INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / November 13, 1991

 

 

Coquitlam
Update -
questions &
answers

We all know Douglas College is
expanding into Coquitlam in 1994.
Rumours are flying about the Co-
quitlam campus; a recent piece of
scuttlebutt in the Tri-City News has
the new campus splitting away
from the New Westminster cam-
pus. Jim Doerr, Dean of
Community Programs & Services,
says there are no plans to this end.
Douglas College will continue
to be a multi-campus college. This
column will be used to keep
people updated on campus plans
and development, to answer ques-
tions, and to separate rumour from
fact! If you have questions about
our Coquitlam developments, send
them to the INSIDE, or check it
with your dean. Other people
probably have the same questions.
Then watch the next issue of IN-
SIDE; we'll publish the answers. &

 

 

 

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Literacy is the cornerstone, says Douglas College ESL Instructor Cecil Klas-
sen, who went to Nicaragua with literacy consultant Carmen Rodriguez in
August on a fact-finding mission. “Literacy means that people are em-
powered to better their own realities through reading and writing about
things that affect them. For example, instead of reading about Dick and Jane
in America, they might read about Juan and Maria next door, who have
cholera, and how people can avoid getting cholera.”

Douglas College’s role in the project will depend on INIEP’s research in
the shantytowns and rural areas of Nicaragua. For community-based educa-
tion to work, the Nicaraguan people themselves must determine what their
needs are, says Developmental Education Instructor Gillies Malnarich. “We
want to consult the people about what they want and need. We’re not going
to say ‘this is what you need...we'll give it to you’. An important thing for
INIEP is that we create no kind of dependency, so that projects can continue
on after we leave.”

The working committee is urging Douglas College staff, faculty, students
and administrators to get involved in the Nicaragua/Douglas College Project
by filling out a survey designed by the committee. “We want to have a
catalogue of people’s resources and skills so that we can match our resour-
ces with the needs they tell us they have,” says Malnarich.

The committee hopes to submit their project-funding proposal to the
Association of Canadian Community Colleges by the spring of 1992.

The ACCC provides direct-cost funding for international education
projects such as this.

Acting Dean of Educational & Student Services Mia Gordon says that the
idea of working with other nations can help the College. “Staff, faculty and
administration can benefit, in terms of broadening our experience, and also
in terms of promoting the internationalization of the College.”

For more information on the project, or to fill out a survey, contact Cecil
Klassen (5175), Cathie Cookson (5167), or Gillies Malnarich (5411). Or,
come to an informal lunchtime meeting Monday, Nov. 25 or Thursday, Nov.
28; both meetings at noon in the Douglas Room. There is also a video and
report on the fact-finding tour to Nicaragua available in the A-V Department
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Barbara Sekhon (left) and Gale Freeman practice some
defensive moves at the Self-Defence for Women workshop on
October 29. Human Resources Development Workshops such as
these are offered throughout the semester.

Room 4840 at the New Westminster
campus, 700 Royal Avenue, New
Westminster. Mailing address: P.O. Box
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