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President’s Report

ebruary 17, 1983
A. EXTERNAL MATTERS - MUNICIPAL

As a result of a discussion with Mr. Tom
Breedveld of Canada Employment Commission,
New Westminster, a meeting will be occurring
shortly between Douglas College Student Ser-
vices Staff and Counsellors at the Employ-
ment Centre, in order to foster closer re-
lationships. We are hoping that similar
meetings will be held with the Employment
Centres in Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Maple
Ridge.

The Columbian Newspaper is at work on the
creation of a Special Supplement to coincide
with the Official Opening of the College in
March. A reporter has been interviewing

The New Westminster Chamber of Commerce is
organizing a dinner for the Douglas College
Business students. This is an indication of
the continued strong interest of the New
Westminster Chamber in the activities of
Douglas College.

Another event sponsored by the Chamber of
Commerce will be a "Chambers Day" on April
14 at Douglas College. This will involve
Chambers from the nearby municipalities.

B. EXTERNAL MATTERS - EDUCATION

Our first major conference was held on the
Royal Avenue Site by the Adlerian Society.
It involved approximately 350 people. The
responses seemed to have been very positive,
both to the facilities and to the College
faculty and staff involved in organizing and
supporting the Conference.

Mr. Redmond and I attended a Ministry semi-
nar on 5-Year Planning on January 24, which
gave us a detailed understanding of the as-
sumptions upon which the Ministry of Educa-
tion is acting in asking for our 5-Year
(Strategic) Plan. This meeting was followed
by another full day meeting with the Council
of Principals, discussing the impacts and
implications of Ministry assumptions and the

 

process of 5-Year Planning.

On January 31, Mr. Geoff Shuttleworth and

representative people throughout the College,

 

Dr. Grant Fisher spent the afternoon with
me, regarding the ways by which they could
be of assistance to Douglas College in car-
rying out our planning during the Spring.

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On February 7, I attended the opening of
the VVI "tower" in downtown Vancouver. 1
conveyed the regrets of Mr. Emerton that he
was not able to attend. The "tower" is
impressive, and a much-needed addition to
VVI's very overcrowded facilities.

Douglas College hosted a meeting of the
Provincial Bursars group on February 9 and
10. While the College did not make a pro-
fit on the event, neither did it suffer a
loss, Owing to the careful management of
the event by Bill Morfey and Peter Green-
wood!

Over the last month two meetings have been
held with the Lower Mainland Co-operative
Planning Group, which have resulted in a re-
fining of the information developed by Mr.
Redmond in December. We now have very de-
tailed information on Douglas College, Van-
couver Community College, and Capilano Col-
lege. Work is continuing to obtain and
clarify information from the remaining in- |
stitutions in the group. In addition, in-
formal descriptions of institutional in-
tended "profile" for the next five years
have been exchanged among the Chief Exec-
utive Officers, in order to identify points
of possible difficulties. In this connec-
tion, I am going to be meeting with Dr. |
Fisher in Victoria next Tuesday, for fur-
ther informal discussions regarding our
College.

 

Today, the College hosted a meeting of the
Provincial Deans and Directors of Continu-
ing Education.

I am pleased to inform the Board that an
agreement has recently been concluded be-
tween Douglas College and Simon Fraser Uni- |
versity, as a result of which the University,
is contracting with Douglas College to care |
ry out its English Language Screening Pro-
gram, and instruction for Simon Fraser Uni-
versity students who cannot meet university
entrance language standards. This program
will be fully self-supporting.

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