douglas college
Inter Office Memo | Date: June 18, 1987

 

To: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD

 

From: W.L. DAY

Re: PRESIDENT'S REPORT

 

A. External Matters - Municipal

 

On May 22, a new informal association commenced activity - Royal
City A.M. - an informal meeting of people in New Westminster and
environs interested in the encouragement and development of tourism
and tourist related activities. College personnel were involved
in its organization, and Mr. Jim Doerr is in regular attendance. I
believe that our Community Program activities will be affected by,
and provide service for activities resulting from this association.

 

On June 8th, the College was honoured by a one day visit from the
Governor Generals Commission on Economic Development. At the request
of New Westminster city the meeting was held at Douglas College,
and focused on the cooperative efforts that have been going on within

CO New Westminster, connecting up business, industry, organized labour,
volunteer groups, the city government and the College.

B. External Matters - Education

 

On May 22, a group of Principals of Technical Institutes from China
visited Douglas College for a half day. Douglas was one of a number
of colleges they are visiting across Canada, as they find out about
the implications of administering multi-purpose institutions.
Apparently, the Chinese are increasingly interested in the community
college concept as a means of dealing with some of their educational
needs.

From June 10 to 13, a series of meetings was held in Victoria,
involving Deans and Directors of Instruction, Council of Principals,
Bursars, and the B.C. Association of Colleges. While each of these
groups held their own meetings, there was a very exciting one day
spent on the topic of Computer Assisted Instruction, involving lectures
and working displays of activities currently going on in B.C. through
colleges, the KNOW, OLI, and Institutes.

Douglas has been asked by the Ministry to administer a project,
involving the creation of an "environmental" scan for all colleges
and institutes of the province. This will involve a survey of economic
and social data across the province, and the provision of updated

© information that will be of assistance to these institutions in |
updating their 5 Year Plans. Dr. Gerry DellaMattia is the |
administrator responsible.

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