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DECEMBER 1, 1989

Faculty Development, cont'd.

Deadline for submission of proposals: January 1, 1989

NISOD MEMBERSHIP:

The faculty development committee is currently
canvassing faculty for their opinion of the NISOD bulletins
and of our continuing membership in NISOD. You will
shortly receive a very brief questionnaire. Please take a
moment to complete it and return it to Reid Gilbert by
December 15, 1989. The questions will take just a minute or

two to answer; please help us survey this issue so that the
Committee can properly advise the College. Thanks

Advance Notice of Spring Conferences, PD Meetings:

A listing of conferences, meetings and seminars of local
focus which are upcoming in the next few months has been
compiled by the Development Centre in Victoria. This
listing is available in the library, from the Faculty
Development Reference Vertical File; please enquire at the
circulation desk.

December 1, World AIDS Day

For the second year in a row, the World Health
Organization has chosen to focus on AIDS for Its day
of global discussion. This year, the discussion Is
directed to youth.

At the third annual AIDS conference held earlier this
week in Vancouver, we learned some startling and
sobering statistics.

As of September /89, the total number of AIDS cases
In Canada was close to 3,000. With 600 cases, B.C.
has the highest number of cases per capita in the
country.

In the U.S., the number of teenagers with AIDS has
Increased over 40 per cent in the past two years.
Many people in their twenties who now have the
disesase were probably infected In their
adolescence. This scenario Is reflected in B.C. as the
number of teenagers who tested HIV positive now
total 88, more than double the number last year.

The conference further reported that today's young
must be the focus of education and be given basic,
practical knowledge for use in their daily lives.

An AIDS informaiton week is planned for the end of
January or early February.

CAPILANO COLLEGE HEALTH SERVICES (2964)

Ring Found

A woman's gold ring has been found in the library. Ask for
Karen.

“Fuel ... check. Lights ... check. Oil pressure ...
check. We've got clearance. OK, Jack—let’s get
this baby off the ground.”