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I CARE - TUTOR COORDINATOR

Effective Mon., March 2, 1981, Linda
Tosezak will be the Tutor Coordinator
for the I CARE PROJECT.

Slide Show

Douglas College has produced a sound slide
presentation which takes a close look at the
serious problem of adults who can neither
read nor write.

In the Douglas College region there are over
43,000 adults between the ages of 17 and 45
who are functionally illiterate. More than
50 percent of the adult population in B.C.
have not completed high school, while one in
five has less than grade 9 and one in 25 has
four years or less of formal schooling.

How is it possible that there are people in
B.C. who cannot read and write? There are many
reasons; poor health in childhood, isolated
farms and overcrowding of classrcoms.

These reasons and other problems are looked

at in a sound slide presentation on the

Douglas College I CARE (Individual Community
Adult Reading Education) program, which will

be shown for the first time on Wednesday, March
18, from 4 - 6 p.m. in Room 106 of the Coquitlam
Campus .

Members of the commimity and Douglas College
staff, faculty and students are invited to
attend this preview, and comment on its contents.

The sound slide presentation also points out that
help now is available. Douglas College offers
two separate types of programs to the adults who

need literacy training.

Classroom training is available at Coquitlam and
Langley, both during the day and evenings. The
classes are small and led by trained teachers. An
alternative to the classroom training is the
Volunteer Tutoring Program called I CARE. Lessons
are private and take place in the learners com-
munity. There is no fee for either program.

For more information call Coquitlam Campus at
939-6611.

“Mad Hatte

A Douglas College Newslette

March 11,1981

 

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Music
Washington State University
Chamber Orchestra will be
givihg a concert at Douglas
College on Wednesday, March
11 from 1 - 2 p.m. in the
bandroom.

The orchestra's performances
over a period of years have

being one of the musically
outstanding university en-
sembles of the Pacific
Northwest.

"We are very fortunate that
the W.S.U. Chamber Orchestra
has included Douglas College
as part of their tour of
Washington and B.C.," said

 

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LIBRARY NEWS

BOOK SALE

Douglas College
Libraries are

having a book-sale

on 5000 used books,
both hard & soft
covers.

Also some good
phonograph records.

The sale will be

held on Coquitlam
Campus in the Library
on March 13, 9-4 p.m.
and March 14, 9-12 noon.
There will be some great
bargains with prices
starting at 25¢,