Playing with healing herbs can teach you new ways to interact with your body, with yourself, with others, and with the earth and its more-than-human species. It’s a slow, deep process that unfolds over time. For herbalists and plant lovers, the medicine of plants is multifaceted—and it includes connection and intimacy. In these last few …
The Alberta Herbalists Association is offering bursaries of $500 for students studying herbal medicine during the 2021 school year. The deadline for this year’s applications is October 31. Click here for more information. Pacific Rim College offers world class programs in herbal medicine, including our renowned, comprehensive Diploma of Phytotherapy, our on-site Community Herbalist Certificate, …
For the first time ever, students can earn a Holistic Nutrition Certificate from Pacific Rim College through online studies for the Fall 2020 semester! Our renowned School of Holistic Nutrition is offering its semester-long Holistic Nutrition Certificate in an online format, potentially for 1 semester only. This 270-hour program is offered Thursday through Sunday for …
For the Fall 2020 semester, Pacific Rim College is offering online learning options for most of our programs. This means that you can study full-time with live online teaching from our distinguished faculty members from anywhere in the world. Diploma Programs Does this mean you can earn a diploma without ever studying at our …
Considering a career in nutrition? Great choice. Holistic nutrition is a fascinating field with an ever-expanding knowledge base. An education in nutrition can offer practical knowledge for your own well-being, can supplement your knowledge if you are an existing practitioner, and can translate to a rewarding career spent helping others. In Canada, holistic nutrition is …
Kristen Miskelly is a biologist specializing in the restoration and botany of southeastern Vancouver Island ecosystems; a coordinator of the Haliburton Biodiversity project, a volunteer-led wetland and meadow restoration initiative at Haliburton Farm; and an owner-operator of Saanich Native Plants, a local native plant nursery. Kristen teaches the Botany and Plant ID course for Pacific …
Victoria and its environs are a crucible for food activism and food systems innovation, perhaps owing in part to the drive for self-sufficiency that is an inherent part of island life. But these things aren’t automatic: here, as elsewhere, it’s communities of determined advocates, organizers, and doers that propel food initiatives forward; the policy response …
I’m a creature of habit. And in a permaculture program like this one, centered on observation and tied to the seasons, I notice the rhythm of my routine expanding and contracting to fit the days: a year of breaths measured in the cycles of nature. Now in the waning days before the winter solstice, we’re …
Halfway through the second day of a recent weekend workshop, our instructor, Tony, paused and narrowed his eyes in a moment of thought. We’d met him for the first time only the day before, but I could tell he was weighing whether or not to chase down a galloping tangent before it raced away. “You …
Many of the uniquely well-integrated and well-used urban gardens we’ve explored this year sit on public land: Spring Ridge Common, Canada’s oldest public food forest; the Compost Education Centre demonstration site; and the Vic High learning farm, cultivated in partnership with Mason Street Farm, are all located on local School Division property. Sometimes the arrangements …
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