| Current Teaching Activities
- Salmon Arm, BC |
| Woody Landscape Plants 47003 |
2007 to present |
Course in the Prairie Horticulture
Certificate (PHC) Program, offered through Distance Education,
Continuing Education Division, University of Manitoba. |
| Teaching History
At the University of Manitoba (Degree
and Diploma) |
Undergraduate
Degree  |
| Woody Plants
in the Prairie Landscape 39.453 (formerly Ornamental Plant Materials)
|
(1995 to 2005 - alternate
years) |
- lecture style plus a laboratory
period that stressed hands on analysis of plant material to
facilitate identification. Involves a project to develop a landscape
plan incorporating woody plant material. |
| Fundamentals of Horticulture 39.251 (formerly
Introductory Horticulture 39.208) |
(co-taught 1985 to 2005) |
-lecture style course - contributed the
fruit crops and landscape section of the course including the
design and function of shelterbelts. |
| Environmental Horticulture 39.337 |
(1994 to 2003) |
- a lecture and tutorial style course
aimed at increasing understanding of the use of plants in the
landscape to enhance the environment. A large part of the course
deals with principles of arboriculture. |
| Horticultural Food Crops 39.353 |
(co-taught, 1996, 1998, 2000) |
- survey of production and marketing
of various food crops. Taught by small group discussion of assigned
reading topics, facilitated by both instructors. |
| Nursery Management and Small Fruit Crop
Production 39.319 (included a lab) |
(1987 - 1990) |
- aspects of plant nursery production
and the production of small fruits found in the Prairie Provinces
were emphasized. |
| Fruit crops 39.420 |
(1985, second half) |
- emphasis on small fruit crop production. |
| Advanced Plant Science Seminar
(seminar and grant writing course) 39.742 |
(1989 -1994) |
- this course was designed for Ph.D.
students. They were responsible for preparing and delivering
a seminar, reviewing a scientific paper and preparing a grant
proposal in the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
of Canada format. |
| Diploma*
|
|
|
| Landscape Horticulture 39.079 |
(1999 to 2004) |
- delivered mainly by interactive lecture
style. The laboratory emphasizes observation and problem solving,
including the use of plant keys for plant identification, and
hands-on propagation of plants. The students are also taught
the hands-on art of landscape design and are required to produce
a landscape plan of ornamental plant beds. |
General Horticulture 39.065
|
(1997, 1998) |
- a course aimed at the basic commodity
areas and the development. |
| Introductory Horticulture 41.156 (diploma
- team taught) |
(1985 to 1987) |
- introduction to basic principles of
horticulture including production of various horticultural crops |
Landscape Plants 39.067 (diploma - included
a lab)
|
(1993 and 1995) |
- course focussing on the identification
and use of woody and herbaceous landscape plants. |
| Special Projects Course for Diploma Students
(Application of Micropropagation techniques to Horticulture)
65.063 |
(1992 and 1993) |
- this individualized course emphasized
tissue culture techniques. The students were required to do
micropropagation experiments and produce a write-up.
|
Commercial Fruit Growing 41.291 (diploma)
|
(1985, 1987, 1988) |
- emphasis on prairie fruit growing.
Included some hands-on fruit tree pruning |
