to handle all medical Dispensers accept both coin and credit cards. The campus bus terminal is located beside the emergencies. Crime prevention, personal safety There are a number of short-term, coin-operated Campus Services Buildi­ng, Finnerty Road. The parking meters provided for visitor use. inform­ ation and workshops are available. campus is served by the following bus routes: FOR MORE INFORMATION Reminders: Campus Security Services: 250-721-6683 4 UVic/Downtown via Douglas, Hillside and uvic.ca/security/parking • Be alert and aware of your surroundings Henderson • Trust your instincts 7 UVic/Downtown via Fairfield, Foul Bay and • Plan your route and vary it, if possible Henderson • Park in well-lit areas 11 UVic/Tillicum Mall via Arbutus, Uplands, • Keep your vehicle locked Cadboro Bay, Fort, Douglas and Gorge • Wallets and purses are attractive targets to 12 UVic/University Heights via Cedar Hill, thieves—don’t leave unattended Kenmore, Tyndall, San Juan, Arbutus and • Have your keys ready before you get to Finnerty your vehicle 13 Ten Mile Point/University Heights via McKenzie, • Check interior of vehicle before entering UVic, Finnerty, Sinclair, Cadboro Bay, Arbutus 1 145 X HURUiVVecliihmccm//VDcokiocen.wndGn,eFtnooewrrtna, Dl voiaugCleads,aBr aHyi,llCXra-Rigo falodw, e r an d C2PFOe5ar0mRs-oM7pn2uOa1sRl-S7ESe5aINc9feuF9trOy|itRwyCMoeSAboeT.rrudvIOviicniNcea.sctoa//rSs:ae2fc5eu0Wr-i7at2ylk1S-8e9rv8i1ces: Esquimalt via Foul Bay, Yates/Fort and Douglas Emergency procedures – just in case Esquimalt 16X Limited Stop Service—UVic/Uptown via Although major emergencies on campus are McKenzie, Pat Bay Highway to Uptown unlikely, it’s a good idea to be prepared. 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