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Notable Event a first class evening
Conceived a year ago as a scholar¬
ship campaign for the music department,
VCC Educational Foundation's 2nd
Annual Notable Event at the New World
Harbourside was attended by some of
the most distinguished personalities in
Vancouver. The Lieutenant-Governor

David Lam and Mrs Lam gathered with
200 other guests at' 'a first class event
by VCC" in support of the music
program.

Before the evening was over
Soundwave was applauded yet again as
one of the best vocal jazz groups in
North America. Said Peter McCoppin,
conductor of the Victoria Symphony
Orchestra, "The quality of their sound
and their excellent performance is an
example of the importance of our
education system and the impact that
Vancouver Community College has on
our young people".

The sale of dinner and raffle draw

tickets totalled an additional $11,000 for
the Endowment Scholarships for Music
Fund.

Barbara Christie, a French Immer¬
sion Kindergarten teacher of Walton
Elementary School in Coquitlam, won

Notable Event guests included (left to right)' campaign volunteer Mrs. George Ashley, campaign
Chairman John Smith, Mrs David Lam, Mrs John Smith and Lieutenant-Governor, David Lam

the coveted grand prize of a Yamaha
disklavier piano. Christie has for the past
six years been a volunteer song leader in
an extended care hospital. Winning
means she can now return the rented
piano on which she has had to practise.

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The second prize of a Sony compact disc
player went to Ms. B. Allan while the

third prize of Vancouver Symphony Air
Canada Classics tickets was won by Mr.
F. Amgwerd.

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Mel Fearman

Langara plans
to renovate
concourse
Langara Campus has begun plan¬
ning for a major renovation of its main

Literacy movement gains
momentum in B.C.

concourse.

"As the main foyer, it's not a very
attractive place for students to congre¬
gate," said Building Services Manager
Mel Fearman. "When it's renovated, it
should provide students with a place to
meet and a sense of community."

The project has been divided into
segments: seating, ceilings and lighting
and walls, facades and millwork treat¬
ment.

"The seating is the most important
and will make the concourse more
hospitable," said Fearman. "We'll try to
create enclaves of seating which will
accommodate groups without changing
the traffic flow. We can deal with the
seating independent of the rest of the
work and with only minor disruptions."
Once the seating is taken care of, a

drop ceiling and new lighting with an 80
per cent increase in candle power will be
installed. The ceiling and wall treatment
around the CE office in the concourse is
similar to what the completed job will
look like.
Fearman said that time lines have
not yet been established for the work. He
estimated that the project will cost about

$200,000.

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VCC President Paul Gallagher chats with Vancouver Mayor Gordon Campbell at the founding
meeting of LITERACY B.C. held in Vancouver March 9th and 10th.
Delegates from around B C met to discuss literacy strategies for the province Gallagher
recently chaired a provmaally-appomted Literacy Advisory Committee. Its final report to the B.C.
government calls on community colleges, the private sector and community groups to join together in
a cohesive literacy strategy.
B.C.'s estimated illiteracy rate is 17 per cent, the lowest in Canada. Nationally it's estimated that
24 per cent of all Canadians cannot read. The United Nations has declared 1990 International Literacy
Year

VCC grad wins award
for restaurant wine list
Spectrum Update received a hot news tip from VCC secretary Shirley Bell this
week. Her daughter Karen Green, who manages Fin's Restaurant on the quay in New
Westminster, received some good news. Karen's wine list was awarded an honourable
mention at the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, held in Vancouver
on the weekend.
The festival hands out wine list awards to recognize excellence in wine selection
for B.C. restaurants. "I was quite excited about the honourable mention," says Karen.
"Word gets around in the industry about this kind of thing and it really means you
have written a wine list worthy of international attention."
Karen is a graduate of both the Dining Room and Lounge, and the Food and
Beverage Management programs at City Centre. She currently chairs the Program
Advisory Committee for these programs at the college.
Congratulations Karen!

To the Editor...
The Faculty at City Centre has done

about how much money a person is
being paid. We have to have the facts to
support it within the terms of the

its best to welcome those "new faces"

collective agreement."

referred to by Ms. Evans in the February
22nd Update. For Ms. Evans' informa¬
tion, these instructors were forced to
transfer to VCC (they were formerly at

Gorman, who has been temporarily
taken off his normal duties to attend to
the reclassifications, said the process has
so far taken longer than he had antici¬
pated, and that it may be further delayed
because of a post-ponement in hiring a
full-time classification officer for the

BCIT) by Social Credit Government
legislation.

My heart despairs that
Ms. Evans should consider sex or ethnic
origin, and in particular coloured ethnic
origin, an issue rather than ability and
professional expertise.
Ms. Evans should however be
pleased to leam that most of the new
faces were not bom in Canada, and are
living and working in this country as a
matter of choice. Let's face it, Canada
does accept immigrants other than those
who can be distinguished by colour.

union.

"If VCC members are concerned
about the reclassification being resolved
in a timely manner, they may wish to
come to the next VMREU general
meeting when the hiring of the classifi¬
cation officer will be discussed."

(The general meeting will be held

April 25, 6 p.m., Ironworkers Hall, 8th
and Columbia in Vancouver).
* The VMREU is expected to have
its contract demands formulated after a
negotiating committee meeting on
March 25. Business Manager Ray
Haynes said he hopes to begin bargain¬
ing by the end of the month. The
VMREU's contract also expires on

April 1.
* The Vocational Instructors Asso¬

ciation (VIA) and the college held their
first major bargaining session this week,
with further talks scheduled for Wednes¬
day, Friday and two meetings next week.
The VIA's primary demands
involve work loads and class sizes,
salary and benefits, and contracting out.

Fashion grad
in Dubonnet finals

Finally, to the new faculty at City
Centre, a great big WELCOME to you
and your students.

Mark Hiscox, a recent grad of CE's
Fashion Arts Program, has reached the

Roy Wren

City Centre

finals in the highly acclaimed, national
Dubonnet - Design Fashion Contest.

Mark competed with 586 fashion

Notebook on
union-college
activities

students from across Canada and was
one of the 12 semi-finalists selected
from the "Western" division which, for
the purposes of the contest, included
Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta, and B.C.
He attended the semi-finals in
Toronto on February 20 and was one of
the three student finalists in the
Women's Fashion section. Unlike the
other finalists, who are full-time fashion
students from courses such as the four
year full-time program at Ryerson
Polytechnical Institute, Mark studied
fashion three nights a week for four - 12
week terms, in the Fashion Arts Certifi¬

Here, in a nutshell, is what's new on

the labour front at VCC:
* Of the 348 VMREU members
who were surveyed regarding their pay
reclassification, 191 have disagreed with
the college's proposal.

VMREU Staff Rep Jim Gorman
said he will begin meeting with all 191
employees within a few days. He
estimates that the meetings will take
until early June, after which meetings
will begin with Employee Relation's
Sharon McClure in an attempt to resolve
the disputed reclassifications. Gorman
said he expects that process to be

cate Program.

Mark is to be congratulated on this
wonderful achievement and is wished
every success at the Finals in Montreal

on May 8. His designs will be modelled
at the Dubonnet - Design Contest Finals
Gala along with the other five finalists.

completed by the end of July, with the
unresolved items then going to arbitra¬
tion.

He said not all of the 191 cases will
necessarily be grieved.
"It's not enough just to be upset

By Sally Hudson
Hiscox pictured with model and one of his
designs

Program Co-ordinator
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