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UVIC CONTINUING STUDIES UPCOMING COMMUNITY HEALTH COURSES

PsychedelicsScience and Public Health

Tuesdays, Oct 7-28, face to face

This course will provide a brief historical review of psychedelics, with a focus on traditional Indigenous uses and Western research over the past 150 years. You will explore the biological and psychological impacts of various psychedelic substances and review the most recent science exploring the potential personal and public health benefits and harms of psychedelics. Course material will include academic articles, podcasts and videos exploring the intersection of psychedelic substances, science and society.

Setting Healthy Boundaries Through Rest and Play

Wednesdays, Oct 8-29, face to face

We all understand that rest and play are essential components of a healthy life. Yet, it can be surprisingly difficult to step away from the constant pull towards productivity and meeting the needs of others. This course explores the factors that get in the way of taking restorative time for ourselves. Through guided discussions and written exercises, you'll build a personal toolkit for clarifying your needs, setting healthy boundaries, reconnecting to your joy, and restoring your vitality. We’ll discover how rest and play profoundly enhance our capacity to support ourselves as well as the people around us, and the causes we care about.

Grief, Memory and Healing Qualities of Time Travel

Tuesdays, Oct 21 - Nov 4, online

This workshop explores a fresh approach to grief that moves beyond the familiar five stages. Using the idea of time travel through memory, imagination, and embodied experience, we’ll explore how grief doesn’t always follow a straight line—and how continuing to connect with those we've lost can be deeply healing. Inspired by narrative practices and the work of David Kessler on finding meaning, we’ll create space to re-engage with loved ones in ways that feel personal, authentic, and counter to the cultural pressure to move on.

Radiant You: Learn to Rekindle Your Spark

Wednesdays, Nov 5-26, face to face (Langford’s John Hogan Campus)

You’re invited on a joyful exploration to rediscover what makes you feel truly alive and vibrant. Join us in a supportive community where your authentic spark is celebrated and nurtured. Through lively group discussions, playful self-discovery exercises, and inspirational journaling prompts, you’ll reconnect with your unique sources of joy and vitality. Each session is designed to uplift, energize, and guide you back to your most radiant self.

Investing for Financial Wellness

Wednesdays, Nov 5-26, online

Financial wellness is about more than finances; it is a primary contributor to overall well-being. Over four sessions, this interactive course examines the ways to manage your finances and investments to help you reduce stress, feel secure about your financial future, and enjoy life more. Guided by an experienced Chartered Financial Analyst, you will explore the attributes that lead to successful investing, learn to recognize common psychological pitfalls that might undermine your investing decisions, look at big picture investment themes, and learn strategies that will help you preserve capital and achieve peace of mind even in turbulent markets.

Living Life After Cancer

Nov 6, face to face

Your cancer treatment is finished but do you ever feel like your recovery is taking longer than expected? Are you feeling more stressed than usual? Do you find things like changes in your body make you worry about a cancer recurrence? Join us to learn about common post-treatment experiences. We will practice exercises to decrease stress, ease worry, and learn about programs that support people after treatment. We will offer ways to use your experience to inform the next chapter of your life. This workshop is for patients and partners.

Eating with Intention: Ayurveda, Food and Self

Thursdays, Nov 6-20, online

Eating is more than just nutrients, it is about energy, balance, and connection to self in your daily life. This course will introduce you to the foundational principles of Ayurveda, an ancient Eastern approach to well-being, through the lens of food. This is perfect for beginners looking for practical tools to better understand their body and make more intuitive choices. 

Buddhist Wisdom for Silencing the Inner Critic

Thursdays, Nov 13 - Dec 4, face to face

Many of us have a tendency to be excessively self-critical, self-doubting and lacking in confidence. These debilitating thoughts can affect our relationships, our work and our ability to realize our full potential in life. In this course, we will learn how to use Buddhist insights and wisdom to free ourselves from self-critical thoughts and attitudes and recognize our potential for limitless inner peace and mental freedom. We can prove to ourselves that this “inner critic” is a mental distortion coming from our misconception about who we really are and so it can be eliminated completely.

Pain: The Good, Bad and Unwanted

Mondays, Nov 24 - Dec 1, face to face (Langford’s John Hogan Campus)

Pain science has grown in the past 20 years leading to a difference between what research tells us and what health care providers or the general public know, which likely leads to unnecessary suffering. In this course, we will explore the complexity of pain in plain terms with a goal to gain insights that could lead to the easing of our pain and suffering.

Beyond Biology: Connecting Pain with Mind, Culture and Community

Nov 26, face to face

Go beyond the biology of pain in this interactive exploration of psychological and social influences on the pain experience. Through case studies, small group discussions and practical exercises, you will learn how mindsets, emotions, culture and community impact persistent pain and recovery. Led by Dr. David Kennedy, this course is ideal for those familiar with basic pain science and seeking deeper, practical strategies for pain management.

For more information, and to register: https://continuingstudies.uvic.ca/health-wellness-and-safety/topics/community-health-and-wellness

AROHE Matters: September 2025 Academic Retiree News

EDITOR'S NOTE: In this issue the announcement and question about the future AROHE in-person conference, and the video about one professor's closing of a 40-year teaching career, The Last Class. See Tell Us Your Story to share your intergenerational experience.

LINK TO VIEW: https://www.arohe.org/resources/EmailTemplates/AROHE%20Matters%202025-09/index_preview.html

Invitation to AROHE’S Virtual Event

PART III: LONG-TERM CARE AND TAX PLANNING

DATE:  Tuesday, October 28, 2025

TIME: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EDT)

ABOUT THE EVENT: Everyone is at risk of needing long-term care and if the need arises it can upset the otherwise well planned retirement. It will explain the difference between Medicare and Medicaid and what they cover as well as the basic eligibility rules for Medicaid and Medicaid planning. It will also review some of the prior course material on planning for incapacity. The tax section of the class will provide an introduction to both estate taxation and estate tax planning (relevant to few taxpayers today) and the ins and outs of the tax on capital gain, especially the step-up in basis.

REGISTRATION: https://www.arohe.org/event-6242939/Registration

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