INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / JULY 3, 1990

 

 

Graduation
engenders pride

On behalf of the Applied
Programs Division we wish to
commend and thank Al Atkinson,
Trish Angus and her staff for the
truly impressive College Gradua-
tion exercises held June 7, 1990.
The gymnasium was quite
miraculously transformed and
provided a most impressive en-
vironment for the ceremonies. The
gowned graduates, faculty and ad-
ministration were most impressive
and academic in appearance. The
overall effect was of a very proper
academic exercise without losing
those human touches on which
Douglas College prides itself. This
is an event to engender pride.

John McKendry, Dean

Joy Holmwood, Director, Health
Sciences

Beverly Miller, Director, Social
Services and Allied Health

Jim Sator, Director, Commerce and
Business

Ross Stewart, Director, Psychiatric
Nursing

 

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Local literacy program
receives national recognition

ou should feel lucky to be
reading this. Many
Canadians aren’t able to.

Fortunately for some of them,
the I-CARE literacy program at
Douglas College is providing
learners with the tools and sup-
port needed to acquire the skills of
reading, writing, and functioning
in a written oriented society.

The I-CARE co-ordinators,
tutors and students were recently
honoured for their accomplish-
ments by the Association of
Canadian Community Colleges
with the National Literacy Award.

Carol Leyland, I-CARE Co-or-
dinator and Joyce Cameron,
Literacy Instructor, accepted the
award at the A.C.C.C. conference
and 1990 awards luncheon on May
30th in Charlottetown, Prince Ed-
ward Island.

“The awards recognize excel-
lence in education,” says Leyland.
“Because 1990 is International
Literacy Year, this was a special
award to commemorate the oc-
casion.”

The I-CARE programm was
selected from 26 literacy prograrns
across the country, suggesting that
the local group is at the forefront
in literacy education.

But with no desire for self
glorification, the people at I-CARE
are more thankful for the exposure
this recognition brings to literacy
in general than to their particular
role.

“The award brings attention
to the fact that there is a serious
problem,” Leyland says. “It also
makes the community more aware
of the program.”

Cameron sees the award to be
just one more step forward for the
promotion of literacy in Canada
and locally.

“It feels like we’re undergoing
some positive changes,” she says.
“Local libraries are starting to see
the need for literacy material. The
Maple Ridge and New West
branches are increasing their col-
lections of aduit learning
materials.”

With so many good things
happening in the community, and
in the I-CARE program to
promote literacy, the National
Literacy Award seems like icing
on the cake of progress.

Both Leyland and Cameron
believe that with continued educa-
tional support and increased
public awareness, programs such
as I-CARE will continue to help
ease the burden of illiteracy from
the shoulders of the individuals
who bear it.

“The A.C.C.C award is one
more positive element within the
whole context of International
Literacy Year,” concludes
Cameron.

For more information about
the I-CARE program, call Carol
Leyland at Douglas College

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Weekend College meets needs of community

continued from page 1

Myrna Popove, Chair of the Douglas College Board says the new of-
fering enhances the College’s goal of meeting the needs of the entire com-

munity.

“I think that weekend college addresses some of our concerns
regarding accessibility,” said Popove. “It allow us to use our facility to

the fullest.”

 

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