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On November 4, a number of provincial meetings occurred that dealt
broadly with the profile of the colleges and institutes in the current
political environment. I am acting for the Council of Principals on
a joint Council of Principals and BCAC Committee dealing with public
information on the colleges and institutes. That committee has
devised a proposed program of activities dealing with the public
information regarding colleges and institutes during this year. The
program will be presented to the Board of Directors of the BCAC and
to the Council] of Principals in the near future. Should these pro-
posals be accepted, members of the College Board will be invited to
participate in a major program later this winter, dealing with the
topic. Following that meeting, as Vice-Chairman of the Council of
Principals, I met with other table officers, in order to refine a
presentation that was made later that afternoon to Mr. Jim Carter,
Deputy Minister of Education, at an informal meeting of repre-
sentatives of the C-IEA, the BCAC, and the Council of Principals.

That evening, and the following day, Mr. Jim Doerr and Ms. Virginia
Chisholm represented the College at a workshop on Distance Education,
sponsored by the BCAC. Reports on that workshop will be forthcoming
to the Board in due course.

Since the last Regular Meeting of the Board, discussions have con-
tinued with BCIT and the Ministry of Education regarding the mooted
move of Psychiatric Nursing to Douglas College.

It is clear that there were far too many outstanding issues to enable

@ move of that program to Douglas College by the January

intake. Dr, Fisher has therefore put off the target date for the move
to September, 1984. Discussions continue within BCIT. It is my under-
standing that by the end of the month, BCIT internal consultation will have
been completed, and we will be in a position to meet with Dr. Fisher

to discuss those issues that were reviewed with the Board at their
closed meeting October 20. The Board will be informed as soon as any
Ssiqnificant new developments occur.

Internal Matters ~ Education

Dr. John Dennison, of the Faculty of Education at UBC, made a presen-
tation to the College on November 3. Dr. Dennison is one of the few
researchers in Canada, systematically analyzing data on community
colleges and institutes. The substance of his lecture was a comparison
of the legal environment within which comunity colleges operate across
Canada. His presentation graphically described the different origins

of colleges and institutes across the country, the different directions
in which they have evolved within the provinces, and the quite different
political environments within which these institutions find themselves
at this time.