Eldercoliege
offers insight

ELDERCOLLEGE'’S spring program includes
new courses hosted by experts who offer insight
into their fields.

From aboriginal treaties to astronomy and trom comput-
ers to Canadian novels, course subjects are designed to appeal
To a variety of interests.

Classes are offered at Capilano Coilege’s Seymour campus
as well as at the Gerry Brewer Building, 147 E. l4th Sr.,
North Vancouver. All classes take place during the day.

Some of the course being offered this spring:

@ Figure Skating: The Sport [lustrated — five
Wednesdays starting March 22: Just in time for the 2001
World Championships taking place in Vancouver, this course
helps familiarize students with the history and mechanics of
figure skating. Former national tam member Ted Barton,
Olympic medallist Karen Magnussen, tigure-skating judge
Jean Senft and coach Linda Brauckmann fecture.

@ Listening, Learning and All that Jazz — six Thursdays,
March 6 to April 20: Facilitated by former North Van District
mayor Murray Dykeman, this jazz series profiles some of
Vancouver's favourite performers and interpreters.

@ Health and Health-Care Issues — six Thursdays, March
16-April 27: This course examines the issues while experts
offer some solutions. Among the topics: The advantages of a
publicly funded “single tier” health-care system, seniors self-
care, regionalization status in health care and examining the
claims of alternate medicine.

@ Writing Your Memoirs — six Fridays, Feb. 4 to March
10: Each of the six sessions deals with ways of stimulating
recall of memories, as well as suggestions tor writing and
organizing, them into a coherent life story.

Course registration is open to Eldercollege members only.
Term meinbership is $120 and includes access to unlimited
courses in one term as well as membership to the Capilano
College library for the year and other benetits. Associate
membership is $50.

Financial aid is available to cover part of the cost of
Eldercollege membership fees.

If you are interested in applying for a bursary, make your
application in writing to the Eldercollege program consul -
tant, c/o Capilano College Continuing Education, located in
Room 116 in the Library Building, outside entrance.
Decisions regarding bursary awards will be made by the pro-
gram consultant. All «pplications are confidential.

To register by phone or for more information, call

Eldercollege at 984-4906.
— Layne Christensen

Rose’s advice: Live
within your means

From previous page

Sunday, January 30. 2000 - North Shore News ~ 25
—SENIORS —————

NEWS photo Mike Wakefield

ROMAN Onvirijchuck, director of TV programming for the Knowledge Network, lectured to Eldercollege mem-
bers last spring about the history and future of the television network. Spring programming starts this week.

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