INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / MARCH 20, 1990

 

 

 

Community College
Exchange Program
Orientation

Thursday, April 12, 1990
1300 - 1500

Boardroom (Royal) or

Monday, April 23

1000 - 1200

Boardroom (Royal)

These sessions are designed to share
information with personnel of the
College (Staff, Faculty or Ad-
ministrators) who are interested in
exploring an exchange with another
College in North America. No
registration is necessary for either
session.

Professional Development
Workshop for College
Support Services Staff

Co-Sponsored with Fraser Valley
College and Emily Carr College of

Art and Design

Tuesday, April 24

0900 - 1600

Room 3302

Facilitators: Lynn Bueckert and Lois
Weninger, Research/ Education
Coordinators, Clerical Workers’
Health and Safety Project

Toward A Healthy
Workplace
The Workshops

1. Clerical Work: The Illusion of a
Hazard-Free Environment

2. The Invisible Issue: Office Air
3. Designing a Healthy Workplace

4. Stress, Strategies and Visions

for Change
Through a combination of presenta-
tion/lecture and group discussion
this series of workshops will pro-
vide participants with the
opportunity to learn more about the
specific health hazards that women
may be exposed to in the workplace
and to begin to develop strategies
for making their workplace a heal-
thier place to be.

Toward A Healthy
Workplace
The Presenters

Lynn Bueckert - Lynn’s work has
focused on developing educational
materials on office workers’ health
issues and co-facilitating workshops
with clerical workers. Lynn is also a
Master of Arts candidate in the
Women’s Studies Department at
Simon Fraser University.

Lois Weninger - with 17 years of ex-
perience in clerical work to her
credit, Lois’ work with the Clerical
Workers’ Health and Safety Project
has involved the development and
writing of educational materials and
the presentation of workshops on
health and safety issues related to
clerical work.

If you are a departmental assistant,
secretary or curriculum field base
support person and if you want to
learn more about health and safety
issues for clerical workers this ac-
tivity will be of interest.
Participants will also have the op-
portunity to meet and talk with
people performing similar positions
at Fraser Valley College and Emily
Carr College of Art and Design.

The $45.00 fee includes course
materials, lunch and two coffee
breaks. The fee will be waived for
eligible employees.

Space is limited so register early! If
you have not yet received a registra-
tion form, contact Marian Exmann
in Personnel and Labour Relations
(Local 5338).

Wordperfect Training

More WordPerfect training sessions
will be available during the
May/June period. The schedule for
these sessions is currently being
developed and will appear in this
column once the dates and times
have been confirmed.

Health & CPR Programs

Registration Information

To register for any of the following
programs please contact the Com-

munity Programs and
Services at 527-5472
after 1000 Monday to
Friday and quote the
appropriate course
number.

Do you Have a
Fantastic
Lifestyle?

(Course #L902-520-16A
Tuesday, April 10

0900 - 1200
Room: TBA

Getting Ahead of
the Pack

(Course #L902-520-10A
Thursday, April 19
0900 - 1200

Room: TBA

Be 65 and Fully
Alive

(Course #L902-520-38A
Thursday, May 3

0900 - 1200

Room: TBA

CPRA *full*

Tuesday, April 24
0900 - 1300
Room: TBA

Performance
Evaluation for
Support Staff -
Orientation for
Staff

The following addition-
al orientation session is
offered for those mem-
bers of the support

staff who work after-
noon shifts and were
therefore unable to at-
tend the March 13 and
15, 1990 orientation ses-
sions:

Tuesday, April 10

1400 - 1600

Room: Boardroom
(Royal Ave.)