Workshops & Courses

EXTENSION DIVISION

For more information on any of these programs, call the Extension Division at 5539, or visit our website, www.extension.usask.ca

AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE

To register, call Extension at -5539.

• Tree & Shrub Identification, May 26, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $60 (includes a copy of Woody Ornamentals for the Prairies)

COMMUNITY ARTS

To register, call Extension at -5539

• Introduction to Glass Fusion, May 12-13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $214 (glass included)
• Portrait Photography, May 12-13, Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $107
• Outdoor Photography, May 26-27, Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $107

COUNSELLING & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Counselling Skills: Carkhuff Training Model, May 25-27, Fri. 7-10:30 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., $325 + GST

ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

To register, call Extension at -5539.

• A Crash Course in Serious Plant Identification, May 28-June 1, (Mon.-Wed. in botany lab; Thurs. & Fri. in the field), $155 (includes GST)

ECOLOGY TOURS

• Prince Albert National Park: Wildlife Weekend, May 25-27, (leaves Saskatoon Fri. 9 a.m. and returns Sun. around 6 p.m.), $290 (includes GST)
• Peace-Athabasca Delta Ecology Camp, May 25-June 6, $2,407.50 (includes GST, travel from Saskatoon, instruction, resource manual)
• Churchill Manitoba: Polar Bears, Oct. 28-Nov. 3, $1,278.65 (includes GST, travel, instructional materials, food)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

• Honouring Indigenous Knowledge Conference, May 28-30, $250 (includes GST)

CENTRE FOR SECOND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION

This summer – Prepare yourself to teach English overseas! Program offered July 16-August 14, 2001 by the Centre for Second Language Instruction,, University of Saskatchewan. Cost: $1,300 for 100 hours training and activities (Add $625 for accommodation and meals). Contact: www.extension.usask.ca/go/TEFL or call: 306-966-4351.

EMMA LAKE KENDERDINE CAMPUS OF THE ARTS
–Summer Arts Program–

These programs are aimed at the amateur artist, serious students and professional artists. They include workshops with formal instruction, a Residency Program, an invited Artist-in-Residence program and the renewed Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop.

• Residency Program, June & September. Open for visual artists, performance artists, musicians, composers, critics, curators, arts administrators, designers, and writers. Provides a retreat environment where one can work on their own work for one to three weeks. Weekly fee of $225 covers meals, accommodation and studio costs. Priority for June or September proposals. For info. call 966-5574.
• Courtney Milne - Artist-in-Residence June 4-9
• Turning Boxes - Mini Lathe Workshop, July 14 — 20
• Architectural & Decorative Stone Carving, July 14-20
• Wild Wood Creations, July 14-20
• Painting the Emma Lake Landscape, July 20-26
• Watercolour & Nature Painting, July 20-26
• The Stitched Landscape, July 20-26
• Yoga and Movement for Creative Release, July 26-30
• Drawing July 26-30
• The Painted Book, July 26-August 1
• Willow Bench, July 27-30
• Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop, August 3 — 17. With guest artist Chris Cran, who has more than 30 solo exhibitions and 85 group shows nationally and internationally. His work is in numerous public, corporate and private collections. He teaches part-time at the Alberta College of Art & Design. Fee $910 (includes workshop fee, meals and accommodation), with a limited number of bursaries available. Applications by July 6, including statement about your work and 10-20 slides of recent work, contact information and a cheque for $910 to Univ. of Sask. to: Emma Lake Artists’ Workshop, Rm. 133, Kirk Hall, 117 Science Pl., Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8. For info. call 966-5574.
• Painting Fairy Island, August 18-24
• Creativity and Wellness I, June 11-16
• Creativity and Wellness II, July 21-26
• Free Expression Painting, July 30-August 3
• Labyrinth Building, Sept. 7-10
• Glen Sorestad - Artist-in-Residence, Sept. 1 - 15
• Peter von Tiesenhausen - Artist-in-Residence, Sept. 1 - 15

Emma Lake Kenderdine Campus is a U of S arts campus and environmental research centre that respects, protects, encourages and promotes the symbiotic relationships between the lakeside boreal forest and people throughout all aspects of educational programming in the arts, research and retreat programs, forest and campus management and site development. The campus is 50 km north of Prince Albert, on a small peninsula, in a lake-resort area. Although it retains a feeling of isolation, it is easily accessible and in close proximity to all of the amenities of an average resort area. The Campus has a communal dining hall overlooking the lake, a tuck shop, several private and sharing cabins, communal laundry and washroom facilities, a large open studio with water and electricity, two classrooms and two outdoor covered work areas. For info. call: 966-5574 or e-mail: emma.lake@usask.ca Website: www.extension.usask.ca/go/emmalake

GWENNA MOSS TEACHING & LEARNING CENTRE

– Spring Sessions –

The following are open to all U of S instructors: faculty, sessional lecturers, graduate students teachers, librarians, and extension specialists. There is no fee; however, registration is required. Call 966-2231 or e-mail: corinne.f@usask.ca

NEGOTIATING POWER IN THE CLASSROOM

Facilitator: Linda Briskin, Assoc. Professor of Social Science & Women’s Studies, York University

Date: Sat., May 12, 10:30 a.m. —2 p.m. (lunch included)

In all classrooms, power circulates among students, and between teachers and students. However, power dynamics exclude, marginalize, disempower and silence. The pedagogical question addressed during this hands-on session is "How can we work most effectively with and against these dynamics?"

INTRODUCTION TO UNIVERSITY TEACHING

This fall the Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre and the Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research will offer a newly designed GSR 989 course, Introduction To University Teaching, focusing on the philosophical and methodological aspects of teaching and current research in teaching in higher education. The course integrates faculty and graduate students from all disciplines during the first term and addresses discipline-specific issues in teaching in the second term. This course is excellent preparation for graduate students who plan a career in academia or for new faculty who are beginning their teaching careers. Graduates of the course will earn a certificate and a note on their transcripts acknowledging their professional development as teachers. To register consult the 2001-02 U of S Calendar, or contact the College of Graduate Studies & Research. For info. on the course outline, contact Ron Marken at 966-5532, Tereigh Ewert-Bauer at 966-2249, or Kim West at 966-2245, at the Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre.

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING SERVICES

Computing Services offers a series of Information Technology hands-on workshops that are free to U of S faculty, staff, and students. Visit http://www.usask.ca/dcs/courses/ for a complete course schedule. Register by phone at 966-4866 or online at our web site. Please register at least one week before the course.

SPSS for Windows

- May 28 & 29, 1:30-4:30 (afternoon). This workshop explains how to use the SPSS for Windows program. Learn how to use this statistical analysis tool to collect and analyze data for research progects, theses, etc.

WWW Development

- May 9 & 10, 1:30-4:30 (afternoon)
Learn how to build and maintain pages on the World Wide Web. This workshop takes you step by step through how to build web pages at the U of S using nothing more than a web browser and a text editor. The course assumes you have no prior web development experience.

CONTINUING MEDICAL ED’n. & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PowerPoint 2001 Workshop

June 7 - 8 (Thurs. evening and Fri.) a "Microsoft PowerPoint 2001" Workshop is being held in the Computer Training Laboratory, Murray Bldg., U of S. This is a hands-on, practical workshop with a limited registration of 20. It is planned for beginner to intermediate PowerPoint users. For further info. or to register, call Continuing Medical Education and Professional Development at 966-7795.