Vancouver Community'CollegF'Vdlume 2, Number 5 - February 8,1994

Colleges
on home

stretch
toward
separation

Here are key factors and dates as VCC and

institutions, The second piece is the exact fund¬

Langara head down the home stretch toward

ing which is available, including the extra
$850,000 which the Ministry has promised to
help ensure the viability of both colleges.

separation:

The VCC Planning Team has finalized its
draft statements of vision, values and mission.

Once the two pieces are in place, details of

The draft statements will form just one part of

staffing adjustments to both Colleges can pro¬

what the College is calling a "green paper".

ceed.

There will be three other parts to the document-aproposednew organizational structure, Board
governance models and funding plans.
The green paper—under British Parlia¬

wish to stay in their current job as an employee
of the new Langara or remain with VCC, even

lay out proposals, not final policy as does a white
paper. It's the green paper which will go to the
Board on February 17 for approval in principle.

though to do so would mean moving to either

KEC or City Centre. This factor is in place
because the people at Langara were hired by an

For the next three weeks, VCC President John

organization called VCC. They now have the

Cruickshank and Vice Presidents Linda Martin,
Dale Dom and Fred Wylie will hit the forum

opportunity, by law, to elect whether they wish
to stay with the original employer or mo ve to the

trail; this will be the employees' turn to com¬

new employer, Langara College.

able in different locations throughout the College.

The Board will meet on March 10 and 24
to discuss and give approval to what at this point
will have become the white paper. That ap¬

For

proval will take the form of providing a strong

daily

new Board after April 1 and both of those gov¬

news

policies.

phone

7099
after

direction; remember, each college will have a
erning groups may want to fine tune their own

Message to

VMREU members
Within the next week the College expects
to fit together two big pieces of the puzzle
regarding the effects of separation on VMREU
members.

One piece is the final staffing require¬

2:30 pm
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Langara have received a letter from Employee

Relations asking them to indicate whether they

mentary tradition--is a document designed to

ment and ask questions. The four will be avail¬

updates

By now all VMREU members located at

ments which need to exist in both of the new

Should any position be eliminated at VCC
with a parallel position created at Langara, the

member m that position who has been dislodged
will have the right of first refusal.
Should a new position need to be created
at Langara, the job will be posted internally and
filled as with any other opening under the terms
of the collective agreement. Employees will
retain their seniority rights with both institu¬
tions for layoff and job posting purposes for one
year after separation.

International Ed.
reorganization
D ue to the current reorganization at VC C,
the International Education and Contract De¬
velopment Services Departmentis undergoinga
restructuring.

As a result, Tom Toulson has accepted a

pletion rates to the national average. (The Pro¬

reassignment with the College and Fred Wuhrer

vincial Advisory Committee on Post-Secondary

will assume the role of Acting Director of Inter¬

Education for Native Learners found that only

national Education until the complete reorgani¬

3% of the Native population pursue post-sec¬

zation process has been completed.

ondary training, compared with 15% of the
general population).

Theposition of Director will be reviewed,

and the department rationalized along with other

* First Nations will be consulted and in¬

departments in the new VCC and new Langara.

volved in all decisions affecting First Nations'

As has been the case with acting positions,
when the review is completed the Director's
position will be posted internally.

Education.
* The College will provide whatever stu¬
dent support mechanisms are necessary to en¬
sure full access, participation and success.

First Nations'

policy approved
Vancouver Community College has ap¬

proved the first comprehensive education policy
for First Nations' students in the province.

* VCC recognizes the need to recruit and
employ First Nations' personnel in faculty, staff
and administrative positions to reflect the pro¬
portion of First Nations people in the provincial

population and will take the necessary steps to
achieve that goal.

Recognizing that an increasing trend to¬

ward Aboriginal self government will need to go

Manera named

hand-in-hand with improved education, VCC

CBC President

has adopted a four-part education and employ¬
ment equity program.
* VCC and Langara are committed to

improving the Aboriginal participation and com¬

Former VCC President Tony Manera has

been named President of the CBC Manera had
been acting Presidentfor the past several months.

If you have any comments or questions, please send them to Chuck Poulsen, (
Manager of The Exchange, in care of College Administrative Services.
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