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The Lowings experienced another
striking difference during their
community visits. “We come from
Wayalla, which is about 400 kilometres
from Adelaide,” says Chris. “There,
you're more likely to run into a kangaroo
than hear about a murder. And in our
clinical placements, students may never
see anyone with AIDS/HIV.”

Bridget Ting agrees that the range of
community health issues in the Lower
Mainland was a real eye-opener for the
Lowings, especially those found in the
Downtown Eastside.

“T think they were quite staggered by
the combination of mental health issues,
AIDS/HIV and addictions, and the
number of deaths from ODs in that
community. It does force our clinical
placement students to look at case
management and how to deal with clients
holistically.”

Siva and Chris confirm that seeing
how combined services such as She-Way
(for First Nations women) and the
Carnegie Centre operate will benefit their
community-based internationalization
work. They also point to Ting’s work with
acupuncture in detoxification as a
promising new area in addiction
treatment.

“It's exciting to move around,
experience the differences and learn about
how the caring curriculum is applied,”
says Siva.

While the Lowings are now off to the
United States and England to continue
their learning journey, Ting says she
hopes this won’t be their last visit to the
College.

“No ABE cuts:
No ifs, ands or
buts”

Douglas College Student Society
President Katrina Lennax and Dean of
Student Development Ted James lobby
Education, Skills and Training Minister
Paul Ramsey on the importance of
Adult Basic Education (ABE).

Ramsey visited the College with
Premier Glen Clark on Monday, March
10 to announce a second year of a
provincial tuition freeze.

 

“This was our first venture of this
kind, and it may lead to one of our faculty
sharing in what South Australia has to
offer. We’ve already learned from the
novel process of getting Chris and Siva
here. We could certainly learn a lot more
from the outward, international focus of
their program.”

Quote of the Month:

“Where a calculator on the
ENIAC is equipped with 18,000
vacuum tubes and weighs 30 tons,
computers in the future may have

only 1,000 vacuum tubes and
perhaps weigh 1’ tons.”

Popular Mechanics, March 1949