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September Courses �������������������pg 2 As we enter the 26th year of VIU ElderCollege, we take with us the momentum we have generated One-Day Sessions ����������������������pg 8 during our first quarter century� It is the intention of the Board of Management of VIU ElderCollege November Courses ��������������������� pg 11 to grow the program in a controlled way while keeping the quality of our program intact� To that end, we will be introducing new instructors with Saturday Speakers ���������� back cover a variety of skills and interests and recruiting new participants� As has always been the case, the success of VIU ElderCollege is due to the support of VIU and the many volunteers that make our VIU ElderCollege program function powerfully� While savouring the knowledge and friendships that you gain from participating in VIU ElderCollege courses, please consider donating some of your time and skills as an instructor or volunteer� We look forward to moving ahead as a cohesive and VIU ElderCollege productive team� th 25 Anniversary Anne Toby, PhD Chair of the Board and Instructor Legacy Fund VIU ElderCollege Last September we celebrated as VIU ElderCollege turned 25! We are very appreciative for the support of the Legacy Fund which helps cover course fees for those who need it� Thank you! Front Cover Art: The Notch by William Townsend 1940-2017 If you would like to continue Respected internationally, Bill painted Canada – on site - from Peggy’s Cove, through Quebec’s the legacy please contact cathedral small towns, Algonquin National Park, and Susie Caswell at Yukon, to his most favoured locales in the Rocky 250-740-6216 Mountains and magic spots on Vancouver Island, his home for 35 years� The Notch, Nanoose Bay shows to make a donation. how his work can re-organize nature’s tangle of life into powerful colour and structure on canvas� 1-866-734-6252 Register forRegister an ElderCollege for an ElderCollege course coursetoday! today! Call Calltoll tollfree free at at 1-866-734-6252 1-866-734-6252 where wisdom meets knowledge For those 50 or better JOIN US! Purchasing your Membership Registering for Courses An active VIU ElderCollege membership is required VIU ElderCollege produces two Course Calendars per before registration in all VIU ElderCollege courses. year. Registration for the Fall Session starts in late June Memberships run from June 1 (of the current year) to and in late November for the Spring/Summer Session. May 31 (of the following year). The annual membership Emails will be sent to current and past members indicating fee is $20 and offers many benefits. when registration will start. In preparation for course registration, memberships can On the phone: be purchased starting June 1 for the upcoming Using a credit card. VIU ElderCollege season. Call toll free 1-866-734-6252 Memberships can be purchased on the phone with a credit card, or with cash, debit or credit card in person at In person: either the Nanaimo or Parksville campus. Using a credit card, cash or debit. Nanaimo Campus Parksville Campus Benefits of Membership Building 200 Parksville Civic & • Early notification of course registration dates Registration Centre Technology Centre nd • Course calendar mailed to your home address 900 Fifth Street 100 Jensen Ave E, 2 Floor • Member emails and updates Nanaimo, BC V9R 5S5 Parksville, BC V9P 2G3 • Use of VIU Library during course • One free admission to Milner Gardens and Woodland • Discount of $4 off entrance to Deep Bay Marine Field Station • Discount of $2 off Classical Coffee Concert Series Chamber Music at the Port Theatre • Discount of 10% off giftware and apparel at the VIU Campus Store • Discount at the VIU Gym Look for these symbols indicating where the course will be held: Nanaimo Parksville Qualicum Beach Nanoose Bay September Courses Sept 3 – Nov 4 Energy Medicine For Self-Help – Non-Fiction Book Club An Introduction Now 8 Weeks! After establishing a reading list, the club will meet once This hands-on course will introduce participants to a a month to discuss the book designated for that date. variety of energy healing techniques, for example Eden Please bring to the first meeting a suggested title and Energy Medicine, Energy Psychology and PSYCH-K. the reasons you chose it – history, politics, economics, You will learn to test and adjust your own energy philosophy, biography, memoirs, environmental issues patterns to promote and sustain health and emotional – anything that isn’t fiction. Please check that it is wellbeing. You will be encouraged to practice the Daily readily available in the library or bookstores. Energy Routine throughout the course to balance and ELDN 067 F19X01 (Qualicum Beach) strengthen energy patterns that boost the bodies’ self- 8 sessions: Mon, Sep 16, Oct 28, Nov 25, Dec 16, healing ability. Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 16, Apr 20; 1:30-3:30 pm ELDK 009 F19Q01 (Parksville) $52.50 8 sessions: September: October: Mon, Sep 9-Nov 4; 12:30-2:30 pm (No class Oct 14) Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic In The Realm Of Hungry $52.50 Voyages and the Greatest Ghosts: Close Encounters Naval Mystery of All Time With Addiction MIKE PROVENCHER worked for 38 years in the Mental by Michael Palin by Gabor Mate Health field as a clinician and manager. Since 2004 Mike has been studying energy treatment modalities for ameliorating ANNE BRAILSFORD (PhD) has a passion for reading and mental, emotional and physical conditions. loves to engage in book conversations to learn others’ perspectives. She has had a career in children’s literacy learning and continues to write books for teachers and to Vancouver Island History 1871-1914 design literacy programs for children. Beginning in 1871, we’ll see how British Columbia CAROL WELLS has a BSc from the University of Alberta and became a province of Canada and how Victoria ended certification in Business Administration from the College of up as its capital city. We’ll follow the life of Victoria, New Caledonia. She has researched her own family tree and once the biggest town in all of British Columbia, how has completed course work with the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. it slowly lost its financial and economic position to Vancouver but survived as the political centre and base for the Royal Navy (in Esquimalt). We’ll see the Prepare For Emergencies And Disasters building of the Island’s own railway: Esquimalt and The course starts with a discussion of the many Nanaimo Railway which promised prosperity for the types of emergency events that can befall BC, how Island communities. We’ll drop in on the infamous vulnerable we are, and what governments are doing to Dunsmuirs, learn about the Island’s collieries, minimize risks. We will then cover what we need to Craigdarroch Castle, the seal fishery, Victoria’s red light do as individuals, households and neighbourhoods, district, streetcars and breweries. We’ll also uncover the as we are the first line of preparedness and response. lives of some of our more colourful Premiers including The final session includes a few desk-top exercises to Amor De Cosmos, John Robson, E.G. Prior, Richard empower you to turn a potential catastrophe into a McBride, and much more. mere inconvenience. ELDQ 076 F19X01 (Downtown Nanaimo) ELDH 021 F19Q01 (Parksville) 6 sessions: 4 sessions: Mon, Sep 9-Oct 21; 1:00-3:00 pm (No class Oct 14) Mon, Sep 23-Oct 21; 9:30-11:30 am (No class Oct 14) $42 $31.50 DAVID HOBSON is passionate about history and has ROSS PETERSON is a former Director of Emergency degrees in History and German from the University of Management for the North Shore municipalities (Vancouver), Victoria and UCLA. He has taught at numerous institutions in and has been providing personal and neighborhood BC including UVic, Camosun College and ElderCollege. preparedness instruction for over 20 years. 2 Nanaimo Parksville Qualicum Beach Nanoose Bay Canada In The Flanders In WWI Intelligent Investing And Estate Planning This course will focus on the Canadian involvement in Workshop WWI, especially on the Western Front. The instructor, This is a comprehensive holistic course that helps who has lived in Flanders and also in Canada, has a to educate seniors and retirees about money and unique close perspective of the courage and sacrifice finances. This course will review the following topics in men and women made in WWI. All aspects of this detail: estate planning; financial planning; investment time will be covered. It is a study of Canadians and the strategies to protect both capital and income; tax consequences for our country and the lessons we can management; wealth succession and charitable giving. draw from that. If requested, banking and credit management will also ELDK 016 F19N01 (Nanaimo) be covered. 8 sessions: Tue, Sep 3-Oct 22; 9:30-12:30 pm ELDQ 058 F19N01 (Nanaimo) $52.50 6 sessions: Tue, Sep 10-Oct 15; 1:00-3:00 pm JOHNNY COOPMAN is a musician and amateur historian. He $42 is currently writing a concept album dealing with Canadians who were in the Ieper (Ypres) salient during WWI. Johnny’s WAHID ALI has been a Financial Planner and Retirement passion is to share this history with others. Specialist for twenty-five years and specializes in Estate Planning, Wealth Succession and Financial Planning. Fire Safety At Home Discuss the importance of fire prevention and how we Photovoltaics: Solar Electric Power can protect ourselves at home.