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The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria is pleased to offer the following upcoming immersion, distance education courses and facilitated workshops for professionals in museums, cultural centres, heritage sites and related organizations:

PUBLIC PROGRAMMING
Distance offering
This distance education course examines the critical role of interpretation and public programming in helping museums and heritage organizations to engage their communities in meaningful and long-term ways.
Dates: January 13-April 20, 2003
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488g.cfm

CURATORSHIP AND COMMUNITY
Distance offering
As museums seek to be more engaged with the diverse communities they serve and to the cultures they study and interpret, curators are challenged to redefine the ways in which they assemble and share collections, shape exhibitions, communicate information, and nurture reciprocal partnerships with external groups. This course examines the history, attitudes, knowledge, and skills that underlie this shift in curatorial role and practice.
Dates: January 20-April 27, 2003
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488j-curcom.cfm

FROM CONCEPT TO BLUEPRINT: A MENTORED WORKSHOP FOR MUSEUM EDUCATIONAL WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT
Facilitated Workshop - On-campus offering
Work in a mentored learning environment to develop a "blue print" for your museum's educational Web site that includes navigation, site structure, content development strategies, a media integration plan, and initial graphic design concepts, as well as a consultation strategy, production plan, and implementation schedule.
Dates: January 20-February 1, 2003
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/concetoblue.cfm

DEVELOPING AND MANAGING CULTURAL CENTRES
On-campus offering
Cultural centres have emerged worldwide in recent years to encompass traditional museum functions within a wider community-driven mandate that also nurtures the preservation of traditional knowledge, language, folklore, and craft, that addresses cultural issues, and that promotes vibrant contemporary cultural and artistic interactions. This new immersion course examines the nature of cultural centres, their roles in facilitating community cultural preservation and development, and the lessons they hold for museums seeking to transform their connections with communities.
Dates: February 10-13, 2003, with preparatory assignment
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488m-centres.cfm

MANAGING NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS
Immersion offering at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa 
The diverse, complex, often delicate nature of natural history collections-and the increasingly vital roles they play in environmental research and public education-create special challenges for collections managers and curators. This course explores current principles and practices in the management of natural history collections, and discusses the impacts of new technologies, diminished resources, and pressures for increased accountability, relevance, and access. 
Dates: February 24-March 1, 2003, with preparatory assignment
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha488b-managing.cfm

TIMELINESS: A consideration of the role of museums in current issues
Facilitated Workshop at Dunsmuir Lodge, Victoria, BC
As museums seek to be more broadly relevant to communities, our capacity to respond to contemporary events and issues in a "timely" manner raises fascinating, often challenging, questions? This three-day workshop/retreat/think-tank/gathering provides an opportunity for senior museum managers to consider these timely questions in the context of their own institutions and communities. Join colleagues and resource people in a thought-provoking and memorable setting to analyze the issues, explore factors for success, and develop strategies to strengthen your museum's capacity to be timely.
Dates: April 3-5, 2003
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/timeliness.cfm

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES
HA 489H (1.5 units); on-campus offering
From landscapes associated with historic buildings, industries, and rural communities to traditional use sites of First Nations peoples, cultural landscapes are tremendously diverse resources that present special preservation and management challenges. This immersion course focuses on the nature of cultural landscapes and develops your ability to identify, evaluate and develop conservation strategies for the landscape resources that are integral to your community
Dates: April 28 to May 3, 2003, with preparatory assignment
For more information: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha489h-landscapes.cfm


These courses and workshops are open to all museum, heritage, cultural resource and related industry professionals and associated volunteer organizations. Individual course descriptions and registration forms are available by contacting us at [log in to unmask] or by visiting our web site at http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp
  
Lisa Mort-Putland, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management Program 
Continuing Studies, University of Victoria 
PO Box 3030 STN CSC Victoria BC Canada V8W 3N6 
Tel: 250 721-6119 Fax: 250 721-8774 
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