Sunday, December 10, 2000 - North Shore News - 31

Cap's APMCP chalks
up another award
CAPILANO College's
Asia Pacific
Management
Cooperative Program
(APMCP) earned educational acclaim once
again by winning the
Outstanding Program
Award for the year
2000 from the
Canadian Bureau for
International
Education.
CBIE board director,
Catherine Vertesi, presented
the award to the College's
dean
of
International
Programs, John Potts, and to
APMCP coordinator, Cam
Sylvester, at a gala ceremony
held in November during
CBIE's annual conference in
Montreal. Also present, was
Dr. Greg Lee, president of
both CBIE and Capilano
College.
"I've only been involved
in the program since 1995,"
Potts said. "It has been successful because it has been
built by the efforts of a significant number of people
beginning in 1989. Cam and
I were in the very fortunate
position of being the two in
Montreal to receive the
award which recognizes the

work of many.
"This program was the
first in Canada to look to
Asia and place young people
there in management positions," he continued. "It was
unique then and today it has
more experience than any
other college or university in
Canada in preparing young
people to work abroad."
The
announcement
comes on the heels of the
Canadian
Manufacturers
and Exporters Hugette
Labelle award honouring
excellence in youth programming, which was presented to APMCP this past
October.
"The APMCP creates the
opportunities and the capacity for good people to make
good decisions in whatever
sector they work in, be it
private, public or not-forprofit in an international
environment," Sylvester said.
The
award-winning
APMCP is at the forefront
of training managers for
international careers and represents a promising future
for management education.
Now entering its 14th
year, the APMCP · (along
with the newly created Latin
American
Management
Program), represents a joint
partnership involving the

Canadian
and
British
Columbia
governments,
Capilano College, international and Canadian employers, donors, and students.
A wide range of candidates for the APMCP are
selected from across Canada
and around the world to
bring diverse backgrounds to
the classroom.
Nine months of academic
studies on campus are combined with a one-year paid
work term in Asia. The
internship is with companies,
non-profit organizations,
and government agencies,
and
includes
Canadian
multinationals, indigenous
corporations and international companies.
Many APMCP graduates
have remained in international work well beyond
their internship year and are
becoming leaders in the
international activities of
numerous Canadian enterprises. The alumni network
of more than 400 associates
is working in 14 Asian countries, in North America,
Europe and Africa.
.
For further information
contact the Asia Pacific
Management Cooperative
Program at 984-4981, or at
<www. capcollege. be. ca/
apmcp .>