Educational program for 50-plus learners 'alive and well' after end of VIU partnership

ElderCollege continues under new name after partnership ends with Vancouver Island University.

The president of what used to be Vancouver Island University’s ElderCollege wants people to know that the mid-Island continuing education program is still alive and well and has attracted more enrolments than before.

Ross Peterson, the chair of ElderCollege’s volunteer board at the time the partnership ended, said the board overwhelmingly voted to find a way to continue ElderCollege’s program despite not knowing if they could make it.Peterson said finding the funds to run classes for more than a thousand people spread over multiple communities was an “extremely daunting” task.

The Elder College’s first fall class, a two-hour course on the history of rose flowers and practical tips on plant care, will be held at the Berwick Theatre in Qualicum Beach on Wednesday. Speaker Chris Kilford, a military veteran and a fellow with the Queen’s University Centre for International Defence Policy, said organizers kept having to put out more chairs.

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