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PRESIDENT'S REPORT TO DOUGLAS
COLLEGE BOARD - MARCH 18, 1982

 

A. EXTERNAL MATTERS - MUNICIPAL

Mayor Tonn of Coquitlam, has been in-
formed of our impending removal of
College activities from the Winslow
Site. In addition, I have discussed
with Mayor Tonn general proposals for
a continuing and developing College
presence in Coquitlam over the next
five years. He is looking forward
to further contact with the College
following the approval of our 5-Year
Plan by the Board.

I have had meetings with Mr, Alexander
of the Beacon Industries, Mr. Wright
of First Capital City Development
Company Limited, and Mr. Manning, of
New Westminster City, regarding the
Simcoe Park Project. This project
continues to show progress.

B. EXTERNAL MATTERS - EDUCATION

Following the Minister's letter to
the Board, regarding the Ministry's
desire to clarify and resolve the
question of services to Maple Ridge,

a meeting was held with Dr. Grant
Fisher, Mr. Lorne Thompson, Mr.

Henry Justesen of the Pacific Voca-
tional Institute, M.H. Morfey and my-
self on March 10th. As a result of
that meeting, a joint consultation was
held in Maple Ridge on March 17th
involving Jim Doerr, Larry Davies,
Henry Justesen, Hector McIntyre of
the Ministry of Education, Mr. Ted
Killough, District Superintendent of
Schools, Mrs. Helen Casher and Mr.
Gerry Trerise of the Douglas College
Board, and myself. The meeting lasted
four hours, and can be considered a
success, in that all participants had
a much clearer concept of the problems
and possibilities posed by the pres-
ent Maple Ridge situation. The Board
will be given further information on

 

this matter by Mr. Trerise and Mrs.
Casher. I recommend that an inmed-
iate follow-up meeting occur, prefer-
ably involving Douglas and Maple Ridge
School District officials, and approp-
Yriate College administrators. The in-
tent of this meeting should be to add
to existing proposals with the Ministry |
regarding College facilities in that |
district.

A further meeting of Chief Executive
Officers of Lower Mainland tertiary |
institutions occurred on February 19th. ;
In due course the Board will be examin-
ing documents produced by the group,
with regard to rationalization and in-
tegration of educational activities on
the Lower Mainland.

A group of students from Algonquin
College visited Douglas College for

a week, from March 8 to March 12.
This visit was a result of the initi-
ative of Douglas College faculty. I
had the pleasure of meeting with the
group. They seem to be enjoying the
experience.

I attended a very significant lecture |
by Dr. Kjell Rubensen at UBC on March

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llth. His lecture was on problems of
implementing the principle of equity

in post-secondary education. I hope |
to be able to arrange for a visit by
Dr. Rubensen to the College in the near |
future, in order that he could expand |
on this topic which is so central to
our present and future concerns.

Qn Friday, March 12, Douglas College
made a presentation to a panel struck |
by the Ministry of Education to review |
our conflict with the Ministry over
development of the Dental Auxiliary |
Program. Mr. E. Redmond, Dean of |
Applied Programs, orchestrated present- |
ations by the College Administration, |
College Faculty, the College of Dental |
Surgeons, the Dean of Dentistry of UEC |
and the head of the Dental Hygiene |