Your Learning, Your Way
We often hear about the importance of lifelong learning - how we need to keep our skills current in this world of ever changing technology, demographics, social norms or political landscapes. Employers are seeking current, job-ready skills.
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Experiential Learning
Experiential learning, in the most basic terms, means learning by doing and applying knowledge in a real-world context. Many professional programs at Continuing Studies offer a practicum or final project option toward the end of a student’s program ...
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Living in the Language (with Instructor Ye "Dawn" Yuan)
Ye “Dawn” Yuan has been teaching courses at Continuing Studies since January 2011. She has a real passion for teaching and sharing her language and culture.
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A Life in the Day of our Registration Staff
When you call Continuing Studies or send an email about registering in a course, you’ll connect with one of our Registration staff.
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Off the Wall (with Instructor Mary Jo Hughes)
Mary Jo Hughes is the director of UVic’s Legacy Art Galleries, which consists of some 19,000 art objects. She has yet to personally handle all of them.
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Full Throttle through the Arts (with Instructor John Lucas)
John Lucas describes himself as “an actor who happens to sing and dance.” Having had one foot in theatre and the other in academia all his life has made him feel like “the illegitimate offspring of Northrop Frye and Daffy Duck,”
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At the Edge of the Comfort Zone (with Instructor Jason Cressey)
Jason Cressey, PhD (psychology), teaching leadership courses at the Justice Institute of BC when he is not teaching courses on topics like Emotional Intelligence for Continuing Studies.
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A Long Road to the Next Step (with Lifelong Learner Jaime Smith)
When Jaime Smith was five years old a favourite aunt asked him to consider whether he thought the earth went round the sun or the sun went round the earth each day.
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A Short Walk (with Instructor Dr. Emily Gonzales)
Dr. Emily Gonzales is an Ecological Restoration Specialist at Parks Canada where she coordinates conservation programs, develops policy and provides scientific advice for ecological restoration projects in national parks.
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A Big Green Idea (with Graduate Amanda Evans)
Amanda Evans is originally from Toronto but came out to Victoria in 2003 to attend the University of Victoria. In 2012, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Geography, and a Diploma in Restoration of Natural Systems.
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