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e.. Briefcase for sale

Black Samsonite briefcase for sale. $30.
Contact Barbara Bessey at 5380.

 

@® Foundation Awards

Ceremony upcoming
The Douglas College Fall Awards Cere-
mony will be held on November 26 at
noon in the Performing Arts Theatre.
Donors will be formally presenting their
awards to recipients and all staff, faculty
and administration are invited. A reception
will follow.

@® Network conferences
upcoming
Those interested in the International-Inter-
cultural Education Network are reminded
about two upcoming conferences. Interna-
tionalizing Community and Technical
Colleges in an Increasingly Interdependent
World will be held Nov. 17-18 in Belling-
ham, Wash. The National Aboriginal and
Multicultural Conference III will be held
Nov. 20-23 in Vancouver. For more infor-
Q 221.0 on either conference contact Gisela
Roth at 5503.

@® Poinsettias for sale

Order Poinsettias for Christmas and help
fund a secondary school rugby team’s trip
to New Zealand. Flowers cost $9 for a
six-inch pot and $15 for a seven-inch pot.
Orders must be placed by November 29
and will be delivered after December 6.
Call Chris Johnson at 5041.

2® White Ribbon Group meets
All men on campus, students and employ-
ees, are invited to a White Ribbon Action
Group meeting on November 5 at 4:30pm
in the Lower Cafeteria. The group will
discuss ideas for an educational campaign
to promote greater understanding between
men and women. The campaign will be
staged during the week preceeding the
December 6 memorial for the women
victims of the Montreal massacre.

?® What's new in the Library?

The Library offers a Current Awareness
@x< designed to inform users about
recent additions to the Library’s collection.

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New Westminster MLA Anita Hagen (second from left) visited the Early Childhood
Centre at Douglas College on October 15. Also joining Hagen were Centre em-
ployee Zivana Mic (left), faculty member Pat Brown of Douglas College’s Early
Childhood Education (ECE) Program (centre), Dean of Applied Programs John
McKendry and acting College President Jim Doerr (right). Hagen was visiting the
College to present $16,636 to the ECE program. The grant will help fund creation
of a new Lab Development Assistant position.

 

 

 

Aititudes to trades must change

The attitude of Canadians towards vocational education must change in order to produce a
skilled workforce capable of competing for high-tech and well-paying jobs in the global
economy. Without those jobs, Canadians will lose levels of prosperity and accompanying
social programs that, until recently, our citizens have taken for granted.

That concern was a central theme that emerged at a symposium called Vocational Training
in Canada and Germany, held October 25-26 at the Royal Towers Hotel and co-ordinated by
Douglas College.

The symposium attracted 114 delegates representing industry, labour, education and govern-
ments from as far away as Ottawa and the Northwest Territories. Also attending were
vocational education experts from Germany, a nation whose strong economy is supported by
government-legislated cooperation between industry and education.

Delegates discussed the necessity of provincial and federal government involvement for
improving such cooperation in Canada, and called for a new federal agency to focus on
vocational and apprenticeship training.

Many delegates also voiced frustration that most Canadians view vocational education that
can lead to lucrative jobs as a distant second choice to a traditional university education. For
example, a 1992 survey of Ontario parents found that 90 percent said they "respected" trade
work but would deter their children from choosing trades as careers.

The symposium was co-sponsored by the German Ministry of Science and Education,
Association of Canadian Community Colleges and the Carl Duisberg Society (a German
group promoting international business education). A