Sechelt Campus

ean Bennett, program consultant for
J Contract Services and Extension
Division in Sechelt, is considered the
“new kid on the block.” She took up her
position on January 2, 1996 to look at
the needs of the Sunshine Coast and to
develop non-credit programs that
respond to those needs.

“Continuing education, which was
run by the school board, ceased to exist
up here a couple of years ago,” she
says, “sO our programs will fill the gaps
not filled by the Recreation
Commission and the Arts Council, who
picked up some of the continuing ed
courses.”

needs of our students. They are a high
achievement group and_ the
entrepreneurial skills they are
learning are skills most of us are
going to need in the 90s and beyond.
We really want the students to achieve

financial independence. They are
responding toa changing economic
environment and that is really
commendable.”

—Diédra Goodwin, project
manager, Entrepreneurship in
Adventure Tourism

Diédra Goodwin (above),
“This program is geared towards the project manager,
Entrepreneurship in
Adventure Tourism

Jean, who moved to Grantham’s
Landing in August 1995, wants to
support the work of the local Learning
Council to broaden the literacy base on
the coast and assist workers affected by
shifts in the labour market.

“T look at what’s unique about the
Sunshine Coast and offer people
programming that would create a place
where they would like to come to study.

“Another thing I’m interested in is
looking at how to collaborate with other
community groups to form natural kinds
of partnerships. Enhancing the sense that
the College belongs to the community is
really important to me.”

Tourism program students in

back of the Sechelt campus
(above) and in the computer lab
(below)