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Exploring
opportunities

Two visitors from the University of
Isfahan in Iran, along with two
representatives from the North
Shore's Iranian community, toured
the North Vancouver campus of
Capilano College on January 19.
The distinguished guests were
exploring the possibility of
collaborating with Simon Fraser
University and Capilano College on
future educational initiatives.

New parking
restrictions

As part of the Seymour-Capilano
Water Filtration Project, the Greater
Vancouver Regional District will be
upgrading roads that border the
North Vancouver campus of Capilano ©
College. Due to this construction
activity that will begin in April,
some of the parking on the District
of North Vancouver roadways will be
eliminated.

The College has been working with
the GVRD and the DNV to keep the
disruption of any construction
activity to a minimum. Parking on
roadways north of Purcell Way will
be eliminated except for the
following areas:

e the west side of Lillooet, south
of Inter-River Road

© on Monashee Road, south of
Tantalus

The DNV will not be reinstating
parking on these roadways once
construction is completed in
September 2004.

a ee i the rallese Liberal
Arts university transfer student,
Jason Brawn, sets a good example
of how the program is working i in

the community. He is in his fourth
term at the College and wants to
teach at the post-secondary level.

Full story online —

Core skills
explored

Submitted by Dr. Frank Harris

The statement: “Students
should leave the College with

.. skills ...that will enable
them to become independent
learners and thinkers... isin —
the College Mission and Values
document. At the January
Education Council meeting,
Council agreed to set up a
committee chaired by Dr. Mark
Battersby to explore how the
College implements that
statement. The Sunshine Coast
Trades Entry Certificate program
received final approval. The
Musical Theatre program
received approval in principle.

| Minimal educational require-

ments for hiring instructors in
the University Transfer areas
were approved.

Budget forum

A forum on the College budget
process will be held on Monday,
March 8 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
in the Cedar building, room 148.
Education Council Budget
committee members include:
Dr. Robert Campbell, James
Cooke, Marion Cragg (chair),
Dr. Bill Gibson, Dr. Frank
Harris, Lynne Somerville,

and Ben West. For more
information, visit the College
intranet minutes for Education
Council.

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