College and community nurture Green Links

 

 

 

 

 

Working fora
Safer Campus

uring June’s Health and

Safety Week, employees

learned vital tips on how
to prepare for and react to major
emergencies such as earthquakes. But
ensuring safety in the workplace involves
more than planning for “the big one.” At
Douglas College, there’s a very committed
group of people who work to make the
campus a sater place every day.

“We have students, we have staff, we
have faculty,” says Safer Campuses
Standing Committee Co-Chair Pat
Thomasson. “And the level of enthusiasm
is high.” The Committee meets regularly
to deal with issues of student and
employee safety, such as awareness,
incident reporting and security levels
around the College. Pat’s co-chair Liz
Wilson will serve as the Safer Campuses
Coordinator into September, 1996, and
has already been hard at work applying
Committee recommendations.

“Print Futures student Nathalie
Siemens has prepared a safety guide that
will be printed by the fall of 1996,”

Wilson reports. “Business students are
helping us with a home page, and over the
summer work-study students will compile
safety awareness materials for distribution
during student orientation. We're thinking
about doing a newsletter, too.”

Wilson, along with Sate Walk
Coordinator Tuan Nguyen, has also
recently approached faculty about
scheduling safety presentations in the
classroom. Anyone interested in getting
involved with this project should call Liz
Wilson at local 5665.

Other projects planned for the fall
semester include building links with
Coquitlam community policing and victim
assistance programs. “Starting in
September, I'll be going to the David Lam
Campus two days a week,” says Wilson.
“There, I'Il be working very closely with
the local high schools to improve safety
awareness across the entire new site.”
Regular safety programs such as Wenlido
classes and Safe Walk will also be offered
in the fall. |

 

A City of Coquitlam Parks staffer
helps Eagle Ridge Elementary
students plant some local flora
during the Green Links Pilot
Project launch held recently near
Guildford Way. During July and
August, the Institute of Urban
Ecology, along with B.C. Gas
and the Douglas College
Foundation, is sponsoring an
Amelia Douglas Gallery show of
the finalists from the
“Envisioning a City—Home to
People and Nature” photo
contest. For more information,
contact Marty Sulek at local
S521

Quote of the Month:

"Life can only be
understood backwards; but
it must be lived forwards"

- Soren Kierkegaard