INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / October 1, 1991

 

 

Faculty and staff profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Douglas College Foundation
Secretary Debbie McFadyen

Debbie McFadyen is a great
believer in positive and organized
thinking. She’s used that philosophy
to run her own consulting business
while working in administration and
marketing in large corporate offices.

Even when she took up golf, men-
tal attitude was important.
McFadyen enrolled in a course
which taught shot-making techni-
ques without using golf balls. “Now
| can hit a ball fairly straight up to
150 yards.”

But after living under big, clear
skies in Calgary for 10 years, posi-
tive thinking about lower mainland
rain is a problem. “I’m still trying
hard to find something positive
about the rain,” she laughs.

McFadyen has completed certifi-
cates in Business Administration,
Marketing Management and
General Business and plans to earn
a business degree. She enjoys ten-
nis, jogging, and spending time with
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VLIT Instructor
Janice Humphrey

We have far to go before deaf
people can fully participate in our
society, says Janice Humphrey, the
new Visual Language Interpreter
Training Instructor. But things are
getting better. “There used to be so
few places deaf students could go,”
she says. “Now they can study just
about anywhere.”

Humphrey joins Douglas College
from California State University at
Northridge. Originally from Amari-
lo, Texas, she did a master’s degree
at Texas A & M before completing a
doctorate in Educational Curriculum
& Instruction at Brigham Young
University. She’s been teaching
interpreter skills since 1976, and
says the increase in services for the
deaf means that now’s the time for
anyone considering a career in the
field. “The job market is screaming.”
Humphrey had never been to
Canada before, and she’s loving it.
“The deaf community is wonderful,
and so is the interpreting com-
munity. They’ve welcomed me with
open arms.”

When she’s not interpreting, she
likes camping, skiing, and photog-
raphy. @

Child & Youth Care Counsellor
Instructor Bruce Hardy

Bruce Hardy is a self-confessed
education junkie. “I love ideas and
new stuff. | get bored without
stimulation,” says the Child & Youth
Care Counsellor Instructor, who did
a bachelor’s degree at SFU, a
master’s in Education Psychology
from the University of Manitoba,
and is currently working on a busi-
ness degree from the Canadian
Institute of Management.

Hardy hails from Winnipeg,
where he recently left a position as
executive director of a mandated
child welfare agency. He’s always
been concerned with children’s
rights, but he entered the child care
field for a not-so-altruistic reason. “It
seemed like a good way to meet
girls,” he laughs. He’s a lot more
serious when discussing the present
state of Canada’s social safety net.
“The whole social service program
is at risk, and the victims of that will
be those with the least ability to
fight for their rights. We have to be
the advocates and the voices for
those people.”

Off the job, he likes to ride his
motorcycle, and he plays down-
home, honest, straight-ahead rock &
roll on his electric guitar. m