DOUGLAS COLLEGE

MEMORANDUM
TO: THE MAD HATTER DATE: 87.09.15
FROM: Don McEachern
RE: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

 

T am delighted toa bring to the attentian of the College
Community an exciting develepment of national importance in
which one of our students, her program faculty (Lorna
Kirkham, Sally Nordman and Bob Shebib? and Gladys Loewen have
been instrumental.

The following letter from the student, Chantal Genereux, toa
Lorna Kirkham says it all, very nicely!

“Dear Lorna:

I want to bring you up-to-date an my community work
during the last year.

In November of 86, I attended the national Educ ational
Association of Disabled Students (tNEADS) conference in
Ottawa. Bruce Mesman, another student with disabilities
at Douglas along with Gladys Loewen, Co-ordinator af
Special Aduit Education at Douglas College, alsa
attended the conference. NEADS is a natianal
organization which represents all students with
disabilities at a post-secondary level of education in
Canada.

Some of NEADS objectives include: The develocment of a
communication system between students with disabilities
and/or prefessionals involved in providing special
services, being able to use the association as a
resource base to access information regarding the status
of the disabled student and his/her needs.

During the conference, ali delegates were qiven the
oppertunity to attend a number of impressive workshaps
offered, one af which was presented by cur three Douglas
delegates title “THE ART OF CAREER PLANNING."
CIncidentaliy, the same workshop was presented by the
same people at the Employment of the Disabled Conference
held in November af 86 at the Deita Airport Inn).