April 21/00

PEOPLE

Rom Capilano College vice Publishers and Interactive Broadcasting. | from Simon Fraser University. Dr. Dave
president and current president of It is available through book and fishing can now officially be known as the
Olds College in Alberta, Rob Turner, _ stores. resident Dr. of Biological Sciences at
has been awarded the National the Sechelt campus. Congratulations,
Leadership award by the Association _ Dave Bates, coordinator, Applied Dave!

of Canadian Community Colleges. Fisheries and Forestry Science at the

Nominations were received from 175 —_— Sechelt campus, has attained PhD status
Canadian colleges and institutes. Rob

is the first college president to ever
receive this prestigious award. It will
be presented to him at the annual
ACCC conference to be held in
Whitehorse, Yukon in late May.

Dean of College/Community
Partnerships, Stephanie Forsyth, will
be a keynote speaker and panellist at
the WPSE 2000 and Beyond
conference (women in post-secondary
education), to be held in early June in
White Rock, B.C. Stephanie joins a
host of other talented and
distinguished female educators,
including: Margaret Fulton, an
education consultant who holds 10
honorary degrees, was the winner of
the 1997 Governor General’s Person’s
Medal, and is an Officer of the Order
of Canada; and Kate Braid, a , ss
journey carpenter, feminist and prize- O n & fo r Oo n S !
winning poet, who teaches creative
writing at Malaspina University-

College in Nanaimo and at Simon Congratulations to the team of Karen White and Heather Plume. The

Fraser University. Chamberlin (above, second from left) competition is open to students from
and Dennis Stefani (far right), who won all B.C. post secondary institutions.

Dave Sharrock, an advisor in the Gund ovale ext oscs-erueaiebeaes This is the first time Capilano College

SN Se ie ltal ease Sie Hon Association of B.C. Marketing Case has won, although it’s the first time

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1 = - i are Study Competition last month. They are —_ Capilano College has entered. So far,
eared that Fly Fishing British seen with Tourism instructors Brian it’s not a bad track record!

Columbia, a book he designed, has
reached the B.C. best seller list. The
book was written by Karl Bruhn and
was published by Heritage House