We had 17 people come out to the SELES Spring Course that run all last week. We hope to hold another course in the fall of 2008. I you want to be notified about the next course, make an acount on www.SELES.info and "watch" the News page at:
http://seles.info/index.php?title=News

Here is a picture of the folk who attended the free SELES Symposium on Wednesday.

Charles, Gurp, Huapeng, Kelly, Evan, Allen, Patrick, Zach, Doug, Krysta, Marvin, Gordon, Barry, Andrew, Glenn, John, Jeff, Caren and Steve

We have almost sold all the seats in next week's SELES Course. I added accommodation links to www.SELES.info.

More info:

http://seles.info/index.php?title=Courses#Upcoming_Courses

http://www.eventbrite.com/event/110463399

We still have lots of room in the FREE SELES Symposium scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, May 28th. And seats in the SELES Introduction on Monday May 26th.

Charles is teaching the following courses in 2008/09.

SELES Spring Course
With Dr. Andrew Fall
May 26-30 (Mon-Fri), 2008
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
This course will have 4 components: (i) Introduction to SELES; (ii) SELES core; (iii) SELES symposium and (iv) Advanced topics Participants can select to attend some or all of the components as appropriate.
More information here: http://seles.info/index.php?title=Courses

Geography 491 - Indigenous Geographies
With Claire Hutton
Sept - Dec 2008
Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
(You must be a registered UVic student to apply to take this course.)
More info here: http://geog491.geomemes.com

Geography 490 - Community Engagement Through Mapping
With Ken Josephson
Jan - Apr 2009
Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
(You must be a registered UVic student to apply to take this course.)

Patrick and I send out a big thank-you to all our friends and clients who came out to celebrate our arrival up in 1322 Broad Street. Click on the pics below to see some zoomed up versions. James did a superb job with the nibbly bits.
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Jenny let people in! James prepared some fabulous snacks!
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Please come visit us and don't miss our next Friday afternoon event, in June?

We had the pleasure of a visit from Ma Mae Browne and her beau Capt Robert Osborne earlier in March. Mae and Robert have been staunch supporters of our little consultancy. Robert taught navigation for years and, having been a ferry captian all up and down the coast, knows some of our First Nation's clients and their territories quite well. In the bottom right photo Robert is looking over version 1 of the Capt Bob Board Game for kids 4-7 years. I made this game for Bob two Christmas' ago, and his grand kids have played it. (Click preview above to view a larger image.)

The move is complete and you are invited to an Open House.

When: Friday 4 April 2008 (Fool's Friday), 4 PM - 7 PM
Where: 1322 Broad Street (above Rising Star Bakery)
What: refreshments served, DJ Patrick spinning tunes
Please RSVP: mapswest@gmail.com