SQUAMISH TIMES

April 19, 1983

page 5

New Capilano College buildinQ dedicated
The new multi-purpose building
at Capilano College campus on
Purcell Way in North Vancouver
was officially opened and
dedicated at a ceremony held at
the site on Tuesday, April 12, at
1:30 p.m.
The Honourable William
Vander Zalm, Minister of Education, officiated at the ceremony at
which mayors from a number of
communities and members of
educational institutions were present.
In a short talk, interrupted by
hecklers from the campus groups
who carried signs urging people to
vote for the NOP, Vander Zalm
said attending events like this has
become somewhat of a routine as
we have seen considerable expansion of colleges in B.C.
He said there are still further
needs and he hoped there would
be many more openings such as
this one.
In a reference to the presence of
the hecklers he said he was pleased
Social Credit candidates Angus
Ree and Jack Davis, who were in
the audience, had not brought out
forces with signs because "I didn't
want this to become a political
meeting."
He commented on all the expansion which had taken place in

community colleges in the past ten
years and said it was due to people
who are working and paying taxes
to provide this education facility.
Hilda Rizun, chairman of the
college council, said, "Capilano is
not your typical Lower Mainland
college, because the needs of our
region are very diversified.
"Our college is much more than
just a symbol," she said. "It really means something to our communities. The people of B.C. provided the funds for it and this
building was completed on time
and on budget."
Principal Paul Gallagher told
the gathering that the college came
to the Lynnmour site in 1973 after
spending some time in various
other scattered locations.
"In 1975 we acquired the north
campus facilities and in 1976
began to serve other parts of the
district. Today we are officially
opening a building which has been
in operation since June of last
year."
The new $9.5 million building
houses music labs and studios,
computer terminal labs, office
training labs, a health lab, science
labs for biology, chemistry and
physics, faculty offices, study
space and a college meeting room.
At the north end of the building
is a shops wing with three shops
for heavy vocational programs.
Opening of this building enabled the college to consolidate all of
its programs and offices on the
north shore.

Unveiling the plaque at the dedication ceremonies at Capilano College. Holding it are college
council chairman Hilda Rizun and Education Minister Bill Vander Zalm.

A sketch of the new multi-purpose baildtfll at C.,Uno CoU.,
officially dedicated last week.

Education Minister William
Vander Zalm who offldated at the
dedication of the new multipurpose building at Capilano Col
lege on Tuesday, April 12.