President’s Report highlights — March

On March 9, Al Atkinson, Vice-
President - Educational Services, and I
met with Rick Pearce, Executive Director
of the Fraser River Harbour Commission,
to discuss relationships of the private and
public sector with the New Westminster
Economic Development Council. The
discussion revolved around issues of
conflict of interest, where public and
private agencies that are members of the
Council are also competing for contracts.
It was a very useful discussion, which will
be helpful in the future.

On March 15, I participated in a panel
with Devron Gaber, Director of Urban
Colleges for the Ministry of Skills,
Training & Labour, and Irene Lugsdin of
the Federal Ministry of Human
Resources. Our panel discussion related
to forthcoming changes in student
support, student access, and student
transition to the work force. The panel
discussion was part of an overall program
of activity organized by the Douglas
College Alumni Association - the
Douglas College Career Fair.

The Vice Presidents continue to meet
with each other and with their divisions,
in the context of reorganization. As
scheduled, I joined the Vice Presidents on

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March 2 for an update on their work. I
am very pleased with the energy and
cooperation being demonstrated.

The entire month has been dominated
by the organization and preparation for
the Pinetree Capital Campaign. Seven
formal meetings have occurred; four
recruitment meetings have occurred; and a
number of ad hoc meetings with Mark
Crozet and staff from Navion Consultants
have occurred. I am pleased to inform the
Board that substantial progress has been
made toward the recruitment of an overall
campaign committee that will be of
adequate status and stature to assure a
successful campaign.

On March 10, a workshop was held for
members of the Douglas College
Departmental and College-wide Appeals
Committees. This workshop focused on
the appeals policy process vis-a-vis
human rights issues and legislation. The
relationship between traditional “appeals”

Note from the
Thomas Haney
Centre

On March 28, Director Marian Rossell
met with a Community Advisory Council
struck by the Ministry of Social Services
to discuss a project related to improving
the delivery of education services to
people with mental disabilities in Maple
Ridge/Pitt Meadows. She has also met
with a Coquitlam Skills Now coordinator
and the Vice Principal of Terry Fox
Secondary School to pursue articulation
efforts in Coquitlam. As well, Centre
2000 is examining space utilization at the
Thomas Haney Centre for the Self-
Employment Assistance Initiative, an
HRD-funded project. #

and new College-based and provincial
policies relating to human rights and
harassment are creating a somewhat
unstable and confusing environment for
institutions such as ours. All of our Vice
Presidents and their staffs are well aware
of the interlocking and problematic issues
involved; considerable energy is being
expended both in refinement and
clarification of this process, as refinement
and clarification of college policy. In this
regard, the College has received as an
institution its first complaint against
Douglas College for sexual harassment of
one of our male students. #

Note from the
Lincoln Centre

Centre 2000 launched two new
programs in micro-enterprise and business
management. The first is the Self-
Employment Assistance (SEA) program,
in which unemployed people get help
with preparing a business plan, and then
receive formal business training. Interest
in the program is high, with almost 150
attending information sessions. The
second is a program to train working
artists and designers in business,
marketing, and management skills. It’s
called Professional Practices for Artists
and Designers. #

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Douglas College? You an participate in’
the decision-making. _

The College community is ‘invited to
attend a Presidential Colloquium.
Applicants for the President's Position will
be speaking and answering questions
from the audience.

You are invited to take part. —

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Morning of April 29th

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