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Volume 12 Number 4 March 4th to 18th 1982

 

during an AGM that
.reached quorum
in name only.

by Ian Hunter and
Chris Page

“| find it ironic that 20)
people have just determin-
ed the fate of 3,700,‘ DCSS
president Kevin Hallgate
said at last Friday’s Annual
General Meeting.

Hallgate was referring to
a decision to join the Can-
adian Federation of Stu-
dents. which resulted in
raising student fees by $4.

The twenty people were

those...left to. .vete.:an-athe::
CFS referendum. According j;

to the new constitution that
was also approved at that
meeting, by law 10.35

“Quorum may be declared
if no challenge is made.’’
No challenge was made

even though the AGM nev-.

er actually achieved the
required 100 people for
quorum.

DCSS vice-president Sea-
na Hamilton attributed the
dismal respanse of the stu-
dents at the AGM to bad
timing (Friday of mid-term
week), student apathy, and
lack of planning because
the Student Society had
concentrated on the upcom-

: Whats missing from this pictur... QUORUM: !

ing anti-cutbacks campaign

‘It was like a slap in the
face,’’ said Hamilton after
the meeting, ‘‘] couldn’t
help but take it (the poor
turnout) personally...as a
CFS executive, | have =

continued on_ page

Dental Hygiene on the brink

by lan Hunter

The proposed Douglas Col-
lege Dental Hygiene pro-
gram that was cut by the
Provincial Government
because of an alleged lack
of demand, may be moved
to the new campus next
fall.

Last January, work
stopped on the section of
the new campus that was
to house the faculty after

-Lorne Thompson, Executive

Director of programs in
B.C., told Douglas College
Bill Day, not
to offer the courses, which
the Ministry of Education
deemed redundant.

This data, according to

\Dr. Thordarson, Registrar

of the College of Dental
Surgeons was . compiled
from
to Ontario but not to B.C.
Their stated reason (for
dropping the program) was
that they were getting a
surplus of dental assistants
in this province.’’ said
Thordarson, ‘‘We. find it
laughable that they would
make this statement.”’
‘‘We feel that we have a
grave shortfall of dental
hygienists in this pro-
vince, Thordarson explained
“‘Currently there are 150
unfilled positions for Dental
hygienists in this province.
Gordon Wong, a
researcher for the Health

information relevant

Manpower Research Unit
said that they had not
conducted any recent re-
search work regarding the
demand for dental hygien-
ists. He also stated that
the HMRU do not make
predictions but only provide
the province with a ‘‘snap-
shot’’ of the current situ-
ation.

‘“‘We didn’t do any spec-
ial studies of any kind; we
just gave them (the mini-
stry) tables.”’

Wong said of Thordarson’s
accusation that the informa-
tion was from Ontario data;
“We never do that; other

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Women’s day
happening this week.

women to work together to

In 1982, the International

Women’s Day Committee .

will examine and celebrate
the organizing women have
done to fight against our
oppression. Over the past
year, locally, we have seen
aboriginal women, domestic
workers, lesbians, trade
union women, incest sur-
vivors and women on wel-
fare

fare organizing with deter-
mination: their actions
have demonstrated to
people everywhere the
struggles which all women
face right now. We know
that it is necessary for

demand what we want.
Today, more than ever, it is
necessary for us to demand

decent pay for our work,

quality childcare, adequate
social services, abortion and
birth control without danger
to our health and freedom
from violence, among other
things.

In British Columbia and
in Canada there are issues
facing. us right now which
we must act on:

- in the past month, the
provincial government has

-continued on page 7