President’s
Report
@/January)
—Highlights

Discussions on the Pinetree Site continue
with the Coquitlam School District and
Coquitlam municipal officials. Predictably
enough, parking is a major issue. Coopera-
tive joint facilities are also a major topic
of discussion.

On January 8, I visited the Nicola Valley
Institute of Technology, as a new member
of the Association of Canadian Com-
munity Colleges. It is B.C.’s only native
post-secondary institution. The quality of
the curriculum - especially environmental-

ly related land management programs - is
high.

Over the past two weeks, there have been
meetings of the Lower Mainland Multicul-
tural Project Steering committee, and the
Advanced Education Council of B.C. A
press conference in early February will
veil research work and policy recom-
Qisions and it is expected that Anita
Hagen, Minister of Education and Multicul-
turalism, and our Minister, Dr. Tom Perry
will attend. These will tie in very well to
current activities going on inside Douglas
College, via various interest groups.

On January 13, Al Atkinson provided a
workshop to the Deans on current policy
issues that he is studying, and their im-
plications for Douglas College. Al's studies
are focusing on labour relations, issues of
academic governance and power relation-
ships in public organizations.

The Winter Graduation was held January
15, and has been praised by all as being a
happy, dynamic, and extremely well-or-
ganized event.

On January 19, a workshop was held for
all administrators . It dealt with due

processes for dealing with student issues,
including appeals, complaints and human

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The Consumer and Job Preparation Program would like you to know that a) they have a
new Instructional Assistant, Sarah Bertin and b) they've moved, not only physically to
Room 1636 but divisions too. The move to the Student Services and Developmental Educa-
tion happened in October 1990, but after sharing office space with Community Programs &
Services until last July, people see the program as part of CP & S. They aren’t...what they
are is a program that helps students with mental disabilities get education and training so
that they can find employment and contribute more fully to their communities. Above

(I to r) are Instructional Assistants Agata Leman, Sarah Bertin , Instructor Bobbie Boehm,
and Instructional Assistants Coreen Spring and Mary Boname. Also, they are happy to pro-
vide consultative services to faculty or staff who know people with mental disabilities. «

New Learning Centre on line

A new Learning Centre has been established to run on a trial basis during the spring
semester in Room 4206.

ESL Instructor Julia Robinson has been hired as facilitator of the centre, which will serve
currently enrolled students who have been referred by an instructor. Tutorial assistance
will be provided to students that have difficulties in reading, writing or study skills which
hamper them in a specific course.

The centre’s role is not to teach classroom material or solve in-depth remedial problems ad-
dressed by other Developmental Studies programs, says Robinson.

"When a student is first referred to the Learning Centre I will meet with them to determine
what they need and if we can help them. I will then design a learning plan that they will
follow with the help of a student assistant," says Robinson. "I will also be looking to ensure
that the student is motivated to do something about their own learning difficulties."

The centre will feature print and computer resources as well as four to five student assis-
tants working part-time. For more information about the Learning Centre, call 527-5539. &