Internationalization network

taking shape

Multiculturalism is not the future here in
Canada; it’s the present.

And educational institutions like Douglas
College have to reflect changes in the so-
cial and cultural mosaic. To accomplish
inal, an international/intercultural educa-
tion network is forming to deal with
those changes in a coordinated and

proactive way.

“We’re moving rapidly in that direction.
We'll either move or be dragged along,”
says English as a Second Language Instruc-
tor Terry Loughrey. “The Centre for
International Education brings educated
people here from all over the world.
We're going to have more students from
more places. It’s not ’we’ and 'they’. It’s
just a larger, more international ’we’.”

The catalyst for the network was a series
of College-wide Professional Development
sessions last spring. A brainstorming day
was held last May on ways to “internation-
alize” the College by the year 2000, and a
larger group met in October to begin coor-
dinating international interests and
activities.

“Over 70 people have been involved in
this up to now, and we want to keep
building. We want to work and learn in a
place that reflects the best of the global
‘oramaunity,” says DVST Instructor Gillies
Malnarich.

All faculty, staff and students are invited
to participate in the working groups that
have been organized on broadly defined
topic areas with the following contact
people:

CREATING AWARENESS

Lani Hyde 5412

POLICY DEVELOPMENT

Cathie Cookson 5167

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Terry Loughrey 5408

RESEARCH OF EXISTING PRACTICES
Gerry Della Mattia 5246

PRACTICAL PROBLEMS AT THE
WORKPLACE

Taeko Berwick 5493

INVENTORY OF INTERNAL RESOURCES
Jill Plumbley 5406

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Tom Whalley 5415

Regular meetings to exchange informa-
tion ideas and to plan common initiatives
have been scheduled for the new year.
All are welcome to attend in the Meeting
Room of the Faculty Development Centre
(formerly CP & S) from 2 pm to 4 pm on:

Monday, January 18
Friday, February 26
Monday, March 22
Friday, April 23 «

Stock talk for College investors

Murray Leslie of Commerce and Business
has some interesting stock tips for people
who manage their own investment
portfolios, or self-administered RRSPs,
which involve common and preferred
shares.
s stock prices are more than twice as
likely to rise in December as in Sep-
tember (83% vs. 38% of the time).

a November and January are also good
months, with average annualized
returns of 22.5%.

= the best six-month period to own
stocks begins Nov 1 and ends April 30;
the worst is May 1 to Oct 31.
Since most of us at Douglas College are
effectively on fixed incomes, these data
suggest: purchasing common stocks at the
end of the year; weeding out weak hold-
ings in April, May and June; contributions
to RRSPs should be made in November
and December, not at the last minute. a

Briefs contined from
page 3 &

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The dates and times for winter registra-
tion are as follows:

Group registration Jan 4, 1993, 12-6pm.
Open registration Jan 5 & 6 from 8am-
8pm, Jan 7 from 8am-6:30pm.

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You've only got until Dec 10 to test a new
CD-Rom computer system that’s been earn-
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other CD-Rom systems, the ProQuest sys-
tem by UMI contains an impressive index
file of 350 social science journals dating
back to 1989. However, using a technol-
ogy called Imaging, the system also
contains full text and image copies of 250
of those journals. This allows users to
print page-image copies of articles, includ-
ing art and graphics, using a supplied
laser printer. The system has been on
loan to the Library for two months since
Oct. 10.

  

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