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DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD March 17, 1988.
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On March 11, the Deans and Bursar had an all day planning meeting,
discussing College management and development issues, which will form
part of the substance of the Board Retreat to be held next month.

Mr. Gary Bunney of the Ministry, paid a visit to the College on March
15, at which time issues of priority were discussed for our next
academic year. IT am very happy to announce that the Ministry has
recognized our priorities, which resulted from our planning activities
of last Spring. The result of this is that the following programs have
been recognized for implementation this year, in the following priority
order:

Second Year Stagecraft

Academic Summer School

Residential Construction Management

Performing Arts Management

Consumer & Job Training for Emotionally Disturbed Adults

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Post-Basic Psychiatric Nursing - a matter of high priority for the
College and the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association, has been
reserved for separate analysis and discussion.

College Foundation planning committees have outlined a series of events
for the next two weeks, calculated to increase the endowment for
student aid. A great deal of imagination and enthusiasm has gone into
the planning of these events. All constituencies - the Student
Society, Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Board Members have worked
hard and co-operatively on the projects.

Internal Matters - General

The dominating area of discussion and anxiety at this time, continves
to be the state of labour management conflict between the D/KFA and the
College. The Mediator, Mr. Vince Ready, is convening a meeting next
Thursday evening, March 24, in order to try to resolve the present

impasse. A condition of meeting with him is a preparedness to
compromise.

The College has responded positively to his letter. I look forward to
a positive outcome of the meeting.

It is a pleasure to inform the Board and the College Community that Mr.
Chris Johnson, of the Physical Education Faculty, has been awarded a
Certificate of Merit for community contribution by the Government of
Canada. I know that we all share.in the appreciation for the
contribution that Chris has made to the quality of community life in
our region over the past years.

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