Vol. XVII
No. 1
January 18/95

@ ex Capilano

Informer

ex College

Institution of First Choice * Dedicated to Excellence * Leader in Education

The Gift of Life

Making a Decision
About Organ Donation

any people in B.C. are waiting

for the gift of life to enable them
to experience a healthier and happier
life. Often, this selfless donation from a
deceased person is their last hope for
treatment due to organ failure, and they
spend their days waiting for a suitable
donor organ to be found.

Transplant success rates have risen
dramatically over the past few years
and as a result, referrals to the donor
program and the need for many more
donors has also increased.

Karen Klaver, who works in the
circulation area of the Capilano College
Library, knows firsthand how it feels to
be waiting for that call to say that a
suitable donor has ben found. Her
husband, Nico, was stricken with a
crippling heart disease
(cardiomyopathy) two months ago and
at the age of 40 has been told that he
needs a new heart. Lacking the energy
needed to complete a day of work, he
waits at home for a call on his pager
telling him that a potential match has
been located, giving him hope for a
return to a healthier lifestyle.

The Provincial Organ Retrieval Team
(PORT) facilitates the identification and
maintenance of organ donors and
retrieval and distribution of the organs.
How can you become a organ donor?
The decision to become a donor is a
deeply personal one, but it is also very
important to inform your family of your

generosity

ORGAN DONATION

your next-of-kin will be the person
legally responsible.

Donor cards and more information are
available by calling the B.C. Transplant
Society at 877-2100, or Health Services,

local 2964. Organ donors save lives.

Auait Team
Visits College

y the time this newsletter is

published, the External Audit Team
will be in the process of completing more
than 100 interviews of members of the
College community. Team members are
visiting the campus between January 17
and 20 to audit the recently published Self
Study Report.

After an 18 month long process, the
Internal Evaluation Committee
completed its final report in November
1994 and copies are available from the
Library and other selected locations.

“The External Team’s visit determines
the internal report’s credibility,” said
Richard Longworth, chair of the Internal
Evaluation Committee. “An internal
evaluation report is required every five
years from all post-secondary institutions
in B.C.”

Members of the External Audit Team
are: Earl Bloor, dean of Applied
Industrial Technology, University
College of the Cariboo; Dexter MacRae,
manager of Cooperative Education,
University College of the Fraser Valley;
Jacqie Thachuk, vice president,
Education Academic and Applied
Studies, Kwantlen College; Andrew
Bachelder, student at Malaspina
University College; Lenora Joe,
education coordinator, Sechelt Indian
Band; Joanne Yacheson, manager of
Continuing Education, Okanagan
University College; and Richard
Hopkins, instructor, English Department,
Langara College.

The results of the External Team’s
findings will be presented to the College
community on January 20 at an open
forum in the Cedar building, room 148,

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