Apologies for cross-postings. Please share with colleagues the following on-campus learning opportunity offered by the Cultural Resource Management Program at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. This course is designed to meet the needs of professionals from the wide range of fields that come together in the management of cultural landscapes. Cultural Landscapes HA 489G (1.5 units); on-campus offering From the 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 course focuses on the nature of cultural landscapes, and develops your ability to identify, evaluate, and develop preservation strategies for landscape resources that are integral to your community. Topics include: * defining and reading cultural landscapes * recognizing evolving interactions between natural systems and human interventions * evaluating heritage values, significance, and integrity * planning sustainable management strategies * balancing conflicting resources and uses Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) members can earn 36 learning units of organized Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity. Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) members can earn 36 non-core learning units. Dates: April 20-25, 2009 Please register by: March 23 (late registrations accepted if space permits) To register in this course please visit https://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/forms/crm/online_reg.aspx. Fee: CDN$641, including a CDN$70 materials fee (Canadian funds, credit and non-credit participation options) A CDN$170 registration deposit is required with each registration form. Instructor: Wendy Shearer is Managing Director of Wendy Shearer Landscape Architect, a division of MHBC Planning Limited, based in Kitchener Ontario. For the past 25 years she has specialized in the research, documentation, assessment and conservation planning of cultural heritage landscapes. Wendy Shearer is an active member of the professional heritage community with her involvement in the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation and the Heritage Conservation Professional Interest Group of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She is a long standing member of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals and was adjunct professor at the University of Guelph between 1995 and 1999. Wendy has been involved in numerous heritage projects throughout Ontario including heritage conservation district studies for rural settlements and urban neighbourhoods. As well, she has worked on the restoration and management planning of several historic parks, gardens and estates from the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Wendy has been a frequent invited speaker in the United States and Canada on heritage landscape issues. She brings to this course demonstrated expertise in evaluating the wide variety of cultural heritage landscapes and developing conservation plans and implementation strategies based on the heritage values of the property. For more information about this course, or to see a draft course outline, please visit: http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp/courses/ha489g-landscapes.aspx Enrollment options allow you to choose to take courses either to enhance professional development or build academic credit. 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/home.aspx For more information, please contact: Anissa Paulsen, 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 Email: [log in to unmask] Visit our Web site! http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/crmp To receive monthly email updates, contact [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).