TO: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD November 20, 1986.

MAD HATTER 9

   

© On November 6th, the Douglas College Resource Centre held a reception
for Library Week which Board Members attended. It was a very
pleasurable event for all of us. We all feel tremendous pride at
the calibre of the Library in this institution. It reflects credit
on the Library administration, faculty and staff.

On November 18th, Mr. Bert Curtis, of Confederation College, Ontario,
visited with us to discuss a research program regarding blockages
to access to college education for part-time students. It will
be a national research project, funded by the Federal Government.
Douglas will be one of 30 participating schools across the country.
The administration are very excited about the opportunity to
participate, because all of us have a keen sense of growing unease
about the difficulties that many of our students are finding in
using college services. It will give us a chance in a _ very
constructive fashion to take an objective look at ourselves and
a lot of other institutions at the same time.

On November 12th I paid a visit to Victoria to talk with senior
Ministry personnel about the Douglas College situation regarding
next year's budget. I will be sharing my impressions of that with
the Board in a Closed Meeting.

On November 14th there was a meeting of our new Minister of Continuing

© Education & Job Training, The Hon. Stanley Hagen, with Board Chairmen.
Mr. Murnane will be commenting on one portion at which I was there
in a staff capacity.

D. Internal Matters - General

 

On October 17th, the College had a very successful formal orientation
program for new employees, which is the first such program we have
carried out in a long time in Douglas College. It was done under
the leadership of our Personnel Department. From the feedback I
have received it was a success. It will be repeated in an orderly
fashion annually. Regular faculty and staff who had worked as
part-time faculty and staff for many years, and who had the impression
they knew the College, told me afterwards that they simply had no
idea what range of programs we had, or what the actual machinery
of the College was.

There is a third stage grievance from the Faculty Association, that
I am now dealing with. The Board will be informed in due course.

Negotiations are still being carried on with the BCGEU. There will
be a report in Closed Meeting later. My understanding is that
substantial progress has been made, but I have no other information
on the subject.

© The Acting Dean of the Applied Programs Division is Mr. Jim Sator,
who Board Members have met previously as the Director of Commerce
and Business Administration. The search for the new Dean is now
well underway. Similarly, the applications for the Directorships
for Nursing are under consideration.

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