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VANCOUVER
COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

A message from Donald Oakes
Inside

T

Learning Centre
Opens

Bringing home
Canada's military

history
Tips 'n Tricks for
Pagemaker 5.0

oday is my last day working for
VCC, for at least the foreseeable
future. I'll be back if they find a
cure for AIDS! This is almost a
complete circle for me. I started with the
college 16 years ago working with students
with disabilities and now I am leaving on a
letter from my doctor that says I am disa¬
bled. It's kind of weird!
Those of you who have seen me recently
are probably thinking, "but he looks
healthy." I do look healthy and for the most
part feel healthy, but my doctors have been
telling me for the past two years that I
should be reducing the stress in my life. I
have had a few medical issues in the past
four months, including a cancer scare, that

have made me come to this decision. It
wasn't easy! Thank goodness for disabil¬
Operations Council
Report

July long weekend
closure info.

Celebrating

so
Years

vive and prosper! How can it not be, -with

people like you!
I'm not leaving Vancouver, and I certainly
plan not to be a recluse, but I wasn't able

to say goodbye to so many of my friends
and colleagues personally and to thank you
for all that you brought to my life. I hope
that for some of you, I have brought some¬

thing to yours. My friends in CE know how
to contact me. Let's keep in touch.
Donald Oakes

May 31, 1995

Lost it?
Damaged it?
Report it.

ity plans!
I've participated in a lot of activity at VCC.
I was involved in many special education
projects and programs in my early years
and more recently I have been involved in

All incidents of loss or damage of Col¬
lege property must be
reported by Departments
to ensure that possible ^
insurance claims are

the CE Art and Design programs. I've par¬

made. Please report

ticipated on many college-wide commit¬

all incidents caused by
criminal activity to Security. Report all other
incidents such as damage resulting
from a broken water pipe or an acci¬
dent to the Building Services Manager.

tees and have met the most incredible group
of people committed to the work they do
and to the students they serve. My hat is
off to you all! The struggles we have faced
in the past seem not to be over, but the
Pollyanna in me knows that VCC will sur¬

Learning Centre fl € WS
Volume I, Issue !

June, 1995

City Centre Learning Centre Open
We are pleased

Wf Jkl tudents had their first
opportunity to visit

to introduce...

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uote
Let's not

concentrate on

disabilities, let's
focus on abilities.

cious Learning Centre

Several new tutors are working

on June 1, 1995. The Learning
Centre staff welcomed students to

for the Learning Centre this

VCC's newest educational sup¬

staff would like to welcome

summer. The Learning Centre
Celeste Roberts, Norma

port area. Both Learning Centre
locations are now open to all stu¬

dents registered in VCC programs
and courses. Now students at both
campuses have access to compu¬
ter-assisted learning materials,
course reference materials, Learn¬

ing Centre workshops and ESL/
Humanities and Math/Science tu¬
toring.

Operating
hours
City Centre

(June I - July 3 f)
Monday to Thursday
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

Friday

—Rick Hansen

Come to our

Open House

l0;00a,m.-4;00 p.m.

King Edward Campus

The Learning Centre opens offi¬
cially at City Centre Monday,

0une I - August 25)
Monday to Thursday

June 12 at 1:00 p.m. Students,

9:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.

staff and instructors are invited
to come and meet the Learning

Friday

Boutillier (ESL/Humanities)
and Remick Lee (Math/Sci¬
ence) to City Centre. They join
our veteran tutors, Michael

Daniel, Karen Jane Hills (ESL/
Humanities), Tom McDiarmid
and Gordon Wong (Math/Sci¬
ence) at King Edward Campus.
The tutoring service offered to
students is meant to comple¬

ment class work and to help
students find learning strategies
that work for them. Tutors are

available on a first come basis
and in time of heavy demand do
limit individual tutoring ap¬
pointments in order to serve as
many students as possible.

10:00 a.m,-5:00 p.m.

Centre staff and to have a tour of
VCC's newest student educa¬
tional support service. Many peo¬

ple in the college community
have worked long and hard to see
this facility open for City Centre
students and the Open House will
allow us the opportunity to thank
them and to introduce the serv¬
ice to students, staff and instruc¬

tors. The Centre will be open
from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. the

day of Open House.

PAGE

Learning
Centre

telephone
numbers:
KEC 871-7219
CC 443-8607

For more information
on what the Learning
Centre can offer your
students, or if the Cen¬
tre can help support
students in your pro¬
gram or department,
please call Lyn Lennig,
Learning Centre Coor¬
dinator, at 443-8606.

JUNES 1995

Bringing home a fascinating
part of Canada's history

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hi

Vanro^cf; /j r

P

ushing hard to meet the deadline
of November 11, 1995, the 50th

Some sample action-filled chapters are: War¬
fare Before the Europeans; Canadians who

Remembrance Day since the end¬

Fought in the U.S. Civil War; Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light In¬
fantry; Vimy Ridge; Nursing
Sisters; Native Peoples at War;
D-Day; Orientals Behind Enemy Lines;

ing of World War 11, Allen An¬
drews hopes he is in the final rewrite of his
biographical survey of the history of the Ca¬
nadian military.

Warriors and Fighting Men will break new

Korea and Mackenzie (Peacekeeping).

ground when released this autumn. It has been

To be published by NC Press of To

difficult work because so little attention has
been paid to Canada's fascinating military
history; however, it is a subject which has

trated, and approximately 300 pages
in length. It is designed to appeal to

always intrigued Allen. For ten years he has
been collecting Canadian military memora¬

bilia for his book. Sifting through literally a
thousand biographies, books and articles
Allen has traced Canadian military action
from the days of the Black Foot warrior to
today's soldier. Allen believes this publica¬
tion will "bring home" to Canadians the very

central role the military has played in our
country's history.

• '.>^1 5 J y

ronto, the book will be colour illus¬

the general reader when it goes on sale in

local book stores. Cost will be either $30 or
$35.
Author Allen Andrews, currently on one
year's leave of absence from VCC, teaches
in King Edward Campus' Humanities De¬
partment. His previous publications include
The Scottish Canadians, and several major
Canadian Studies textbooks.
Barbara Hammond

Tips 'n Tricks- PageMaker 5.0
Controlling redraw

Copy without the Clipboard

In layout, you don't have to wait for the
screen to finish redrawing before you con¬
tinue working: you can interrupt the screen
redraw by performing another task.
PageMaker continues redrawing the screen
when your task is complete. You may find it
useful to interrupt the screen redraw when
your text contains small caps and text that is
modified with the "Set width" command,

You can copy an object from one publica¬

tion to another without using the
Clipboard. Open both publication
windows and make sure they are

visible. Select the object, drag it into
position in the second publication
window, and release the mouse button.

The object will be copied to the second pub¬
lication.

both of which slow down the screen redraw.

VOL 1

NO 22

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Operations Council Report
The last meeting of the Operations Council

accepted as presented and has been for¬

was held on May 9. Several matters were

warded to the VCC Board and the Ministry.

dealt with:
• A letter was received from the Madrigal

Singers (VCC Music Program) thanking
the Council for its support of the group's
tour of the B.C. interior.
• Discussion on draft terms of reference for
the Operations Council was tabled for fur¬
ther discussion regarding a mandate.
• Monies received from vendors using the

e The draft equipment budget was approved
by the Council and has been forwarded to
the VCC Board for approval.
The next meeting of the Operations Council
will take place on Tuesday, June 13,1995 at
1:00 p.m. in City Centre Room 237. Any in¬
terested members of the College community
are welcome to attend.

VCC campuses will be deposited with the

The Agenda for the June meeting, at the time
of printing, includes:

Endowment Fund for student bursaries/

• Operations Council draft terms of reference;

scholarships.

• ancillary, program and laundry fees update;
• tuition fees;

• The schedule of ancillary, program and
laundry fees was accepted with a few
changes. The revised schedule will be dis¬
tributed in the near future.

If you have any questions, please contact

• The draft capital renovations budget was

Delia at local 7016.

• 1995/96 operating budget;
• meeting schedule for the summer.

Five "takes" on stress management
Take a break
Physically remove yourself from the situa¬
tion. Go for a walk or find a quiet spot and
do some deep breathing. Switch to an unre¬

lated task. Although the stress trigger will still
, be there when you get back, you'll feel dif¬
ferently after a break.

Take stock
You may be exacerbating your stress triggers
by being a perfectionist, being hurried, wor¬
rying too much, trying to control everything,
or exaggerating things. You need to take stock
of your stress-creating habits before you can
eliminate them.

can create an action plan for meeting them
head-on. Learn new job skills, practice time
management, or work on skills for getting

along with difficult people.

Take it (as it is)
If you truly cannot take action against stress,
then take it as it is. Focus on what you can
change in the long-range, rather than day-today annoyances.

Take care (of yourself)
Because stress takes a devastating toll on your
body, you need to take care of yourself. Ex¬
ercise regularly, eat properly, get enough
sleep, and explore your spiritual self.

Take action
Once you know where your stressors lie, you

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JUNES 1995

it

Believe it or not!

ference on Community Tools and Strate¬
gies for Economic Renewal, taking place
at SFU at Harbour Centre, 515 West Hast¬
ings Street, Vancouver, on June 15 to 17,
1995. This event, presented by SFU's
Community Economic Development
Centre, will include keynote addresses on

Incredible as it may seem, Sonja Alton is
retiring at the end of June. The Humani¬
ties Department and the VCCFA are
hosting a party for her on Tuesday,
June 20 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in the
Staff Cafeteria. For more information,
call Joan Burnett, 7278 or Joan Rike,

such topics as Confronting the Global

7280.

.tf
Preparing for Now' is
a con¬

Economy, The Power of Community and
Changing the Shape of the Future. For
more information telephone 291-5850,
fax 291-5788 or e-mail cedc@sfu.ca.

Oops»
In last week's issue of VCC
Connections, the spelling
of Settimio Sicoll's name
was incorrect in the tel¬

Jul/ long weekend closure New books at KEC
at VCC: please mark your Library
calendars! The College is closed on
both Saturday July 1 and Monday July 3
for the Canada Day long weekend.

ABESAP for SeptemberDecember term: applications
will be available starting July 4, 1995.
Pick up your application from KEC Fi¬
nancial Aid Office, Room 4029 or KEC
Counselling Department, Room 3002.
For more information call Financial Aid
at 871-7046.

ephone directory update.
Please take note of this
error and correct your
copy. Correct spelling is :

The Authoritative Canadian
Sicoli, Settimio
Guide to Understanding Mu¬
tual Funds
The Age of Great Dreams:
America in the 1960s
Blood and Belonging: Journeys into the
New Nationalism
Fuzzy Thinking: the New Science of
Fuzzy Logic
The Ethnic Dimension in International Re¬

lations
Lessons from Abroad: How other Coun¬

tries Educate their Children
Living on the Edge: the Realities of Wel¬
fare in America

VCCFA Wellness
For wellness concerns at KEC, please call
Grace Shaw at home: 261-4498. If your
message is not responded to within sev¬
eral days, call Wayne Avery at local 8449.
Thanks.
VOL 1

NO 22

The Man who Planted Trees: a Story by
Jean Giono

Creating Workplaces where People Can Think
Price of Honor: Muslim Women Lift the
Veil of Silence on the Islamic World

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mate aMou/teem/ife
• Working Solo: the Real Guide to Freedom

Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Oc¬
cupations

and Financial Success with your Own
Business
• Sandcastles: the Arabs in Search of the

Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the

Modern World
8 Shock Waves: the Global Impact of Sexual

Human Diseases: A Systemic Approach
Indonesia: A Kick Start Guide for Busi¬

Harassment
• Where the Jobs Are: Career Survival for

ness Travellers

Dale Rasmussen,

PR Dept

Canadians in the New Global Economy

Connections
Editor, Design
and Layout:

Campus Contacts

• The Whole Internet: User's Guide

Vickki Montigny

• The Cage (Audrey Schulman)
• Creating and Maintaining a Diverse Faculty
• Creating the Ergonomically Sound
Workplace
• Organizational Power Politics: Tactics in
Organizational Leadership

(CC),
Manijeh Golkhizi

(KEC)
Communications

Coordinator
Sarah Lucas,

local 7158
Connections

publishes every
Thursday, and
the deadline for
submissions is

3:00 pm on the
previous Friday.
Please supply
your article to

Manijeh or Vickki
in a simple,wordprocessed format

• The Power of Place: How our Surround¬

ings Shape our Thoughts, Emotions and
Actions

• The Sick Building Syndrome: How Indoor
Air Pollution is Poisoning your Life

New Books in CC Library
• 1995 What Color Is Your Parachute?
• Common Errors in English: ESL Edition
• Complete Textbook of Phlebotomy
• Dictionary of International Trade

• Emergency Guide for Dental Auxiliaries

Trauma of Layoffs ...

Infection Control
Introduction to Human Disease
Introduction to Nutrition, Exercise, and

Health
Learning Lotus 1-2-3: Releases 2.3 and 2.4

Making Computers People-Literate
Maxillofacial and Dental Emergencies
Medical Assistant: Administrative and

Clinical
Microbiology for Health Careers
Motivating Health Behaviour
Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide

Procedures in Phlebotomy
Richards' Bicycle Repair Manual
Saunders Manual of Medical Transcription
Strategic Hospitality Management
Telecommunication Circuit Design
Ten Day MBA
Unix for Dummies
Urinalysis and Body Fluids
What Makes a Good Teacher
Wordperfect for Legal Assistants and Sec¬
retaries

(text only is best)
on an IBM-

compatible disk,
and include a
hardcopy.
Please recycle
this newsletter.

JOB POSTINGS
Food Services Cashier, City Centre (permanent,
part-time). Closing: June 13.
Admissions Clerk (b), City Centre. Closing: June 15
Senior Bookstore Assistant, KEC. (Position will
not be filled at this time.)
Secretary, Administration, KEC. Closing: June 13.

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Admission Clerk (a), LINC Program (temporary,
part-time, until Aug. 31/95). Closing: June 13.

FOR SALE «
42" round dining table and four chairs. Chrome
base with solid oak top. Chairs are wicker with
oak trim. Perfect condition. $150. Call Carol in
Employee Relations at local 7142.

JUNES 1995