April 16th- 19th, 2024, in beautiful Salmon Arm, BC, Canada within Secwepemcúl’ecw.
All day coffee and tea plus soup and sandwich buffet lunch provided.
Tuition does not cover travel expenses, lodging or incidentals – these costs are the responsibility of students.
The course venue will be the Prestige Harbourfront Resort in Salmon Arm. Mention RavenWater Learning Circle upon booking your room.
If you require registration via invoice & cheque please reach out to [email protected] with headline "RavenWater Registration"
Format: 4-day intensive, in-person workshop includes:
- Instruction/learning with Barry Wilson (Systems Ecologist) and RavenWater Learning Circle Faculty
- Small group format (Maximum 20 students)
- Lots of one-on-one learning opportunity and group engagement
- Graduating Certificate
Additional Learning Materials
- Secure, private access to the RavenWater Learning Circle online portal
- video instruction/tutorials, case studies and suggested reading
- 6 - months free access to the CFX Library
Prerequisites
Highly beneficial to have:
- Working or want to work in natural resource management
- Have highschool or higher education
Key Curriculum Topics Covered
- Cumulative Effects and System Dynamics
- Regional strategic and local tactical planning
- Indigenous, Federal, Provincial and International Cumulative Effects Law
- Cumulative Effects Project Management Best Practices
- Scenario Planning design documentation and process
- Modelling environmental, social and economic values
- 2 eyed-seeing - Indigenous Knowledge & western contemporary science
- Selecting Assessment Performance Indicators (Values)
- Determining Meaningful Time & Space
- Terrestrial landscapes and hydrology
- Linking Field observations and models
- Integrating different software platforms
- Structured decision-making
- Monitoring & model validation
- Case Study Review
- On-the-land learning if feasible (weather, location, etc.)