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Hospitality
Settimio Sicoli (Y-7, N-l) E
Counselling
Hilary Pearson (Y-l 1, N-0) E

Health
Pat Hartley (14) E, John Mayr (3),
Tricia Hughes (4)

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A Night in New
Orleans

.ere are the voting results from the
elections for representatives to the Board
of Governors and Education Council.

Board of Governors
Faculty

Letter from the

President

Malcolm Cant (47), Dalton Kremer (101) E
Support Staff
Jo Hansen (Y-65, N-11)Z?
Students
KEC: Manuel Salinas
(Y-131, N-12, S-2)E
CC: no nominations

VCC meets its

Education Council

match

ABE/ASE

6
Open House call
for volunteers

Rene Merkel (23) E, Betty Nobel (11)
Applied Arts
Jim Davies (8), Bob McAuliffe (15) E,
Jerome Schatten (6)
Business

Brenda Appleton (Y-8, N-0) E

KEC At Large
Stuart Scholfield (Y-75, N-l, S-\)E
City Centre At Large

Bob Aitken (37) E, Wayne Aveiy (21),
Roy Wren (17)
Support Staff
KEC: Sandra North (Y-30, N-3, S-l) E

CC: Wynn Keenan (38) E
Vickld Montigny (9)
Students (two nominations per campus)
KEC: Cassandra Crooks (45) E

Joshua Gallaway (44)
Euclides Garrigo (84) E
Paul Hoeberigs (15)
CC: Angela Flores (Y-19, N-10) E
Celeste Tsuyuki
(Y-19, N-10) E
Y=yes, N=no, S=spoi]ed ballot, E=elected.

Rhyon Caldwell (2), Paul Hunt (5) E

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Celebrating

30 Q

n March 9, the VCC Alumni Association
hosted its 6th annual Career Fair at City Centre.

Years

Pat Kennedy (Y-27, N-6)£

Library

opportunities in health care, business, hospital¬
ity, tourism and automotive. Other sources of

career related information included: YMCA
Enterprise Centre, assisting individuals with
starting their own business; Volunteer Vancou¬

ver, providing students with practical experi¬
ence in their chosen profession; Human Re-

Twenty companies and career related organiza¬

tions participated. VCC students explored job

Continued on page 6

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A Night in
New Orleans

Proceeds from The Notable Event support

the VCC Music Scholarship and Bursary
Endowment Fund. Over the past seven

years this event has raised over $200,000 to
recognize students' scholastic achieve¬

T

A he VCC Educational Foundation will
celebrate its 10th Anniversary at The
Notable Event '95 "A Night in New

Tickets for this dinner and dance are $150
each with a portion tax deductible. There
will also be a Silent Auction with a wide

Orleans" on March 3. This annual event
showcases the VCC Music Department's

variety of items up for bids. For more
information or to purchase tickets, contact

talent at a gala evening at the Westin

Veronika Metchie at local 7173.

Bayshore Hotel. The event also includes a

Oops!

special presentation to honour the follow¬
ing for their commitment to education:

In the Open
House article on

Ronalds Printing, a Division of Quebecor
Printing Inc.; The Truck Loggers Associa¬

page one of last

tion; The Vancouver Business & Profes¬

week's issue, the

KEC Library
section incor¬

rectly stated that
they will feature
readings from
some of VCC's
published au¬
thors, including
Caroline
Adderson reading
from "Bad Imag¬

sional Women's Club; Western Star Trucks;

for the event.

Physics instructor
much in demand

Vancouver Community College student
scholarships and bursaries, essential
equipment needs for college programs and
other special projects.

Locally, Peter has also been in demand. In
February, he was invited to Saanich school
district to present his demonstrations to
more than 60 teachers, ranging from

Kindergarten to Grade 12. Early in March
he was in Penticton where he entertained
students, parents and teachers at the local

It's been another very busy term for KEC
physics instructor Peter Hopkinson. His
years of involvement in the American
Association of Physics Teachers have
resulted in his appointment as the BC

Science Fair. The following day he taught
grade 4 children to "dissect" owl pellets,
grade 5 students investigated chromatogra¬

phy and balloon rockets, and the grade 6
and 7 classes enjoyed the delights of liquid
nitrogen.

representative on the governing council
which meets at the annual winter confer¬

We all get a chance to see Peter in action at

ence, held in January in Orlando, Florida.

our Open House on April 6th. Along with

In addition to his council and committee

his colleagues in the Science Department,

duties, he organized, chaired and presented
at the opening session of the conference.

he will be presenting some of his favourite
physics demonstrations at King Edward

More than 1000 physics teachers and

Campus. Check the schedule for times and
locations.

professors from all over North America
attended the winter conference.

PACE 2

The VCC Educational Foundation is
committed to raising ftinds to support

Orion Western Star Trucks Ltd.; and Mr.
and Mrs. PA. Woodward's Foundation.

inings." In fact,
Ms. Adderson's

reading is the
only one planned

ments and assist with education related
costs.

MARCH 16 1995

A Letter from
the President

Provincially:
I am a director at large on the executive of

the Advanced Education Council of British
Columbia (AECBC). The AECBC advo¬
cates for post-secondary issues on behalf of
its college and institute members.

S

Nationally

WJome of you have reminded me lately
that it's been several months since I was
last in touch. My focus has been on our
external environment, raising the profile of
VCC outside the college, enhancing current
relationships and developing new contacts.
Here's a summary of my recent activities:

As one of five directors from B.C. on the i
30-person ACCC Board, I am involved in

policy-setting for ACCC's international
and domestic affairs and for coordinating

ACCC's advocacy on issues affecting the
nation's colleges.
I am one of six members on the ACCC's
three-year Task Force on Marketing Col¬

Locally
I started the year by hosting Mayor Philip
Owen of the City of Vancouver for lunch at
J.J.'s. I briefed him on the new VCC, and

leges. Our mandate is to identify more
effective means to market Canadian com¬
munity colleges to industry, labour and
government.

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he briefed me on the City's future plans.
The Task Force was set up in answer to the

At the request of the Vancouver Board of
Trade, I joined its Economic Development
Committee. The Committee's 35 members
determine the economic issues that the
Board will pursue.

I've hosted President John Stubbs of Simon
Fraser University on a tour through both
campuses; he was obviously impressed and
pleased by what he saw and heard. I've

also hosted a group of presidents from John
Abbot College, Montreal; Seneca College,
North York; Sir Sandford Fleming, Peter¬
borough; Assiniboine College, Brandon;
and Lethbridge College in Alberta.
With Lilli Milder, President of the VCC
Education Foundation, I've been calling on

rapid growth of private-sector education

and training over the past few years, with
the aim of recapturing the market for the
public sector. In this regard, my learning
from last November's trip to New Zealand
will be helpful: I observed at least one
model there that might be applicable to

—Irving Layton

The Task Force has already initiated
discussions with the Canadian Labour
Force Development Board and the Sector

Councils, which will play a key role in the
funding of future training initiatives and
whom we in the public sector have ignored
at our peril.
I'd welcome your thoughts on these various
activities, whether by phone or in person. If

Mainland. Such partnerships with industry

you have further suggestions for initiatives

are always mutually advantageous, and

I could be taking to represent VCC exter¬

Lilli and I see enormous promise in this

nally, please let me know them.

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someone who

keeps asking the
question, "What is
a Canadian?"

Canada.

potential corporate sponsors in the Lower

area.

A Canadian is

John Cruickshank, President

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The Match has
been met!

efforts of many. On behalf of the Educa¬
tional Foundation's Board of Directors and

staff, thank you and congratulations to all!
Eighty-one gifts of varying sizes were
secured to meet the match. College faculty
and administrators, in collaboration with

t~yast fall the Ministry of Skills, Training

Attention
Letterhead
users: the
most recent

printing of the
VCC letterhead

and Labour made $276,076 available to
VCC as a dollar-for-dollar match through
the Matching Program for Equipment and
Technology. The program's objective is to
assist institutions in their efforts to increase
the level of donations from individuals,
businesses and other levels of government,

and to provide additional funding for
equipment and technology. In other words,

contains an

the VCC Educational Foundation had to
raise $276,076 in contributions of cash and

incorrect phone

equipment in order to secure these funds.

number for City
Centre Campus.

The number
that appears is
443-4300. The
number should
read 443-8300.
If you are using
this letterhead,

On February 28, Lilli Milder, President of
the VCC Educational Foundation an¬
nounced that the match had been met! (You

the Educational Foundation Board and
staff, worked very hard to see that the
College was able to maximize this opportu¬
nity.

A few people's efforts were particularly
noteworthy and deserve mention: Brenda

Appleton, College Librarian; Maciek
Walentowicz, Jewellery; Donald Oakes,
C.E.; Ray Oksanen, Diesel; Bob McAuliff,

Electronics; Condy Leung, Asian Culinary
Arts; George Rudoph; Baking; Jim Funk,
College Foundations - Science; Lynn

Smith, Dental Hygiene; Dave Donaldson,
Hospitality Administration and Gwen
Masse, Visually Impaired.

may have heard the cheers emanating from

And to all the donors, please know how
much your contributions mean to those

the fifth floor at KEC.) Since fundraising is

who will benefit. Thank you for your

a team sport, the success was due to the

support.

please "white
out" over the
incorrect num¬

ber or use

letterhead with
the correct

listing.

FORSALE
POSTINGS
VCC
Confidential Secre¬
tary, Executive

Office. Closing date:

Metal utility trailer,
4' X 8', one year old.

$800 firm. Contact
Syd at 943-6772.

March 24

IKEA white bookcase

Langara

shelves. L 29 1/2" H
33" D 9 1/4, good

Word Processor

Operator (b), General
Office. Closing date:
March 27.

with 2 adjustable

condition $30; IKEA
white bedside table
with one drawer, good

condition $25; IKEA

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bongo desk/drawing
board, blue plastic $5.

Department at St.

IKEA (2) yellow

Paul's Hospital is
looking for a place to

plastic crates on

stay for one month

wheels, good for
storage/toys $5 each.
Local 7361.

from April 21 to May
20, 1995. Twentyfour years old, quiet,
non-smoker offering

to pay $100/week

HOUSING
A student from
Thursday Bay,
Ontario who is doing
a placement in the
Health Record

(negotiable). If
interested please call
Karen Thibodeau at

(807) 622-7937 as
soon as possible
(leave message).

MARCH 16 1995

KEC Book Club's next meeting is
Friday, March 24, at Not Just Desserts,
near Broadway station. The current selec¬

Tickets are $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00
and will be available at noon each
day in the cafeteria from March 2022. Draw will take place at 12:30

tion to be discussed is Possession, by A.
Byatt. Please confirm attendance with

pm March 22 in the cafeteria.

Carol Tulpar (871-7374) or Joan Rike

Proceeds to go to the Noreen

(871-7280) so that an appropriate reserva¬
tion can be made. The restaurant is near

Green Institutional Aide
Award.Thank you for support¬
ing this KEC award. For more

Broadway Station. New members from
KEC or CC are always welcome. Hope to

information contact Nadine

see you there!

Johnson at 7346.

Studio 58 at Langara Col¬
lege presents "four play at 58," from
March 22 to April 2. Comprised of four

Come whale watching in the
U.S. San Juan Islands with VCC-Interna-

tional Education, Friday, April 7. Cost is
$70, open to all students, friends, homestay

original one-act plays (two plays running
per evening) written by students of the
Theatre Arts program under the tutelage of

families and staff of
VCC*. Meet at KEC

Canadian playwright John Lazarus. Tickets

departure time 7:30

are $5.00. For information and reservations

a.m. Deadline for

call 323-5227. Warning: these plays con¬

registration is Tuesday,
March. 21. Please pay the

tain some violence and coarse language.

at 7:15 a.m., with

cashier, 4th floor, KEC. *A U.S
Visitor's Visa may be required.

March is Nutrition month.

Contact Stephanie Jewell at local 7010

Celebrate healthy fun eating with a chance

for more information.

to win a "Four-Food-Group Basket".

New Books in CC Library
• Bank of Canada: Origins and Early
History
• Canada's Health Care System: Its

Funding and Organization
• Canadian Minerals Yearbook (1993)
• Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness
VOL 1

NO 1 0

Handbook of Sailing
Lower Mainland Gangs
Mayo Clinic Diet Manual
Networks
Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
On Becoming a Counsellor

Riots: a Background Paper
Virtual Reality Technology
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Jobs!

Continued from page 1

sources Development Canada, assisting in job

The day was a great success, with many of the
companies already planning to attend next year.

search techniques; and VCC's Counselling
Department, informing visitors on training

available through the college. An estimated 800
visitors asked career related questions, collected

Special thanks to Angelo lapalucci and his
building service crew for making the day run so
smoothly. They made my job look easy!

information on participating companies and
submitted resumes directly to the hiring person¬
nel manning the booths.

Veronika Metchie, Project Coordinator

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help to blow up helium balloons and
distribute them around both KEC
and CC from 8:00 to 11:00 am on
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