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Thomas Haney Centre

Architect Peter Rayher from
Carlberg Jackson held an informal
review workshop at the New
Westminster campus last week to
discuss plans for the Thomas
Haney Centre in Maple Ridge. Fol-
lowing this session, and similar
ones with the Maple Ridge School
District and Municipality, Rayher
will finish the concept plans. Jim
Doerr, Dean of Community
Programs & Services Division
provided the Insider with this up-
date on the Thomas Haney Centre:

“Over the last few months the
planners and architects have been
hard at work on the Centre.
Progress is being made on a num-
ber of fronts. At each step, new les-
sons are being learned. Keeping the
three partners —Douglas College,
School District #42 and the
Municipality — all working in
unison on a project of this size ($25
to $30 million range) is a real chal-
lenge. The good will and close
working relationships that we have
developed with our partners over
the past ten years is a great help
now in dealing with the com-
plexities of the project.
LOCATION AND SITE: The pur-
chase of the land for the Centre
(just east of “downtown” Maple
Ridge on the Lougheed Highway)

is close to completion. We pur-
chased our portion in December
1988. The School District and the
Municipalitity are finishing up the
purchase of their portions and ex-
pect to be completed by the early
Spring.

BUILDING AND SITE PLANS:
The landscape architects and build-
ing architects are working on
concept drawings. These will be
completed by the end of March.
After that, working drawings will
be prepared. We hope that the first
site preparation work will get un-
derway this summer. Construction
will take approximately two years.
We expect that the building will be
in use for September 1992.

CURRICULUM: Now that we have
an idea of what type of facilities we
can expect, each Division and
Department can begin to include
Thomas Haney in its long range
planning. To date we have assumed
a university transfer component, a
limited range of career/techni-
cal/ vocational courses and college
preparation activities including
adult special education and
Developmental Studies. Continuing
Education non-credit courses are ex-
pected to continue on the
cooperative basis now in place with
School District 42.

An interesting curriculum chal-

lenge is in front of us resulting
from changes now underway in the
School District. The secondary
school curriculum for Thomas
Haney will be based on an in-
dividualized instructional ap-
proach, making extensive use of
computer-based learning. This is a
result of changes introduced by the
Ministry of Education (the recent
Sullivan Royal Commission Report,
Year 2000) and the extensive use of
the computer for instruction in
School District 42. The secondary
school graduates coming to
Douglas College at the Thomas
Haney Centre will be among the
most computer literate in British
Columbia.

SUPPORT SERVICES: Support ser-
vices at the Thomas Haney Centre
will focus on support for faculty
and students (clerical, registration,
advising, library, etc.) Indirect sup-
port (accounting, personnel, etc.)
will continue to be handled from
Royal Avenue. There will be a col-
lege administrator resident at the
Centre. The descriptions of the
various positions and their relation-
ships to Royal Avenue will be
worked out in detail prior to 1992.
The pacsent working RERERaDS
will be the starting point. Any chan-
ges that are made will be subject to
regular college processes." @

 

 

Presented by the Douglas College arts exhibition committee

Chilean Arpilleras on exhibit

A colourful exhibition of Chilean arpilleras is now
on display in the Theatre and Library foyers. These
contemporary arpilleras are made in the slums of San-
tiago and have their roots in Chilean folkart, but, in
fact, represent a significant break from it. The small ap-
plique wall hangings are created with the explicit pur-

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pose of export, in an attempt to establish links with

women abroad and draw attention to the unbearable
conditions that exist in Chile today.

The hangings on display are not for sale, but there
is a collection of other arpilleras which are for sale. To
see the sale items, contact Helen Rowan in the Library