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The College Handbook is published
primarily as an information guide
to new faculty and staff of the
College. However, it is hoped
that it will also be of use to
interested members of the College
region.
The Handbook will reflect some of
the excellent services which
Capilano College has to provide to
the community.
The College has
brought together an outstanding
faculty and staff to provide
educational services with academic
excellence and career objectives
that will serve all facets of our
College region.

A. H. Glenesk
Principal
May, 1971

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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THE COLLEGE AND ITS HISTORY • • • • • • •

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The College Today • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
History ••••••••••• , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Aims and Purposes

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THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLEGE

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General External Aspects • • • • • • • • • •
College Government Under the Act • • •
Internal College Organization
and Government • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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FACULTY WORKING CONDITIONS AND
FRINGE BENEFITS . • . . . . • • . • . . • . . . . . • • •

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NON-FACULTY STAFF WORKING
CONDITIONS AND FRINGE BENEFITS

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FACULTY, STUDENT, AND STAFF
ASSOCIATIONS .... " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • .

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Faculty Association ••••••••••• , • • • • 20
Student Association •• , •••••• , ••••• , 21
Staff Association • , , , •• , • • • • • • • • • • • 22

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Organization of the College Terms •
Instructional Programs - Generally.

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COLLEGE PHYSICAL F AGILITIES

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SERVICE AREAS AND F AGILITIES
OF INTEREST TO FACULTY AND STAFF

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COLLEGE COMMUNICATIONS
Organizational Communications . . . . .
Internal Communication . . . . . . . . . . . .
External Communication . . . . . • . . . . .

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West Vancouver - Mathers Campus •
Carson Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . .
Welch Street Art Centre . . . . . . . . . . .
St. David's Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lynn Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Seymour Heights - Deep Cove Centre
Squamish • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Major Service Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Services and Facilities Information
for Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Contractual Terms and Working
Conditions for Teaching Faculty,
Advisors and Librarian • • • • • • • • • • • • 16
Faculty Fringe Benefits • • • • • • • • • • • • 17
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INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZATION
AND PROGRAM • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . • . . .

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COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 40
Community Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . • • .
Swimming Pools, Parks and Beaches •
Ice Skating and Curling Arenas • . . . .
Tennis Courts and Golf • . . . . • . . . . . .
Y.M.C.A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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THE COLLEGE AND IT'S HISTORY

The College Today

Capilano College is a community college of the North
Shore College Region which is made up of the three
School Districts of North Vancouver, West Vancouver
and Howe Sound. It is one of nine community colleges
in British Columbia and is part of the provincial system
of higher education.
The College presently operates on a near trimester
system with two 17 week terms and a shorter eight
week summer term. Instruction is offered in three
main programs: Academic university transfer courses;
Career programs oriented toward job placement; and a
Community Services program of non-credit community
interest courses and lectures, etc.
The College's core operation is presently at the West
Vancouver Secondary School campus where highschool
classrooms are utilized in the late afternoon and
evening and where support areas such as offices,
library and labs, occupy eight adjacent College portable
units. In addition the College operates a wide variety
of programs at six other locations from Squamj.sh in the
extreme north-west of the College district to the
Seymour Heights - Deep Cove area some 60 miles
distance at the eastern extremity.

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In the Fall Term of 1971 the College is expecting to
have a student enrolment of over 1400, a full-time and
part-time faculty of at least 100, and a support staff of
over 30 full-time and part-time persons. The 1971-1972
operating budget for twelve months is $2 million.

the plebiscite succeeded in the school districts of West
Vancouver, North Vancouver and Howe Sound.
On
April 22, the provincial Council of Public Instruction
gave permission to the three boards to establish,
operate, and maintain a community college.
Capilano
College opened on schedule in September, 1968.

History
Aims and Purposes
Capilano College began as an idea on March 9, 1964,
when the school boards of West and North Vancouver
established a liaison committee to study the feasibility
of a community college on the "North Shore".
The
prime concern of the liaison committee was for unmet
student learning needs, typically those of grade 12
graduates who needed post secondary education, either
technical or academic, and those of adults in the
community who wished to upgrade or enrich their
education.
A feasibility study commissioned by the liaison
committee recommended the establishment of a
community college on the "North Shore" by September
1968. Following publication of this study, the school
boards of Howe Sound and Sechelt joined the two
original boards to adopt the recommendation as a joint
proposal of four boards.

Capilano College is a comprehensive, community
educational facility offering a varied curriculum and
service to the College region. It is a learner -centred
institution with resources, instructors and facilities
designed to assist the student in reaching his
educational and career goals.
More specifically the College endeavours:
a)

To enable young adults to transfer to other
institutions for a continuation of their formal
education, or to pursue career programs
leading to employment.

b)

To serve the adult community in upgrading of
educational levels and in providing for all,
academic programs and cultural experiences for
self -enrichment.

In January 1966 permission was sought and eventually
gained to hold a plebiscite in the four school districts
upon the question of the establishment of a college to
operate, in its initial years, in the facilities of West
Vancouver Senior Secondary School. On March 7, 1968,

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The College Offers:

THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND THE
ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLEGE

A two year academic program of courses enabling
transfer to universities.
One and two year career programs leading to
graduation from Capilano College, or from
B. C .I. T., after transfer from Capilano College;
and vocational trades training and vocation
programs as the need arises.
General education courses mostly not transferable.
A community service non-credit program designed
to meet the needs of the community through short
courses, seminars, lectures and workshops.

General External Aspects

The colleges in the province were originally established
under various adenda to the Public Schools Act.
In
April of 1970 the various references in that Act to the
colleges were consolidated into an "Act to Amend the
Public School Act" (Bill 64) and are now incorporated
as part of the Act.
In accordance with this Act the College operating costs
are financed on the basis of a 60% cost to the provincial
government and a 40o/o cost (less the tuition fees) to the
rate payers of the three school districts.
Under the legislation the School Boards must also
initiate the establishment of the College and thereafter
participate in the maintenance and operation of the
College in that they hold title to all College property
and they concur with annual operating budgets.
The three school boards of the College region and their
membership as of date of publication were as follows:
North Vancouver (School District 44)
D. H. Ellis, Chairman
M. Burbidge
Mrs. D. Lynas
P. C. D. Powell

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North Vancouver (contd.)
Mrs. P. Simpson
G. B. Wilson (Board appointee to College Council)
Mrs. G. Wilson

West Vancouver (School District 45)
A. M. Radcliffe, Chairman
L. S. A. Boothroyd
W. M. Hutton
R. W. Keyes
J. McKeown
N. Risebrough (Board appointee to College Council)

Howe Sound (School District 48)
T. B. M. Fougberg, Chairman
T. J. MacDonald (Board appointee to College
Council)
Mrs. M. Marchant
L. C. Minchin
Mrs. F. Mitchell
Mrs. M. Philip
L. A. Rush

College Government Under the Act

i)

College Council:
The Council is the prime governing body of the
College.
The Act provides for a "College Council"
empowered "to manage and administer the property,
revenue, expenditures, business and affairs of the
College ••• " including such things as determining
(with the participating school boards) the provision
of the land, buildings and equipment; the appointment
of the Principal and other officers of the College;
the determination of fees for instruction; provide
the management and "carrying-out" of the
curriculum and instruction; and the preparation of
the budget.
The provided Council membership is:
"a) two members appointed by the LieutenantGovernor in Council;
b) one member appointed by the Minister (of
Education), who shall be a District
Superintendent of Schools;
c) such other number of members as
determined by the Minister, who shall be
school trustees appointed by the Boards;
and
d) such other number of members, not to
exceed one -half of the number appointed
under clause (c), as may be appointed by
the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, who

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are representative of non-sectarian and nonpolitical community interests."

iii) Bursar:
The Act also provides that each College have a
Bursar who shall " ••• carry out the duties and have
the responsibilities prescribed in this Act for a
secretary-treasurer of a school district. 11 These
include general responsibility to the Principal for
the ace ounting and administrative matters of the
College and the duties of executive secretary of the
College Council.

The membership of the College Council, as of
May 1971 was:
W. J. Wallace, Chairman
J. F. Ellis
W. E. Lucas
T. J. MacDonald
W. V. Manson
N. Risebrough
G. B. Wilson
College Council normally meets on the first
Monday in each month, and the meetings are open
unless otherwise specified.

Internal College Organixation and Government

i)

Organization Related to the Instructional Program
a) Dean of Instruction: (L.D.G. Brooks)

ii)

The Principal:
The Act provides that there be a Principal of each
College " .•• who shall be the chief executive
o~ficer, and who shall generally supervise and
duect the instructional, administrative, and other
staff, and exercise such other duties ..• assigned
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This is the senior dean position in the College
and this person is responsible to the Principal
for the entire instructional program of the
College.
b) Assistant Dean, Career Programs: (H. Kirchner)
This person is responsible to the Dean of
Instruction £or the organization and administration
o£ the Career Programs of the College, including,
at present, the B. C.I. T. programs.
c) Assistant Dean, Academic Studies (To be
appointed effective July 1, 1971)

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T h is person is to be responsible to the Dean of
Instruction for the Academic Transfer programs
of the College.

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Sciences
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics

d) Head Librarian: (D. E. Affleck)
This person is responsible to the D e a n o f
Instruction for the organization and administration
of the Media Centre w h i c h i n c l u d e s t h e
accumulation and circulation of a l l p r i n t e d
matter, the coordination of all a u d i o - v i s u a 1
equipment and services, and the operation of a
media-language laboratory.

Social Sciences
- Political Science, Anthropology,
- Economics, Geography
- Psychology
Careers

e) Division Chairmen:
The College curriculum is divided i n t o f o u r
d ivisions - Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences
A Division Chairman is appointed
and Careers.
to direct the instructional program of each o f
these divisions.
f)

Subject Coordinators:
As of April 1971 there were also 12 coordinators
responsible to the Division Chairmen f o r
co-ordination of subject areas within a division.
The coordinated subject areas are:
Humanities
- English
- History, Fine Arts, Music, and Philosophy
- French, German, Spanish, Japanese

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Sociology

- Business
- Art
- Early Childhood Education

ii)

Organization Related to Student Services,
Affairs, and College Affairs

Business

a) Dean of Student Services: (T. Rollick-Kenyon)
This person is responsible to the Principal for
the organization and administration of student
services, which includes the f u n c t i o n s o f
counselling admissions, s t u d e n t r e c o r d s ,
transcripts and grades administration, student
loans, student counselling, and registration. His
staff includes two full-time Counsellors
(M. LeMarre and G. Seigrest - a third is soon
to be appointed) and Assistant Registrars o f
Admissions and of Student Records.

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b) Bursar: (to be appointed June 1, 1971)
Responsible to the Principal for all business and
financial affairs of the College, including physical
space planning and operation and also serves as
executive secretary to the College Council.
c) Administrative Assistant: (As of July 1, this
position to be called "Assistant to the Principal")
(A.P.D. Smith)
At present as Administrative Assistant this
person is responsible to the Principal for most
of the business affairs of the College and also
assists the Principal in various matters.

iii) Internal College Advisory Committee System
In October 1969 a new and innovative system of
advisory committees was instituted.
This included
a College Cabinet which deliberated and made
recommendations to the Principal and/or College
Council on important general matters of the College;
a Curriculum and Instruction Committee; a Finance
Committee which scrutinized and advised on aspects
of the general College budget and other financial
matters; a Student Services Committee which
directly advised the Dean of Student Services; and
a Research and Development Committee which
attempted to commence some physical planning
related to future college permanent facilities.
All
these committees, except Curriculum and Instruction,
consisted of variables of student-faculty and
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representation being equal to faculty on Cabinet and
the greatest portion on the Student Services
Committee.
There was also a community member
on the Cabinet.
One year after the commencement of the operation
of the above structure, Fall 1970, a Review
C ommittee began evaluating how well the above
structure had worked. The result of this committee's
work was a recommendation to the Principal that a
modified system be implemented.
The Review
Committee has made an exciting contribution to
the College development in the form of this new
committee structure to be operative in the Fa 11,
1971.
The modified system provides for a less complicated
but equally participatory design.
Specifically it
institutes a Forum open to all members of the
College and any community members who are
interested.
This Forum will have an Executive,
which will, in effect, replace in an advisory
capacity the old Cabinet.
The Instructional Board
and the Finance Committee have been removed
from the government structure, leaving three
main operating committees: Student Services,
Research and Development, and Curriculum and
Instruction.
Terms of reference of these committees are mainly
left to the committees within the framework of an
advisory role.

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There are also various ad hoc committees that are
struck, usually by the Principal, to recommend on
a specific problem.
Some of the ad hoc
committees that have been formed have investigated
such questions as the unusually high number of
student withdrawals from courses in one particular
term, the need for a general education or general
studies program, and most recently the question of
evaluation of instructors which is being deliberated
by the Ad Hoc Committee to Recommend Evaluation
Criteria.

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foundation intended as an educational trust fund
meeting special student and other needs of the
College.
The objectives of the fund are "to
foster ••• community interest in promoting
higher education and training among those
capable of profiting by it;"
"To act as a
recipient of Trust funds in the forms of money
or other properties given to the College;" "To
raise funds from time to time;" "To grant
monies and other assets to the College .•• "

External Committees or Bodies Related Directly to
the College

a) Career Programs Advisory Committees
The planning of each Career program is helped
tremendously by an external advisory committee
which is. made up of competent people from the
job area to which the program is related. The
main function of these external advisory
committees is to help make the program content
as relevant as possible with regard to the needs
and realities of the particular job area.
These
volunteer committees, to which interested
professionals give much time, are organized and
sustained by the Assistant Dean of Career
Programs.
b) Capilano College Foundation
In 1970 a group of community men and women
interested in the College set up an independent

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THREE

FACULTY* WORKING CONDITIONS AND FRINGE
BENEFITS

*(Definitions: "Teaching Faculty" refers to
all instructors who are primarily appointed
to instruct.
The general term "faculty" is
also used to include the professional
administrators, librarians, and advisors
whose primary functions are other than
classroom teaching.
The term "Non-Faculty
Staff" is the designation for the non-teaching,
non -faculty, support staff of the College.)

related to appointment, termination of appointment, and
renewal.

Faculty Fringe Benefits

The range of College fringe benefits or "welfare
benefits" available to faculty are as follows: (Figures
and details cited in the following section are based on
amounts operative at the time of publication of this
document and information on changes can be obtained
from the Accountant.)
i)

Contractual Terms and Working Conditions for Teaching Faculty,
Advisors, and Librarians

The contractual terms and working conditions for
instructors, advisors, and the librarian are set out in
a separate College document.
This document is
circulated to all instructors, advisors, and the
librarian each year when the terms have been finalized.
A copy of the document is available at any time at the
desk of the secretary to the Principal.
The contractual terms, which include salary ranges and
terms of appointment, are negotiated each Spring
between the Faculty Association and the College Council.

Pensions
a) Superannuation Program
All regular teaching faculty and full-time
administrators are eligible to join the
College Pension Plan.
This plan is
administered by the provincial government
under the terms of the College Pension
Act. As of July 1, 1971, members on this
plan may contribute up to six percent of
total salary less that part on which C.P.P.
is paid. All contributions are matched by
the College.
The averaging period used to calculate the
pension pay-out is the best seven years.

Also in the Spring, the general working conditions are
worked out between the Principal and the Faculty
Association, and include such things as procedures

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b) Canada Pension Plan
Contributions to the Canada Pension Plan
are automatically deducted from all
faculty from the first day of employment
at the rate of 1. 8% of earnings over $600
per annum with a maximum annual
contribution of $82.80.
This percentage
rate is also matched by a contribution
from the College to give a total
contribution, as required by federal statute,
of 3. 6%.

ii)

M. S.A.

M.S. A. is the government operated medicare
benefits program which provides basic health
benefit coverage plus optional extended health
benefits. Employees are eligible to join
M.S. A. immediately upon employment to the
College.
The College matches the employee's
contributions.

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NON·FACUL TY STAFF WORKING CONDITIONS AND
FRINGE BENEFITS

The conditions and benefits ar"' set out in a separate
document entitled "Nnn-Faculty Staff Working
Conditions".
T'his dunHTlenl is attached to Pach letter
of appoini.menl <>nci extr<:< C•~'T)if'" ;;rc:o available from the
Bursar OT hi5 ,;ecretary.
The J.ringe ben<:·fit package
for staff is al,nost ide:•tical to that above for faculty.
The document whJch cov"rs all the workinl' conditions
and benefits for staff, is inH:niled to be opened up for
discussion, and amendment, in talks between the Staff
Association and the Administration and College Council.
These discussions will be held each year in May or
June, along with any discussions on the annual salary
increments. Any amendments to the document will
normally come into effect in July.

Group Insurance Program
The College has arranged a comprehensive
group insurance program. All full-time
faculty, or regular part-time, are eligible to
join this program from the first day of
employment with the College.
There is a
special brochure available from the Payroll
Clerk, with the details of this plan.

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FACULTY, STUDENT, AND STAFF ASSOCIATIONS

the B. C. Association for the academic year 1971-1972.

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Faculty Association

The Capilano College Faculty Association came into
existence in February, 1969. The Association has been
very active ever since.
The Association's executive consists of five members
elected annually in April.
The Association has, at
present, two standing committees: the Salary and
Working Conditions Committee, and the Professional
Development Committee.
Membership is open to all "whose prime function at
Capilano College is teaching", as well as to the
librarian and advisors, and to others whom the
Association may admit upon recommendation by the
executive. Dues are $15.00 per year for full-time
faculty and $10.00 per year for part-time faculty.
The Association's prime roles include working for the
professional development of the teaching faculty,
negotiating the contractual terms and working
conditions, and providing faculty representatives to the
various government committees of the College.
The Capilano College Faculty Association belongs to the
College Faculties Federation of B.C. which was formed
in 1970. The Past President of the Capilano College
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The Association's constitution and further information
may be obtained from the St:cretary or President of the
Association who are, at time of publication, Mrs.
Hankin and Mr. Yen Huizen respectively.

Student Association

There has been a formal Student Association at the
College since classes began in the Fall of 1968. The
Association is headed by a Student Council Executive
which is elected at least once a year by the general
student body.
The activities of this Association are
determined by a new constitution and are directed by
the elected Executive. The Association is supported by
a "student activity" fee which is collected by the College
at the time of registration.
This fee currently is a
maximum of $10.00 a term.
The Student Council appoints members to the various
committees of College government on which there is
student membership.
The Student Council also organizes
various functions such as College retreats, social
evenings, visiting musical and other events, and has
been active in major College activities.
The Council has produced a constitution, which has been
approved by the student body at a general meeting and
which is now being submitted to Victoria for Association
registration and incorporation under the provincial
Societies Act.

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Staff Association

A Staff Association at the College has been operative
for about a year and a half.
This informal Association
comprises all the regular non-teaching staff of the
College (excluding the administrators).
RegulC>r
meetings are held with the Bursar on general staff
working conditions, problems or proposals.
In 1970, the representatives of the Staff Association met
with the College Council to discuss the annual salary
increment and a new staff working conditions policy
document.
This procedure will now be followed each
year.
As of yet, there are no dues related to membership in
the Association.

INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZATION AND PROGRAM

Organization of the College Terms

The College instructional programs are presented in two
main terms, Fall and Spring (September-December and
January-April), and in a shorter Swnmer term (MayJune).
Each of the two main terms is approximately 17 weeks
in duration with one week for registration and 16 weeks
of instruction. In May and J1me of 1970, the College
held its first Summer term of some 8 weeks duration.
This term offered a limited number of primarily lst
year courses. A Summer term of the same length and
with the same type of course offering is also being given
in May and June of 1971. Details of dates and divisions
within each term are clearly set out in the College
Calendar which is available in the Student Services
offices. A special Summer term brochure will be
printed each year.

Instructional Programs -

Generally

The three main areas of the instructional programs of
the College are the Academic program which constitutes
primarily university transfer courses under Sciences,
Social Sciences, and Humanities, and General Studies;
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oriented programs with an additional four new ones
planned for September 1971; and the Community Services
Program which provides a non-credit series of
community interest lectures, seminars, arts and
happenings.
The objectives and details of the Academic
and Career Programs, along with descriptions of the
individual courses may all be found in the current
College Calendar.
The Community Services Program is
announced by a brochure of events for each term.

SEVEN

COLLEGE PHYSICAL FACILITIES

(See map inside front cover)

At the West Vancouver Mathers Campus

The major College facilities are presently at the
location of the West Vancouver Senior Secondary School
on Mathers Avenue.
This College location consists
first of all, of the high school classrooms, theatre,
cafeteria, gymnasium, and other areas, all of which are
used from 4:00 p.m. through to 10:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday. In addition the College has placed
eight of its own buildings on the school campus with a
total building area of 14,433 sq. ft.
These include a
two floor "Student-Faculty" building which houses the
Administration and Faculty offices, the Student Services
offices and as of September, 1971, a Physics laboratory;
a two floor Science Lab building for Biology and
Chemistry; a main Media Centre building housing the
circulation, reserve and reference books; a Media Annex
housing the periodicals and visual aspect of the audiovisual materials; a Media Lab which functions as a
language lab and houses the audio portion of the audiovisual materials; and three smaller portables on the
back, west side which are the College Bookstore,
Student Lounge, and a Meeting Room.

Carson Graham School

Since September 1970, the College has operated a

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1512 sq. ft. portable unit on the grounds of the Carson
Graham Secondary School in North Vancouver. This
building has two classrooms, a small lounge area and
two offices. It is adjacent to the high school building
where bathroom and food facilities are available to
College students and faculty.
The facility has been used
for a mixture of academic and career courses being
given from 9:00a.m. to 10:30 p.m., five days a week.

Lynn Valley -

Argyle School

Since September 1970, the College has been offering
academic transfer courses in the evening at the Argyle
Secondary School in the north east part of Lynn Valley.
This centre will continue to be used in 1971-1972.

Seymour Heights -

Deep Cove Centre

Walch Street Art Centre

Since September 1970, the College has been leasing two
classrooms and an adjoining warehouse section for the
Career Program Art Program. This Art Centre is in
a modern office building on Welch Street south of
Marine Drive in the western section of North Vancouver.
This centre operates five days and nights a week and is
used for the total Art Program and also for Community
Services events.

St. David's Church

Also since September 1970, the College has been renting
four classroom areas and a lounge in St. David 1 s United
Church which is situated at the Upper Levels Highway
and Taylor Way in West Vancouver. This teaching
centre operates a general day program from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is hoped this
centre will continue to be used for a large day program
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Also since September 1970, College academic transfer
courses have been offered in the United Church Hall on
Berkeley Street, in the eastern part of North Vancouver.
This centre will also continue to be used in 1971-72 terms.

Squamish

The College has been offering academic credit courses
in Squamish since September 1969. These courses are
given in the Howe Sound Sec andary School in the evening.
In 1970-1971 terms, four courses were given at this
location, and it is hoped to gradually expand this number
as Squamish becomes an important satellite operation of
the College.

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SERVICE AREAS AND FACILITIES OF INTEREST
TO FACULTY AND STAFF

Centre. All faculty and registered students may
make full use of Media Centre resources and
services.
Residents of the College district and
College Staff may borrow materials not in
immediate demand by faculty and students.

Major Service Areas

i)

ii)

Media Centre

The Student Services Centre is located at present
on the lower floor of the faculty-administration
building on the Mathers Campus. Besides handling
all student registrational and marks procedures and
all student records, the Centre also provides
students with such services as complete programcourse advisory and educational counselling, job
placement help, student financial aid, and
accommodation information.

The Media Centre provides print and non-print
resources and services for faculty and students of
the College.
The Media Centre presently contains
over 25,000 books, 1200 tapes, 3500 slides (35 mm),
subscriptions to over 600 periodicals, government
documents, pamphlets, maps, films and newspaper
clippings. Services include reference work, film,
audiotape and videotape production and rental, A-V
equipment installation and operation, interlibrary
loan to faculty, materials reserve facilities, and
classroom instruction in library use. Professional
and technical aid is readily available for the above
services.
The Media Centre facilities are: the Main Media
Centre Building, housing books, reference materials
and the main card catalogue and indexes; the Media
Centre Annex containing all visual aids, AV
production equipment, reserve materials, maps,
periodicals, AV catalogues and indexes, and a
materials processing area; and a Media Lab
building housing the language and listening labs and
all audio resources. These three facilities are on
the Mathers Campus. A Media Centre handbook
explains the details of services and the use of the

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Student Services Centre

Course scheduling, production of the Calendar and
other student oriented publications, high school
visitation programs, and the operation of a
c ommunity mobile information van in the sum me r
months, are also coordinated by the College Student
Services Centre.

iii)

General Administrative Services
All of the more specific business functions of the
College fall under the immediate jurisdiction of the
Bursar, i.e., Payroll, Accounting, Purchasing,
space, buildings and related maintenance, custodial,
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of the ancillary services important to faculty and/ or
staff are:
a) Parking
At the Mathers campus parking spaces are
reserved for faculty and staff in two
locations: on the driveway in front of the
high school, and the driveway and parking lot
down the west side of the school. U n t i 1
approximately 3:30 p.m. each day both these
areas, especially the front driveway, must be
shared with the high school staff and College
faculty and staff should use the west driveway.
New faculty or staff should immediately
obtain a College parking sticker from the
main office receptionist.
There is ample
parking at all other College locations.
b) Food
On the Mathers campus the main College food
dispensary operates after 3:30 p.m. in the
high school cafeteria. In this area, which is
primarily the College student lounge hall,
there are vending machines (cold drinks and
hot drinks and sundry dry food items)
operating from 3:30 to 10:45 p.m. each day.
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday a caterer provides hot food,
including such things as soup, sandwiches,
hamburgers, hot dogs, pie, milk, tea, etc.,
all at very reasonable prices.
At some of the other College locations there
are vending machines and/or the faculty and

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students make arrangements for a
commercial mobile food service. At Carson
Graham, College faculty have full access to
the high school cafeteria or staff lunch room.
c) Lounge Areas
Due to our serious space constrictions, the
College is presently rather limited regarding
comfortable lounge areas for faculty and staff,
or students for that matter. At the Mathers
campus the "Faculty Lounge" is designated
as the room in the north west corner of the
top floor of the faculty-administration
building.
This room also contains the
faculty mail boxes.
Next to this room is the
"Coffee Room" where coffee (or tea) can be
prepared.
The coffee room is also used as
the main "Staff Lunch Room".
Lounge areas
are either much more informal or n on existent at the other centres.
d) Bookstore
The College operates a bookstore presently
housed in "Portable A", which is the first
of three portables off the back of the west
parking lot on the Mathers site.
The
Bookstore carries a range of prescribed texts
for courses, supplementary books, some
general interest paperbacks, and a range of
essential student materials and some student
handicrafts.
During the Fall and Spring
terms the Bookstore is open most of the
afternoon, Monday through Friday, and for
several hours in the evening Monday through

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Thursday.

Current hours are always posted.

facilities supplement student needs for social
activities.

e) College Hours
Except for the four summer months, the
College offices (Student Services and the main
administration general office (+ switchboard)
are open from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday, and from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00p.m. on Friday. This usually
becomes 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the
Summer months. Access to faculty offices
in faculty-administration building and
elsewhere is usually until 11:00 p.m. each
night, except Friday. During the Fall-Spring
terms the Media Centre buildings are usually
open on a 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. (or more)
basis Monday through Thursday, with just day
hours on Friday. Limited afternoon openings
on the weekend will likely continue. F or
definite hours at any particular time it is
best to check with the College switchboard.
f) College Recreational Facilities
On the Mathers campus (only) College faculty
and staff have some access, next to student
use, to the main high school gymnasium in
the evenings, for such things as basketball,
volleyball and badminton, Any activities other
than scrub basketball should be organized and
use of the facility arranged with the students
who have first priority on usage. It is hoped
that organized student sports activities w i 11
develop and that there will be opportunities
for faculty and staff to participate. Rent e d

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Services and Facilities Information for Faculty

i)

Faculty Offices
Offices for faculty are provided on the basis of two
full-time faculty andup to six part-time to one
office. These offices are located in the facultyadministration building (m'!inly for full-time faculty)
and in Room 53 on the lower floor of the high school.
There are two general faculty offices in the Carson
Graham unit.

ii)

Typing, Duplicating, Offsetting
These services are available for all faculty through
the main administrative office typing pool. Short
photo-copying runs may be done by the fa c u 1 t y
themselves on the general office photo-copier •
Work to be typed and I or offset or dittoed, should be
left with the head of the general office typing pool
and normally a minimum of two working days
allowed for the production.
Full details of these
services are available from the office pool.

iii) Faculty Mail Boxes
These boxes are situated in the office area on
the 2nd floor of the faculty-administration building.

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Each faculty member (full and part-time) has a box.
All general mail, messages, student hand-ins, etc.,
will be placed in these boxes.
Faculty are urged
to check their boxes regularly.

iv)

Meeting Rooms
Areas available to faculty on the Mathers campus
for meetings and special classes include "Portable
C", the "Bull-Pen" on the 2nd floor of the facultyadministration building, and a couple of "spare"
rooms in the high school for evening use only.
Use
of these rooms must be booked through the
switchboard-receptionist who tries to keep an up-todate booking record to avoid conflicts. Meetings of
any sort are discouraged in the Faculty Lounge
which is to be for the purpose which the name
implies.

v)

fac~lty may rearrange the desks in any manner they
d~s1re. ~owever, it helps the sharing of rooms
w1th the h1gh school staff if, at the end of the class
the faculty member could see that the furniture is '
moved back to its original state. It is also
mandatory that the "No Smoking" regulation in the
classrooms be adhered to.

vii) Telephones
Telephones for faculty are provided in each faculty
office area in the Mathers facilities.
In the main
faculty -administration building there are t h r e e
telephones in the two areas (two on the top floor)
an~ calls are announced to faculty from the main
sw1tchboard through an intercom system.

Supplies
General small office supply needs for faculty, (e. g.
pens, pencils, paper, etc.) are available from the
general office supply shelves.
Larger items that
are not in our general supply stock must be ordered
on the proper purchase order forms and approved by
the coordinator.

vi)

Classrooms in High School
The Mathers campus utilizes high school classrooms
after 4:00 p.m.
The College uses as many of the
rooms with easily movable desks as is possible and

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Internal Communication

COMMUNICATIONS

Means of communication, aside from personal contact,
are always a most important yet very difficult aspect,
both between groups inside a College and between the
College and the community it serves. It is even more
difficult for a College operating out of shared facilities
and holding classes in the day and evening. Capilano
College is attempting many solutions in this aspect of
operating a College.

Besides the system of leaving notes in faculty-staff
mail boxes or on persons' desks, there are the following
media for more general flow of information.
i)

This is a weekly general message-information
hand-out from the Principal's Office. It covers
such things as announcements from the Principal
and others, faculty events, general events that may
be of interest to faculty and/ or staff, and even "for
sale" advertisements. It is placed in the faculty
mail boxes and circulated generally to all staff.
Anyone can have practically "anything" put into this
information news sheet by leaving the item in the
envelope fastened to the wall of the cubicle of the
Secretary to the Principal.

Organizational Communications

The normal daily flow of communications is naturally in
both directions through the various levels and areas of
College organization.
For example, on the academic
side, this may be from the Dean of Instruction, through
the Assistant Deans, through the division chairmen, (all
three of these areas regularly meet together in
instructional administrative meetings), to the
coordinators and then to the faculty.
This pattern
naturally reverses itself regularly in the other direction.
Furthermore, the lines of communication are not overly
formal or rigid, and cross communication between any
area is frequent and encouraged.
The general communication is also aided by the various
committees and the faculty, staff, and student associations,
and the minutes of all these groups.

"Facadnews"

ii)

"The Medium"
This internal one sheet publication usually comes
out once a month from the desk of the Head
Librarian. It is meant to convey pertinent
information from the Media Centre to the faculty
and staff on Media services, resources, innovations,
and other instructional aids information.

iii) The "ID"
This is the illustrious name of the student
which is produced by an "Id" staff

new~>paper

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operating as an adjWlct of the Student Society. The
"Id'' features student news and student writing. The
issues are usually monthly or more during the main
College terms of Fall and Spring. The "Id" is
circulated free of charge to students, faculty and
staff. Writings are welcomed from any segment of
the College population.

External Communication

i)

"Capilano CommWlicates"

procedures, the listings of all courses offered, and
a list of College faculty.
The Calendar is circulated
to a mailing list and also is available to prospective
students and to College faculty.

iii) College Speakers Bureau
This is a verbal commWlicator, involving a College
service to provide knowledgeable speakers for any
organization which is interested in hearing about any
or all facets of the College. This service is
coordinated by the Assistant to the Principal, and a
wide range of organizations in the College
commWlity and beyond are urged to avail themselves
of this service.

This publication is more formally known as the
Principal's Newsletter. It is usually produced
monthly by the Principal as an attractive information
bulletin aimed at members of the College commWlity
and interested persons beyond the College borders.
It contains important information on C o 11 e g e
development in general and, in particular, such
things as site progress, instructional innovations,
profiles on faculty and administrators, College
special events, and student accomplishments.
This
publication is also circulated internally to the College
faculty and staff.

ii)

The College Calendar
Each year, in April or May, the College publishes
its official Calendar for the forthcoming academic
year. This major publication contains mainly the
·statements of College academic policies, registration

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COMMUNITY RECREATIONAL FACILITIES

Park - all in West Vancouver, and Cates Park in Deep
Cove (North Vancouver).
The water is warm enough
and usually clean enough for swimming off these par k
beaches from June tlfrough to September, and Amble side
Park has life -guard services.

Community Centres

Both North and West Vancouver each has a very active
Community Centre.
These centres provide
c omprehensive all-year -round recreational and hobby
programs.
The West Vancouver centre is located just
off Marine Drive between 21st and 22nd (see map), and
the North Vancouver centre is on Lonsdale, just a
block below the Upper Levels Highway (see map).
Both
centres charge nominal fees for courses, programs, and
group or individual use of facilities.

Ice Skating and Curling Arena ,

Both the West Vancouver and North Vancouver Community
Centres have ice facilities available to the public at
nominal fees for ice skating and curling.
There is also
considerable youth hockey, curling and figure skating
carried on in these rinks.
In addition, there are several private clubs in We s t
and North Vancouver which provide a range of sports
facilities. There are also curling facilities in Squamish.

Swimming Pools

The North Vancouver recreational centre has the only
covered indoor pool in the College district.
This is
open all year round.
The other pools in the district
are the open-air pool at Amble side Park in West
Vancouver, which is generally open from June through
to September, and a pool at Squamish.

Tennis Courts

There are a score or more public and school tennis
courts scattered throughout the three districts.
Information on the location of the public c our t s can be
obtained from the Parks Offices in each municipality.

Parks and Beaches
Golf

Needless to say, the College district (sometimes
referred to as the "North Shore" and Howe Sound) is
blessed with miles of beaches. However, few are readily
accessible to the general public. The most noteworthy
public beaches that are adjoined by parks are at
Ambleside Park, John Lawson Park and Whyte cliff

There are two public courses, Glen e a g 1 e s (West
Vancouver) and the Squamish Golf and Country Club
(Squamish), and two private courses, Capilano Golf and
Country Club (West Vancouver) and Seymour Golf and
Country Club (North Vancouver).

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Y.M.C.A.

The "North Shore" Y.M.C.A. is located at 17th and
Marine Drive in West Vancouver. "This "Y" has an
extensive program of recreational and hobby type
programs ranging from cooking classes and canoe
lessons for youth to fitness classes for adults.

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