Millennium
project wraps

The final stage of the Visions

of the North Shore Millennium
Project, which has been ongoing
for the past two and a half years,
is now complete. The project
wrapped up when the last of

12 heritage site markers was put

in place in May. Twelve sites
across the North Shore (four in
each municipality) were identified
and their historic and cultural
significance was researched. Twelve
print artists were commissioned

to create an original work reflecting
a historic narrative and the First
Nations place name associated with
the site. Seven of the 12 are either
art instructors at Capilano College
or associated with the Capilano
College Art Institute. The 12 artists
are: (from Capilano College)

Joan Smith, Setsuko Piroche,
Wayne Eastcott, Bonnie Jordan,
Taiga Chiba, Jean C. Morrison,
Pierre Coupey; (from the North
Shore community) Jennifer Judge,
Damian George, Arnold Shives,
Xwa-lack tun (Rick Harry), and
Ross Penhall.

President joins the Rotary Club

Dr. Greg Lee, president of Capilano College,
was welcomed March 15 as a new honorary
member of the Rotary Club of Lions Gate in
North Vancouver. At the meeting, Greg talked
about the future of post-secondary education
and the market forces shaping curriculum.

Students win
scholarships

Three students in the Graphic
Design and Illustration/IDEA
program at Capilano College were
recent recipients of scholarships
from the British Columbia and Yukon
Community Newspaper Association.
Leslie McGuffin, Nathalie Pilkington
and Angie Roussin were selected by
program faculty and received $500
each. The BCYCNA presents $15,000
annually in scholarships to college
and university students, encouraging
the bright and talented of B.C. and
the Yukon to work in the community
newspaper industry. The scholarships
are available to students of
journalism, marketing, graphic
design, and sales. The BCYCNA is a
non-profit membership organization
representing community newspapers
throughout British Columbia and
the Yukon. Today it has a membership
of 99 newspapers with a combined
readership of 2.3 million. The
smallest newspaper circulates a little
more than 1,000 copies each week
and the largest, more than 100,000.

(l-r) College president, Dr. Greg Lee,
watches with cultural services manager
for the District of West Vancouver,
Oksana Dexter (far right), as executive
director of the North Vancouver
Community Arts Council, Linda Feil,
delivers a cheque for $5,000 to

Lana Robinson, executive director

of the Capilano College Foundation.
The money is to cover some of the
costs of Graduated Perspectives, a
fundraising event held at the College.

College news

Textile Arts students Svetlana
Bardos (left) and Fariba Mirzaie.

Student scarves
used as gifts

City of North Vancouver Mayor
Barbara Sharp recently
commissioned four Capilano
College Textile Arts students to
produce 35 scarves to be used
as gifts for visiting dignitaries.
“The mayor said she had tons
of ties to give to men, but
nothing to offer women visitors,”
said program coordinator, —
Ruth Scheuing. “Plus, she said
she wanted to use work from
artists in the community as
well as do more work with
the College.” The students,
Natalie Granbow, Svetlana
Bardos, Fariba Mirzaie and
Vanessa Cunnington, were paid
for their work, which presented
them with the chance to learn
how to write up an invoice. “The
commission gave the students
the opportunity to interact in
a business environment,” Ruth
said, “plus it taught us that we
should do more of this type of
entrepreneurship in the future
to give students practical real
life experience.”