The Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of
Victoria, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, is offering the
following course in April for heritage and museum professionals
involved with the management of cultural landscapes.

CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

From traditional use sites, to historic gardens, to
long-established agricultural farmsteads, cultural landscapes are
diverse resources that provide special preservation and management
challenges. This course focuses on the nature of cultural landscapes
and develops your ability to identify, evaluate and develop
preservation strategies for landscape resources which are of value
to your community. Topics include:

    o  defining and reading the cultural landscape
    o  recognizing evolving interactions between natural systems
        and human interventions
    o  approaches to research
    o  inventory and documentation of landscape,vegetation, and
        cultural features
    o  evaluation of significance and integrity
    o  balancing  conflicting resources and uses
    o  preservation goals and strategies
    o  approaches to planning, management, and maintenance

Instructor: Susan Buggey is former Director, Historical
Services, Parks Canada, and has extensive experience in the
identification, evaluation, and preservation of cultural
landscapes

A detailed course outline is available. The course will include site
visits and activities.

Dates: April 15-24, 1998
Please register by: March 20
Fee: $589 (credit or non-credit, Canadian funds)
Travel: Victoria is  easily accessible by air or ferry from both
Vancouver and Seattle
Accommodation: Program staff are pleased to provide you with
information on both reasonable on-campus and off-campus
alternatives

For more information on this course and others offered in 1998,
please contact:

Joy Davis, Program Director
Brenda Weatherston, Program Coordinator
Cultural Resource Management
Division of Continuing Studies
University of Victoria
PO Box 3030  Victoria, BC V8W 3N6 CANADA
Telephone (250) 721-8462  Fax: (250) 721-8774
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp