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PRINCIPAL’S NEWSLETTER

MAY, 1971

VOLUME 3 NUMBER

Mobile counselling service
will visit beaches, parks

Infor-m-otion will be on the move on the
North Shore this summer.

This is the title given a community mobile
career counselling service that will visit
B secondary schools, beaches, parks, street
corners and other places where young people
congregate.

It will be monned initially by an experienced
counsellor with an extensive background in
working with young people. However, if
anticipated federal. grants are received to
finance the project, it will also be staffed
by an additional 25 student assistants.

“The idea,”’ says bearded Tim Hollick-
Kenyon, director of student services at
Capilano College, “is to rap with the kids
on their ground providing career and other
information as needed.

“You see them all summer, sitting around
the beaches or the parks, with very little to
do and lots of time to do it in. Some are
disheartened because they cannot find jobs,
others just don’t know what they want to
do. Often all they want is someone to talk
to. They don’t get much help from one
onother,

dents at Ambleside Park.

“Many times | have sat down on the grass
at Ambleside Park and struck up a conver-
sation with a group of young people. You
would be amazed at the questions they ask.
Many are really looking for help.

“The idea for Infor-m-otion — a Volks-
wagen bus fitted out os a travelling office
— stemmed from meetings of represen-
tatives of different community groups
such as the school board, YMCA, church
groups, Capilano College, and others who
were concerned about lack of counselling
facilities for young people in the community.
“Certainly, the schools have their counsel-
lors, but they have heavy loads to carry and
often the best counselling environment isn’t
an office in a school,’ says Hollick-Kenyon.
“This service is designed to act as a sup-
plementary career counselling resource to
secondary schoo! counsellors. It will reach
out to young people in the areas where they
congregrate, and deal only with their areas
of concern.

“The
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provide information to
students in selecting career goals.
This information will include job oppor-
tunities, forecasted manpower needs, and

availability of higher education.”

service will

Hollick-Kenyon says another important area
of counselling will be providing help for
students who have medical or emotional
problems

“lf necessary, we will make direct contact

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