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January 31, 2003

RECOGNIZING
EXCELLENCE IN
TEAMWORK!

Meet the Writer Series

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Student Success!?

Vancouver Community College
King Edward Campus - Library

1155 East Broadway

VST 4V5
Fifty-five employees were honoured in several categories at this year's
Employee Recognition Event held on December 5th. Above: Susan Vellutini, Mimi
Chau, Elise Routhier, Patricia Mahler, Mary Sullivan were recognized for
Excellence in Teamwork at the recent Employee Recognition Awards, (story on

page 3)

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5th Annual Employee Recognition Event
We were delighted to honour so
many employees at this year's
Employee Recognition Event on
December 5th. A total of 55
employees were recognized in the
following categories:
30 Years of Service - 14

25 Years of Service - 22

- a significant certificate,

20 Years of Service - 19
Excellence in Education
CF - Mathematics

For an employee or group to be
nominated for such an award is
exceptional and a tribute to their
consistent hard work and dedication.
All nominees were sent a letter from
the President to applaud them for
achieving this mark of distinction. As
well, the President sent letters to
employees recognizing the following:

Kie Tio,

Excellence in Customer Service
- Gwen Guile, Learning Centre

Excellence in Leadership - Joan
McArthur-Blair, VP Education
Excellence in Community
Involvement - Culinary Arts
Department
Excellence in Teamwork Assessment Centre

/Above: Dak Dorn congratulates Kie Tio
on his Excellence in Education Award.

diploma or degree (22)
- volunteerism (22)
The event was well attended, not
only by the honoured guests, but by
their friends and colleagues. The
room was a sea of friendly, cheerful
faces, everyone enjoying the
opportunity to visit with colleagues
and share in this very special
occasion. Sandra MacSorley, Shirley
Ripley and students decorated the

incredible array of light refreshments
were available for everyone to enjoy.

Throughout the event, the pride and
enthusiasm were noticeable amid the
applause, as the tokens of
recognition were awarded.

Dale Dorn, President, provided the
official welcome and thanked so
many for coming to recognize fellow
employees and celebrate their
various achievements. Gordon

Barefoot, Board Chair, brought
greetings on behalf of the Board. He
congratulated those being honoured
and thanked all the employees for
their commitment and dedication to
the College and community.

room to look very festive, music

students entertained us and an

/Above: Rob Henderson congratulates
Joan MacArthur-Blair on her
Excellence in Ledaership Award.

Above: Gwen Guile displays her
bouquet while accepting her
Excellence in Customer Service Award.

Left: Rob Henderson
congratulates Ngee-

Moi Voon on behalf of
the Assessment Centre. \
Right: Robert Kraatz,
Wayne Baxter, Settimio
Sicoli, Tony Humphries,
Harald Bonkowski and
Ian Smith accept the
Excellence in
Community
Involvement Award.

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S"1 Annual Employee Recognition Event (cont'd)

Employee
Recognition
Wall
An Employee Recognition Wall is
being planned for each campus
where we will recognize the 20, 25,
30 long service recipients and
recipients of the 5 VCC awards. We
would like to thank Media Services,
who captured the moment by taking
a number of pictures. Thanks to his
efforts, we are pleased to be able to
share some of the pictures with you.
The Employee Recognition Walls will
be located as follows:

Meet the Writer
Series!
This December CF-Humanities
received notification from the
Canada Counil that the department
had received its second grant to host

(KEC) PAPERBACK

and read for VCC's students, staff,

and faculty during the January-April,
2003 term.

Billie Livingston - at VCC on
Wed. February 19, KEC Cafeteria
12:30-1:45

William Deverell - at VCC on
Wed. April 16, KEC Cafeteria
12:30-1:45

On the topic of recognition, we
would like to thank a few special
people who assisted in the event.
Thanks go to those dedicated VCC
Award committee members who
made it possible to enhance our
Employee Recognition Event this
year by including 5 VCC awards.

The department is deeply
indebted to instructor John Patterson
whose dedication, hard work, and
donation of professional
development time made this
wonderful opportunity possible. John
trudged through the mountain of
paperwork required by the Canada
Council as well as contacting and
recruiting the writers. This is an
open invitation to everyone to

These committee members were

"Come meet the writers!"

To all those who helped behind
the scene and/or during the event,
thank you for your contribution to
the success of the event.

And, congratulations again to all
those who were recognized on this

In the meantime, we invite
readers to take advantage of some of
the titles we have in VCC Library and
read from them ahead of time.
Please check out these titles in the
Library.

Billie Livingston
Going Down Swinging

(KEC) PS 8573 195 G64 2000

occasion.

Carol Sicoli
Coordinator, Employee
Development
Human Resources Department

(CC) PAPERBACK

writers, Billie Livingston, Marilyn
Bowermg, and William Deverell. All
three have accepted the
department's invitation to meet with

KEC - on the 4th floor by the
elevator (opposite side of the
Donor wall)

lot of work.

(CC) PAPERBACK
Kill All The Lawyers

three of B.C.'s most well-known

Marilyn Bowering - at VCC on
Wed. March 19, KEC Cafeteria
12:30-1:45

responsible for adjudicating and
selecting the recipients. This was a

(KEC) PS 8557 E92 D36 1984
Fatal Cruise

Laughing Falcon

City Centre - on the 2nd floor
next to the Donor Wall (near
Continuing Education)

Thank you

William Deverell
The Dance of Shiva

Marilyn Bowering
Human Bodies : New and
Collected Poems 1987-1999

(KEC) PS 8553 0865 H86 1999

(KEC) PAPERBACK
Mindfield

(KEC) PS 8557 E92 M56 1989
Platinum Blues

(KEC) PS 8557 E92 P58 1988

(KEC) PAPERBACK
Street Legal : The Betrayal

(KEC) PAPERBACK
Trial of Passion

(KEC) PS 8557 E92T75 1997

VCC Social

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would be ideal, to getvolunteers
from both campuses to come :
together in early February tb,c-v.

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joining this "Fun" Social C */'
Committee, please contact Carol.
Sicoli at local 7011 or email at : /
csicofi@vec.ca.

To All Appearances A Ladv

(KEC) PS 8553 0865 T6 1997
January 31, 2003

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Student Success?!
A couple of weeks ago, as I was

unlocking my bike in front of Coast
Mountain Sports after my almostsuccessful quest for my first good
mountain boots in thirty years, I was
panhandled. As I responded that I
had no change (that was true), the
panhandler said, "Is that Peter? Do

replied in the negative. Of course,
Mike hadn't seen me in the line-up.
"He's a very sweet guy," said my wife.
"I gave him five dollars."
I don't resent the twenty-five

dollars my household contributed to
Mike's livelihood. I feel much better,
in fact, as yet another of my
students demonstrated excellence in
his chosen career.

you remember me? Mike. I was m

your biology class." I admitted that I
didn't recognize him, but as I looked
at him and he identified himself as
an A student in 1977, the memory
bank vaguely jarred. He told me how
much he had enjoyed the class, and
went on (and on) about his life. He
told me his story about hard times in
the Interior, and using all his money
to bus to Vancouver, and how he was

awaiting friends coming back from
the Island, and how he needed
money for a night at the hostel until
they returned. Then he asked me if
he could still succeed in life (of
course I said yes), and told me he
would call on me at the college and
enroll once again. After chatting for
half an hour, we took leave of one
another, he clutching what used to
be my twenty-dollar bill for the
night at the hostel, and me
wondering how much I contributed
to this quite sweet former student's
lack of success.
I needn't have concerned myself.

Last week, after purchasing tickets to

My Big Fat Greek Wedding at the
Fifth Avenue, I turned to find Mike
talking animatedly with my wife. I
joined them with a smile, and as
Mike was concluding his story about
bussing into town, I chimed in, "and

that's when you found me He
repeated, "And that's when I found
you". Then he left. As my wife and I
walked away to join the theatre line¬
up, I asked her if he told her the
story. She replied, yes, about his hard
times in the Interior, friends coming
back from the Island, needing money
for one night at the hostel. "No," said

I, "Did he tell you about us meeting
last week, .that he was my student,

the one I told you about?" She
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Peter Ballin
October 16, 2002

Go Green!

The co-op is just a few years old,

but has been quite successful.
They've won several environmental
awards. They were also one of the

three finalists for the Vancity $1
million grant this year.
Marta Goodwin

Health Care
Communication
Management Merges

With The Hospital
Unit Coordinator

I really don't like cars, but I do
like the convenience they provide
once in a while. If any of you feel the

Program

same, and you don't need a car every

merge of two program areas into one

day, you might want to try the car

new department within the School
of Health Sciences. The Health Care
Communication Management
Department brings the (formerly)
Medical Office Careers Department
(Medical Office Assistant, Medical
Secretary, and Medical
Transcriptionist programs) and the
Hospital Unit Coordinator Program

co-op. It's cheaper in the long run
than running your own car and
much better for the environment.

I joined the Co-operative Auto
Network last summer. So far, it's
been great. You buy shares, just as in

a housing co-op, and pay a monthly
membership fee, a mileage fee and
an hourly usage fee. The shares are

$500 for life and the monthly fee
varies according to the usage plan
you chose. 1' m a very infrequent user

so my plan is $60 for the entire year.
I pay $1.75 an hour and $.32 per
kilometer when I'm using a car. It

generally costs me about $15 to take
a car out for the entire morning to
run errands all over town. If you are

on a higher usage plan, your mileage
rate is lower. The co-op pays for all
insurance, gas, repairs and
maintenance costs.

There are now 52 cars stationed
at different locations around the
Vancouver area. Members can book a
car on-line, over the phone or in

person at the office downtown. There

I am pleased to announce the

together under one umbrella.

Faculty are excited about this
because it offers an opportunity for
sharing of resources-both instructor
and curricular-and will lead to a

united approach to dealing with the
ongoing challenges presented in
health care communications and
technology systems. Congratulations
to Moreah Hament who is presently
Acting Department Head for this
new department.

Appointment
I am pleased to announce the
appointment of Norm Dooley as
Department Head of the Centre for
Instructional Development
Department. Norm's appointment is

is at least one van available.

effective January 3, 2003.

If you'd like to check this out for
yourself, the website is

And thank you to David Tickner
for his work as Department Head in

www.cooperativeauto.net. Their phone

the past.

number is 604-685-1393 and their
address is 205-470 Granville Street.

Pat Bawtinheimer

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LIBRARY NEWS
NEW BOOKS AT VCC
LIBRARY

scentic waters of Howe Sound. This
is the story of a small town
struggling to reinvent itself and a
celebration of the people who used
to, and those who still do, call

The efforts of various humanitarian
groups, non-governmental and

grassroots organizations in staving
off the widespread efforts of
globalization are also explored.

Title: Aaamst the Grain

Britannia home.

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES S

Title: Bullv Dance

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES HG

494.5 B563 L372 1999 c. 1
Summary: Mar Lappe and Britt Bailey
offer a scientifically-grounded
skepticism of food biotechnology and
genetically modified foods.

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES BF

3881 156 2000 c. 1
Summary: This program explains
how the IMF is structured and
illustrates how it sets policy. The
program also uses archival footage
to examine the dual birth of the IMF
and the World Bank and to explore
the vision of its founding members:
John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter
White and Henry Morgenthau.

Title: Beirut to Bosnia Muslims and
the West: A Personal Journey

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES DS
119.7 B457 2000 vid. 1 c. 1
Summary: In this three-part series

filmed in Lebanon, Gaza, Israel, Egypt,

637 B85 B85 2000 c. 1
Summary: A non-verbal film with a
strong message about bullies. A
bully victimizes a smaller member of
his group and disrupts the life of his
community. Eventually the victim
and the group must deal with the
bully, who is himself a victim in his
own house. This film is part of the
ShowPeace series of animated films

and Bosnia, Robert Fisk, award-

without words.

winning Middle East and Balkans
correspondent for the London
Independent, reports on Muslim
unrest as ideology, religion, history,
and geography come into conflict.

Title: The Death Penalty Debate

The martyr's smile ... documents the

guerrilla war of Lebanon's Hezbollah
and Islamic Jihad movements to free
southern Lebanon of Israeli
occupation forces and Western
interference, beginning with the
destruction of the American Marine
barracks during the early 1980s. The
road to Palestine... examines the

displacement of Palestinians by
Zionist immigrants and Jewish
refugees. To the ends of the earth ...

investigates the desperate situations
of Muslims in Egypt and Bosnia who,
though worlds apart, are plagued by a
common feeling of betrayal by the
West.

Title: Britannia a Company Town

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES FC
3845 B86 B85 2000 c. 1
Summary: The community of
Britannia, near Whistler, BC, was once

home to the largest copper mine in
the British Commonwealth. It is now a
ghost town, tarnished by a run-down

mine building and a legacy of
environmental destruction. This film
takes a hard look at how, more than a
quarter of a century after its closure,

the mine continues to empty up to a
ton of heavy metals daily into the
January 31, 2003

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES HV
8694 D384 1995 c. 1
Summary: Talk show interview
discussing the death penalty debate
with mothers of murderers, victims
of crimes, interest groups and a

death row inmate whose execution
was stopped 15 hours before
scheduled.

Title: Eating Disorders

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES RC
552 A5 El 6 2000 c. 1
Summary: Looks at eating disorders
that affect millions of people and
discusses how they can be treated
with psychological counseling and
emotional support as well as
medical treatment for severe

Title: An Introduction to the IMF

Title: The Mission School Syndrome

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES E
96.65 Y8M57 1988 c. 1
Summary: Documents the role of
mission schools in the education of
Indian children from the 1920'sto
the 1980's and assesses the long
term impact on native communities
in the Yukon. Former students
describe the feelings of isolation and
fear as they were separated from
their families and forbidden to speak
their own language, as well as the
difficulties they encountered on
returning to their villages.
Title: Mordecai Richler

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES PS
8535 122 Z53 2000 c. 1
Summary: Mordecai Richler talks
about his life, his work and the
writing process.

disorders. Emphasis is on anorexia
nervosa.

Title: The Global Generation

Call: (KEC) VIDEO: VIDEO SHELVES JZ
1318 G562 2001 vid. 1 c. 1
Summary: This six part series
focuses on current trends in

globalization and the implications
for both industrialized and
developing countries. Drawing on
live interviews and case studies from
around the world, the programs

, Library Hours; j January toApril 2003 |
[, Monday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

: Tuesday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. /
| - Wednesday 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. i
* Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. >
x Friday, . 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Saturday 11 a.rn. - 3 p.m.

explore concepts such as human

rights violation, exploitation of the
environment, biodiversity, third-

world debt, ethical investment

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LIBRARY NEWS CONTNUED.

Disruption of Periodical
Subscriptions
Not only does the Library have
hundreds of periodicals available
online in full-text, there are also a

number of subscriptions received in
paper copy that are available in the
Library to be borrowed. This message
is to let you know that there may be a
disruption in receiving some of these
paper copies, as the subscription
agency that the Library has used for a
number of years is m serious financial
difficulties.
As a result, subscription renewals

for periodicals that were to take
effect in January are now being
ordered through another subscription
agency, and I anticipate that it may
take a few weeks for the subscriptions
to start up again. This may mean the
most recent copy of a magazine will
be late in showing up on the Library
shelves, your routed copies may be
delayed, and departments that pay
for their own subscriptions may find
their magazines do not arrive for a

LOCAL BUSINESSES
SUPPORTING X'MAS

EVENT AT
NETWORK TO
WORK
Network to Work is an
employment assistance service
funded by Human Resources
Development Canada and
administered by the Vancouver
Community College. We are a job
search resource facility that focuses
on enhancing the networking and
self-marketing skills of job seekers.
We are located off-campus on Davie
Street, Vancouver. Please find out

more about us @
www.networktowork.com.

Every Christmas, Network to
Work organizes a special networking
event for our clients. As an integral

contact me if you have any questions.

Carol Elder
Coordinator, Library Technical
Services local 7385

Mystery Booktruck
Has anyone lost a booktruck? A CC
instructor noticed an idle booktruck
in a classroom and brought it to the

businesses.

On behalf of our clients, staff at
Network to Work, and the Vancouver
Community College, I would like to
acknowledge the tremendous
support of the following businesses:
Abasa Optical Lab Ltd.
Book Warehouse Discount Bookstore
The Fountainhead Pub
Joe's Grill
Kam's Place Singaporean Cuisine

part of the West End community in

Kentucky Fried Chicken

downtown Vancouver, we take the

Prestige Hair Salon

time to encourage local businesses
to support this event by donating
gift items for attending clients.

few weeks.

Thanks for your patience as we get
this sorted out, and feel free to

Above: Gifts donated by local

This year on 18 December, 27
clients, 4 guests and the staff team
participated in the event and
appreciated the opportunity to
share their experience and exchange
information about the job market.
Of course, they all enjoyed the
festivity, the wonderful gifts, and
tasty home-baked cookies and
muffins donated by our staff
members Judy Peterson (Program
Co-Manager) and Becky Knapton
(Employment Service Specialist).

library. It is not ours, but we are

keeping it in storage until its owner
comes to claim it. Please contact City
Centre Circulation at 8340 if you are
the owner.

Quizno's Classic Subs
Rogers Video
Royal Bank
Shoppers Drug Mart
Stepho's Souvlaki Greek Taverna
Subway Sandwiches and Salads
Takis Taverna
T-Bone Clothing Co.

The Dish
Tim Hortons
Special thanks are extended to
Becky Knapton for her great effort
and commitment in making this
event possible. Becky was
instrumental in soliciting support
from the local businesses and
organizing the gathering.
Michael Yue
Program Co-Manager,

Network to Work

Above: Event Participants
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Special Thanks to
VCC's Santa Helpers
On behalf of the McGregor Child
Care Centre, we wish to extend our

sincere appreciation to all the VCC
Santa Helpers who helped to make
the holiday season more enjoyable
for our needy families. Without your
generous support, a number of

families would have continued to
struggle in trying to meet their basic
needs (non-perishable food, warm
clothing for the children). A number
of children had gifts placed under
the tree which no doubt brightened
their faces come Christmas morning.

It was extremely rewarding for
me to personally greet some of the
family members and give them their
Holiday Bags. Previously, I
participated in this program but I
had never experienced what it was
like to personally get acquainted
with the families in the Centre and
to see their faces as they were
handed their Holiday Bags. There
were tears shed by the families as
they were overwhelmed by the kindhearted generosity of our employees.
I shed tears knowing how much it
meant to these families to gain such

support during this difficult time in
their lives.
With some of the money donated,
we provided each child with a book.
As well, we were able to provide
some much needed non-perishable

food hamper items and gifts for
some of the children of the families
that were adopted. Irmgard Blumke,
Library - Circulation Services kindly
donated her time and energy to
make a nice cozy blanket for each of
the children to use during their nap

moment at a distance or convinced

their mom or dad to share the
moment with Santa. Everyone

enjoyed sharing in the anticipation,
singing songs, Santa's visit, opening
gifts with the children and then
being served light refreshments. A
number of pictures were taken to
capture the moment. What a great
way to start the holiday season.
I am so proud of VCC's employees
who reached out to support our
needy families in the community
during the holiday season. Not only
did our employees come forward to
adopt the needy families but others
donated a significant amount of
money or time and energy to help
the children in other ways. In the
past, one of our employees had her
children attend the Centre and now
the children are saving their money
to donate to this worthy cause.
Wow, we're so fortunate to receive
such generous support from our

employees and their extended
families.
I believe our lives are so much
richer having been able to reach out
and help those in need in our
community.
From our hearts to yours, we wish

you health, happiness, peace and
prosperity in 2003.

Carol Sicoli
President,
McGregor Child Care Centre

! Next Infomation Night -

April 9!

50/50 DRAW
Congratulations to these recent
50/50 draw winners:
September 2002
Elizabeth Burnyeat
October 2002
Jim Funk
November 2002
Michael Brown
December 2002
Rick Irwin
January 2003
Rob Henderson

THEY ALL SAID "WOW!!!"
Congratulations also to these VCC
Entrance Scholarship winners, whose
scholarships were paid from 50/50
draw proceeds:

Nga Nguyen
Jordan Campbell
Kingsley Tse
Autumn Fabiano

Sylvia Cheng
HERE'S WHAT THEY SAID:
"This scholarship will definitely
help my journey through the road to
higher learning"

"It is a very encouraging award-l
I The next Infomation Night for VCC
I programs will be held at City Centre i feel confident in believing in myself"

^ on Wed. April 9th from 4:30-6;30pm.
"I am very lucky to be accepted
; Hundreds of potentiona! students ; by your College AND to receive this
I show up on this night to see the
Scholarship"
I would be remiss if I didn't take
; wonderful programs VCC has to offer,
this opportunity to thank Santa (Bill
For your chance to win-and to
L|f you are not already volunteering at ,
Miller) for his special visit to the
help a student come to VCC-make
' your own program table, but are still
Daycare. The children were so
sure you are on the 50/50 list. And
! interested in volunteering and being
excited to have Santa personally visit
remember-for every five tickets you
j part of this fun event, we want to
them at the Centre. There were some
by each month ($10) you get one
j hear from you! Please contact Brenda
children who were too shy to sit on
: Toporowski at Local 8442 or by e-mail j free ticket-and one more chance to
Santa's knee but enjoyed the festive
time.

I by March 19th.

January 31, 2003

win. Call Rebecca at 7148.

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Passing Over:

requirements related to shifting
to the BANNER registration
system

IEPA sends Gifts
to Basic Ed

• TOEFL Score Improvement
course * name change to TOEFL
Skills.

With regret, Basic Ed instructors
accepted boxes of bounty once
used by the IEPA Program The
IEPA Program was one of the
victims of last spring's round of

2. Report of Education Chair
The Chair distributed the letter
from the Chair of Council of the
Education Councils (CoEdCo) to the
Minister of Advanced Education.

program cuts to students services
and A.B.E.. The Educational support

IEPA provided to many of our
Above: Baisc Ed Instructors Sally
students with learning disabilities
Gdlard, Jan Welter, and Claudia Mason.
has been tremendously missed this
term. We shall continue to work for the reinstatement of this program. In the
meantime, a big thanks to Malcolm, Nancy, Lorraine and Celeste, from all of

Norm Dooley will be presenting
his views in January about whether
Education Council has a role
regarding fees set for courses that
are now cost recoverable.

us.

COLLEGE BOARD
Reach the Community as Summary of Minutes MEETING SCHEDULE
a Volunteer ESL Tutor
The Homefront Learning Program
of the ESL Outreach Department
provides volunteer opportunities to
those interested in helping
immigrants learn English and get
settled in a new country.

The Homefront Learning Program
provides free ESL tutoring to nonEnglish speaking adults who are
unable to attend existing classes.
Volunteers tutor on a one-to-one

basis in the learner's home and
receive a free training course and

statement of completion. Homefront
Tutors also receive ongoing support
from the Homefront Instructors and
have access to resources and

materials. The minimum time
commitment is two hours a week for
six months.

This award-winning program has
been in effect since 1979 and
currently has approximately 200
volunteers tutoring learners in
Vancouver and Burnaby.

Homefront runs 6 trainings a year
and can always use more volunteers.

For further information and details
on the next training session, please
contact Penny Barrados at 871-7277

of the Education
Council Meeting
Held on Tuesday, December 3, 2002
in KEC Room 5025 at 3:30 p.m.
1. For Information

The orientation for members of
Education Council took place at the
December meeting.
Members are continuing to have

discussions with regard to distributed
learning. The Curriculum Committee
will address distributed learning as
an educational issue as opposed to
an operational issue at its next
meeting and report back to
Education Council in January.
Received as information the
following:
• VCC Library Special Borrowers
Card Application Form * change
in categories
• Legal Assistant Certificate
Program * name change to

Paralegal Certificate Program
• BC Provincial Instructor
Diploma Program and VCC
Diploma in Adult Education

FOR 2003

Meetings are held on the 4th
Thursday of each month* starting at
6:00 p.m. at one of the following
locations:
King Edward Campus: Room 5025
City Centre Campus: Room 240
Location:

Date:
January 28
February 27
March 27

City Centre

April 24
May 22

King Edward
City Centre

June 5
June 26
July*

City Centre
City Centre
no meeting

August 28

King Edward

City Centre
City Centre

September 25 City Centre
October 23
King Edward
November 27 City Centre
December*
date to be
determined by
the Board
(*With the exception of June 5,h )
(#Any changes to the time will be posted
at both campuses.)

For further information, please
contract Vivienne Garrott at (604)
871-7159.

Program * course name and
number changes, to meet

or email pbarrados@vcc ca

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maritza's
maintenance
message
Camcorders
Video recording is increasing in use to facilitate
teaching and learning because it provides a vivid
description of classroom interaction, laboratory or

workshop activities, language skills practices or any
activity carried out to enhance the learning process.
Operation of video recorders require some basic
technical skills that can give good results, even without
reading the manual!
Here is a list of fundamental aspects to consider
when using a video recorder:

VIEWFINDER
Use the camcorder viewfinder to check for
appropriate lighting and viewable area. It
displays the image you will see when playing
back your videotape.

FOCUS and EXPOSURE
Verify the focus and exposure settings of the
camera. When using the AUTO setting,
camcorders use an averaging process to select

the best focus and exposure. The AUTO focus
works well if the brightness values vary
smoothly across the viewable area and the
objects are not moving, but it often fails when
the levels of brightness differ greatly or people
move around. Exposure may also fail if people
are wearing dark or light colour clothes when
you zoom in close. Recommend that the

participants wear neutral brightness clothes.

LIGHTING

AUDIO
The use of the built-in microphone is not always
a good idea for video projects because of its
distance to the subject. The camera's automatic

gam features will usually pick up too much
room noise. Consider a combination of

microphones for capturing audio from different
sources at different volume levels.

TRIPODS
Rather than attempting to use a hand-held
camcorder, a tripod is very important to spare

the audience from distraction and to avoid
visual disorientation when viewing the tape. A
tripod helps to obtain a more professional
quality product.

Care of equipment:
DO NOT DROP CAMCORDERS!
Use of a tripod and locate the camera in an isolated
area to prevent these type of accidents.

ALWAYS PUT THE AC ADAPTER ON THE FLOOR TO
PREVENT IT FROM FALLING!
The AC adapter (power supply black box) is a very
expensive component.

MAKE SURE THE CABLE FROM THE CAMERA IS
UNPLUGGED BEFORE RETURNING IT TO THE CASE.
PAY PROPER ATTENTION TO THE INSERTION OF
VIDEOTAPES. If a cassette is inserted upside down or
backwards, DO NOT attempt to remove by force.
Bring the unit to Media Services right away!

Good lighting is critical for good video. Poor
lighting will result in graininess and the loss of
detail in the finished video.

January 31, 2003

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COMMUNITY ttHBBl

COLLEGE iliIBB
Volume 9, Number 1
Editor: Karen Wilson
Marketing & Communications
Phone 604-871-7152
Fax 604-871-7451
email kwilson@vcc ca
•

Design: Daniel Rohloff
Layout; Lindsay Bourne
Media Services
email drohloff@vcc ca
lboume@vcc ca
•

For Sale
Beermakers/Winemakers
For Sale:
48 green glass beer bottles - $15; 30 clear glass wine bottles $5;
30 green glass wine bottles $5; IKEA 48 bottle wood wine rack - $25
Call Chris at local 7361
Wanted:
A caring sitter for our big, beautiful cat.
Mano, the lap cat, lives inside and needs
care for a month beginning about February
20. Please call Jodi at 7297 or Lorraine at
7491 if you can help out.

Web Manager: Tene Barber
email tbarber@vcc ca

Submissions for Connections:
Send details of your upcoming events,
department news and achievements, and
information to Connections Due to time
constraints, we can only accept electronic
versiona We do, however, accept photos
Submit your pieces via email to
Karen Wilson, kwilson@vcc.ca
Please title submissions
Connections: (with article name)
Deadline for submission for next issue'
February 19, 2003 by 5 p.m.
Please note
Material may be edited for clarity
and for length.
Karen Wilson
Marketing and Communications Officer
Vancouver Community College
Ph 604-871-7152
Fx 604-871-7014
kwilson@vcc.ca

http //www vcc ca
The printing & paper used in the
cover shells for VCC Connections

4^ Please
m ll| Recycle
Minections

Right: Mano gives a pleading look in
requesting a "caring" sitter.

For Sale:
Antigued, Pale Oak Coatrack with mirror, $60 0B0; Large Black Laquered
Wall Unit with Mirrors and Glass Doors, $400 0B0; Genuine BARBIE
Computer! Yes, it's back (my daughter has finally authorized its sale) and now
is your chance to buy this extremely rare, collector's item. This is not a toy
(unless you are a MAC user and consider all PCs to be toys.) This is a real, fully
functioning, PC equipped
with: an IBM 333 Mhz Celeron - - -

Processor; 32 Megs of Ram;
40 GB Hard Drive; CD-Rom

Drive; matching BARBIE
powered speakers; matching
BARBIE mouse and Keyboard;

15" matching BARBIE
Monitor; BARBIE Digital
Camera; and scads of installed
software. Make us an offer!!!
Call Lindsay at local 7131 or 604-205-5896