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President’s Report highlights - June

On May 5, John Watson of BCIT and I
were invited to meet with Gary Wouters,
our Deputy Minister to discuss major
policy issues facing the Ministry, with
regard to the changing educational and
fiscal environment, and the roles of
colleges and institutes. It was a very
open, and very constructive meeting.

From Sunday, May 14 to Tuesday,
May 16, I was in meetings in Toronto and
Ottawa relating to the future of colleges
and institutes in the context of shifting
federal government policies and funding
strategies. The Monday meetings
involved Tom Norton, President of the
ACCC, and myself meeting with the
Minister of State for Youth and Youth
Training; on Tuesday, Tom and I
presented the ACCC brief to the

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Commons Committee on Finance, at their
invitation.

From April 14 to 24, I was in Japan,
accompanying Tad Hosoi, Manager,
International Education, in developing
new contracts for the College, reaching
agreements with three institutions, and
participating in the formal ceremonies
celebrating the opening of the new
campus of Momoyama University - the
institution in Japan with which we have
the closest ties.

On May 16, the Douglas College
Foundation Board Meeting occurred. At
this meeting, the Board was updated on
activities and progress being made on the
Pinetree Capital Campaign.

On May 5, a social event was held
celebrating my forthcoming departure

Note from the
Thomas Haney
Centre

In May, the Thomas Haney Centre
hosted a group of four senior
administrators from Eastern College in
Newfoundland. They are planning a joint
college/high school facility, and when
they researched which college to visit,
Douglas College’s Thomas Haney Centre
was the one that kept jumping up as the
model for a college/high school
partnership. They continued on to a
school in Richmond, North Carolina, to
pick up curriculum partnership and “Tech
Prep’ ideas. That’s the direction that the
Thomas Haney Centre is moving in its
curriculum partnerships with the
Coquitlam and Maple Ridge school
districts. In other news, six Concurrent
Studies students (Grade 12 students
taking some College courses at the
Thomas Haney Centre) achieved above-
average marks in a Psych 100 course, with
one receiving the top mark in the class.
The instructor reportedly asked to be sent
more Grade 12’s for his next class. 1

from Douglas College. I was personally
humbled by the very large number of
persons attending, both from the College
and from the Community. My family had
a wonderful time, and it is hard to
imagine a more joyful event. My family
and I would like to offer our sincere
thanks and gratitude to all those who
attended, and especially, to the devoted
group of people who conceived of, and
organized the event. We are in their debt.
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Third phase of
College
restructuring
begins

All four College divisions’
organizational plans were presented to
President Bill Day in May. Day has
approved them for the next stage, which is
fine-tuning and implementation.

With each division facing different
challenges, and with certain changes
having impact across divisions, phase IIT
will be implemented over the next 18
months.

Through the next steps, Vice
Presidents will address staff and faculty
concerns and finalize details for their
proposed plans. As well, job descriptions
for Dean positions and new Director/
Manager positions will be drafted, and
discussion around the matter of ‘in unit’
administration will begin.

Copies of each division’s proposed
new organization and plans for
implementation are available in the Public
Information Office (Room 4700) or in the
Library at the A-V counter. I