President’s Report Highlights - January

On January 17, the Ministry of Skills,
Training and Labour sponsored a seminar
on the implications of the Axworthy
Paper. I was requested to attend as a
result of papers I have written and
presented on the topic in Ottawa and to
the Advanced Education Council.

A very positive aspect of the
Axworthy Green Paper is that it is forcing
discussion’on underlying policy issues
within the province and at the national
level that have been avoided over many
years because of our wealth and our
ability to fund a range of activities,
clientele and purposes without having to
rank and prioritize them.

I will do my best to keep the Board
informed and up-to-date, and to
encourage discussion within the College,
on the assumption that we must also be
increasingly clear regarding our mission,
our clientele, and the priorities for our
expenditures.

On January 13th, a number of
representatives of Douglas College from
the administration and Board attended a
memorial service for Frank Beinder.
Frank was a major force during the
1960’s for the development of community
colleges in British Columbia; a president
of the B.C. School Trustees Association;
the founding executive director of the
B.C. Association of Colleges.

 

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Since the last Board meeting,
discussions with Selection Committees
have concluded, and I have made
appointments of the three educational
Vice Presidents. The next stage of
College restructuring is now commencing.

Tentatively, the Vice Presidents have
agreed they should have completed
consultations, and made decisions
regarding the overall College structure by
the end of April. A memorandum on this
matter will be provided to the College
community within the next few days.

On January 17th, I presided at a

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College to respond quickly to changing
education and training needs of the
community.

The Task Force recommendations
were tabled last May. The College has
been working since then to make changes
that will let the College respond to shifts
in the post-secondary playing field,
including shrinking provincial per-capita
operating dollars.

“We have made the central positions
fewer, and we’ ll put more decision-
making power into the hands of the
departments. It allows decision-making to
take place closer to the point of service
delivery, which is vital in a multi-campus
institution,” said Day.

Last week the College moved to four
senior administrative positions reporting
to the President, down from the previous

meeting of the Vice Presidents, a number
of Department Chairs and Directors, and
staff to review the preliminary report of
the consultant on the Pinetree Capital
Campaign, with specific reference to
curriculum development at Douglas
College... expect to play a prominent
personal role in fundraising and
accordingly, will be adjusting my work
schedule to focus increasingly on
fundraising activities, and support to the
Vice-Presidents who will increasingly be
assuming operational responsibility for all
College operations. &

six. Day says the new structure helps
resources go further before the Pinetree
Way campus opens in Coquitlam in 1996.

The College now has four divisions,
down from the previous six, and four vice
presidents. Administrators in the new
positions are: Al Atkinson, Vice President
of Educational Services; Mia Gordon,
Vice President of College Development;
Peter Greenwood, Vice President of
Finance and Administration; and John
McKendry, Vice President of Instruction.

The second phase of reorganization
involves changes to departments within
the new divisions. That process is
underway, and formal plans should be
completed by the end of April with most
changes expected to be made by the time
the new Pinetree Way campus opens in
the Fall of 1996.

 

    

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