INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MAY 2, 1989

 

 

 

President’s Report

 

EXTERNAL MATTERS -
MUNICIPAL

On April 17, I addressed the
New Westminster University
Women’s Club on educational
developments in post-secondary
education in India and Sri
Lanka. Their request came as a
result of publicity resulting from
the ACCC/CIDA project in
which I participated last fall.

Discussions with New
Westminster City staff have
progressed to the point where
we are in a position to make a
recommendation to the Board
on final resolution of the long
range parking problem in New
Westminster. This report is
under advisement with the
Finance Facilities and Personnel
committee at this time.

EXTERNAL MATTERS -
EDUCATION

On April 14, I had the
pleasure of making a wind up
address to the staff, faculty and
administration at VVI, at the
conclusion of their annual
employee development day.
The topics of the workshops
held during the day, and the con-
cerns carried by many VVI
people, demonstrated a com-
monality of problems, concerns,
and shared purpose with people
at Douglas College.

On March 17, a full day was
spent examining the five year
development plans of Kwantlen

 

College, Fraser Valley College,
and Douglas College. The meet-
ing was held at the Abbotsford
campus of Fraser Valley Col-
lege. In attendance were the
three CEO’s, and the three Plan-
ning Officers for the institutions
- Al Atkinson in our case; Uli
Haag of Kwantlen College; Er-
ling Close of Fraser Valley
College. This meeting con-
firmed the value of shared
planning, and is the first in a
cycle of meetings to be held
over the next year.

On April 14, a follow-up
meeting was held among the
CEO’s of the three colleges, and
the President of Simon Fraser
University - Dr. Bill Saywell.
At that meeting, it was agreed
that SFU and its planning offi-
cials would participate in the
creation of a joint data base,
with common assumptions
about population distribution,
and assumptions about participa-
tion rates of different
constituencies in the population
in college and university ac-
tivities. This agreement will
bring powerful new resources to
us in doing long range planning.
Al Atkinson has been briefed on
the meeting, and will be respon-
sible for coordinating Douglas
College’s activities.

On March 20, a well
publicized meeting of the Mini-
ster and his staff occurred, with
college, university, and institute

 

boards and administration repre-
sentatives. As the contents of
this announcements have been
well publicized, no further
editorial comment is required.

A college assembly was held
on March 22, at which the sub-
stance of the announcement was
reviewed, together with the im-
plications for Douglas College.

Between April 1 and 13th, the
Board Chairman, Dr. Pauline
Hughes and I were in Osaka and
Tokyo areas, visiting present
and future educational partners,
on behalf of the International
Education program. Costs for
the visit were borne out of the
International Education account.
It is clear that there is as much
educational activity available as
we choose to accept. Our
reputation as educators and busi-
ness partners is excellent.

INTERNAL MATTERS -
EDUCATION

Active planning activities con-
tinue, for Maple Ridge and
Coquitlam. On March 23, Mr.
Richard Bell of the College
Board met with Mayor Lou
Sekora of the District of Coquit-
lam, with respect to the site
acquisition for the Coquitlam
Campus. Jim Doerr, John Mc-
Kendry, and I were in
attendance as senior staff.

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