German
German course offerings will vary from year to year. A list of current offerings will be added when available. The schedule detailing times and instructors can be seen here.
Congratulations to the winners of the German Government Book Prize for achievement in German Studies !
GERMAN 100/110 1. Chris Perrier 2. Lindsay Diehl 3. Matt Baumeister GERMAN 200/210 1. Catherine Schmidt 2. Sky Snook 3. Johanna Godt
KÖNNEN SIE DEUTSCH?
Participants Sought for the: Okanagan Deutsch/German Research Project
Do you have ties to German, Swiss or Austrian Culture? Okanagan Deutsch/German Research Project:
The project is intended to assess the attitudes of the German-speaking community toward their cultural heritage and place in the Okanagan community; 2. to provide the members of the community with a framework for assessing their intercultural interactions; 3. to provide members of the community with the opportunity to document their life stories for future generations. MORE INFORMATION
German Films 2011:
White Ghost Weds. Oct. 19 SCI 337 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Nosferatu - Phantom of the NIght Weds. Nov. 16 SCI 337 12:30 - 2:30
Urban Guerilla Fri. Dec. 2 ASC 130 2 - 4 pm
The Okanagan Deutsch/German Research Project
Who? Anyone with ties to German (Austrian, Swiss, etc.) culture. You must be the age of majority, and able to speak either in English and/or German.
What? The Okanagan Deutsch/German Research Project has a survey/questionnaire component, and a video interview component. The survey asks questions about your ties to Canadian and German (Austrian, Swiss, etc.) culture; while the questionnaire (the Intercultural Development Inventory or IDI) provides you with a framework for understanding your intercultural interactions. The video interviews will be made into a short documentary, which you will preview before public release. Total time: 4 hours 30 minutes without private group screening of video documentary. Total 6 hours with screening of video documentary.
Why? To assess the attitudes of the German-speaking community toward their cultural heritage and place in the Okanagan community; 2. to provide the members of the community with a framework for assessing their intercultural interactions; 3. to provide members of the community with the opportunity to document their life stories for future generations.
When? Introduction to the Project; First Surveys/Questionnaires, October 2011. IDI feedback (November 2011); Video Interviews (December, 2011); video documentary private screening (February/March 2012), Second Surveys (March, 2012).
Where? The introduction to the survey, the video interviews, and the private video screening will take place on the University campus. The surveys/questionnaires can be done any any computer, but computers and computer assistance will be provided on campus for those who need help with computers.
Interested? If you would like to participate in the Okanagan Deutsch/ German Research Project, or have any questions or suggestions, please contact the Principal Investigator, Claude Desmarais, either by phone: 250-807-8635, or by internet: claude.desmarais@ubc.ca
Permaculture Vision Walk at UBC, Kelowna Campus, August 23rd, 2010:
A small group of Okanagan experts on permaculture and students and faculty from the UBCOrchard and Farm Coop and from the student group Real Food Group took a walk through campus to discuss possibilities for permaculture on campus. The campus has a rich, natural biodiversity, that needs to be preserved and enhanced. Marmites, coyotes, bears on the side of Roberts Lake, and in one of the photos, a picture of what we believe is a great-horned owl, well camouflaged. The pond is where the owls make their home. If you should find an owl walking on the earth, it is likely under a year old, and prone to walking since it can’t fly. It will climb up the tree all by itself, so no need to disturb it. The people in one of the photos are: Elisa, Kathleen, Jaclyn, Claude, Haruko, Katie and Gabe.
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