Reaching Outward

As the year 2013 and the fiftieth anniversary of the University of Victoria approaches, Ian MacPherson offers a comprehensive history of one of Canada's most progressive and visually beautiful campuses. A reflection on the people, history, and legacy of UVic - once known as Victoria College, a satellite of McGill University - Reaching Outward and Upward brings five decades of learning to life. From its beginnings in 1963, serving a mere handful of students in a hastily developed site, UVic has grown to become one of Canada's leading universities serving over 20,000 students on one of Canada's most stunning university campuses. Ian MacPherson examines how this transformation took place despite some difficult phases and all the challenges that accompany institutional transitions - the development of new faculties, growing student numbers, struggles over funding, equity issues, and computerisation. He looks at the university's development during the presidencies of Howard Petch (1975-1990), David Strong (1990-2000), and David Turpin (2000-present), and suggests that new ways of knowing changed established disciplines and created new alliances among students and faculty and led to the creation of the numerous research centres for which Uvic is well-known. A visually rich book, including pictures, quotations, and sidebars, Reaching Outward and Upward is above all a story of the communities - on-campus, off-campus, local, national, international, physical, and electronic - that together form the University of Victoria.

Looks at the global view of growing internationalism, international debt management, the Canadian situation and identifies areas where growth should be stimulated. The document proposes a medium term outlook for Canada with solutions for previous economic problems and policy constraints with a base case scenario and optimistic and pessimistic case. Also covers tax reform and economic growth. Future trade prospects are discussed in terms of the new global protectionist climate, current barriers to Canada-US trade, tariff barriers, nontariff barriers, agricultural subsidies, manufacturing productivity gains potential, the impact of bilateral trade on output and employment with a regional and sectoral analysis. Also discussed are global pressures on domestic policies with a look at the new protectionist mood of the US Congress, and specific areas of concern: regional and industrial initiatives, unemployment insurance, health care and cultural issues.

Teaching, research, community engagement, and explorations in ways of knowing - Uvic fifty years on.

Writing is a doorway to our most creative, spiritual self. Writing and Being approaches writing at the source of the process and then, with guided personal writing, leads us outward to meaningful and authentic public writing.With powerful, practical step-by-step writing exercises and a plethora of examples, Writing and Being demonstrates that journaling is the most profound way that we can discover our authentic selves. But beyond mere diary writing, the new-found clarity through Nelson's journaling methods help us chart a path for a better future. Nelson begins by providing tips for the logistics of journal keeping, and includes suggestions for getting started. He then explores the entire writing processand explains the distinctions between private writing and public writing. By shedding light on the relationship between meditation and writing, he shows the value of being nonjudgmental and having "soft eyes" and a beginner's mind.Nelson also explains the biology behind the powerful experience of journaling by laying out recent discoveries of the human brain, and shows how journaling can heal psychological and spiritual wounds. Lastly, he shows how journaling is not only a voyage of self-discovery, but through expanding the private writing process can become a means of sharing one's life.

This cell agenda book contains six lessons for groups that will increase their prayer life for the lost and teach the group how to successfully reach friends, family, coworkers and neighbors for Christ through relational evangelism. Each week's lesson contains detailed instructions for the group leader, a weekly devotional, helpful notes for each question, "between the meeting" options for follow-up activities, and a weekly scripture memory verse, based on the week's topic.