4ur^ , mo u Vancouver Co.nn«unity College "<'mq Edward Campus - Library p"o BoxEast 24620 - Sfn. C ' 1155 Broadway JUNE 12, 1990 Vancouver, B.C. VST 4N3 Finding the better way pays off for HRD VCC's Human Resources Development (HRD) courses have been such a sweeping success that they are attracting clients from othei colleges. After only a year in operation, 740 college employees have taken pait in 23 courses foi a extraoidinaiy 56 per cent participation rate. And the last Manage¬ ment Skills for Supervisors comse attracted particpants fiom Douglas and Kwantlen colleges. "Although we have many m-house needs for seats, we marketed the management skills course to other colleges to open up a netwoik between our people and those in similar positions at the other institutions," said Vi Bienert, HRD Manager. "Graduates of the Management Skills course receive a ceitificate from the ministry and that's veiy attiactive to other colleges which may be involved in A recent graduating class from the Management Skills for Supervisors course includes (Back row, left to right) Malcolm Cant, Linda Martin, Karl Brown, Frank Boutiher, Wayne Avery, Martin Gerson, Brenda Appleton, Diane Greffe (HRD Assistant), Dennis O'Neill Second row, flea Derates, Jeanette McKay, Barbara Little, Barbara Forster-Rickard, Moira MacLeod, Helen Chan, Lorna Guenard, Noreen Green Seated, Shirley Simms, Shirley Balmforth, Dianne Kerr (instruc¬ tor), Margaret McLaughlin, Darlene Vuch and Vi Bienert (HRD Manager) eight of the 25 students were fiom The management skills coui se is led by Douglas or Kwantlen. Dianne Kerr, a co-founder of the Cariboo Management Centre and a weekly talk show hostess on commeicial TV The couise is designed to teach tiaimng in only a limited way. So offering the courses outside also builds up some good will foi VCC." "Their fees," said Bienert, "can allow In the last Management Skills comse, us to put on additional couises foi our own people." mmouvm COMMUNITY COLlEG£MMI See next page PAGE 1 manageis more effective interpersonal, group and admimstiative skills. "A continuation and expansion of this times ovei in management productiv¬ "The course was just wonderful," said Centre, and Bienert. kind of progiam will pay for itself many ity." Brenda Appleton, KEC Libiaiy Depart¬ ment Head. "It was so good that we all Couises offered by HRD lange fiom gave the course leader (Dianne Kerr) a standing ovation when it was over word processing, selection intei viewing and cioss cultural communications to perfoimance planning and appiaisal. While various deans at each campus nominate managers or supervisois to attend the Management Skills course, Bienert hopes that even moie employees can attend as funding increases. Says Bienda Appleton: "Eveiyone will benefit from this couise, not just "The course deals with decision making, time management, stress...the part on stiess is important to anyone in educa¬ tion who gets involved in work on Bienert said all couises offeied by HRD management I'd highly recommend it to are based on a needs analysis and by meeting with various gioups within the anybody who is working in education " committees." college. Adds Mai tin Gerson, Division Chair of Math and Science at Langara: "While little that was presented was completely An HRD advisoiy committee piovides input and feedback on the courses Members are' Valerie Nielsen, Adminis¬ new to me, it was an excellent review and made me realize how important it is trators' Associations, Langaia, Donald Oakes, Continuing Education, City to have an opportunity to step away from the fiie-fighting; to be encouraged to Centre; Keith Gilley, Langara Faculty Association; Holly Cole and Margaret over in management reflect on how we aie doing our jobs, and to discuss it with others in similar Nelson, Vocational Instructors' Associa¬ tion; Sandra Jones, Vancouver Munici¬ productivity." positions. pal & Regional Employees' Union, City Students return to classes PAGE 2 "A continuation and expansion of this kind of program will pay for itself many times Report urges Journalism ties with BCIT By Get ry Pot tei for Langara and BCIT to woik together province The 'twain' must meet and Langaia's Journalism Program is m some profitable way. Why? Because today's journalism graduates need experience m both print and broadcast work together foi their mutual survival and for the sake of the students " skills The idea that there is a print The report concludes "Between these two schools B.C already has in exis¬ tence the physical infiastructure of a making news The lecently released repoit of the Task Force on Journalism Education has recommended major changes m the journalism and a broadcast journalism doesn't wash anymore, as the Task Force program. proves in spades. Langara's print-oriented Journalism Graduates feel the same way, too The Program was born in the mid-20th Century based on a 19th Century model, when the word was still set in "hot Task Force leport offers pages of graduates' comments, fiom many lead", not beamed through cold space at the speed of light Without major changes, soon, it will not be able to pioduce graduates equipped to woik in a 21st Century world — a world already at hand. In its two-yeai duration the Task Force, which began life as a Langara lesearch jroject, talked with moie than 70 per cent of B C's news media, hundieds of journalism grads and journalism educa¬ tors fiom coast to coast. schools, all saying the same thing — they want and need experience m both print and broadcast skills to compete m the marketplace The Langaia giaduates weie adamant on wanting broadcast skills, BCIT's were equally adamant in wanting print skills, oi, more exactly, "journalism skills," of which print is still the main foundation The Task Foice wants BCIT and VCC to stait talking about how to woik togethei As the report says. "Their continued separateness constitutes a schizophienic split m journalism education m the Its mam lecommendations were build a university journalism piogram, levitahze Langaia's progiam, and m any futuie journalism school enterpnse heal the schizophrenic split between pi mt and broadcast schools Which brings me to the most important recommendation for Langara — the pioposed "marriage of convenience" between Langara's space- staived Journalism Progiam and BCIT's pnntless Broadcast Journalism program One of the main recommendations given to the Provincial Government is this "That VCC Langaia should strengthen its two-year progiam m print journalism, discontinue broadcast couises and offer its students broadcast couises at BCIT And that BCIT should stiengthen its two-yeai piogram in broadcast journalsm and offei its students newspaper and pnnt-ielated couises at Langara Heiesay to some, but to otheis it's time "The idea that there is a print journalism and a broadcast journalism doesn't wash anymore, Ryeison-type poly technical institute. Togethei they can create more opportu¬ nity for graduates than either school can accomplish on its own." How a marriage of sorts might look is up to the presidents of BCIT and VCC, of course. But it does answer many, many needs — Langaia's crushing need for broadcast studio space (unavailable, of course), and BCIT's need to offer its students some bedrock journalism skills in print. Over the yeais BCIT and Langara have flirted with each other ovei offering some kind of cross-over courses; a bit of print here, some broadcast there But it has come to nothing. The Task Foice report is crystal clear on this point The old models of singlemdustiy onented jouinalism schools are things of the past. They are virtually gone from everywhere else m the world, except heie Regardless of whether a university journalism school is built (one has been piomised to the new university m Prince George!), the proposed "marriage of convenience" between journalism offerings at BCIT and Langara looks like a good way to improve giaduates future prospects m the fast changing woild of journalism as the Task Force proves in spades." (Geny Poitei is a Langara journal ism instnictoi and Chan man of the Task Foi ce on Join nahsm Education ) PAGE 3 Quebecker finds animosity and inspiration in Vancouver ( By Bat bat a Ft anck I want very much to see us keep Canada together." extensively in Montieal since 1981short stories mostly-and started her first Packer was impressed by the warm exchange while in B C. attending a A city of contradictions novel there recently She arranged the That's how Quebec exchange instructor welcome extended by college staff to all writers' colony last year. She liked the and professional writer, Miriam Packer, views Vancouver Packer has been teaching English at Langaia since new instiuctors. She was also well leceived m the classroom. Although she city and thought the temporary change in September, on exchange from Dawson College in Montreal Like most visitors, Packer was awed by the natural beauty of Vancouvei. But she was disappointed to discover that Vancouver lacks the varied cultural events and European-style "street life" feels that her Langara students were not all strong writers, she has been delighted with their lesponsiveness and enthusi¬ asm And she observes that "students here seem to have a different regard for insti uctors—more couitesy, respect, and awe In Montreal, there is more of a sense of uigency. Students can be more and is not looking forward to the end of her stay. She quickly adapted to the slower pace and now relishes it. As an emerging playwright and novelist, she has found the accessibility and support of the people m the arts community here veiy satisfying. And she pays Vancouver drivers an unexpected compliment. "The drivers here are wonderful. They actually pause to let you into a lane when you have your signal on. This would never happen in Montreal, wheie the rule is 'act fast or die'!" Packer admits that before she came to B.C., she hadn't heard much about the local politics. "I don't follow political news closely, but in general people m Quebec don't seem very concerned about B.C. politics. I can say that B.C. is a moie politically conservative piovmce than I expected it to be." By contiast, many Vancouverites Packei has met have expiessed strong opinions about Quebec politics and animosity towards eastern Canada in general She mteiprets this as "a hostility born of a aged new perceptions. She should finish the novel revisions by early summer ram, Vancouver provided endless inspiration! She is already planning her "Vancouver next book - to be set, not surprisingly, in Vancouver and Montreal may be commonly regarded by Easterners as very 'laid back', but I find it fairly official." But she has found the Langaia pace hectic and the system at times imper¬ sonal. "When I first started, I felt like I was constantly running. And there seems to be a lot of paper work here. I felt assaulted by all the forms, and missed the peisonal interaction I'm used to at a smallei college like Dawson." She adds, "Vancouver may be commonly legarded by easterners as very 'laid back', but I find it fairly official. There seems to be more rules here." feeling of rejection by the East People Packer taught at Dawson College foi here seem leady to let Quebec go. about ten yeais. She also has published PAGE 4 She was right. Writing in a new place brought distance-from Montieal, the setting of her current novel, and from herself. The new envnonment encour¬ And because she enjoys writing in the impatient." she enjoys m Montreal. And she misses the "sound of the French". Still, Packer said she loves Vancouver locale would have a positive effect on both her writing and teaching. Packer is pleased with the impact of her sojourn on her teaching too. "It was refreshing to teach at another college for a year As a teacher, I felt brand new ^ again. It gave me a new perspective and has made me a richer teacher." Her students have sensed that freshness too First-yeai Nursing student, Allison Gillespie, says "Packer makes it easy foi people to give their opinions and she provokes questions and ideas by direct¬ ing the class lather than controlling it". She also feels that Packer's accomplish¬ ments as a writer enhance her teaching. "A teacher who is only a teacher sometimes has less to offer than some¬ one who works m the field As effective teacheis they should get away from it for awhile so that they will have something to bring back." Packer strongly recommends the exchange experience to her teaching colleagues. "It shaipens your vision. It's an oppoitunity to put on a new set of lenses and see youi strengths and abilities as a teacher much more cleaily-and to lecognize the universality of the needs of students." V Restructured ACCC moves in innovative directions By Gi ant Kelly Externally, the ACCC has lepositioned The Association of Canadian Commu¬ itself to lobby and advocate on issues affecting education and trammg-related matters at a national level, and with the nity Colleges (ACCC) is alive and well, and moving in some interesting direc¬ tions m representing over 130 member colleges and institutes nationally fedeial government m paiticulai. Three examples: the Association is lepre- innovation, sented at the ongoing CEIC deliberations proposed by concerning a national Human Resource Under the executive direction of Tom "Another meaningful Development strategy; Association B.C. members Norton (formerly VP at Humbei Col¬ appointees sit on the SSHRC proposal lege), the Association has restructured and repositioned itself over the last two years to better serve its membership. granting committee; and Association lepresentatives are advising the Secre¬ Unchanged is its National Boaid of education m multicultuiahsm matters and Secretariat, elected institutional representatives from the five college constituencies (students, (VCC President Paul Gallagher is the BC/Yukon icpresentative) has been There has been ACCC participation and the creation tary of State on the role of Canadian faculty, staff, administration, boards) and the six ACCC regions (BC/Yukon, Alberta/NWT, Sask/Man, Ontario, Que¬ bec, Atlantic) Also piesent is the ACCC executive, drawn from the Board, which oversees the operation of the Association Secretanat or national office. contributions to such national issues as liteiacy, needs of the adult learner, barriers to student access, and support for Indian, Inuit and Metis education. One lobbying effort resulted in a $200,000 grant foi a pilot pioject m environmental education What is The mam restructuring has giouped all national programs and services under Terry Ann Boyles, who inteiacts with a nation-wide icpresentative body called the Canadian Program Advisoiy Com¬ mittee (C-PAC). Similarly, all interna¬ tional programs, contracts and services are grouped under Jacques Brabant, who receives advice from a similarly consti¬ tuted Intei national Piogram Advisory remarkable about all of the above is the unprecedented degree of active lobbying with tangible results and the active in¬ the Board of regional 'caucuses' consisting of all elected and appointed members from each region." volvement of college people m all aspects of these lobbying efforts Two additional footnotes to this lepoit card membership fees aie now propor¬ tional, based on eniollment statistics for each institution, and the ACCC is Committee (I-PAC) Simple division opeiatmg m the black and within the and manageable context of a balanced budget. Anothei meaningful innovation, pro¬ posed by B C. membei s and adopted by (Detailed coveiage of ACCC activities is available m such ACCC documents as the Board and Secietanat, has been the the Annual Report, and the 1990 Plan of creation of regional "caucuses" consist¬ Opeiations which aie on file with the ing of all elected and appointed mem¬ bei s from each region. These caucuses provide the Secretanat and the Execu¬ tive Directoi with information and KEC Libiary). regional peispectives on national issues, and provide assistance with ongoing ACCC business such as the regional :onsultations and membership mainte¬ and adopted by Vancouver Community College Kinq Edward Campus - Library p" O Box 24620 - Stn C 1155 East Broadway Vancouver, B.C. VST 4N3 Giant Kelly is a membei of the ACCC's Canadian Piogiam Advisoiy Committee He is on leave ft om his position as KEC's Learning Centie Managei nance. PAGE 5 J. J. Denholm Award winners Customers line up at CC's ( meat-deli shop City Centie's Meat Shop and Delicates¬ sen has been open only a few months, but it's already easily selling out all of the products that the students are able to turnout. "We've given questionnaires to the customers and their responses have been excellent," said Sid Hennger, Depait- ment Head of Retail Meat Processing "We're certainly not throwing anything Lauren Carter (left) received the J J Denholm Award for scholastic excellence in Arts and Science during the recent Langara graduation ceremonies Phyllis Argyle received the Denholm award in Careers from Victor Li, Director and Senior Vice President of Concord Pacific Developments On and off the wall winners out " The shop looks exactly like the kind of meat counter and deli you'd find anywhere in Vancouver, although it is actually a classroom. In addition to customers from City Centre and the geneial public, the shop is drawing customers fiom BCIT, where the program was previously located "Our prices aie lower than in the industry," said Heimgei. "That's so we can cut enough meat to give our students the pioper tiaimng needed." Hermgei is enthusiastic about the new facility, which includes a laige customer seivice area, meat cutting lines, two smoke houses, sausage making facilities, freezers and kitchens. "We have the best training opeiation m Canada," adds Heringei Students went to the wall for Langara's Cleaner Campus Committee The first place prize went to Jeff Lin, whose work (above) was rewarded with a full refund of his spring term tuition fees (The work is on the wall in a stairwell and it really needs to be seen m full colour to appreciate its effect) Jess Donaldson received a 50% tuition refund for his artistic impression of consumer waste The Meat Shop and Delicatessen aie part of the $8.5 million renovation at City Centre to develop the Tounsm and Hospitality Centie. The shop is located just mside the main enhance at 250 West Pender St. Houis of operation are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m , but that may expand in the futuie PAGE 6 Everyone is smiling over dental exchange By Lynn Snuth and Suxanne Sitnell placing of fillings altei the dentis! has lepaned the tooth piogiam at John Abbott College, VCC's Library computer catalogue The faculty and students of the Dental Hygiene Piogiam have lecently com¬ pleted an exchange piocess with the Introducing Dynix - All the paiticipants agieed that this was a woithwhile endeavoui In the tutuie, we hope to alternate between community Montreal. college and umveisity based piogiams acioss Canada. We feel that this will Lynn Smith, VCC faculty, and the two second yeai students, Maiy Lou Buileigh and Susan Jones, visited Montieal. Gisele Johnson, accompanied by six senioi students, spent a week in Vancouvei and took the oppoitunity to ski a leal mountain! piovide an evei-expanding peispective to both dental hygiene piactice as well as post-secondaiy education The exchange gave students an inci eased awareness of the scope of dental hygiene practice in Canada. The students had the students an increased awareness oppoitunity to compaie piogram content and evaluation systems Piofessional of the scope of Bv Halina Mitlon What Is If The DYNIX hbiaiy computei system piovides a vaiiety of automated hbiaiy sei vices Foi hbraiy useis the most impoitant of these sei vices is the online public catalogue which will be installed thioughout the campus hbianes within the next thiee months "The exchange gave How Is It Used'' issues such as legulation, portability and licensure also elicited many questions. In addition, strong contacts for future networking have been established Faculty was able to shaie curriculum, mstiuctional stiategies, evaluation tools and compaie philosophies. Another interesting aspect was the companson of the community college system in Quebec with that of B.C One notable diffeience in legulations is that B.C. allows hygienists to administer local anaesthetic. On the othei hand, dental hygiene practice in Canada. The students had the opportunity to By using DYNIX you may locate books, penodicals and audiovisual materials, in a vanety of ways, including the custom¬ ary seaidies by authoi, title and subject What Does It Contain 9 The VCC Library's online catalogue contains appioximately 120,000 titles. Authoi s and titles of aitides in periodi¬ cals aie not included. What aie the System's Advantages7 compare Access and cunency As new books aie added to the system this infoimation is program content immediately available in the public access catalogue. Eventually the system will be linked to a circulation function and piovide students, faculty and staff with the status of each item: is it m oi out7 As well, the faculty will be able to and evaluation systems." Quebec hygienists aie peimitted to do some lestorative woik, such as the leach the hbiaiy online catalogue using office teimmals (without moving their bottoms'). In Celebration of Summer Friday June 22, the KEC Events Committee will be hosting an afternoon of fun and memment. Wear the clothes of your summer alter ego and join us from 3 pm onwards in the Courtyard on the second floor at KEC. Food and entertainment (no bar) will be available throughout. Tickets at just a dollar a person can be purchased at your campus. Watch out for an announcement in each campus newsletter. PAGE 7 / f f (