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VANCOUVER, B.C. --- Canada Export Trade Month in the Province of British

Columbia will be launched with an International Trade Careers Seminar on
Thursday, October 1, 1987. University and college students considering
careers with an international orientation are invited to attend the
seminar which will take place from 9:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. at the
Discovery Theatre at the B.C. Enterprise Centre (at the former Plaza of
Nations site on the Expo orounds).

Academic, industry and government representatives will be participating in
two panels focusing on international career development in the
manufacturing and service industry sectors. The intent of the seminar is
to provide students with a better understanding not only of job
opportunities that will arise as Vancouver continues to develop as a
Pacific Centre for Trade, Travel and Commerce, but also of the importance
of exports to the Canadian economy and the Canadian standard of living.

According to Ray Anderson, the President of the Asia Pacific Foundation,
who will chair the session,"Building bridges between nations, between
different interest groups, and between generations has been central to

my own career in the foreign service of Canada and with the Asia Pacific
Foundation. I view the International Trade Careers Seminar as a further -
step in bridging the hopes and aspirations of the young people of today to
the career opportunities of the future."

Admission to the seminar is free. A coffee break will enable students to
meet briefly with panel members for informal discussions.

The International Trade Careers Seminar is co-sponsored by the Department
of External Affairs and the Vancouver office of the Department of Regional
Industrial Expansion. It is supported by other federal and provincial
government departments, by the private sector, and by lower mainland
colleges and universities.

"Exports Build Canada," but the continuing growth of exports requires a
solid base. That base will only be as strong as those individuals who
will "build new bridges in the future."

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For further information contact Peter Zalite, Manager, Trade Development,
Department of Regional Industrial Expansion, Vancouver at 661-2262.