eT ee ee nee ener e eee eT Ss hehe tA RS Aa hd Lorena anna fab Ow, VIZ AZ r Ce erect fa ddan eda Rha hee ee a EO —Ji A I YW ATW IP Ws sg nk UD hk? —_ | co douglas college Inside INSIDE ] UAC RISES (604) 520-5400 700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster, B.C. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5B2 Rita Chudnovsky| Appointed March 21, 1989 Issue Professional Development 2 Lillian Zimmerman: New Children’s Advocate in the need for pre-school ESL CP&S Chair 3 C h : ld 5 Athletic Update 4 | re Nn S Group Advising Sessions _6 Advocate Memo to Staff: Conflict Resolution Workshop 6 | : Douglas College community The task force on children, ex- ae Carats Cr a 7 | Programmer Rita Chudnovsky plains Chudnovsky, identified a will be reaching out to the broad range of issues concern- | Coming Events 8 | children of Vancouver over the ing children. These include the | Briefs g | next two years. accessibility of day care services Chudnovsky, 37, was recently | t0 children in the city, the | | Innovation Abstracts 9 appointed to the new position of delivery of health services, the | eey Inside Douglas College is published weekly September through May and bi-weekly June through August by the Douglas College Public Information Office. Submissions are due Tuesday noon for publication the following Tuesday. Submissions are accepted typewritten or on floppy disk in WordPerfect or ASCU format. Material may be edited for brevity and clarity. Tips, scoops and suggestions are always welcome. Please contact the Public Information Office, Rm. 4840, loc. 4805. city’s social planning depart- ment. It’s a two-year appointment, beginning April 3. Douglas College, which Chudnovsky calls "very suppor- tive," has granted her a leave to take the job. The creation of the job of Children’s Advocate is the result of Mayor Gordon Campbell’s task force on children, which was formed in September 1987 and reported to city council in May 1988. programs, and ensuring thatcul- tural opportunities are available to all kids. Quoting from the task force’s | recommendation for a | Children’s Advocate, Chud- | novsky says the Advocate’s objective is to "endeavour to en- | sure that children’s needs are taken into account in a formal | and consistent manner during the planning stages of all ac- | tivities under civic jurisdiction." | continued on page 2