A big thank you goes to the
following Speakers Bureau members who spoke to community
groups and organizations this year between April and
December.
Bert Annear (admission services)
Tools and Tips for Teams&emdash;Various Topics Pertinent to
Team Success (Kiwanis Club of Sidney and Peninsula);
Creativity&emdash;Exploring Methods to Increase Your Own
Creativity at Home and at Work (Cedar Hill Junior
Secondary); Group Roles: Understanding How We Can Work
Together in Teams for Greater Results (Four-H Youth
Program).
Dr. Robert Anthony
(communications &
social foundations)
How Do I Help My Child in Elementary School (Westmont
School); Parents and Teachers Becoming Informed About
Students and School (Campus View Parents Advisory
Council).
Dr. Elizabeth Archibald
(English)
Why Should We Study the Middle Ages? (Oak Bay High).
Stewart Arneil (language centre)
An Amateur's Travels Across Africa (Rest Haven Lodge,
Growing Old Disgracefully Group, Craigflower Women's
Institute, Hart House Rest Home).
Dr. Christopher
Barnes (earth & ocean
sciences)
The Evolution of Life: Origin, Diversity and Extinction
(Saanich Kiwanis Club).
Dr. Bob Bell (physical education)
Stress & Aging (Victoria Gerontology Association,
Victoria Cardiac Rehab Society); Lifestyles and Aging,
(Ukrainian Professional and Business Association); Aging -
Physical Aspects (TOPS).
Dr. Rick Bell (physical education)
Motor Development in Children (You & Your Baby).
Dr. Colin Bennett
(political science)
The Rights and Responsibilities within B.C.'s New Access to
Information and Privacy Act (Victoria Native Friendship
Centre).
Dr. Brian
Bornhold (earth & ocean
sciences)
Saanich Inlet Drilling (Probus Club of Victoria).
Dr. Martin
Bunton (history)
History of Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Jewish Community
Centre).
Dr. Ian Cameron (communications & social
foundations)
Evaluation and Reporting: What Schools Should be Telling
Parents (Kiwanis Club of Sidney and Peninsula).
Howard Campbell (athletics & recreational services)
Motivating Athletes (Shoreline Jr. High School).
Dr. Dante Canil (earth & ocean sciences)
Origin of Diamonds (Parkwood Care Centre).
Prof. Donald Casswell
(law)
Aids & the Law (Aids Vancouver Island & Partner
Agencies, Claremont Secondary).
Prof. David Cohen
(law)
Free Speech and the Law (Rotary Club of Sooke).
Erica Cruikshank Dodd
(history in art)
Treasures of the Early Church (Parkwood Care Centre);
Crusader Painting in the Lebanon (Fernwood Seniors Autumn
Glow Society).
Dr. Barton Cunningham
(public administration)
Managing the Stresses of Life (Philanthropic Education
Organization P.E.O).
Dr. Robert Dalton
(arts in education)
Young at Art: Elderly Artists and their Work (Cubbon Adult
Day Centre, Parkwood Retirement Residence); Understanding
Our Neighbors: Multiculturalism through Art Education
(Continuing Studies ESL Program); Popular Myths about Art
and Artists (Happy Valley Elementary).
Dr. David Docherty
(physical education)
Fitness & Lifestyles (Saanich Newcomers' Alumnae Club,
Encore Club of Victoria).
Dr. Fayez El Guibaly
(engineering)
How Moslems View Jesus (Kiwanis Club of Greater Victoria
Seniors).
Prof. Gerry
Ferguson (law)
Euthanasia: Assisted Suicide and Living Wills (Luther Court
Community Association).
Dr. Toby Foshay (English)
Modern Poetry and Contemporary Experience (Bruce Hutchison
Library).
Prof. Hamar Foster
(law)
Aboriginal Land Claims (Fairfield New Horizons, Canadian
College of Business and Language).
Patrick Garcia (biology)
Bluebird Behaviour (Sincerely Happy Association of Retired
Persons); The Wilds of Borneo (Hart House Rest Home);
Madagascar/Lemurs (Beacon Hill Villa); Why Did the Toad
Cross the Road? (Somerset House); Bats (Rogers School, Sir
James Douglas, Cordova Bay Elementary, Oak Bay Kiwanis
Pavilion, Brentwood Elementary, Campus View
Elementary).
Dr. Cathy Gaul (physical education)
Women's Bones: Solid Support (Menopause Education
Group).
Dr. Sandra Gibbons
(physical education)
Development of Self-Esteem Through Physical Activity (K-12)
(Moms Meeting Moms).
Dr. Robert Gifford
(psychology)
Creating More Humane Buildings: Fruitful Collaboration of
Social Scientists and Designers (Parkwood Retirement
Residence, Rotary Club of Sooke).
Dr. David Giles (economics)
Tax Evasion & Taxation Policy (Saanich Kiwanis
Club).
Dr. Kathryn Gillis
(earth & ocean
sciences)
Secrets of Deep Sea Geology (Journey Middle School, Sansbury
Elementary).
Beverley Glover (biology)
Flowering and Pollination (Gordon Head Garden Club); Program
for Raising and Releasing Endangered Peregrine Falcons
(Rotary Club of Sooke).
Dr. Cary Goulson
As Others See Us (Opinions
of School Children in the British Isles about Canada)
(Victoria Genealogical Society, Greater Victoria Sr. Kiwanis
Club, Victoria Stroke Recovery Club).
Dr. Ann Gower (physics)
Galaxies and Quasars in the Distant Universe (Sincerely
Happy Association of Retired Persons).
Nels Granewall (development & external relations)
Discovering Sweden (Hart House, Parkwood Retirement
Residence, Victoria Golden Rods & Reels Society,
Aberdeen Hospital).
Dr. Patrick Gregory
(biology)
The Natural History of Snakes - Fair and Lovable Creatures
(Victoria Golden Rods & Reels Society, Craigflower
Elementary).
Robert Griffiths (English)
16th and 17th Century English Exploration of the East Coast
North America (Soroptimist International of Greater
Victoria); Hiking the West Coast Trail and the East Beach of
the Queen Charlottes (Beechwood Village); Mountaineering in
the English Lake District and/or Wales and/or Highlands of
Scotland (Beacon Hill Villa, Douglas House, Rest Haven
Lodge, Parkwood Care Centre); Hikes Outside Victoria: Days
out on Your Feet, Not in Your Car (Kiwanis Club of Sidney
and Peninsula).
Dr. Jim Hackler (sociology)
Juvenile Justice System: Why Other Countries Do a Better Job
(Saanich Kiwanis Club, Canadian College of Business and
Language).
Dr. Barbara Harris
(linguistics)
Keynote Address to St. Michael's University School and
Commonwealth Borrowings in the English Language (both to
Royal Commonwealth Society); Importance of Being Generous:
Being an Organ Donor (St. Luke's Womens Fellowship);
Problems and Pet Peeves in English Grammar and Usage (Cedar
Hill Junior Secondary); Skullduggery and the Lord's Prayer:
An Etymological Excursion (Cedar Hill Junior
Secondary).
Dr. Carol Harris
(communications &
social foundations)
Women in Leadership (Cubbon Adult Day Centre, Ukrainian
Professional and Business Association).
Ken Hatt (sociology)
Multilateral Agreement on Investment (Saanich Kiwanis
Club).
Ise Henin (computing services)
Hosting a Web Site (Mt. Doug High, Rotary Club of Saanich);
The Internet in Education (Cedar Hill Junior Secondary
School).
Sandy Jung (psychology)
Young Offenders (Claremont Secondary).
Dr. Eike Kluge (philosophy)
Euthanasia (Cedar Hill Junior Secondary).
Dr. Ben Koop (biology)
Black Bears, Wolves and Other Carnivores of B.C. Since the
Last Ice Age (Victoria Golden Rods & Reels Society,
Aberdeen Hospital).
Dr. Harald Krebs (music)
Classical Music (Cedar Hill Junior Secondary School, Beacon
Hill Villa).
Lara Lauzon (physical education)
Are You Working Well? Organization Wellness (B.C. Activity
Coordinators Association); Self-Esteem and Body Image
&emdash; The Impact of the Media, Print & Television
(James Bay Community School Parent Advisory Council, Saanich
Kiwanis Club); Wellness: For the Wealth of it. (Sidney
Cooperative Preschool).
Dr. Werner
Liedtke (social &
natural sciences)
Fostering the Development of Mathematical Literacy in Early
Childhood (Strawberry Vale Preschool, Gonzales Cooperative
Preschool, Sidney Cooperative Preschool); Fostering the
Development of Creative Thinking in Early Childhood
(Metchosin Preschool).
Dr. Mark Loken (public administration)
Benefits of Cooperative Education (Reynolds
Secondary).
Don Lovell (facilities management)
Emergency Plan at UVic/Emergency Preparedness (Capital City
Executives Association, Campus View School).
Dr. Ian MacPherson
(dean's office,
humanities)
Settling the Prairies (Beechwood Village, Rest Haven Lodge,
Cubbon Adult Day Centre).
Dr. Michael Masson
(psychology)
The Nature of Human Memory (Rotary Club of Victoria, Laurel
Enterprises).
Dr. Margie Mayfield
(communications &
social foundations)
Travels in Tibet (Growing Old Disgracefully Group); Parent,
Preschoolers, and Reading: Off to a Good Start (Strawberry
Vale Preschool, Capital Health Region Public Health
Nursing); Educational Toys from the Kitchen and Basement
(Best Families).
Lee McKenzie
McAnally (earth & ocean
sciences)
Barnardo Homes and the Story of Child Immigration (Rest
Haven Lodge); The Geological Evolution of the Rocky
Mountains: An Armchair Hike in the Canadian Rockies
(Beechwood Village, Saanich Pioneers' Society, Kiwanis Club
of Greater Victoria Seniors); Elephants & Camels: The
Fossils of Ancient and Exotic Animals from the Canadian
Prairies (Berwick House, The Kensington); Fossils of the
Burgess Shale (Victoria Paleontology Society).
Jane Milliken (nursing)
Families and Mental Illness: "My Child has Schizophrenia"
(Luther Court Community Association, Laurel Enterprises,
Claremont Secondary).
John Newcomb (geography)
Cultural Geography (English Language Programs); Cuzco:
Imperial City of the Incas (Somerset House); Victoria's
Water Resources (South Vancouver Island Direct Farm
Marketing Association, Saanich Pioneers' Society, B. C.
Centennial Pioneers Association); A Canadian Living in Peru
(Kiwanis Club of Greater Victoria).
Joan Noble (English)
Medieval Society in the Highlands of Scotland (Fernwood
Seniors Autumn Glow Society, The Kensington Retirement
Residence, Beacon Hill Villa).
Dr. Robert O'Brien
(chemistry)
Electric Cars (Malaspina University College, Camosun
College, Sincerely Happy Association of Retired
Persons).
Anne Parkinson (co-op education)
Introducing Nature to Your Preschool (Gonzales Preschool);
Careers in Biology (Oak Bay High).
Judith Patt (history in art)
Japanese or SE Asian Art (Luther Court Community
Association, Parkwood Retirement Residence, Kiwanis Club of
Sidney and Peninsula).
Keith Phillips (law)
Cybertorts: The Law and the Internet (Legal Action Hotline
CFAX Radio).
Prof. Andrew Pirie
(law)
Mediation & Negotiation (Parkland Secondary).
Pascale Poussart
(earth & ocean
sciences)
El Niño (Somerset House, Rotary Club of
Sooke).
Dr. Thomas
Reimchen (biology)
Black Bear and Salmon Interactions in Coastal Forests
(Sincerely Happy Associations of Retired Persons, B.C.
Parks, Rainforest Interpretive Centre).
Elliott Reynolds (anthropology)
Archaeology, Anthropology & Human Revolution (Belmont
Senior Secondary).
Dr. Patricia Roy (history)
B.C. Political History in Cartoons (Oak Bay Kiwanis
Pavilion, James Bay New Horizons).
Dr. Wanda Rumson Boyer
(psychological foundations
in education)
Care for Caregivers: Interpersonal Journey (Capital City
Volunteers); Self-Esteem: The Cornerstone to Personal
Success (K-12) (James Bay Community Project Puddle Ducks
Preschool).
Dr. Raymond Rusk
(engineering)
Security and the Internet (Certified General
Accountants).
Pat Sarsfield (financial aid) Student Loans, Cost of
Attending University, Student Budgeting, UVic Bursaries
(Reynolds Secondary).
Martin Segger (Maltwood Gallery)
The Making of "Exploring Victoria's Architecture" &emdash; A
Guide Book to the Built Heritage of the Victoria Region
(Somerset House, Berwick House).
Susan Shaw (harassment prevention office)
First Steps to Resolve Conflict (Olsten Health Services,
Laurel Enterprises, Metchosin Preschool).
Jeff Sims (student & ancillary services)
Commercialization of Public Sectors&emdash;From Sponsorship,
Donations, to Strategic Alliances (Ministry of Small
Business Tourism and Culture); Fundraising, Sponsorship:
Running a Charitable Event, from Golf Tournaments to Dinner
Events (Island Deaf and Hard of Hearing Centre).
James Skinner (English)
Clean and Decent Movies: Aspects of Film
Censorship&emdash;Do We Get the Films We Deserve? (Kiwanis
Club of Greater Victoria Seniors).
Paul Smith (athletics & recreational services)
Recreation (Belmont Senior Secondary).
Dr. Rosalie Starzomski
(nursing)
Ethical Issues Related to Food and Fluid Withdrawal in the
Elderly (Fairfield New Horizons).
Lisa Surridge (English)
Victorian Fiction (Parkwood Retirement Residence).
Eileen Van Der Flier-Keller
(earth & ocean
sciences)
Earth Science for Kids or Children: Rocks, Minerals and
Fossils (Lambrick Park Preschool).
Dr. Lynne Van Luven
(writing)
Violence and the Media (Belmont Senior Secondary); Canadian
Fiction (Sincerely Happy Association of Retired
Persons).
Dr. Jean Veevers
(sociology)
Companion Animals: The Social Roles of Pets (Parkwood Care
Centre, Somerset House).
Dr. Amy Verdun (political science)
Europe's Single Currency (Saanich Kiwanis Club).
John Volpe (biology)
Salmon (Aberdeen Hospital); The Biology of Salmon
Conservation (B.C. Parks); Current Topics in Fisheries
(Rainforest Interpretive Centre).
Dr. Wendy Wickwire
(history)
First Nations Oral Tradition: Oral History, Life History,
Oral Narra tives, Narratives/Songs (Division of Continuing
Studies).
Dr. Robert Willihnganz
Migraines (Chapters
Bookstore); Stress (CFUV National Campus & Community
Radio Conference, Oak Bay Secondary School, Shoreline Junior
High School); Making Career Decisions (Public Works and
Government Services Canada).
Dr. Bill Zuk (arts in education)
Spirit of the Arctic (Kiwanis Club of Sidney and Peninsula);
Creative Indoor Play Environments for Young Children
(Victoria Parents of Twins & Triplets Association, You
& Your Baby).
Dr. Jan Zwicky (philosophy)
The Nature of Philosophy (Belmont Sr. Secondary).
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