u
OCTOBER 1990

Adjustments
planned
for fall term
College people have been working on
then calendais since the lesumption of
classes, tiymg to dispiove the old saw

about there being only 24 hours m a
day.
Briefly, here aie the changes planned
(at pi ess time) to compensate for the
two-week woik stoppage:
* The term at Langara will be ex¬
tended from December 14 to not latei
than Dec. 21
Wayne Lowes (right) and Sheilah Grant turn the keys over to truck winners
* At City Centre and KEC, some
classes may be compressed mto the
regulai term while others may be
extended. The beginning of some
classes which weie due to stait in

Truck lottery raises $80,000
By Momka Ullmann

Langara, and wanted to do even more
foi reasons of his own.

early October will be defened for the
period lequiied to complete earliei
classes which were not completed on
schedule.

What does it take to laise $80,000, the
largest lump sum evei donated to VCC9
Foi starters, Wayne Lowes—a man with

* CE courses may be extended to Dec

a mission.

20, while one-half hour may be added
to the weekly session classes until the

Lowes, Vice Piesident of Vancouvei

time lost has been made up.

Freightlmei Ltd., told VCC Langaia

"I believe the government is not
spending enough money on educating
the next generation," said Lowes.
"They (students) aie the ones who are
going to be running things, so we should
make suie they get the best "

Principal David Cane that he wanted to

Lowes laid out his plan to the College

Those students who are unable to

help laise $200,000 for lefuibishing

adapt to the new schedules will be
eligible for a lefund if they apply

Langaia's mam concouise Lowes had

aheady helped out with finding prize

Boaid and John Mosier, President of
Freightlmei Canada. The plan went like
this. Solicit the trucking industiy m B.C.

before Oct 17.

money foi a muial competition at

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VCC IN TRANSITION
seaich for a principal will be initiated as
soon as the futuie shape of the campus's
progiammmg and resources has been
established.

VCC Piesident Paul Gallaghei iccently
leleased his icpoit on plans to change the
college's administrative stiuctuie. These
interim changes aie intended to meet the
day-to-day need to manage effectively
until "majoi changes" aie implemented—

p-j*-

% i!Pp

piobably by Apnl 1, 1991-as well as
seiving to position the college foi its long
term futuie. The following is a condensed
version of that leport. See Page Thiee foi
a Spectium interview with Gallaghei
which piovides his analysis and comments
on the effects of the re-oigamzation
The plan is based on four piemises'
* The campuses will lemam as the basic
units of opeiation as opposed to a "progiam clustei" foim of oiganization

^|Jl|
uImplementation of
major changes will
likely be necessary by
April 1,1991. These
'interim' actions to

* Efforts to mciease cioss-college
collaboration should be incieased, but collaboiation should not be artificially
forced.

* College Executive Committee (CEC)
members should be the pnmary catalysts
foi cioss-college collaboiation.

constrain our actions

after that date"

objectives.

2. Hans Reiup will be assigned lesponsibility for directing day-to-day, collegewide operations (annual activity plans,
budget planning, use of lesouices, manual
updating, etc.), with CEC members
repoitmg to him foi these puiposes. He
will also letain his planning icsponsibilities. This will fiee moie of Gallaghei's
time for varied external lelations func-

PAGE 2

Fleming will also ensure that non-base
budget, contracted activity pays foi itself.
The immediate effect may be a reduction
in contiact activity and seivice to the
community, but the longer teim effect
should be better frnancial admimstiation.
5. The Council of Deans will have a firm
mandate to addiess and make recommen¬
dations to CEC on moie cioss-college
issues in both academic and admmrstra-

improve the
tive aieas. The council will be augmented
by a number of specific task forces whrch
administration of the will deal with single issues foi recommen¬
dation to CEC thiough Reiup These task
college are appropriate foices
will be made up of deans and
otheis
with the appropriate expertise, and
if we are not to
the activities of these "task forces" will

* College-wide and centie admmistiations
will woik moie closely to achieve these

1. He confnmed the roles of the campus
principals as the educational and manage¬
ment leaders of the campuses, and gave
analogous roles to the dnectois of
Continuing Education, International
Education and Contract Servrce Develop¬
ment, and College Resouices.

4. Max Fleming, Buisai and Dnector of
Admimstiative Seivices, will play a moie
dnect lole in all aspects of the financial
operations of the campuses.

- Paul Gallagher

tions as the college positions itself foi the

be dnected by Hans Rerup.
6. A personnel admrnistiator will be
appointed to each campus. The role of
these people will be to assist prrmarrly m
collective agreement administration.
7 Internal leorgamzations within Interna¬
tional Education and Contract Servrce

futuie.

Development, and within College Re¬
souices, aie cunently undei study and

It is anticipated that this expansion of
Remp's lesponsibihties will be in effect

may be implemented before Apiil 1, 1991.

only until Maich 31, 1991 At that time,
Gallaghei hopes to cieate, and accept
applications foi a new position of execu¬
tive vice-president

These leoigamzations will be calculated
to impiove effectiveness of servrce and
will not have significant cost implications.
Gallaghei said' "Implementation of major

changes will likely be necessary by Apnl
3 John Vandenakkei will be Principal of
City Centie to Maich 31, 1991 and
continues as Dean of Admimstiation and
Student Services foi that campus A

1, 1991 These 'interim' actions to
impiove the admimstiation of the college
aie appiopnate if we are not to constrain
oui actions after Maich 31, 1991."

Spectrum interview with Paul Gallagher
Spectrum Update
recently spoke with

VCC President Paul
Gallagher about his
plans for management
reorganization, which
are outlined on Page

Gallagher—I'm concerned that we don't
know foi sure. I've been woiking on a
continuous basis foi months with people
in the mimstiy, and I've found that the mfoimation we need to support oui case has
not always been available, or it has been
difficult to obtain We need to correct
that But decisions on how money is spent

will still be up to the campuses
Spectrum—Will the availability of this
infoimation impiove VCC's negotiating
position with the mimstiy7

Two of this edition.
Gallagher—Absolutely. Oui objective is
Spectrum—Are you aiming for a gieatei or pnmai ily internal, but you have put your
lesser degiee of centialization?
fmgei on something that ought not to be
Gallagher—The campuses, as well as
Continuing Education and International
Education, have been confumed as the
basic units of the college. We could have
centralized by de-emphasizmg the cam¬
puses and making "piogiam clusters" oui
basic units of operation, but I'm saying
"no" to that.

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are and why they are there Pait of the
difficulty is quick access to that informa¬
tion. The outcome (of le-orgamzation)
should put us m a bettei position to aigue,
defend and explain oui case when we put
it to the mimstiy.

Spectrum—Wouldn't (Bursal) Max
Fleming's increased involvement at the
campus level indicate a moie centialized
appioach toward the financial operation of

Spectrum—Is the primary consideration
financial efficiency?

the college?

deal with the question of drift, in an
atmosphere of unceitainty over our future.

Gallagher-I don't think so. I'd like to see

But we are either going to get a better
return on oui investment or at least be
confident that the return we're getting is
the best we can do.

the admimstiation of the campuses and
central administration as efficient as

Kmg Edvvuiu i_,(.., 1 ,} r0f

dismissed. Since last June we have been
woikmg with the mimstiy on a programby-piogram analysis of wheie oui costs

Gallagher—The primary objective is to

possible. One way to do that is to achieve
greatei collaboration between the manage¬
ment of the campuses and management of
cential sei vices In addition to the managei
of oui central sei vices, Max is the buisar

Spectrum-When will that unceitainty be

foi the college and he has a lole to play in
a number of aspects of the funding of the

Gallagher—I would hope that by the end

level?

See next page „

clarified?

of this calender yeai we will have a clear
campuses, such as the funding of auxiliaiy dnection and one that is suppoited by the
services (i.e bookstoies and shops) He
mimstiy. We can not continue m a
needs information of a financial natuie
situation wheie the expendituies we have
from the campuses so we can serve as
to make to fulfil oui obligations exceed
advocates foi the college and the cam¬
our revenue. We either have to get more
puses. Centralization has always been a
levenue oi shape oui progiams to the
question of how to set the balance. This is
levenue we can reasonably project We
a confirmation that the balance will lemam have a numbei of piogiams that can't
laigely unchanged
make ends meet. Similarly, our overhead
stiucture is more costly than the revenue
Spectrum—Do you think we'ie not getting we get to suppoit it So we have to re¬
the best bang foi our buck at the campus
think right fiom the giound up what it is

PAGE 3

we want to do and what we can do. And
the ministry has to decide what it is
prepaied to do to keep this college in op¬
eration.

Spectrum—Is it conect to say that the
next foui months will be the most
impoitant m this institution's histoiy7
Gallagher—You bet. I would say that at
least the next ten yeai s of this college
will be shaped by decisions between now
and December, 1990.
(Editoi's note' Spectium will lepoit in

Gallagher-A cleaiei and bioadei man¬
date. The deans have traditionally been icsponsible for the piogiams and student
services in then aieas, which have been
campus-based They have woiked ovei the
last couple of yeais on some very positive
things of a cioss-college natuie and I want
to sustain that And then advice will, I
piesume m a vast numbei of cases, have

the affect of conclusion (with the College
Executive Committee) lathei than just
advice But of couise, recommendations
fiom the deans on the management of then
campuses and the college—as well as the
educational drive of the institution—will

need to be vetted by CEC to see if anything

Octobei on the budgetaiy pioposals
which aie designed to assuie adequate
and consistent long teim funding.)

has been neglected.

Spectrum—What affect will the mteiim

Spectrum—What would you considei to be
impoitant examples of cioss-college
collaboiation foi 1990-917

measuies have on the faculty, staff and
students7

tracts at a loss, but given the severe
financial situation we'ie m, that would be
a veiy gieat exception. All of us—faculty,
admimstiatois and staff-operate above
and beyond noimal college duties or
handle woik off the edge of oui desks,
often to the point wheie something that is
being funded isn't given sufficient
attention. The funding we'ie receiving
now doesn't covei our basic obligation,
let alone additional contractual obliga¬
tions.

Spectrum—Are you concerned that the
government agencies aie taking advan¬
tage of oui geneious natuie?
Gallagher—In some cases we've been our
own woist enemy. The willingness of
people to take on extia woik has been
phenomenal. Howevei, you can only go
the extia mile foi so long and then people

Gallagher—The degiee to which we should just plain go., oi they get disenchanted,
Gallagher—A lot of people thmk we
have been living with this sense of dnft.
The changes, I hope, will piovide a
stabilization, particularly with the fac¬
ulty But on a day-to-day, piactical basis,
it will have very little effect on employ¬
ees 01 students.

Spectrum—With the establishment of a
position of executive vice-piesident, do
you plan any new i esponsibilities foi

have a single student lecoid system would
be one aiea. Also, we have a numbei of
compaiable piogiams—the obvious aiea
would be m the business field—so we need
to find out if there aie ways to provide that
same kind of seivice m a moie effective
way Because the deans aie closer to the
firing line (than CEC membeis), I'm

yourself?

asking them to suggest areas wheie ciosscollege activity might be moie appiopiiate.
I expect a gieat deal fiom the deans
because theie is a lot of talent theie.

Gallagher—No. Theie always has been a

Spectrum—You've stated that no contiact

great deal of external activity and policy
onentation that I have to be involved in,
and sometimes that has been done at the

should be a buiden on the base opeiations
of the college. Has the college taken on too
many contiacts that have lost money7

expense of internal matters. Theiefoie,
I'm saying that Hans (Reiup) can work
on my behalf on opeiational matters
equally well, if not better, than I can. If
you compare the size and complexity of
this institution to otheis, to be opeiating
the way we have foi the last few yeais
may be unique, but it's not acceptable.
Also, the appointment of an executive
vice-piesident is only a pioposal I think
the natuie of this institution wan ants it,
but whether it comes to pass depends on
whether we icceive adequate funding for
the position and a numbei of othei
equally impoitant items
Spectrum—What changes aie in store for
the Council of Deans7

PAGE 4

Gallagher—Oh yes1 Foi example, we have
cancelled two contiacts with Employment
and Immigiation Canada having to do with
seivice foi the severely employment
disadvantaged because the money was not
sufficient to cover costs. We have the
possibility of a contiact with Employment
and Immigiation to piovide moie ESL, but
what they'ie piepaied to fund does not
match oui costs
Spectrum—Aie we no longer piepaied to
run any contiacts at a loss7
Gallagher—In some cases we've gone
oveiboaid by taking on under-funded con¬
tiacts out of a desue to serve the commu¬
nity We will continue to run some con¬

undeistandably, or they simply wear out. I
guess our funders, given the pressures that
are on them, say, "Well, if they continue
to pioduce, that's okay with us "
Spectrum—Why are you placing peisonnel people on each campus7
Gallagher—We have to have consistent
admimstiation of each collective agree¬
ment oi it can be very costly. And we
need to impiove our employee relations.
If we have one manager interpreting a
clause one way and anothei manager
taking a different view, you run into
chaos, oi at least what might appeal to be
favountism. So the peisonnel admimstratoi will be on campus to assist the manageis in interpreting the collective agree¬
ments consistently and fanly
Spectrum—Stay tuned until December?

Gallagher-Stay tuned The next four
months aie crucial.

Photo safari focused on stunning African landscape
KEC Dean of Insti action Patnaa
Gioves and hei daughtei Susannah left
Vancouvei June 4 foi a 24-day photo
safai i in Afi wa The adventui e covet ed
8,000 kiiometi es by Landi ovei ovei the

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dusty tiails of Namibia, Botswana and
Zimbabwe Hei e aie he) i ecollectwns of

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then Afi ican odyssey

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The safari company, "Afio Ventuies"
desenbed this as then most mgged and
adventuious safan, and indeed it was1
The safari was led by one guide, a
natuialist fiom Zimbabwe. Theie weie
no assistants or lined help We pitched
our own tents and did the choi es to¬

BOTSWANA
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gether. Dunng the day it was hot, but at
night m the deseit it was usually below
zero since it was wintei in the southern
hemisphere We went to sleep weanng
sweaters and jackets in double sleeping
bags. It took time to adjust to sleeping in
a small tent on the cold ground in the
wilderness, but, when we did, we had a
wonderful sound sleep each night and
got up befoie sunrise to go on game
drives.
All our meals weie cooked on the open
camp fne. Dinners weie surpnsingly
good - cunied chicken, steak, spaghetti,
beef stioganoff, hake, gemsbok, squash,

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SOUTH VEST AFRICA
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The route taken by Patnca and Susannah Groves

salads Night time aiound the fne
biought a veiy special camaiadene in
our small cncle of seven people We
moved camp at least eveiy othei day and

of a pyiamid) caused us to stiuggle and
breathe haid, but after reaching the top we
ran down the dune, swift as skieis.

miles of lagoons and wateiways, with
exotic and colourful flora and fauna. We
exploied the narrow channels in tradi¬
tional dug-out canoes called mokoros -

A visit to a town, Swakopmund, on the
Atlantic coast of Namibia, was oui only
contact with "regulai" life The town was

constantly awaie of ciocodiles and
hippopotami. The Okavango marshland is
a paradise lemimscent of Ancient Egypt papyiuses giows m tall columns, present¬
ing lovely, gieen jeweled screens along
the wateiways At night the sounds of the
wilderness encased oui campsite - a

"home" became wheiever our tue was.

After camping in the Kalahaii deseit
game leserve m South Africa we
travelled west and noith to the Namib
(meaning "thirst lands"), which is the
world's oldest desert. In the deseit, the

sky hangs ovei the eaith like a perfect
canopy; diamatic landscapes change
from biowns, golds, dull gieens to
yellows, oianges, reds and deep gieens always in harmony In places, the wind
blows the sand to foim a rippled led sea
that stretches foi miles and is banked by
mountainous dunes We climbed the
highest dune at dawn m oui baie feet 400 meteis up with the rising sun and
splendid vistas all aiound. The ascent

along the nb of the dune (like the edge

completely 19th centuiy Geiman in
chaiactei and architectuie with an unhuined atmospheie lemimscent of times past.
The native women (Haieio Tribe) weie
diessed in tuin-of-the-centuiy clothing,
including gieat hats and long, cimoline
sknts
Okavango Delta was the mid-point of the
journey. We weie tianspoited in small
planes into the heait of this unique inland
nvei delta which once flowed into a gieat
lake, now ovei taken by the Kalahaii deseit
This is one of the most beautiful and lush
aieas of Afiica, a network of 9,000 square

chorus of cicada, fiogs, night bhds and

snoitmg hippo During the day the
exquisitely marked impala with then
slendei legs and magnificent homs move
gracefully thiough the landscape as in an
ancient tapestry.
Tiackmg on foot with native guides on
one of the islands m the delta, we suc¬
ceeded m "catching" a heid of wild

pAGE 5

The Salt Pans are
breeding grounds
for thousands
of flamingoes.
We saw them at
sunset as

a great pink cloud
mirroring

the reflected orange

and red light of
the sun.

Patnca and Susannah on African odyssey
described the Falls as: "Scenes so lovely

elephants In sound and movement they
weie unmistakably wild and would have
chaiged us had they caught our scent.

they must have been gazed upon by angels
in flight." We took the "Flight of the

In the vast leseives of the Moremi

Angels" m a small airciaft up the Zambezi
and ended over the falls. It was even

Wildlife Pieserve by the banks of the

moie exciting, though, going white water

Chobe River at Savuti and Seiondela we
saw a great abundance of wildlife includ¬

rafting thiough the lapids below the falls.

ing twelve foot long ciocodiles, great
islands of hippo, antelope, gazelle, watei

Fiom Victoiia Falls we journeyed to the

Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, beds of the

buffalo and lion. At oui last camp by the

ancient lake 01 inland sea into which the

Chobe we saw guaffes peeking cunously

nveis of the Okavango Delta flowed in

at us from behind trees, followed by wild

piehistouc times The Salt Pans aie
bieedmg grounds foi thousands of flamin¬

hunting dogs on then night chase, watched
zebia herds fiom the distance, and saw
vultures chewing on the lotting remains of
an enormous elephant.
Early one morning, aftei fiuitlessly
tracking lion since befoie sunset, we
tuined our Landiover "home" along the
sandy path to our campsite. At the first
turn in the load, we saw, sitting motion¬
less under a tree, something far moie laie
and elusive than the lion - something that
had not been sighted in the area foi
months, not even by native tiackeis: the
peeiless cheetah. They sat, male and
female, nobly together, surveying piey m
the distance. We stopped, edged closei,
observed, edged closer At oui second
movement they giacefully lose, levealing
then elegant forms, the patterned jewels
of then limbs and backs, and the magnifi¬
cent stiiping on then faces. As they
glided away, then long anstocratic tails

goes. We saw them at sunset as a great
pink cloud mirroring the leflected orange

and led light of the sun.
Oui last game drives included sightings of
ihmoceroses, which, unlike the black
ihino, are not yet endangered. These huge
animals blend easily mto the trees and
earth of then natural habitat and can move
their bodies with icmarkable speed. A
great deal is being done m southern Africa
to protect wildlife and pieseive the vast
stretches of land necessary for their
suivival

We went to Afiica to photograph the
animals, but what impiessed us most
stiongly was the extiaordinary beauty of
the Afncan landscape, acioss which the
heids of wild animals moved with natural
magnificence. It is a landscape that is
perfectly descnbed in Out of Africa as:

maiked with fine gold and black flashes,
almost as wmgs do.
We took a bieak from the safan at

Victoria Falls on the mighty Zambezi
River. It was Livingstone, the fust white
man to see this awesome sight, who

PAGE 6

"...a landscape that had not its like in all
the woild The views weie immensely
wide. Everything that one saw made for
gieatness and fieedom and unequalled
nobility."

Dave Keen meetings on health and safety issues already
under my

Keen named
Co-ordinator

of health/safety
The college recently appointed Dave

ABE launch

Keen to the newly cieated position of
Coordinator, Occupational Health and

promotes

Safety.
Keen is lesponsible foi ensuimg that all
occupational health and safety piactices
within the college meet Workers' Com¬
pensation Board legulations.
He has aheady met with the thiee campus

Health and Safety Committees and will
soon be lequesting appointments with
membeis of the College Executive
Committee.
Keen has been tounng college facilities
and reviewing documents conceinmg
VCC's occupational health and safety
matteis.

His job will include developing and
maintaining VCC policy and piocedures

to comply with WHMIS (Woikplace
Hazardous Materials Information System)
legulations Keen can be leached at 875-

1131, Local 335.

Fast Track 90-91
The fiist multi-media promotional cam¬
paign foi Adult Basic Education was
launched at KEC on the students' fust day
of class.
Much of the message and media were the
lesult of a student suivey designed and

admimsteied by ABE faculty membeis
The campaign consisted of a postei blitz,
home dehveiy of piogiam information,
radio adveitismg, and subliminal 'leach'
thiough bumpei stickeis, buttons, sweatshuts, an electric billboaid, bookmaiks
and balloons. Students and mstmctois
letuining fiom the summei vacation weie
welcomed by a lendeiing of a wild cat m

motion headlined "FAST TRACK 90 -

91. NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE
ADULT LEARNER"

Principal Lawrence Fast helps launch Fast Track 90-91

KEC barbecue supports Food Bank
Moie than 100 students, staff and faculty attended a baibecue at KEC to laise aware¬
ness and suppoit foi the Vancouvei Food Bank. The event was oigamzed by students
"to biing togethei students, staff and faculty foi a woithwhile cause"
Piesident of the Student Action Council, Kanm Rajan, said. "The Food Bank needs
food and cash donations and we have been successful in getting these needs
noticed The SAC will be looking into pioviding suppoit on a legular basis,
peihaps with a permanent box on campus foi food donations "

PAGE 7

Computer power for library users
By Momka Ullmann
Thiee weeks ago, I watched with fascina¬
tion as Ross Cartel, Directoi of College
Resoutces, punched a few keys on his
computei and within 30 seconds answeied my question. I wanted to know if
the libianes earned a controveisial new
book entitled "Sultans of Sleaze". The
answei was no.

Without lealizmg it at the time, I was
getting a preview of the powerful new
computei - based catalogue system being

installed m the VCC Libranes The On
Line Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is
up and running on all 55 teimmals in the
VCC system. New, bai-coded hbiaiy
cards will be issued to eveiyone who uses

the libiaiy And the 68 people who
worked foi five weeks putting bai -codes
on every item m the libianes, will heave
a sigh of lelief. Now it's up to the
computei.

campus is it available? What else is
available m this category?

Well, almost. Foi the next thiee months,
the new system will be "on tiial" as

Accoiding to Judith Neamtan at the

hbianans instiuct staff and students in its

use and also gather feedback. After this
evaluation period, the hbraiy staff will
piepaie a leport for the system's supplier,
requesting needed changes. So fai,
libiarians aie enthusiastic about the
system's adaptability and its "userfriendly" menu operation.
"The beauty of this system is that it is
flexible, and can be configuied to meet
oui needs," said Rea Devakos, Libiary
Dept. Head at City Centie And Libiarlan Maik Goeitz thinks the chief advan¬
tage of an electronic catalogue is that it
gives the usei quick access to diffeient
kinds of information. "It's an integrated
system which allows the usei to quickly
find mfoimation m ways not possible
with a manual system For example, it
allows you to seaich foi a title even if
you only lemembei one woid."

But it's not just the useis who will benefit.
Langaia Libiaiy, the staff, especially at the
ciiculation desk, will find that the com¬
putei eliminates tedious tasks like Hacking
oveidues and checking items m and out
Instead of entering names and dates on
cards, which then have to be filed, the baicode on each item is matched with the bar¬
code on youi caid and automatically
enteied into the data bank. When youi
book is oveidue, the computei will ciank
out a notice, immediately maik the item as

Incidentally, books and libianes are the
onginal "mfoimation piocessing tools".
They aie oui cultuie's time-honoured way
of collecting, pieseivmg and disseminat¬
ing knowledge from one geneiation to the
next
Libianes typically use eithei the Dewey

Decimal System, developed by Melvil

One of the long-term benefits of the

Dewey m 1876, or the moie complex
Libiary of Congiess system which came
into use at the turn of the century That's a

conversion, which is still m the planning
stage, is to make the new system acces¬
sible to off-site useis This involves

meie centuiy, not long when you consider
that libranes have been with us since the
time of the ancient Egyptians

"out", and ic-entei it when it's letumed.

installing dedicated telephone lines to
handle the mfoimation flow. A usei will
need a modem and some software to
access the system. Meanwhile, everyone
whose computer is haidwned into the
pnme mainframe can use the system fiom

Othei benefits foi the useis aie instant
answeis to questions like: Is the item

"netwoik" onto a computer that is

available'? Is it on hold? At which

haidwned

PAGE 8

Other libianes opeiatmg on the same
system in the Lower Mainland aie the
Vancouvei Public Libiaiy and the District
of Noith Vancouver Public Library. UBC
has its own system, but is considenng
switching to anothei system like OPAC.

then office And failing that, they can

Put books, libianes and computeis togethei, and you have what is surely the
most all-encompassmg "information
piocessing tool" man has ever seen.
Welcome to the computenzed libiary: its
possibilities aie awesome

Bigger 'n better Pac Rim Mag

HRD Courses on sale in campus bookstores
for 1990-1991
"This is 95% a student effort They

deseive the ciedit."
With those woids, publishei Tom Meikle
unveiled the second issue of VCC's
"unique" Pacific Rim magazine
Editoi Brian Campbell says the maga¬
zine is Canada's only geneial mteiest
periodical devoted to the cultures and
economies of Pacific Rim countnes.
Production of the magazine-fiom
articles and photogiaphy to page lay-out
and design—is a VCC endeavour with

much of the woik being done by
students

A gala launch foi the unveiling of the
latest issue was held Sept. 13 at City
Centie with many of those involved m
the magazine's pioduction in attendance.
Joan Hoisley, chauperson of the boaid
of Pacific Rim magazine, says the
magazine "showcases the many and
vanous talents of students acioss the

mandate and this is our third year," he
said

college."

Meikle said publication has been a
"shoestnng operation" and that the lack

This yeai 25,000 copies of the magazine
weie printed with 18,000 distubuted

of equipment and compatible computei
systems thioughout the college made
publication moie difficult. He says fulltime use of a Macintosh computer and new
typewnter would make future publication

through the Financial Post. Foi those
who have not yet seen the glossy, 66
page publication, copies aie on sale at
all thiee campus bookstores foi $3.50.
Meikle says the futuie of the magazine
hinges on the provincial government's

appioval of a pioposed publishing
progiam "We weie given a thiee-yeai

easiei.

Even with the lestiaints, he said the
publication was veiy rewaiding. "It was a
pleasuie to woik with such talented,
enthusiastic people "

* bvisxow ^ J

VCC's Human Resources
Development Program
begins its second year with
an extensive variety of
courses. The full schedule is

attached to this edition of
Update.
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CE offers
fee waivers

to employees
Vancouver Community College employ¬
ees who are eligible to leceive benefits are
also eligible foi tuition fee waiveis on
many Continuing Education couises Fee
waiveis aie not available foi couises in
the Geneial Inteiest categoiy where the
fee includes supplies (such as Wine
Appieciation), rentals (Learn to Paint
Textiles) 01 tianspoitation (Tiavel Toms,
Natural Histoiy).
Employee requesting a fee waivei should
obtain, complete and letuin a blue "Fee
Waivei Request" form as follows

City Centre
King Edwaid Campus

Loina Guenaid

Langaia
College Resouices
Continuing Education
Intel national Education

Linda Holmes
Ross Carter

Pam Ottiidge

Bob Lajoie
Jindia Repa

All othei employees should obtain the
Forty employees have completed the on-the-job course and twenty-live graduates will continue English lessons

On-the-job English pretty Snazzie
Thiee times a week, mstmctois fiom
KEC's Outieach Depaitment turn the
woik rooms at Hignell & Associates into
classiooms, teaching English to 40 of the
company's Chinese employees. This
highly successful collaboiation between
the fedeial government's Job Stiategy
Piogiam, Hignell & Associates and VCC
is pait of the "Language at Woik Pio¬
giam" which staited in Toionto two years
ago.

Canada Employment and Immigiation
funds the couise, the employei—a sportsweai manufactuiei—contributes the
piemises, employees contnbute then time
and the college piovides the instiuction.
The couise is pnmanly foi lecent female
anivals to Canada with limited education
Bill Savage, Employei Relations Counsel¬

lor at Canada Employment, said "We aie

forms from a C.E. office and process their
lequests thiough then Department
Dnector.

Please ... no letroactive lefunds. Ap-

pioval pnoi to registiation must be
obtained in older to leceive a fee waiver.

hoping to get moie funds to help new Ca¬
nadians impiove then communication
skills and pioductivity, as well as advance

If you have not leceived a copy, the Fall

m then positions."

campus offices.

"This is one of the gieatest win-win

Correction

piojects I have ever been associated
with," says Ian Hignell, ownei of the
company which manufactuies "Snazzie"
sportsweai. "Duimg the couise of the
piogiam we discoveied that these employ¬
ees have senous gaps m undei standing the
basics of oui business. This pioject has
been a big boost as fai as communication
with oui employees is concerned "

1990 C E. Flyei is available at all C.E.

The July edition of Update refened to the
"Homemaker" piogram at KEC as being
responsible for assisting m the Midsummei Madness activity The correct name
of the progiam is Institutional Aide
Program

Twenty-five of the giaduates have aheady
indicated a desne to continue in English
lessons and a contiact is being discussed
foi classes to begin in Octobei

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Truck lottery from page 1
to donate parts foi a semi-ti actor truck
Have it assembled at Vancouvei Fieightlinei. Take the truck all over the province
Thomas Gilligan, who was the second
to advertise and sell tickets for a truck
pnncipal of VCC m the late '60s, died last lottery. And offer a Dodge pick-up as an
week in Olympia, Washington. He was 70. incentive for selling the winning ticket

Former college

Principal Gilligan dies

Dr. Gilligan, who was hired as Assistant

Director of Adult Education for the
Vancouver School Boaid and vice pnnci¬

pal of the college m 1970, eventually
Lawrence Fast presents Walter Behnke with award

Behnke award
buys computer

equipment for KEC
"The Woikings of Maikets", Walter
Behnke's computei-based software
package foi students of introductoiy
economics, has put him at the forefiont of
creative education. Behnke is among nine
winneis of the $5,000 Noithein Telecom
National Awaids foi outstanding achieve¬
ment m putting hi-tech to woik m the
classioom

became principal of the college system
that emerged as a separate entity.

The result' sales of 1612 tickets at $100

At the time, Di Gilligan said community

Plus the happy winner of the Dodge pick¬

colleges could be more adaptable than
schools m meeting the needs of radical
young students who didn't want mne-tofive jobs.

up, Wanen Render, a Freightlmer sales¬
man who sold 65 tickets.
In addition, the college has an additional

An American citizen with 30 years of

commitment to do it all again next year.

each, and the grand winners, ten employ¬
ees of the Clark Reefer Shop in Buinaby.

1600 names on its mailing list and a
education experience, Dr. Gilligan left the
job m 1975 after intense controversy over
budget cutbacks and college organization

He letumed to the United States m 1977
and became Dnectoi of the Indo-Chinese
Refugee Piogram for Washington's
superintendent of public instruction until
his retnement.

The awaid, one-half of which will be
spent on new equipment for KEC, was
piesented at a leception at the National
Institute in Halifax.

A committee was struck lepiesentmg the
tiucking industry and VCC. Fiom February
to October, members met twice a month,
and once a week duung the last six weeks.

Di. Gilligan is survived by his wife

Norma, of Olympia; son Neil Gilligan of
Vancouver; daughter Lmda Hackett of

Sheilah Grant, President of the VCC
Educational Foundation and a committee
member, said "It was a terrific experience
working with the members of the tiuckmg
mdustiy, and I want to thank everybody
who participated."
How are the ten holders of the winning
ticket going to 'divvy up' their truck?
"We are going to sell it, and then divide
up the profit," says Sam Becket, Foreman

at Clark Reefer

Vancouver and grandson Jason Thomas
On behalf of Northern Telecom, Thomas
Biyant, Piesident of the Canadian Centie
for Cieative Technology, said the judges
felt Behnke's piogiam "shows an

Gilligan of Port Coquitlam, as well as
family in Washington and Florida.

extiaoidinaiy ingenuity and should serve
as a model foi othei educators".

Behnke and KEC Principal Lawience Fast
said the funds would be used to purchase a

coloui liquid ciystal display for overhead
pi ejection of computei images.

Spectrum Update is
published monthly by the

Meanwhile, Behnke has been invited by

Vancouver Community

the dnectoi of the Colombo Plan Staff
College m Manila, the Philippines to

College Public Relations and

piesent a couise on "Computer-based Instiuctional Materials Development" to
technical educatois fiom Southeast Asia.
He will be away fiom Octobei to early
Decembei.

Development Department.
Editor-Chuck Poulsen
Langara~324-5475

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HUMAN RESOURCE DEV

FALL 1990 &
WINTER 1991
D
4

VANCOUVER
COMMUNITY

COLLEGE

FALL 1990 AND WINTER 1991 PROGRAM PLAN

• We encourage you to identify those courses/workshop/sessions from which you feel you might benefit.
Detailed Information will be published in your campus newsletter four to six weeks ahead of the scheduled
date of the specific workshop, so watch out for those courses you would like to attend.

Date Workshop Title Audience

October 24 How to be a Great All
Session A Communicator - Part I
(Styles, Listening, Body

Language and Self Image)
November 1

Purchasing - What is the Scope

Budget Officers and

8:30 -noon

and Responsibility of the

and other signing
personnel

Department? Policies and
Procedures
November 1
1 - 4 p.m.

Introduction to the Conscious
use of Creativity

All

How to be a Great

All

(Langara)
November 6
Session A

Communicator - Part II ¦

(Dealing with Difficult
People & Asserth/eness)
November 8

Meetings that Work

Anyone facilitating
meetings of 2+ people

November 13, 14 & 15

Cross Cultural Communications

All

(9 to noon each day)

November 16
9:00 - noon

Introduction to the Conscious
use of Creativity

All

Management Skills for

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors

(King Ed. Campus)
November 20 - 23

Supervisors - Part I -

Interpersonal Skills - Session D
November 27
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Introduction to the Conscious
use of Creativity

All

Conducting Effective Performance
Reviews - Advanced Skills

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors of

(City Centre Campus)
November 27

Support Staff
November 29

Conducting Effective Performance
Reviews - Advanced Skills

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors of

Support Staff
Success Skills in the
Workplace

Administrative

December 6

Stress & Personal Excellence

Instructors

January 29 -

Management Skills for
Supervisors - Part II Group Skills - Session D

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors

December 3 & 4

February 1/91

Support Staff

February 7 How to be a Great All
Session B Communicator - Part I
(Styles, Listening, Body

Language and Self Image)
February 21

How to be a Great

Session B

Communicator - Part II -

All

(Dealing with Difficult
People & Assertiveness)

February 26

Conducting Effective Performance
Reviews - Advanced Skills

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors of

Support Staff
February 27

Conducting Effective Performance
Reviews - Advanced Skills

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors of

Support Staff

i

March 7 & 8

Effective Presentation Skills for

People in the Public Eye

Anyone who gives
presentations to
others - inside or

outside the College
March 11-14

Management Skills for
Supervisors - Part III -

Adminstrative Skills - Session D

Administrators,
Managers and
Supervisors

March 14

Management of Time

Anyone interested in
strategies for s e 11 i n g
priorities & managing time.

March 21

Stress and Personal Excellence

Support Staff

May 8 -10

Management Skills for Supervisors
Refresher

Graduates of 12

day Ministry Certificate
Program

TBA

Plateauing: Threat or

Opportunity?

Anyone interested in
Career Development

TBA

Selection Interviewing - Faculty

Administrators, Division
Chairs, Dept. Heads
and Coordinators

TBA

Ethical Encounters for College Personnel

All

TBA

Learning about Disabilities

All

TBA

Excellence in Customer Service
"I Care about Customer Service"

All

TBA

How to Train & Orient Employees

Managers,

Supervisors

TBA

Problem Solving & Decision Making

Managers,

Supervisors

TBA

Labour Relations

Managers,

Supervisors

TBA

New Employee Orientation

TBA

Interpersonal Skills

New Employees
Managers,

Supervisors

TBA

TBA

Computing Skills:
- PC Orientation; Lotus 1-2-3; Graphics
- Introduction to WP 5.1

All
All

Telephone Techniques

Telephone
Operators/Receptionists

& Clerical Support Staff

/

CORPORATE & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING courses
Business Excellence:
Oct. 23 & 24

Training Skills

Oct. 25

Pacific Rim Workshop

Nov. 5 & 6

The Winning Image

Nov. 23

Communication Skills

Dec. 4

Time Management Skills

Management Information Systems:

Oct. 25

PCs & LANs: Components/Ops.

Nov. 14-16

Cross Systems Products

Oct. 26

PCs & L^Ns: OBs & Interconnectivity

Nov. 14-16

Advanced Data Communications

Oct. 29/

Structured Analysis

Nov. 20-21

Rapid Online Application Dev.

NOV. 26-30

Structured Design

Dec. 5-7

Logical Data Modeling

Dec. 10-14

Fast Start In Systems Analysis

Dec. 12-14

Voice Communications

Nov. 2
Nov. 6 - 8

SNA/NetVlew for Network Operators

Nov. 13

IMS/VS Introduction

Nov. 13

Prototyping Introduction

HRD's role is to provide VCC employees with the opportunity for growth and development of additional
skills. Any ideas and suggestions in achieving this objective are welcome. Please forward these to Vi
Bienert, Manager, Human Resource Development.

Thanks for helping us to better meet your needs!

"A man will sometimes devote his entire life to
the development of one part of his entire body
- the wishbone." Robert Frost