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Inter Office Memo Date: January 16, 1986.

 

 

 

To: DOUGLAS COLLEGE BOARD

From: W.L. DAY
Re: PRESIDENT'S REPORT

 

 

A. External Matters - Municipal

 

On the evening of January 15, the Royal City '86 Committee hosted
a special community consultation held in the Douglas College Theatre
on the subject of Expo '86 and its implications for New Westminster.
Mr. Trerise, and other members of the Board attended.

Documentation has been received from New Westminster City staff,
in response to our proposals regarding Simcoe Park. This is in
the hands of the Finance, Facilities & Personnel Committee of
Douglas College, and will be reviewed later in the Board Meeting.

On December 23, Mr. P. Sanderson, Industrial Development Officer
for Burnaby Municipality, paid a visit to the College, in order
to compare notes on economic development plans in Burnaby, and
the possible relationship of Douglas College to activities going
on in that municipality. He expressed considerable interest in
the Centre for Enterprise Development, and requested that he be
kept updated as that organization develops.

B. External Matters - Education

The Canadian Job Strategy, and its implications for changed
relationships between CEIC and British Columbia colleges, has
consumed a considerable amount of time and attention within the
Ministry of Education and in the field. I have spent considerable
time, as Chairman of the Council of B.C. College & Institute
Principals, in meetings with the Deputy Minister, the Assistant
Deputy Minister Post-Secondary, and other staff. Additional
meetings will be occurring later this month. At this time, the
direct effects upon Douglas College are not major, because of
the limited number of "hard" vocational programs offered by this
institution, and the fact that historically, we have not been
very dependent upon CEIC contracts. The effects on the system,
however, will be pervasive, and are bound to affect the College
as the net amounts of money spent directly within the College
system by the federal government decrease over the next two years.