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Instructors:

UVic Geography Department Instructors: Ken Josephson (Technical Services - Cartographer, Graphic Designer/Artist) & John Newcomb (recently retired Senior Lab Instructor/Course Advisor)

Geography Department's Ken Josephson (Technical Services - Cartographer, Graphic Designer/Artist) & John Newcomb (Senior Lab Instructor/Course Advisor) team up to present a dynamic 2 part workshop to introduce the concept of Community Mapping to the students of UVic's Continuing Studies Uni 102.

Here's some resources from Cameron Owens'GEOG355 Coastal Communities class.

Coastal Community Green Map This is a participatory interactive on-line map of place based stories started in conjunction with SeaChange a local NGO.

Georgia Strait Alliance Community Green Map Another similar on-line map of place based stories,projects and resources by the Georgia Strait Alliance.

This Uni 201 course, The Art of Place: Role of Community-based Art in Academia, is open to Graduates of Uni 101/102, and will be taught by Dr. Brenda Beckwith (UVic Environmental Studies) and Ken Josephson (UVic Geography), on Tuesdays, August 10 - 31, 2010, from 6:30 to 9 pm, in SS&M Building, Board Room B211/215.

Synopsis: Professors Canessa and Burnett hoped for supports for teaching Coastal and Marine Resources II (453) and Indigenous Geographies (491) respectively. In past terms, students have conducted participatory mapping exercises as part of their final projects.