A U G U S T 1968

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North Shore College vote
key to entire B. C. plan
(Reprinted from Vancouver Sun
Page 6, March 5. 1968)
Thursday's vote on a community college for the four
Sechelt,
Howe Sound,
North
and West Vancouver, won't be
a simple expression of opinion:
do you want to establish a community college?
It w i l l be read as a cue vote
that could influence the fate of
similar plebiscites in the Lower
Mainland expected to follow.
The North Shore voter might
well ask how he got from his
friendly community setting to
this larger stage, pinned under
a province-wide spotlight.
He got there because the proposal of the North Shore Community College Committee to
use an existing school as the
college campus broke the deadlock i n Victoria. I t w i l l be the
first vote i n what is a new
government approach to establishing a college. And every
educator's eye w i l l be on i t .
School districts have been
pounding on Victoria's door for
three years asking permission
to hold college plebiscites.
They had to. The new seconda r y school c u r r i c u l u m had been
in force for three years. The
broad vocational and technical
streams led to community collegos, and had been so recommended i n D r . John B . Macdonald's r e p o r t . Without i t ,
courses could not be completed as certified career pro- grams.
The pressure was on the Minister of Education, Leslie Peterson. He faced the clamor from
school boards and he was in a
tight money market. He could
not move.
When the North Shore proposal came, Peterson grabbed
it. He gave permission for a
plebiscite, complimented West
Vancouver school board for its
gc.erosity and opened the door
to other applications on the
same terms.
On his desk now is the recommendation of the Lower
Mainland Co-ordinating Council that two colleges w i l l be
needed for the school districts
north and south of the Fraser
River. These include B u m a b y .
New
Westminster,
Coquitlam
and Maple Ridge. These would
form one district. Surrey, Richmond, Delta and I>angley would
make up the second.
Tlie policy on community
colleges is this: The province
w i l l make a contribution only
where there is a demand demonstrated to support the college.
In this small print is the
message. The provincial government is waiting for the peo-

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tal costs, and if this passes,
contribute 50 percent of the
building costs. The taxpayer
with a $25,000 home in North
or West Vancouver would pay
about $7 per year for the college, whde the facilities of We.st
Vancouver high school are used.
(See C O L L E G E , Page 6)

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community colleges, then they
must get a m a j o r i t y vote in
their district.
After this the government
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College vote
By 1973 if enrolment reacnei;.
2,000 and a separate campus is
required, the tax cost might
reach $25 per year.
Unlike the State of Washington which has 22 colleges, and
California with 81, British Columbia, the dynamic province,
has two.
Vancouver City College, bursting its walls in old King Edw a r d High School, will soon
have a new campus at Langara. F r o m a few hundred students four years ago, the enrolment has reached 3.800 on
a three-semester. 14-hour day
program.
In
the Kootenays, Selkirk
opened as B.C.'s first regional
college two years ago. Enrolment doubled the second year.
The Okanagan, after an internecine war between north
and south which wrecked the
college program, has come under a new order. The plan now
is to start grade 13 college
courses in three d i f f e r e n t
schools in three different towns.
In addition, technical courses
w i l l he set up in the government vocational school in Kelowna.
On Vancouver Island, six districts out of nine north of the
Malahat voted to establish a
community college. Six passed
by majorities ranging up to 92
percent. Ahemi, Courtenay and
North Vancouver Island opted
out. The college w i l l he set up
in Nanaimo instead of building
a campus.
F u l l machinery for policing
plans for colleges has been set
up. The Lower Mainland College Council is responsible for
the orderly establishment of
colleges. For instance, technical courses which require expensive installations would not
be allowed in neighboring college districts. Rather, financial
assistance would he given students to take their courses at
one centre.
This is the picture in B.C.
How does it match up with the
rest of Canada?
Ontario reviewed its educational program four years ago.
It found the need for colleges
so urgent i t could not wait for
the people or a building program. I t turned i t s trade
schools and technical institu-.
tions into comprehensive
regional colleges while the building program was being organized. There are 20 regions in
the province, each with its own
college.
Quebec has taken a great leap.
I t has literally lifted itself into
the space age with a ladder system which funnels all secondary students through regional
colleges on their way to university. This is an 8:3:2:3 pattern, eight years elementary,
three secondary, two college
and three university.
In B.C., the government is.
waiting for the people.
"This is not all b a d , " says
Bert Wales, director of V a n - '
couver City College. " I t is good
for
the community to have
some participation i n its regional! college. The curriculum is
geared to community needs and
there is a strong feeling of
loyalty and identification i n
ha\nng some responsibility.
" I f you dont agree on the
formula for cost sharing —and
. most of us dont —the thing to
do is get your college going,
the fight for more equitable
sharing. You are only hurting
yourself i f you vote i t down because of government policies."
Spearheading this fight
is

B.C. School Trustees' Association. I t has completed a brief
to the government recommending a 75:25 split instead of the
present 50:50.
Now hack to the North Shore.
Is there a real need here for
a college and are the residents
ready to support it?
Some of these questions were
answered at a college meeting
last week when D r . Ian McTaggart-Cowan, Dean of Graduate Studies was on the platform with Stewart M c G i l l , regional director of Manpower,
and D r . Wales.
"More than 69 percent of parents in North and West Vancouver want their children to
go to university,' D r . McTaggart-Cowan said.
"We wont be able to accommodate them. We anticipate
22,000 students next year. We
•ont know how to stop the
growth."
There are 1,900 students i n
grade 12 in the four districts.
Only a small number go on to
university —between 30 and 35
percent. The rest t r y to get into
the labor force, or put their
names on the waiting list at the
vocational school in Burnahy or
B.C. Institute of Technology i f
they have entrance requirements.
McGill
told
the
audience,
"We are caught in a technological revolution and can't
turn it off, even if we desired
The implications of this change
are more people are working,
and earning more money. I n dustry p r o d u c e s more. But
somehow, in this affluent society more persons are being
left behind. Jobs are harder to
get and harder to keep.
"There must he facilities, not
only for initial learning, hut for
retraining," he said.
Dr. McTaggart - C o w a n
pledged close liaison between
universities a n d
community
college. "We wiU lend a hand
in staffing if it is needed,' he
said. " W i l l i the extended hours
program, professors could easily teach their specialized subject in the college if they
choose. We w i l l help you get
started the first year."
The communities on the north
shore of the inlet have always
been front runners in education. Innovations have started
here. The committee realized
when it set M a r c h 7 for theplebiscite day it was only giving itself five weeks to run a
campaign and explain the complex personality of a community college.
But if i t waited longer, i t
would not he possible to start
cla.sses in West Vancouver Secondary School this September.
I t took the gamble. Now the
voters take up the challenge.
The spotlight w i l l be on h i m
Thursday.

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