INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / OCTOBER 2, 1990

Overseas opportunities available for staff and students

taff and students at Douglas

College who wish to study or
work in an Asian Pacific country
can take advantage of a new
scholarship program.

Advanced Education, Training
and Technology Minister Bruce
Strachan has created a new pro-
gram called the B.C. Asia Pacific
Students’ Awards to allow univer-
sity, college and technical school
students to conduct part of their
studies in an Asian post-secondary
institution.

The awards will also be avail-
able to B.C. post-secondary instruc-
tors, professors, and professional
staff. To be known as the B.C.
Asian Pacific Scholars’ Awards,
they will provide a professional

development opportunity for B.C.
educators, who at the same time
will contribute their expertise to
an overseas institution.

“The new pattern of interna-
tional trade today means British
Columbians must be familiar with
the languages, customs, and social
and economic needs of the Asia
Pacific region,” says Strachan.
“Living in a foreign country and
working with its citizens are in-
valuable ways of enhancing cul-
tural understanding.”

The new awards programs,
with total funding of $500,000 this
fiscal year, form part of a coor-
dinated effort by the Ministry to
strengthen the international aspect
of provincial post-secondary

 

 

 

 

 

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education.

To support such an effort, the
B.C. Centre for International
Education has been established
with offices in downtown Van-
couver. The Centre, governed by
its own Board of Directors, and
operating under a government
grant administered by Douglas
College, will provide a wide range
of services to help educators and
administrators in B.C. post-secon-
dary institutions develop the
province’s international education
initiatives.

Application forms for the
award program are available by
calling Jan Gara at local 5006.

For more details, see pages 15
and 16. @

Educational
Leave

The deadline to submit ap-
plications for educational leave for
1991-92 is December 1, 1990.

Please refer to Article 12 of the
Douglas College/ Douglas College
Faculty Association Collective
Agreement regarding eligibility
and other conditions.

If you are interested in apply-
ing, please contact Al Atkinson’s
office and you will be provided
with:

a) the application form

b) “Guidelines for Applicants for
Educational Leave”

c) “Guidelines for Adjudicating
Educational Leave Requests”

d) “Educational Leave Reporting
Guidelines”

e) W.L. Day’s memorandum of
September 21, 1990 outlining
the College’s objectives (as
outlined in the 3-Year
Strategic Plan). @