A Supplement to The Informer

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

FEBRUARY 27, 1991

CONFERENCE GRANT RECIPIENTS

The Faculty Development Committee has approved another
round of conference grants and is pleased to announce the
following awards:

Don Basham, Outdoor Recreation, $1000, to attend the Event
Marketing Conference, "Sponsorship 91 - Responding to
Change", Chicago, March 17-20, 1991.

Melanie Fahlman Reid, Humanities, $1000, to attend the
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages 1991
Convention, New York, March 24-28, 1991. Melanie will

present a paper with Nicholas Collins on their team-taught -

course of English and ESL.

Alan Gilchrist, Natural Sciences, $650, to attend the 18th C,
(College Chemistry Canada) in Quebec City, June 13-15,
1991. Alan will present a C, paper entitled "Chemistry in a
Canadian Context".

Towser Jones, Social Sciences, $780, to attend the Canadian
Rockies Great Teachers’ Seminar, June 16-21, 1991 at Nakoda
Lodge, Alberta.

“Ethelyn McInnes-Rankin, Counselling, $1000, to attend the
National Association for Foreign Student Advising:
International Educators 43rd Annual Conference in Boston,
MA, May 22-27, 1991.

Susan Mitchell, Counselling, $140, to attend "Breakthrough
Strategies for Managing Disruptive Behaviour" presented by
the Canadian Crisis Intervention Institute, Vancouver,
February 22, 1991.

Betty Nichol, Adult Basic Education, $510, to attend the
Conference of the Adult Basic Education Association of B.C.
in Prince Rupert, April 10-13, 1991.

Veronica Timmons, Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, $840,
to attend the New Horizons in Tourism and Hospitality
Education, Training and Research Conference in Calgary, July
2-5, 1991.

SUMMER INSTITUTE

The University of Victoria’s Teaching and Learning Centre
announces a Faculty Development Summer Institute to be held
August 18-22, 1991. Entitled “Enhancing the Teaching
Experience", this residential institute will enable participants to

*share teaching methods that can increase enthusiasm and
energy in the classroom

*model a number of group building techniques that can lead
to better learning

*recognize that critical skills such as writing and effective
study methods have their place across the curriculum
*introduce strategies for the continuous monitoring of learning
progress.

For further information, call The Teaching and Learning Centre,
1-721-8571, or Ruth D’Hollander (local 2919 E-Mail 465).

ANNOUNCING TSC - TEXTUAL STUDIES IN CANADA -a
collaborative journal of interdisciplinary inquiry, and A CALL
FOR PAPERS

TEXTUAL STUDIES IN CANADA provides a collaborative and
interdisciplinary forum in which researchers and teachers can
address issues related to the study of texts within a Canadian
context. The editors are interested in how texts are composed,
read, and variously defined according to disciplinary and cultural
presuppositions. Appropriate subjects include Canadian literature,
popular culture, rhetoric, composition, reading theory, translation,
pedagogy, Canadian Studies, feminism, and critical theory.
TEXTUAL STUDIES IN CANADA is published in the summer
with the aid of a grant from Cariboo University College. It is a
member of the CELJ Conference of Editors of Learned Journals.

Please address enquiries and correspondence to the Editors,
TEXTUAL STUDIES IN CANADA, Dept. of English, Box 3010,
Cariboo University College, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5N3.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPINIONS AND
SUGGESTIONS

Results from the PINK FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SURVEY
have been tabulated and published. Thanks to all who contributed
to this process. Copies of the results will be circulated in
departments and suggestions will be incorporated by the Committee
in planning future events and approaches.