Events Calendar Hi-Tech Consortium Event with Dan Miller, Minister of Skills, Training & Labour Boardroom, 9:45am Training Session: Boardroom, | lam Noon at New West Free concert series Thursdays, 12:30pm Performing Arts Theatre Oct 5, Robin Shier Quintet Oct 12, Michelle Mares, piano Amelia Douglas Gallery Women’s Visions, Women’s Stories works by nine women artists Oct 10 to Nov 9 Opening reception Oct 10, 7pm Scholarship Benefit Concert Douglas College Music Faculty Performing Arts Theatre Oct 13, 8pm Environmental Sciences in Action Free speaker series Oct 12, 7 pm, Room 2203 Dealing with Invaders: Biological Control ot Insects and Weeds Judy Meyers, Associate Dean of Science, UBC Theatre Ten Lost Years Nov 3-11 Call 527-5488 for show times and tickets Douglas Development highlights WomenSpeak Honoring Our Elders Oct. 5, 7pm Barbara Wyss and Ingrid Parsons describe There’s a good story behind this glass of tequila... ...but only the many colleagues and friends who attended the farewell gathering for Gordon Gilgan got to hear it. The former Dean of the Academic Division closed out a long and distinguished career at Douglas College with a celebration in the Douglas Room on September 7. Gilgan accepted the position of President of Grande Prairie Regional College in Alberta over the summer and formally began his new job on September 18. ways for celebrating older women’s power and wisdom. Reporting from Beijing Discussion of recent UN conference on women Boardroom Oct 24, 7pm WomenSpeak events $5 ($2 for students); reserve at 527-5440 First Peoples, the Land, and Land Claims First Nations Leaders discuss land claims Oct 11, 4pm-6pm, Room 2203 Boardroom Brown Bag Peer Editing in a Group: A Cooperative Learning Approach Oct 3, noon, Boardroom Register by calling 527-5440 Douglas Employee & Family Assistance Program Investigate a broad range of free-of-charge services Oct 4, 2pm-4pm, Boardroom Call 527-5440 Presidential Forum with Susan Hunter-Harvey Oct 25 (Forum 4pm in Room 2201, reception Spm in Theatre foyer) See the Douglas Development calendar for more information on these and other events. §