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al Nov 15

témpting Disclosure/A Tempting Disclosure
ir tings by Loretta Walz and Lil Chrzan

Nos 18 to Dec 20

Bypassing Time

Works by Jean-Jaques Giguére
Opening Reception Nov 21
Artist’s Talk Nov 27

Noon at New West
Thursdays at 12:30, free

in the Performing Arts Theatre, NW
Nov 21 Student Showcase Recital
Nov 28 Student Showcase Recital

Evening Concerts

Nov 24 Douglas College Chorus

& Chamber Choir

8 pm, Queens Ave. United Church, free

Nov 27 Douglas College Concert Band, Jazz
Band & Vocal Jazz Ensemble

8pm, Performing Arts Theatre, NW

Studio Theatre

Nov 8-16

Two one-act plays: Akhmatova
and The Real Inspector Hound
Directed by Allan Lysell
Tickets: 527-5488

Mainstage Theatre

Nov 15-23

Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean,
Jimmy Dean

Directed by Cheryl Matheson

Tickets: 527-5488

Douglas Development

Nov 4

Anishnabe: What Helps First Nations Learners
Finish College?

12-2 pm, Boardroom

Nov 7

Critical Thinking: Required Learning for the
21st Century

Satellite Videoconference

5:30-7 pm, Room 2130

WomenSpeak

Nov 22

Reflections of Eden: My years with the
orangutans of Borneo

With Dr. Birute Galdikas

7-9 pm, Douglas Room f

 

 

BC Benefits: New
name, same goal

The Douglas College Institution Based
Training (IBT) project has been renamed.

It will now be known as the BC
Benefits Project, to more accurately
reflect its mandate to help people
receiving income assistance gain access to
the College, to provide support while they
are studying, and to help them find work
after they graduate.

Coordinator Linda Forsythe reports
that the BC Benefits Office is here “to
provide information and support.
Basically, we try to remove barriers and
help these students deal with any
problems that might arise through a return
to school and work.”

According to Forsythe, students come
to the BC Benefits Office by one of two
routes. If they are already students, they
might be referred by instructors, Student
Services, DCSS, the Women’s Centre, or
Financial Aid. If they are not students, but
are interested in education and training,
they may be referred by the Ministry of
Education, Skills and Training, other
public or private training and educational
agencies, or by their friends and relatives.

This second group often participates in
a two-week orientation session dealing
with topics such as admission,
registration, and assessments. In addition
to the basics, the sessions also look at
other issues faced by BC Benefits
recipients, which typically include student

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financing, housing, daycare, stress
management, time management, personal
counselling, and career planning.

Forsythe says that since April, the
Douglas College BC Benefits Office has
held orientations for 42 students. “Most
of these students are now studying at
Douglas College,” she adds. 9

The office has also trained work-study
students and volunteers to act as peer
helpers. Peer helpers can spend up to 15
hours per week helping other students in a
variety of ways, from accompanying
students as an advocate to being an open
and non-judgmental listener.

Another BC Benefits initiative
involves expanded capacity programming,
made possible through the additional FTE
funding the program brings in. As an
example, Forsythe points to the seventeen
students now studying in the English as a
Second Language/Residential Care
Attendant Program (ESL/RCAP). Another
project is an offering of two core courses
in the Child, Family and Community
Studies integrated curriculum to students
college-wide.

The BC Benefits Office staff will be
holding a “brown bag” lunchtime
discussion in the new year to discuss both
the BC Benefits project and expanded
capacity programming. If you are
interested, please call Jan Hastings at
local 5512 or Linda Forsythe at local
5383. ff