95

VOL 1

NO 8

VANCOUVER
COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

Inside

Intercultural arts
and community
festival returns to

the Arts. She is presently working with
other CITYFEST Coordinating Committee
members to see that VCC staff and students

KEC in May

are better represented at CITYFEST 95.

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Agency Reps'

VCC tour

V—'ITYFEST 95 is fast approaching and
the CITYFEST production team is already
hard at work. Preparations are underway
for this second annual weekend
celebration of dance, theatre,

song, storytelling, displays,
Alumni Assoc.
Career Fair

music and more.

Metcalfe, a cultural diversity advocate and
educator with over 15 years experience in

as well as the larger Vancouver community

You can be a part of the excitement. For
more information or to sign up as a per¬
former and/or a volunteer, call the Festival

Hotline at 871-7194 or send a fax marked

CITYFEST 95 to 871-7100.
CITYFEST 95 is produced by Vancouver
Community Festival Society in partnership
with Vancouver Community College. The
festival runs from May 19 to 21, 1995.

Coordinating this year's
festival is Molly-Beth

Associate Dean
appointment

6
Classifieds

Celebrating

30
Years

Wear your
ethnic gear at
Open House!

A

xJLt VCC's Open House we encourage
you to don your ethnic dress. Express your

ethnicity in a frock from Marks and Spen¬

cers, or a kilt (windy day or no) or that
annorapqaqortoq that's been gathering dust.
Or, if your Ukrainian grandmother's blouse

is too tight on you, why not celebrate the
delightful diversity of our college by
wearing something from an ethnic group
whose clothes you admire.
Angela McWhirter, ESL Department
Open House Activities/Events Subcommittee

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Tour of VCC by
agency reps a
resounding
success

Connections
Production Team
Editor, Design and Layout:
Dale Rasmussen,

PR & Communications Dept
Campus Contacts:
Thursday, Febraary 16, the Counselling
Department at City Centre hosted a tour and
luncheon for 43 representatives from agencies
that refer clients to us and sponsor students in
our programs: Canada Employment and Immi¬
gration, Workers' Compensation Board,

Ministry of Social Services, Ministry of Skills
Training and Labour, Vocational Rehabilitation
Services and the Apprenticeship Branch.

Don't hide
away!

VCC Counsellors liaise regularly with these
agencies when assisting individual clients to
select and enter programs at the College.

Share your

However, we wanted an opportunity to show
our programs in action, update representatives

your talent

experiences

at VCC with
the rest of us.

If you have an
article or an

idea for a
regular col¬
umn, let us
know.

Call Dale at
local 7152.

on the breadth of our offerings and highlight
developments in programming and services that
an integrated VCC can offer.
Neither rain, nor snow,
nor sleet...

Last week's heavy snowfall threatened to throw
us off track—but as usual the VCC team pulled
together. Where else would you find a Lorna
Higgins braving the snow and a closed College
on Wednesday to make sure visitors received
copies of the Follow Up Survey she had so
diligently prepared! Who but Benny Fernandes
and Tom Rogers would get up at the crack of
dawn on Thursday to make sure the breakfast so
graciously hosted by Dave Donaldson was as
good as ever!

Vickki Montigny (CC) and

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, word-processed format

(text only is best) on an IBMcompatible disk. Please include a
hardcopy.

The Editor reserves the right to
edit submissions for clarity and
length, when necessary.
Please recycle this newsletter. ^

David Greenall, Lorraine Herlick, Marta
Gardiner and Jean Cockell joined us for the
event so that agency representatives had an
opportunity to learn about programs at King
Edward Campus. As usual, Instructors and

Department Heads across the campus at City
Centre impressed visitors with their friendliness,

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Tour...
dedication and knowledge about training and
employment opportunities.
Thanks to Mike Tittle's coordination the tour
culminated in a faultless display of talent by our
Food and Beverage Management students and
Rick Irwin's Culinary Arts class.
Without exception, our visitors commented on
how useful the tour had been in assisting them
in refering clients to quality career training. A
summary of their feedback (prepared by Suzan
Gouin, Community Liaison) follows.

doing more of this—designing and coordinating
an array of opportunities to showcase particular
aspects of our training to community feeder
groups. That we are right to feel proud of our
students, our programs and our services. That as
we integrate the expertise we possess across
both campuses, we can offer even greater

accessibility and expanded opportunities to
applicants. That we work with a great
bunch of people. Thanks to all of you
who helped us to make this event a
success: Hilary Pearson, Ian Forsyth,

What did we learn? That our programs benefit

Mary Wilson, Allan Clarkson, Wayne
Avery, Wendy LaFrance, Angela
Boutilier, Pat Heward, Dolores
Callahan, Suzan Gouin and Mary

from being seen in action. That we need to be

Parrish.

VCC Lunch and Tour Evaluation
highlights of this event?

1. What do you feel were some of the

3. Is there any way the
format of this event could

In order of preference:

be improved?

1. visiting classrooms

14 participants answered no.
23 participants answered yes.

2. meeting and talking with instructors and
students
3. viewing programs and campus layout
4. lunch at J.J.'s
5. the friendliness, enthusiasm and profession¬

alism of faculty members and counselling
staff
6. follow-up survey

7. networking opportunities

2. How useful was this for you?
The 37 participants unanimously found the tour
very useful and informative. Most of them also
stated that it will help them in their future client
referrals. Some of their comments were:

Their recommendations are:

1. scheduling 1 extra hour
2. making it a full day
3. allocating more time for
questions
4. separating special interest
groups to focus on certain
areas (i.e. students with

disabilities)
5. smaller groups to move

through departments quicker
and see more departments

6. providing more information
on job placement rates

TIPS &
TRICKS
If you wish to phone
a provincial govern¬
ment office in Victo¬
ria, or elsewhere

outside of the Lower

Mainland, you may
do so free of charge.

Just call Enquiry B.C
at 660-2421 and ask
the operator to con¬

nect you to the
number,
submitted by Christie Wagner

"It's great to see the quality of programs and
services being delivered".
"It helps to visualize the learning environment."
"Excellent opportunity to see and refresh our
memories of your programs."

4. Would it be helpful to
you in your work if we provided this
type of information tour annually?
34 participants answered yes.
3 participants answered no.

Among the 43 counsellors who participated in
the tour, 37 answered the evaluation question¬
naire.

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Help is available for job

Exhibitors

seekers!

B.C. Bio-Medical Laboratories Ltd.
B.C. Women's Hospital

The Alumni Association at Vancouver

Community College is hosting its Sixth
Annual Career Fair and invites all
lower mainland job seekers to attend.
The Career Fair is a one day event

where potential employers display their
companies, accept resumes and answer
career related questions.
• Learn more about career fields (or

uick

discover new ones), apply for positions
and network with the people who do the
hiring in a variety of fields. Both active
job seekers and those wanting to gather

Brown Bros. Ford Sales & Leasing Ltd.
Canadian Information Processing Society

Caterair Chateau Canada Ltd.
Certified General Accountants Assoc. of
B.C.

The Employment Paper
Fraser-Burrard Hospital Society - Royal

Columbian & Eagle Ridge Hospitals
Hard Rock Cafe
Hertz Canada Limited
Human Resources Development Canada
Investors Group

"Classic." A book

• Organizations representing careers in

Maverick Coach Lines Ltd.
The Mutual Group
Starbuck's Coffee
TCG International Inc.

which people
praise and don't

hospitality and tourism, health care,

V.C.C. Alumni Association

uote

information for a future search are
welcome.

read.

—Mark Twain

accounting, retail management and
technical systems are registered. Also

participating are community groups who
provide services and support to job
seekers.

e Admission is free, so bring a friend...and

V.C.C. Counselling Department

VanCity Credit Union
Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences
Centre
Volunteer Vancouver

YMCA Enterprise Centre

your resume!

When: Thursday, March 9
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Where: Vancouver Community
College, City Centre
250 W. Pender Street,
Vancouver

Sign Language Interpretation
available from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
For further information, please contact

the VCC Alumni Association at

871-7173
Contact: Veronika Metchie, Project
Coordinator, phone 871-7173, fax

871-7200

Summer Term ABESAP applications are now available
for classes starting in April or May 1995. Pick up your application from the KEC
Financial Aid Office, Room 4029 or Counselling, Room 3002.
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VCC's Open House takes place

"VCC Publishes!", an Open House presen

on Thursday, April 6. Larry Waddell is

tation by the KEC Library will feature
Caroline Adderson reading from
her book "Bad Imaginings" at
2:00 pm in the Library at KEC.
This book has been nominated for

seeking volunteers to serve as Hosts/
Hostesses at the Information Desk at each
campus. You must be generally familiar

with either KEC or City Centre. Call Larry
at local 8319 to sign up.

the Governor General's Award.

Does develop¬

The Community College

addition to his teaching experience,

ing a budget get

Exchange Program (ccep), of

he has business experience and a

you hot under

which Vancouver Community College is a
member, is seeking expressions of interest

for the 96/97 academic year from employ¬
ees of member institutions. CCEP facili¬

technical background. He joined
VCC in 1985 and has been working

the collar?

as a computer/applications instruc¬

The Sheraton Land¬
mark Hotel and
Conference Centre is
hosting "How to
Develop and Admin¬
ister a Budget", May
17,1995.

tor, providing instruction for a one-

tates the exchange of faculty, staff and

year computer program.

administrators between colleges across

As the Associate Dean, Business

North America. An expression of interest

and Computer Applications Pro¬
grams, Paul will be responsible
through the Dean of Applied Pro¬

does not constitute a formal application for
exchange—this is merely a preliminary
procedure. Information and Preliminary
Interest Forms are available from Em¬
ployee Relations. For more information,

grams for the coordination, supervi¬

For more information,

sion and leadership of instructional
matters within the Division.

contact Cassandra
Huang at local 7004.

please call Carol Harrison at local 7142.
Casey Sheridan

Appointment of Associate
Dean, Business and Compu¬

ter Applications Programs
I am pleased to announce the appointment
of Paul Hunt as Associate Dean, Business

and Computer Applications Programs. Paul
took up his new position effective March 1,
1995 and he can be reached at local 8308.
Paul has a Bachelor of Arts from the
University of Winnipeg and an extensive
educational background, having taught in
both public school and college settings. In
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Attention all VMREU staff
and supervisors: 1995 vacation
requests should be forwarded to Karen

Kelly by March 31,1995. A reminder that
the maximum carry over for senior employ¬

ees is 20 days under the Collective Agree¬
ment. If you are carrying over more than
20 days, please be sure to show how you

will use them in 1995 or call Karen at 7004
or 8311 to discuss the matter.

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Mate
The new YWCA Health

Planning to

and Wellness Centre, at 535

retire in 1995?

Hornby (Hornby and Dunsmuir) is now

If you are considering retiring prior to Decem¬
ber 1995 and require a personal interview, you
need to fill out a Superannuation Commission
Application for Personal Interview -1995 form.
You can find these in the Employee Relations
Department, located on the 5th floor, KEC. This
form must be submitted at least four months
prior to the date of your required interview.

open. It features these new co-ed facili¬
ties:
• 25 metre, 6 lane swimming pool
• ozone whirlpool steamroom

• all new, fully equipped weight room
licensed physiotherapists, massage
therapists, and esthetician
• three new aerobics studios
• fitness assessment centre
• personal training

Representatives of the Superannuation Commis¬
sion travel to the Lower Mainland monthly
except July and August, usually on the first or
second TuesdayAVednesday/Thursday of the

Open 7 days/week, Mon-Fri

month to conduct personal interviews. Inter¬

6:00 am to 10:00 pm. Sat/Sun

views will be held in Burnaby.

8:00 am to 5 p.m. Call Sarah
Gallazin, Memberships Sales Repre¬
sentative at 895-5781 or Member
Services at 895-5777.

N.B. Please do not request an interview if

estimate of pension is all that is required.

Music West '95 is calling
for volunteers for their confer¬

Jean Cockell will be on
holidays from March 20-24 (inclu¬
sive) and on professional development
on February 24, 27, March 6, 13, 15,
16, 27 and 31. Please note these dates
on your calendar. During her absence,
contact Moira Macleod at 871-7022.

ence, musicshow and festival, taking place
on May 11-14. Volunteers are needed in a
variety of areas related to the music indus¬
try, including technical services, production
assistants, hospitality, administration,
media relations, on-site crew, transporta¬

tion and registration. Fax 684-9337 or send
your application to #306-21 Water Street,
Vancouver, B.C.

Bookstore Cashier,

POSTINGS
VCC

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CC Bookstore.

Closing date: Mar. 3.

Senior Secretary,

Senior Food Services
Worker, Food

Facilities Dept.
Closing date: Mar. 3.

Services Department.

For information on
these and other
postings, contact the
Employee Relations
Department.

Round table with
four chairs. Dark
wood. $150. Please
call 737-0701.

Closing date: Mar. 9.

MARCH 2 199S