May Z'o VOL 1 NO 20 VANCOUVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Medical Transcription Week, May 14-20, 1995 S nside Auto Tech student gets gold in contest A real reason to celebrate w | hen the opportunity to enroll in the was the best thing that could ever have come Medical Transcriptiomst Program my way. This thing was going to change my life forever. at Vancouver Community College j - City Centre came open to me, I knew this was it. This is what I wanted to do. Since September 1994,1 have been working very hard at maintaining good grades. Experts sharing their knowledge Give your voicemail a summer holiday December 10, 1993 is a day that I will never forget. It is the day that my life as I knew it would be forever changed. I had no job skills to speak of, none that would get me more than minimum wage. You see, I have cerebral palsy, almost the mildest case in North America. I am inconvenienced with CP on the right side only. My right hand does not have the individual finger dexterity it takes to be able to use a typewriter or computer keyboard, other than to use the "pick and poke" method. 5 Safety at the office 6 New phone listing 30 Years For the next year and a half, I took various computer courses, all the time searching out career options. Now, since I could use a com¬ puter and actually keyboard, the job market would open up for me. Somewhere out there is a medical facility that is looking for that unique person, who is go¬ ing to give their facility the edge that no one else has—a highly-skilled, one-handed Medi¬ cal Transcnptionist. Wendy Truman Medical Transcnptionist Student (Editor's note• Wendy was also a recipient at the recent Scholarships and Awards Ceremony, May 17) I have been involved with G.F. Strong Reha¬ bilitation Centre since childhood. The coun¬ Motorcycle winner sellor there showed me the computers and introduce me to a brand new software prod¬ takes home Gold! uct to teach one-handed keyboarding to the John Gantner is the winner in the VCC Edu¬ cational Foundation's Gold Wing Lottery '95. disabled. I would be the very first in G.F. Celebrating 11 '.i') Strong to try my hand at this brand new soft¬ ware. I was using only half of the keyboard. Hence, the name - "Half-Qwerty." Each key has two functions. One side of the keyboard mirrors the other. The literature says "Type 60 wpm with one hand." I realized that this The winning ticket was drawn May 19 at City Centre by Barry Irvine, Chair of the Founda¬ tion Board and a Gold Wmg rider himself. The Gold Wing Motorcycle Lottery was de¬ veloped in partnership with Honda Canada to raise funds to benefit VCC students. KEC mailing address: the sequel All you patient readers will recall that last week's issue stated that we should not be using the postal code V5N 5T9 anymore for KEC correspondence. Instead, we should use VST 1Y8. Well, little did we know what a confusing can of worms we had opened „ s up. After much gnashing of teeth, pulling of hair and sorting out of J# postal codes, we were able to ascertain that KEC actually has two postal codes, one for regular correspondence (V5N 5T9) and one for the physical location (VST 1Y8). As far as box numbers go, our official box number is 24620, Station "F". Do not use Box 24700, Station "C". This box has been closed out. uick %^uote Power without love is tyranny; power with love So, for all KEC correspondence, the official mailing address is: 1155 East Broadway Box24620, Station "F" Vancouver, BC V5N 5T9 Don't use VST 1Y8, the physical address postal code. Many apologies for all the confusion. is charity in * action. —Jean Vanier Auto Tech student takes gold award in skills contest At the recent Skills Canada: B.C. contest, held May 5 at the Vancouver Trade and Con¬ in the automotive area. VCC competed against University College of the Fraser Val¬ vention Centre, VCC's Automotive Techni¬ ley (winner of the silver and bronze), Kwantlen, University College of the Cariboo and the Apprenticeship Board of BC. cian Program and its students had a chance to shme, and shine they did. Larry Lapointe, an Auto Tech student, took home a gold award and a top prize of a large tool box, supplied by Snap on Canada, one of the event's sponsors. Dan Miller, Minister of Skills, Training and Labour, presented the awards. Skills Canada approached Fred Grimann, instructor in the Automotive Technician De¬ partment, to set up the skills tests and make the arrangements for this all day event, the first skills contest ever held in B.C. Various skills were tested, such as welding, carpen¬ try, and computing, with VCC involved only PAGE 2 Kudos to both Fred and Glen Johnston, Au¬ tomotive Department Head—their hard work and organization ensured that the contest was a huge success. Thanks also to Carter Pontiac Buick, who loaned three brand new vehicles for the occasion, and Snap on Canada, who provided the awards. Skills Canada: BC has become an annual event, which the Automotive Department will organize for next year. The organizers hope that with a longer notice period next time, even more participants will become involved. MAY 25 1995 VCC's best kept secrets Training the trainers: helping experts pass on their knowledge W hat David Tickner likes most about his job is the travel and diversity of people he meets through his work. Since the beginning of this year, he figures he has already spent eight to twelve weeks teaching at different colleges through¬ out B.C. David is a curriculum consultant and instructor in the Program Development and Staff Training Department. A typical classroom for him is made up of experts from as many different fields as you can imagine. For exam¬ ple, a nurse, sea captain, chef, librarian, busi¬ ness executive, or architect, could all be mem¬ bers of the same class. All are experts in their respective fields who want or need to pass on their knowledge. As David explained, "You can't just take people who are good at what they do and expect them to teach others. In or¬ der to communicate so people can learn you need a sense of the teaching process. A teacher needs to know how to organize material and how to evaluate what has been learned. Also, instructing adults is a very different process than teaching children." In a sense, a very good way to describe what David does is—he trains the actual "hands on" work. Instead, he will act as a consultant and advisor, evaluating how well the Gambians can put into effect what they learned while at Vancouver Community College. David is a veteran of community develop¬ ment having been involved in a similar project in India for three years. He is op¬ timistic about the success of the Gambian project, and hopes to see many more like it. written by Barbara Hammond Put some sizzle in your summer—great barbecue deals at CC Retail Meats New York steak 7.99 lb Rib Eye steak bnls 7.99 lb the trainers. T-Bone steak 5.99 lb Top sirloin steak 4.49 lb Last November David was involved in train¬ ing project leaders in the Gamble Rural Adult Instructor Training Program. The participants BBQ BeefRst, 3.491b (prepared for the BBQ) Hinds of Beef* 2.29 lb were Gambian community development work¬ Long Loin of Beef*3.99 lb (10-12 T-bones, 8 top sirloin, tenderloin and lean ground beef; average price $ 150) ers involved in training rural adults in areas such as village development, literacy, health, voca¬ tional instruction and project management. On completion of the training, the development workers returned to their villages and ran work¬ shops. On April 19 David flew to Gambia to support the project leaders to deliver the work¬ shops. While there, he will not be doing any of VOL 1 NO 20 Grade A chicken 1.49 lb (Min. 5, cut any way you want) •price per pound will increase due to waste Phone 443-8465 or 443-8351 (Visa, MasterCard or Cash) PAGE 3 "You have 37 un played messages in your mailbox..." tell callers of this ability in your personal Do you dread accessing your voicemail box after your vacation? To avoid numerous hang¬ ups and messages from callers not listening greeting. To set up any of these features, com¬ plete the form below and forward to Christie to your greeting in full while you are out of Wagner at ICS City Centre. Please provide the office or on vacation, you may wish to consider one of these options: one week advance notice. Be sure to con¬ 1. Greeting only (prevents caller from leaving message) 2. Ignore Attempt to Bypass Greeting (prevents caller from bypassing your greeting to leave a message) sider others that may be using your mailbox in a shared office environment I would also like to point out that the mes¬ sage retention period will be set to four (4) days for played messages and twenty-eight (28) days for unplayed messages effective Thursday, May 18, 1995. The retention pe¬ riod is calculated from the time the message was left on the system. Whenever possible Another option available is to allow callers to be redirected to another extension by press¬ ing "0" from within your mailbox. You must discard messages promptly as our voicemail system is very popular and is limited in stor¬ age capacity. Christie Wagner "I Voicemail Box Greeting Only (disable message taking) Ignore Attempt to Bypass Greeting (must listen to greeting in full) TO: FROM: Christie Wagner, ICS - City Centre Name Voicemail Box to Modify Check required modification: Qj Disable Message Taking Q Ignore Attempt to Bypass Greeting Date to Modify Voicemail Box as indicated above: AM/PM Date to resume standard Voicemail: AM / PM Redirect Caller by pressing "0" to: (must be a valid local with a voicemail box) L. PAGE 4 .J MAY 25 1995 The office: as safe as you think? (Part 1 of 2) M ost people who work in manufac¬ turing plants or on construction sites are used to having their su¬ We've tried to arrange the office so that it's well organized and efficient, but there's pervisor give a five minute think of a piece of equipment or filing cabinet safety talk every now and then. In many jobs that would be safer to use in a different it's literally a matter of life and death to keep location, you should suggest it. Or if there's a particular spot in the office where you've safety rules and procedures fresh m the mind of every employee. Working in an office, you may not think that you have to be very concerned about health and safety issues, but you should be. It's true always room for improvement. If you can experience a few near-collisions you should report it. Then we can find out what conditions might cause an accident and take steps to prevent one from happening. that the hazardous situations you might encounter in an office aren't likely to be as It's also important that everyone m the office makes safety a personal life-threatening as those in an underground mine. But by becoming aware of some basic responsibility. No one wants to go jps around picking up after someone precautions you can reduce your risk of else, but using that excuse when you developing health problems. You may also benefit from a better general sense of well- see file drawers left open and pencils on the floor isn't a good attitude. being an increased level of job satisfaction— Whenever you see something that and no one would mind if it turns out that could be hazardous, do something about your productivity goes up too. it right away, either by looking after it yourself, or calling maintenance if necessary. If you see someone absent-mindedly creating hazards, a gentle reminder should be all that's needed. So, how can we work all of these miracles? Well, to start with they're not really miracles. It's just a matter of using a little knowledge and a lot of common sense. There's also plenty of good reason to be Office Hazards careful with the furniture and equipment m the office. Paper cutters and some of the When injury prevention and safety educa¬ tion programs are mentioned, most people will think of things like the television com¬ mercials that show construction accidents that could have been avoided, or special safety training programs for workers in high risk industrial jobs. After all, an office isn't a dangerous place. Or is it? machinery we use can, and occasionally do, amputate fingers. And you can break your leg by falling over an open drawer, or get a concussion by tipping your chair over backwards. No one should ever use a chair as if it were a hammock or a stepladder. to be continued next week (reprinted with permission from the Spring 1995 edition of Safety Canada) More deaths by injury occur in people's homes than anywhere else, and most of us think our homes are pretty safe. In fact, a lot of injuries happen because we assume things are safe when they're not. VOL t NO 20 Next week: adjusting your work station and dealing with eye strain and other potential hazards. PAGE 5 New staffs locals and e-mail addresses ABBINANTE, Angela... . 8441 ...7289 ALTON, Sonja ALVARADO, Ivette ... 8402 BALLIN, Peter .. 7285 BARANIESKI, Melinda .. 7326/8346 BARTANUS, John ....7081 BRANTER, David .... 7299 BURTON, Cheryl ... 7241 CANT, Malcolm ...7220 CASEY, Eleanor ....7089 (v) CASEY, Eleanor .... 7464(tty) CASEY, Eleanor .. 8583 (v) CASEY, Eleanor .... 8594(tty) CHAN, Gordon ....7029 COOK, Orchid ... 7066 COSCO, Frank ....7230 CRTS, Madalina .... L.O.A. CROSSETT, Karen ...8592 CF-Science Lib/Media Assessment Music ESL - ELS IEPA salton@vcc bc.ca ialvarado@vcc.bc.ca pballin@vcc.bc ca mbaranie@vcc bc.ca jbartanus @ vcc.bc.ca dbranter@vcc.bc ca cburton @ vcc.bc.ca mcant@vcc.bc.ca Interpret Interpret Interpret Interpret Admin CE ocook@vcc.bc.ca ESL - ELS fcosco@vcc.bc.ca Women's Ctr Admin CUMMINGS, Sally ... 8526 Bus-Ofc Ad CUTHBERTSON, Morag......7305 Music DANIEL, Michael ....7219 DE VAZ, Chris ... 7046 DEVERREER, Gabnella ....8380 DOBRIKOVA, Viera ....8342 DUKE, David ....7306 Learn Ctr Music mdaniel@vcc bc.ca cdevaz@vcc bc.ca gdeverrier® vcc.bc.ca vdobrikovia@vcc bc.ca dduke@vcc.bc.ca ECHOLS, Judy ... 7201 ECHOLS, Judy ....7433 EHLERT, Jackie ....8486 ESPINOZA, Nancy ....7321 Counsel Counsel Food Serv jechols@vcc.bc ca jechols@vcc.bc ca jehlert@vcc.bc.ca Lib/Media nespinoz@vcc.bc.ca FABIAN, Marta ....7277 FERNANDEZ, Janice ....8317 FISTER, Dana .... 8422 FRASER, Helen ....7140 FULMER, Alison . ..7220 ESL-Outrch Admin mfabian® vcc. bc.ca Fin Aid Employ Rel dfister@vcc bc.ca IEPA kafulmer@vcc.bc ca kafulmer@ubc.ca GOUIN, Suzan ....8488 GRANGER, Joanne ....L.O.A. GUJRAL, Sunny ....7049 Cul Arts Fin Aid jgranger® vcc. bc.ca sgujral@vcc bc.ca HADIAN, Shirley ....8543 Bus-Ac/Cmp shadian@vcc.bc.ca HAMMOND, Barbara ... 7073 CE HARTLEY, Syd .. .L.O.A. HOPKINSON, Peter . ..7285 Bus-Ac/Cmp Bus-Ac/Cmp Learn Ctr CF-Science HUNT, Paul ....8308 Admin shartley@vcc bc.ca hawk@vcc.bc ca kjhills@vcc.bc.ca phopkinson® vcc.bc.ca peter_hopkinson @ sfu.ca phunt@vcc.bc.ca KAPLAN, Shene ... 7441 KAPOOR, Anita ....8420 8403 KAPOOR, Raj ESL - CPE Fm Aid skaplan @ vcc.be .ca akapoor@vcc bc.ca Admissions rkapoor@vcc.bc.ca HAW, Awk ....8541 HILLS, Karen Jane ....7219 L Counsel CF-Human Admissions Fin Aid CE Lib/Media Admissions scummings@vcc bc.ca mcuthbertson@vcc.bc ca J MAY 25 1995 KENNEDY, Pat . .7251 KIRMIS, Brigitte .. ..8512 KOLOT, David L.O A .7432 KOSTOFF, John 688-6210 KREMER, Dalton LANGHORST, Susan ... 8477 8478 LAU, Paul LAZAR, Tom ...8341 7219 LENNIG, Lyn .. 8606 LENNIG, Lyn .7256 LING, Sue LOUEY, Jane ... 7253 MARTIN, Linda .7473 MCBRIDE, Bill ....8524 7219 MCDIARMID, Tom MCKILLOP, Lorraine ,,, 7046 MCNAMEE, Cameron , 7254 MCNIVEN, Wayne ....8438 METCALFE, Molly-Beth.. ....7194 8564 MILLER, Christine MORELLI, Nic . ..7233 MORRIS, Manlyn .. 7246 NGUYEN, Trang.. NURSE, Maureen 7015 .. 7274 PARKER, Barbara ...8560 PERRY, Cathie .. .7487 PIDPERYHORA, Sherry... . 7297 PULHAM, Tami ..7117 PURI, Vanita .. 7332 ESL - ELS Bus-Ofc Ad Executive ESL - Voc VCCFA pkennedy@vcc.bc.ca bkirmis@vcc.bc.ca dkolot@vcc.bc.ca jkostoff@vcc.bc ca dkremer@vcc.bc.ca F S Career Food&Bev M Lib/Media Learn Ctr Learn Ctr ESL-ESL ESL - ELS tlazar@vcc.bc.ca llennig@vcc.bc.ca llennig@vcc.bc.ca sling@vcc bc.ca jlouey@vcc.bc.ca Admm lmartin@vcc.bc.ca Electronic Learn Ctr bmcbnde@vcc.bc.ca tmcd@vcc.bc.ca lmckillop@vcc.bc ca Fin Aid ESL - ELS C & C Educ CityFest Electronic ESL - CPE ESL - ELS Executive ESL-Outrch Nursing Lib/Media Music Acctmg wmcniven@vcc bc.ca cmiller@vcc bc.ca nimorelli@vcc bc.ca mnurse@vcc.bc.ca bparker@vcc.bc.ca cperry@vcc be ca spidperyhora@vcc.bc ca tpulham@vcc.bc.ca Bookstore RAHNAMA, Maryam .7247 ROBERTS, Celeste 7328 ROSE, Lina 8467 8436 ROSS, Lotte RUDICK, Tony . 7103 Women's Ctr ESL- Voc Studnt Asc C & C Educ Accting lross@vcc.bc.ca SAYSON, Eugene .7264 SCHARFF, Rob ... 8377 8562 SHARP, Bus SICOLI, Settimo .. 8396 8347 SINGH, Sheila .. 7148 SPINKS, Gwen SPROSTON, Leah .. 8405 STECHISHIN, Chris . 8621 SZCZYGIEL, Monika ..8336 ESL - Voc esayson@vcc.bc ca Hlth Serv TEGENFELDT, Helen THENY, Janet THORBURN, Eraser TB.A. ESL - ELS htegenfeldt@vcc be ca 7432 7432 ESL - Voc ESL - Voc Fin Aid jtheny@vcc.bc ca fjhorbum ©vcc.bc.ca btoporowski@vcc bc.ca 7295 CF-Science jvanliingen® vcc.bc.ca WILLIAMS, Linda .. 7341(tty) lwilliams@vcc.bc ca WU, Ronnie 8401 7181/8369 Deaf/Hard H Admissions ICS tzima@vcc.bc.ca TOPOROWSKI, Brenda.... .. 8415 VAN LIINGEN, Joanna ZIMA, Tomasz croberts@vcc.bc.ca Hosp Admin Electronic bsharp@vcc.bc ca Admin Lib/Media Educ Fdn ssicoli@vcc.bc.ca Admissions Electronic ssingh@vcc bc.ca lsproston@vcc bc.ca cstechishm @ vcc.bc.ca L. VOL 1 NO 20 PAGE 7 Connections It's a boy! Jane Westhauser of the Edu¬ Someone kidnapped Vickki cational Foundation and Chris Plagnol are the Montigny's biggest fan! would proud parents of Luc Etienne, bom at 4:52 a.m., Friday, May 19. Luc weighed 6 lbs, 6 oz. sadly missed—and summer is creeping ever whoever borrowed it, please return it. It's closer. Editor, Design and Layout: Dale Rasmussen, PR Dept Campus Contacts Vickki Montigny Manijeh Golkhizi Creativity and Trauma: Using Art as a Tool for Heal¬ (KEC) ing (#EP179) is a workshop directed to¬ (CC), 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 ward experienced counsellors and therapists working with clients who are survivors of past traumas such as childhood sexual abuse, physical or sexual assault, long term illness or the death of a loved one. The workshop will examine the use of creativity as a heal¬ ster. Instruction is by Margaret JonesCallahan, M.A., a therapist in private prac¬ tice, trainer and consultant, with an exten¬ sive background in the use of art therapy as a healing tool. She has had considerable ex¬ perience working with children and adult survivors of trauma. Fee is $225. To register, call 528-5590. For content information call 528-5622. ing tool and will provide participants with an opportunity to explore specific approaches that they can use in their own practice. Dates: June 12-14,1995,9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Justice Institute of B .C. m New Westmin¬ your article to The KEC Book Club will meet over lunch at Not Just Desserts on Friday, May 26, 12 noon, to discuss L.R. Wright's Mother Love. Reservations will be made, so Manijeh or Vickki please call Carol Tulpar at 7347 to confirm in a simple,wordprocessed format your attendance. (text only is best) on an IBMcompatible disk, and include a hardcopy. Please recycle this newsletter. JOB POSTINGS HOUSING Instructor, Sign Language Studies. Closing. June 12. For sale: two bedroom and den apartment in west Clerk Cashier, Registrar's Office, KEC, Closing: Richmond. Assumable mortgage 6.50% to May 1997; $148,000. 1 1/2 baths, underground park¬ June 9. Communications Officer, Continuing Educa¬ tion. Closing: May 30. ing, over 1200 sq. ft., many amenities, fabulous recreation centre, indoor and outdoor pools, one block to bus, shopping centre, banks. Sale by owner. Call eves or weekends, 538-8761. Human Rights Coordinator. Closing: May 26. For rent: clean, renovated four-bedroom home Field Coordinator, Madras, India (Canada-In¬ dia Institutional Cooperation Project—ACCC). Two-yr position, commencing after July 1 and located on 14th Ave., Burnaby. Four appliances, no pets Available now. $l,100/mo Phone 4337683 evenings. before Sept. 1, 1995.Contact Sara Lucas (7158). PAGE 8 MAY 25 1995