Busy guide
.Keeps.on trekking

After a year studying environmental
science at university, Squamish
resident, Michelle Boender, knew
a desk job wasn’t for her.

“T travelled for a year and a half
and then a friend of my family
recommended Capilano’s 20-week
Wilderness Leadership certificate
program,” she said. “I decided to
try it out because it was only a
short commitment.”

After completing the program at
the Squamish campus, the former
Surrey resident knew she had found
her passion and immediately
enrolled in Capilano’s two-year
Outdoor Recreation Management
diploma program.

After graduating in 2003, Michelle
worked in New Zealand, eventually
moving to North Vancouver and
then to Squamish where she could
live in a smaller community closer
to where she plays, rather than
where she works.

“Tm a member of the Nordic ski
patrol at Cypress and work there
four to five times a week during
the winter,” she said. “I also work
as an outdoor education guide for
some private schools in Vancouver.”

Capilano Acting for Stage and

_ Screen instructor, Jackson
Davies, is this year’s recipient of
the Sam Payne award. Jackson
was also named to the BC Arts
Council board and is currently
touring with Hockey Mom Hockey
Dad, which played at Capilano’s
Performing Arts Theatre on
March 17 and 18.

The Sam Payne award is voted on
by industry peers and recognizes
professional performers who

Mountain guide and Squamish resident, Michelle Boender, hikes the backcountry near
Mt. Baker ski resort.

Growing up, Michelle’s family spent
quality time outdoors camping and
surfing. Today, her many activities
include ski touring, running,
surfing, mountain biking, hiking
and rock climbing.

“T do many things,” she said with a
laugh. “I’m also a sailing instructor,
working with the Sailing Education
Adventures programs based in
Sidney on Vancouver Island.”

Through the spring and fall months,
the busy 27-year-old works with
SEA teaching school-aged children
sailing skills, forest and marine
ecology, and interpersonal skills.
During the summer months she
works even closer to the ocean.

“Tm a sea kayak guide working at
various locations on British

display humanity and artistic
integrity and who encourage new
talent. Sam, who died at 70 in

1982, was a B.C.-born performer
who trained at Britain’s Royal

Academy of Dramatic Arts before
returning to Canada to help found
the country’s first professional
theatre company in Ottawa. He
everitually settled in Vancouver

for a lifelong career, passing or
his skills and experience to
generations of actors. Jackson

Columbia’s coast,” she said. “I also
do hiking tours and have worked
as a saltwater fishing guide.

“Right now I’m taking a course to
get my 60-ton skipper’s ticket,”
she added. “I hope to captain a
sailboat this spring and fall.”

Taking things season by season,
Michelle said that her schedule is
so busy that even she is having
a difficult time keeping it all
straight.

“It’s challenging, but right now

it’s fun,” she said. “I love the
variety and I'd like to own my own
boat one day and do sailing tours.”

Jackson Davies

first came to nationwide attention
in TV's long-running [he
Beachcombers, and has since been
busy as a producer, actor and
writer on stage, TV and movies
(Stakeout, Bird on a Wire).

by Dr. Robert Campbell

At the Council’s April meeting,
the registrar announced the
results of the recent Education
Council elections, based on the
new allocation of faculty seats
to take effect August 1, 2008.
Congratulations to Karin Jager
(Fine and Applied Arts division),
Marion Haythorne (Business
division), Susan Hogan (Toursm
and Howe Sound division),
Laurie Jensen and Gordon
Rudolph (Student Services
division, Sunshine Coast and
health care education). 1 was
also re-elected as the
representative from the Faculty
of Social Sciences. The sad news
about the election is that we _
still have two vacant student
seats, as no one came forward
to run. Council members believe
that students are a vital part of
the organization and we may
have to develop creative ways _
to encourage more participation.

To replace the recently retired
Jim Cooke, Council elected
Jackie Snodgrass as the new
chair of the Education Council
Curriculum committee (ECCC). _

Council also chose its inaugural
members to our new Naming
Opportunities committee:
Lindsay Kasting, Nadine Bruce,
Catherine Vertesi, and Stephen
Williams. This committee is a

Student opportunities expand

A recent $20,000 donation from RBC

will benefit Capilano students in
the Itlustration/Design Elements &

Applications (IDEA), Acting for Stage

and Screen, and Musical Theatre
programs. Students from the IDEA
program are pictured with the
original artwork from their latest
Reflections series and are joined in

the back row by RBC representatives

(left to right): Candace Dennis,
senior account manager; Robert
Merrell, RBC branch manager; and
Brian Williams, vice-president,
Commercial Financial Services.
Since November 2007, RBC has
provided Capilano with a total of
$45,000 to support its programs
and student educational
experiences.

Retired Capilano English faculty
member, Bill Schermbrucker, and
English instructor, Bob Sherrin,
have signed a contract with
Pearson Educational to produce a
new and much expanded version
of The Aims and Strategies of
Good Writing. Bill wrote the
original version of this text in
1976, and Bob produced a revised
edition in 2004. Both versions
have been produced in-house at
Capilano for many years. The
Pearson Educational edition is
scheduled to be released in the
Canadian market in 2011 with an
initial print run of 30,000 copies.

ittle unusual in that it will act
the behalf of Council and
irectly advise the College

ard regarding the naming of
ildings, spaces and programs.

inally, we had a spirited,
General discussion on the new
timetable grid that is to go into
ffect for the fall term. Council
has decided that it will continue
to meet on the first Tuesday of

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