November 15/96

Paddi Arthur

apilano College’s Board of

Governors have elected a new
chair and vice chair to serve for the
coming year.

Patricia (Paddi) Arthur, a Board
member since 1991, was elected chair.
Paddi is a partner with the law firm
Bradbrooke, Crawford and Green,
where she specializes in family law and
family law mediation. Prior to her
career in law, she was a teacher with
the West Vancouver School Board from
1975 to 1984 and president of the West
Vancouver Teachers’ Association from
1980 to 1982. A West Vancouver
resident, Paddi is a member and former
board member of the West Coast LEAF
(Legal Education and Action Fund).

North Vancouver resident Naomi
Yamamoto, a Board member since
1995, was elected vice chair. Naomi is
the owner of Lasercolor Design and
Printing in North Vancouver. She is a
director of the North Shore
Neighbourhood House and first vice-
president of the B.C. Chamber of
Commerce.

“The Board of Capilano College is
looking forward to the opening of
several new facilities that have been
under construction at the North
Vancouver campus,” says Paddi. “This
October marks the opening of the new
Child Care Centre, which will provide
space for 76 infants, toddlers, and pre-
school aged children. In the spring of
1997, the College will hold opening
ceremonies for its new $20 million
student services and instructional

New
Members
Appointed to
Capilano
College Board
of Governors

facility. This building will house a 350-
seat performance theatre, providing our
students and communities with a fully-
equipped modern facility.

“We have also re-evaluated our
College mission statement, which
strengthens our focus on the more than
6,000 credit and 6,000 non-credit
students who are presently enrolled in
academic, career and vocation
programs. The Board, working with
College administration, faculty and
staff, will continue to play a vital role in
ensuring that programs and facilities
will be provided to contribute to the
future growth of our students and our
communities.”

Widening its community of
representation, the Board welcomes
three new members: Richard Band,
who resides in Vancouver’s West End;
Burnaby resident Severin Morin; and,
Vancouver resident Sylvia Sioufi.
Returning Board members include
Gibsons resident Ernie Tjensvold, Sam
Weller, who lives in Sechelt, student
representatives Ross Bliss and Jenn
Pearce, and Mark Battersby and
Laraine Hamilton, representing the
faculty and staff, respectively.

Capilano College serves the Lower
Mainland, Howe Sound and the
Sunshine Coast through campuses in
North Vancouver, Squamish and
Sechelt.

Nominations
Accepted for ACCC
Awards Program

he 1997 Association of Canadian
Community Colleges (ACCC)
Awards program is once again accepting
nominations for the following six
categories:
: staff excellence
* program excellence
- student leadership excellence
- teaching excellence
- leadership excellence
* international affairs excellence

Featuring both a national and
international scope, the awards showcase
the extraordinary contribution of
individual or institutional achievement.

ACCC member institutions may
submit one nomination per category.
Nominations must be received by the
ACCC Secretariat no later than
December 6, 1996. Award winners in
each ACCC Awards category will be
announced in March 1997. For more
information, please contact John Potts,
dean, Business, Human Services and
International Programs at local 2988, or
Bill Gibson, vice president, Academic
Affairs, at local 2740.

Arrangements Four B. C ‘winners were
named in the competition, which

attracted more than 550 entries from _
_across Canada. Claire Mulligan w
the first prize winner, taking home _
$1,000 for her short story, Reading —
‘Abigail. Honorable mentions went fon

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