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Education @ VGC

Vancouver

Community
College

February 2008
In this Issue
Essential Skills @ VOC

February 2008

Volume 2,155116 3

Essential Skills @ VCC
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Creating a Globally
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Essential Skills provide the foundationf or learning all other skills
and enablepeopleto evolve with their jobs andadaptto workplace
change. They are the skills needed for work, leammgandlife.

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A Round of Applause
Strategic Planning Update
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Research Interest Group

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Essential Skills

ASP Update
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Report from EdCo

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Committee Reports

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Education Leave—
It's leave you take for study, research or industry immersion. To applj^ first, read section 83 1 of the Collective
Agreement This section specifies the nature and the limits of Education Leave. Second, submit an application

letter and covering page to the Chair of the Committee, c/o the Office of the VP, Education. TheEducation
Leave Committee meets in March to adjudicate applkat ions, recommend who should receive Educarion Leave,

and how much of the 33-month allotment each person should receive. Theappkadon submission deadline is
Friday, February 29th, 2008 — contact pur Dean's Secretary for an Ed Leave package.

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Volume 2, Issue 3
same percentage of students did

managing multicultural class¬

Creating a Globally Minded

not learn English as their first lan¬

rooms, promotes cultural refer¬

Campus

guage as a child, and 85% of stu¬

ences that are not ethnocentric in

Gyda Chud, Dean,
Centre for Continuing Studies
gdHKJ@vcc.ca
HoUyCole, Instmctiona] Associate
licole@vccca
Alison Norman, Dean,
School of Language Studies
anonran@vccca

their examples, is aware of how
dents reported that the language
they learned as a child remains the learning stales and needs vary in a

In mid-Qtober, three of us were
fortunate to participate in several

mulucukural classroom, and pos¬
sesses student advising, admissions
ference, the metaphor of culture as and support services that are
an iceberg was used to illustrate
sidled in providing assistance to
how only certain aspects of culture multicultural applicants and stu¬
are visible to us; much more of
dents in wajs that make sense to
culture and how it influences be¬
them We learned that we need to
haviour and perspective is sub¬
consider (multijculture in how we
merged and requires us to look
design, manage and practice teachr
deeper to be inclusive and respon¬ ing, learning and service,
language they speak at home most

often today At the NAFSA con¬

workshops offered at the National
Association of Foreign Student
Advisors (NAFSA) conference
sive to our learners.
This gathering brought together
several hundred delegates from the Much of the workshop on becom¬
Pacific Northwest and introduced ing a globally minded campus,
us to some outstanding, expert
dealt with identifying the percep
facilitators.

''Mat follows are selected highlights and lessons from these ses¬
sions. We believe they have high

relevance to our VCC Community
and can serve to guide us as we

pursue approaches and strategies

for creating a truly globallyminded
campus. As we move into the new

tions and values that differentiate
culture and how culture influences
how we teach, provide service, and
how our students feara Do we
value independence or interde¬
pendence? Do we express our
emotions outwardly and view
those who are reserved as cool or
self-possessed' How important is
directness in communication or b

jear, these will shape the work of
it better to be more indirect with
our Diversity and Intemationaltza suggestion and implying? Do we
tion Committees in pursuing our
focus on rules or relationships ?
collective goals.
For example, research shows that
Canadians highly value utuversalJane Knight, awel known scholar ism with its focus on rules, rules

of the international dimension of

higher education, defines interna¬
tionalization as the "process of
integrating an international and

intercultural dimension into the
teaching, research and service
functions of the institution of
higher education."

VCC is a multicultural centre of
learning. Axording to the

2006/07 VCC Studait CmsusSurve/, 61% of VCC students are not
of white ethnicity Approximately

being consistent, one truth or real¬

ity and a "get down to business"
ethic. Many cultures, such as Chi¬
nese and Russian peoples, value

learned that one size does not fit

alL
Wait to learn more? Thompson
Rivers University has produced a

resource called A Glcbally Minded
Campus A Rmxirmfcr Acadsnc
Dqxrtnwts (200/) which is avail¬
able onTRLTs website.
AlMalaspina University College in
Nanaimo, faculty development has
been an important component of
"Interculturaliz ing the Internation¬

alized Curriculum" (the title of an
excellent workshop given by Todd
Odgers). Although Malaspina has a
very substantial international stu¬
dent population, the focus has
been on both foreign and domes¬
tic students. All students and fac¬
ulty are invited to examine their

beliefs, cultural knowledge, biases
and stereotypes.

relationships, flexibility of rules,

Taking a transformation al ap¬
multiple perspectives of reality and proach to intercultural ization re¬

a "get to know pu" approach (for quires both individual and organmore cross-cultural data visit
www.7d-cnlture.n l/indexl .html ).

izadonal commitment At
Malaspina, faculty were invited to
a three hour introductory session

Wiat we learned is that an interna¬

to discuss teaching and learning in

tionalized, or globally minded col¬

an intercultural classroom. After¬

lege, is one that takes time to reflea on practice, works to create
52% of the students survejed were inclusive curriculum, is skied in
not bom in Canada. Almost the

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wards, they could apply for a three
day retreat which culminated in...
CotrwIanpecpS.

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I nternationalizi ng
the Curriculum:
A Retreat, a Workout and
a Transformation in the

Making
Pru Mxxe, Instructor
So hod of Instructor Education
pnioore@vcc.ca

explored what it means to interna¬
tionalize our curricula - whatever
it is -, and how we could imple¬

and at c

ment measures to move the proc¬

What boggled my mind during the
first day was how many kjers and

ess ahead when we got back to
work

possibilities exist within this con¬
cept of international ization. They

The conference itself was a fasci¬
nating journey. started by
looking at international ization
from the institutional and organ¬

support staff, programs, courses,
teachers, students and more Our

include college policies, facilities,

knew what it was. Isn't it simply

izational level Speakers Betty

sidled facilitators, Todd Qdgers
and Isabele Giroux, both from
Mahspina College, did a great job

getting diverse perspectives into

Leask, Hanneke Teekens, and

making the theory real and practi¬

classroom readings and discus¬
sions? that is just part of 1.
I found it is much more. Com¬

Bronw)n Jenkins shared highlights cal - sharing their own voyages of

monly, "internationaliz ing curricu¬

alization at their respective univer¬
sities in Australia, Holland, and

Intermtionaliza tion? I thought I

lum" is defined as an on-going
process of integrating an interna¬
tional and intercultural dimension
into the teaching, research and
service functions of an institution

(Knight, 1994) and infusing these

and challenges from their exten¬

a foundation for exh of us to
think about the unique characteris¬
tics and possibilities at our own

The poster session on the last day
summarized our experiences and
learning as we shared with each
other the steps we planned to take,
some concrete and some still being

institutions

formed. Myposter identified

British Columbia. Their words set

dimensions into all the policies and
programs of the institution. It
Then, we completed an aptitude
reaches into every comer and facet test of sorts, a diagnostic and de¬
of our work as teachers, and the
velopment tool called the intercul¬
institutions we teach in. It in¬
tural development inventory, by
cludes bringing students to our
Mkon Bennett, to discover where
campuses from far and wide and
each of us fit on a scale of sk
helping them to feel at home As stages of developing intercultural
well, it is educating our domestic
sensitivity; The stages progressed
students to function effectively in from denial, to defense, minimiza¬
a diverse and multicultural world.
tion, acceptance, adaptation and

It also includes putting college
policies about cultural inclusiveness and awareness into practice,
and infusing the teaching and con¬
tent of courses with knowledge,
skills and values that accept, appre¬
ciate, and develop a broad mulucukural worldview and mindset.

discovery as individuals and teach-

sive experiences with internation¬

processes and content to add or
revise in one course in the Provin¬
cial Instructor Diploma Program.
Content-wise, I am working to¬

ward adding readings about cultur¬

ally diverse approaches to teaching
and learning, with cases and snap
shots from a wider range of cul¬
tures. Processes that help
"internationaliz e" my courses in-

cbde using classroom agreements

finally integration. This part of the that focus attention on the need to
show respect for diversity in style
academy had tender and anxious
and thinking, modeling respect and
moments as we examined our rat¬
ings privately. These explained
inquiry about differences, and de¬
our personal strengths and weak¬
nesses in the wajs we think about

cultural differences and work with

veloping students skills in re¬
sponding to exclusive hurtful re¬
mark made in class.

people from other cultural back¬
grounds It struck me as very real, VCC is the perfert place for inter¬
For three dajs in May 2006,1 im¬ accurate and informative. The
nationalization Wfe have the treas¬
mersed mjself in the
inventory scoring provided sugges¬ ure of a rich cultural mix within
"Internationaliz ing the Curriculum tions for how we might develop
our staff, faculty, and student
Academy" atMalaspina University our intercultural understanding - populations. Wfe have institutional
College, sponsored bythe Interna¬ never pushing us, but like all good policies and practices that support
tional Education Department
inclusion and respect for all
transformative learning activities
there. Along with over forty other only inviting us to consider chang¬
Calined cnpesp?
teachers and administrators from
ing ourselves - in our own wajs
colleges across the continent, we

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Volume 2, Issue 3

From the Centre for Instructional Development.

VCC is Moving to Moodle
Karen Belfer, Dean,
Ceare forlnstractional Development
kbelfer@vcc.ca

Moodle (Imp //moodkoi g/l

Moodle site running on the VCC

while maintaining a similar service

servers would be less than that for
Desire2learn, even though the
content conversion would still be
about double.

model
At that point in time, VCC had to
make a decision, what platform to

A s many cf you sre probably aware f/we
Most important was the latest
tes bem gat (Mxte cm ttepast ss/- adopt next (BCCampus Desire2Learn, BCCampus Moodk, or move from BCCampus to not in¬
ffal years as to what frog-em wedwld
VOC in-house Moodle)
clude all of the elements previously
usstoddivg- ourdstnbuted ddivey
featured with the 'WfebCT service
courses A mudymated sduticn to this
Initial research 0une 2007)
model, thus reducing the Shared
d&stehastm rwded
One of the pillars of the work per¬
formed bythe Centre for Instruc¬

tional Development (QD) is to
support the Distributed Learning
Plan (DLP). One of the most im¬
portant resources required to en¬

able a DLP is the Learning Man¬
agement Sjstem (LMS) used to
mediate the educational processes.

VCC like many other BC Higher
Education Institutions had been
using BCCampus' WebCT shared
service as its LMS. This WebCT
service was free for VCC and in¬
cluded a comprehensive set of
support mechanisms (e.g. hosted
sjstems approach, designer access
to 'WfebCT produaion server, sta¬
ble and robust infrastructure, 8am-

This forced a reconsideratio nto
determine what Learning Manage¬
ment Sjstem would be most bene¬

WebCT to Desire2Learn for both

ficial college wide?

faculty development and content
management would be five times

www.hrrampiis.ca/

AhontBCcampus/

Service PbnJitm ) informed all
institutions using their WebCT
shared services, that as of June

2008 access to WebCT (http //
discontinued As a replacement
they offered two options; De-

sire2Learn (http://
wwwdesire2leam .com/') and

After long consideration of all

faster than that required for
Moodle,

BCCampus and many stakeholders

3. Is a well know and stable Pro¬

at VCC, a decision was made to

variables, heavy consultation with

use our own in-house Moodle.
prietary application, and
4 Utilized the existing BCCampus This would allow us to have direct

service model

control over the integration proc¬

As VCC was gearing up to make
the change, Moodle usage around

esses we put in place, the number
of sites we have (e.g. testing, devel¬
opment, deliver)), and the server

the world increased bejond belief

space we use for each course.

as many institutions adopted

Moodle (e.g. Open University of
UK, Athabasca, Ohio State) as
their LMS. Even amongst Higher

10pm 6 dajs a week help desk sup¬
Education institutions in BC the
port for faculty and students).
adoption of Moodle was four
In June 2007 BCCampus (http.//

Services offered

pointed at Desire2leam as the best
option;
1. The development and use of
tools was very similar to WebCT,
2. The conversion processes from

To ensure a smooth transition, the

QD will work closely with the
schools/departme nts/programs
that are now offering courses

through BCCampus, and help

times higher than that ofDesire2Learn once WebCT was not

them with the conversion and fu¬
ture delivery of their courses in

an option (BCCampus data).

Moodle. ^ also look forward to
working with faculty/

At the same time, a small number

departments/scho ols that want to

of faculty at VCC had been experi¬ start implementing Distributed
menting with Moodle, the applica¬ Learning activities in their
tion was running smoothly, and
found it to be easy to learn and

courses/programs .

use.

If )ou wish to learn more about

Further research also showed that
faculty development time for

Plan or QD initiatives please con¬
tact Alan Davis or Karen Belfer

the VOC Distributed Learning

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Volume 2, Issue 3
sharing and opim on that has been

Please feel free to contact the

submitted thus far

VCC2015 Planning Secretariat if

VCC2015 Strategic Planmr^ Secretanat

The next phase of the strategic

you have any questions regarding
the working groups.

Thanks everyone for the over-whelmmgly, enthus iastic response
to the visKming component of the
strategic planning process. All of
us on the Planning Secretariat
would like to express our sincere
appreciation to the college com¬

planning process brings together
the college community in ten
working groups. are pleased to
announce that more than 100 peo¬
ple have volunteered or accepted
nominations to participate in
groups covering such topics as
campus planning and student re¬
cruitment. The working group

A Round of Applause to the
College Community!

munity for the thoughtful feed¬
back provided throughout the visiomng process; we had hundreds
of attendees from all areas of the
college participate in over 25 visiomng sessions. In the coming
week we will be posting asummative report of that process. In the

Find out more online! There are
several wajs to connect:

At http//vcc2015.v ccca
By email through voc20l5@vcc.ca

Or by phone at 604.443.8646.
phase officially kicked off on Janu¬
We welcome your ideas, insight,
ary 18th with a session for all
working group members on how
to think strategically For the next
three months, working groups will
meet regularly to research, amiyze
and consult with the college com¬

suggestions - and your vision -

for VCC in 2015.
Get involved inVCC's strategic
planning process!

munity on the following ten topics

meantime, we encourage }ou to

that emerged from the fall vision-

Send in your submission, contrib¬

visit www.vcc2015.vcc. ca and

ing work

ute to the VCC2015 blogs, or drop
by the planning office to chat.

view the incredible amount of idea

Got a question? askawav ...
Virginia Adams, Department Head
Library Public Services
vadams@vccca

iskawav is an award winning library chat reference service accessible to VCC students and employees.
This service complements and enhances the VCC Library in-person and email reference with which you are
already familiar by providing realtime virtual reference service

Established by the Electronic Library Network (ELN) in 2006 to serve students, faculty and staff at publicly
funded pcst-secondary institutions in BQ the ask away collaborative service is staffed by librarians and refer¬
ence assistants from post-secondary institutions across the province. You may be chatting with a librarian

from SFU.BQT or VCC! All service providers, regardless of their location, will be able to help you with
your research needs
Creating a Globally Minded Campus
tniiruri frcmpeg52

those provided at Makspina are
key to implementing change

... a poster session in which they
Participation in these workshops,
presented their personal learning,
exposure to the experiences of
insights and change. Faculty values
sister colleges and lessons learned
and assumptions influence curricu¬

regarding intercukuraliza tion, in-

lum and classroom dynamics, so
ternationalizati on, and globaliza¬
development opportunities such as

5

tion offer both exciting and chal¬
lenging opportunities for VCC to
explore. As we embark upon our
collective visionmg for 2015, the
themes from this conference serve
to inform, infuse and inspire our
work at a multitude of levels.

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artinBifiunFEcpl

There are nine Essential Skills:
1. Reading Text refers to reading
material that is in the form of sen¬
tences or paragraphs

2. Document Use means the
reading of materials in information
displays; such as maps, forms,
schedules, diagrams, and cata¬
logues

ines the requirement for workers
in an occupational group to par¬
ticipate in an ongoing process of

acquiring skills and knowledge
8. Thinking Skills refers to the
process of evaluating ideas or in¬
formation to reach a rational deaskm. The six main components of

Thinking Skills are:
Prddm Solving
Dmaan Making
Cnticel Thnkmg
Job Ta^< Planning and Orgnizing
3. Numeracy refers to the work¬
SgiiUcant U&tfMemcry,
ers' use of numbers and their being
Findng Infcrmaticn

4. Writing refers to writing texts
and writing in documents (for ex¬

ample, filling informs); includes
non-paper-based writing (for ex¬
ample, tjprng on a conputer)

5. Oral Communication pertains
primarily to the use of speech to

give and exchange thoughts and
information by workers in an oc¬

cupational group

The Essential Skills Centre will
help students get the skills they
need for their VCC program and
their career Through assessment,
classroom instruction and guided

independent study, the Centre will
help lay the foundation for suc¬
cess. Students will be able to ac¬
cess instruction either before or
during their career programs.

The Essential Skills Centre is also

variety and complexity of com¬
puter use wtthin the occupational

the faculty resource for Essential
Skills materials, training and contads. The Centre can help you
make sure your graduates have the
foundation sldls necessary to be
successful in your program and in

group

their careers.

Do you find that some of your

The VCC Essential Sldls Centre
will be launching later this Spring

required to think in quantitative
terms

both students and faculty

9. Computer Use indicates the

students are struggling either in
course work or in practicums?

They could be among the nearly
40% of the Canadian population
who do not have the Essential
Skills to be successful in these

Contact Jim Peacock, Centre Co¬

ordinator, by telephone
(604.443.8689) or in person, for
more details.

Jim can usually be found on the
main floor of the Downtown cam¬

How can these students be

ines the extent to which employees helped? There are upgrading
work with others to carry out their
classes. There are the Learning
tasks
Centres and now VOC will be
7. Continuous Learning exam¬

pus, in behind Media Services keep going - over on the Cambie
Street side - yes - you found it -

room 236!
opening the Essential Skills Centre
to offer Essential Skills support for See you soon!

for research approval through the we manage our files, artifacts, writ-

Research I nterest Group

new process. ing etc'

The Research Interest Group met

Future gatherings will be from

on January 17th at the Broadway
Campus, and had a lively discus¬

4:30 - 6:00pm on alternating cam¬

sion on ethics in research. Many

thanks to Sue Aro, who gave an

overview of the VCC Policy on
Ethical Condua for Research In¬
voking Human Subjects, and
Diane Batty, who shared her ex¬

perience being the first applicant

The purpose of this group is to

provide peer support, encourage¬
puses: Feb 21 (DTN); March 20 ment, and a collaborative space for
(BWY); April 17 (DTN), May 15 those of us in the college commu¬
(BWY); June 19 (DTN)
nity interested in graduate level or
scholarly research, and publication.
The meeting on February 21st will Please feel free to join our email
be held in room 419 Downtown
distribution list for notices, or con¬

Topic: Techniques and Tips for

tact one of the current partici¬

Research Management - how do

pants.

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stated goals.

new program development re¬

ASP Update
Alan Davis, VP Education
adavis@vcc.ca

The Aboriginal Service Plan that
VCC submitted jointly last Sep¬
tember with Gapilano College and
8 other Aboriginal partner organi¬
sations received a total of

$1,080,000 for 2008 in funding
from AVED, with renewal of the
funding in future contingent on
the achievement of the ASP's

sources in various areas

This was announced in late De¬
cember, was the biggest award for

this round of ASP applications,
and the Coastal Corridor Consor¬
tium received a bonus to support
its unique collaborative approach.

Alan Davis has been chairing the
C3 steering committee, with Ron

Johnston and Barbara Ash also
attending Terms of reference for

the proposed C3 board are being
drawn up.

The 10 partner C3 is in the process

of being established and this will
provide VCC in particular with

If jou would Hie a copy of the C3
Aboriginal Service Pbn, please

new resources for the support of
its Aboriginal learners and some

contact Melissa Grover at
mgrover@vcc.ci .

Report from Education Council

An Aboriginal Stream of the Culinary Arts Program
was approved and will be piloted in September 2008.

Karen Shortt wis elected Chair at the December

Education Council ended 2007 with a Visioning Ses¬

04th Education Council meeting. The Education

sion at the December 04th meeting.

Council Executive was also elected, and representa¬
tives will serve a one )ear term beginning January

2008.

Newly elected Chair, Karen Shortt, presided over the
January 09th, 2008 meeting.

Council has adopted New Curriculum Development

Following the schedule outlined in the recommenda¬

documents. New document s can be obtained by
contacting the Council Secretary, Melissa Grover.

tions from the ad hoc Committee on the Education
Plan, Alan Davis submitted a memo to Council giv¬
ing context for the Education Plan and reviewing
Training Plan changes under consideration.

Old documents will no longer be accepted
Council approved a motion to cancel the Electronics
Common Cx>re Program. This recommendation will

Education Council approved a new LPNBSN Tran¬
sitions program and the new Off Teacher TrainingLevel 2 course. Council also approved changes to
the curriculum in the Dental Assisting and Dental
Reception program and the EE AW program.

be reviewed by the College Board
TESOL will now be offered as a base-funded pro¬
gram.

Council will be voting on the Program Review and
Renewal policy and the Affiliation Agreements pol¬

The ad hoc Committee on the Education Pkn made
recommendations to the Council regarding the pres¬
entation of the Education Pkn. The Council Secre¬
tary can be contacted for a copy of the recommenda¬

icy in February. A vote on the motion to approve
the Granting of Credentials poky, the Degree Stan¬

tions.

dards poky and the Program Advisory Committee
policy has been postponed to March.

I nternationalizi ng the Curriculum
arhncdfmmfB&S

And jet we can do more to cele¬
brate our solid foundation and go
further. 'Wfe can, and I trust will,

be leaders in international izing
every part of our institution and

every program that we teach. Peo¬ To learn more about international¬
ple from around the globe come
izing the curriculum, read articles
together at VCC and we can use
on the subject by these authors internationaliza tion practices to
JM. Bennett, H de Wit, J. Knight,
make the most of that for the
B. Leask, P. Maidstone, and T.
benefit ofeverjone.
Whalfey - and watch for develop¬
ments here at VCC

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Committee Reports

Upcoming Events at
Vancouver Community

Distributed Learning Committee
Theresa Lannan presented a VCC Portal Update to the Committee:
Pre-launch activities will occur in January through March and ICS will
be enlisting the support of the VCC community to work with Law¬
rence Ng. An initial Beta Test deploy ment will be to a focus group of

College
Career Fair
Downtown Campus Foyer

March 12

students and instructors.

Nal King provided the Committee with an ICS update,

(faculty—please encourage your
students to attend)

10:00am-3:30pm
^Cfendy Seale-Bakes spoke to the Committee, and presented a Power¬
Point slideshow, about the ePortfolio project she has been managing.

Information Night

The ePortfolio project is a collaboration between VCC and NEC, and

Downtown Campus Foyer

will run for three jears. The ePortf olios are carried on the Chalk and

April 16
4:30pin-6:30pm

'Wire platform and can be accessed at: www.chjlkandwirp .cnm/vcr .

Karen Belfer will be presenting the Distributed Learning Plan at the

Awards Ceremony
Broadway Campus Auditorium

February meeting.

May 22, May 23
Education Administrators Group
E AG mllbe hosting Maggie Ross for a presentation on the Hu¬
man Rights Coordinator.

Graduation
Broadway Campus Auditorium

June 26

Also on the agenda are the Olympics and the 2010 closure.
E AG mil be reviewing an IntemationalExperiencecourse pro¬
posal and the topic of PLAR.

Strategic Planning Working
Groups
January Apnl

Management Group Highlights
VCC has made a bid to the Ontario Attorney General for a
$2,000,000 contract to offer a Court Interpreting Program. VCC is a
finalist in the competition.

Dates and locations available at:

iittp/A-cc2015 vccca

Education Forum
Given the laige number of meet¬

New and revised policies were presented for review: a revised FOI-

ings related to VOC 2015,the

POP policy, the Aboriginal Enrolment policy and the Emergency

training plan and (shoitfy) the
budget, having an Educational

Management pokey

The target date for the launch of the new VCC website is February

2008

Forum may be over doing it, so
v.e'll convene one as soon as the

dust has settled

Ben Guanzon will begin his position as Director of ICS in February.
The School of Music, through its Aboriginal Music Lab is collaborat¬
ing with the Four Host Nations Secretariat in assembling an audio¬

visual presentation to be shown at BC/Canada House in Beijing from
May 2008 until the conclusion of the Beijing Olympi cs. The project
titled "Drum Song" is a collaboration between traditional and con¬
temporary Four Host Nations drummers and singers and their Chi¬
nese counterparts in the People's Republic and Vancouver

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