THE INFORMER PAGE 9

MARCH 31, 1992

People

Labour Studies has lost three of its instructors to prestigious
positions in their fields. Connie Munro has been appointed
Chief Appeal Commissioner of the Workers’ Compensation
Board; Paul Petrie is Registrar and Appeal Commissioner of the
Workers’ Compensation Board, and Stan Lanyon is Commis-
sioner at the Industrial Relations Council. Program coordinator
Betty Merrall says: “Labour Studies is wondering if this is
enough recognition for the time being? It won’t be easy to find
replacements for these accomplished instructors.”

Congratulations to Lars Kaario and the Capilano College
Singers. Lars conducts the choir, which is one of two in B.C.
selected to compete at the national level in the chamber choirs
category of a CBC radio competition. The competition finals
will be heard on “Choral Concert” on CBC Stereo beginning
Sun. April 26, and choirs from all regions will be heard on May
10. The winners will be announced May 17.

The College Singers have also been invited to perform for the
Kelowna Philharmonic Festival Society’s Summer Festival July
6 - 8. They will earn a $2,000 fee.

The busy Lars also just lead a vocal workshop with Phyllis
Mailing titled “Your Voice in the Choir” for the B.C. Choral
Federation, and he will be conducting the Community Choir and
the College Singers in Brahms, A German Requiem in a concert
on April 12. (See the calendar for details.)

Congratulations to John Pass (Sechelt ABE) whose book of
poetry, The Hour’s Acropolis (Harbour 1991) has been short-
listed for the B.C. Book awards. The winners will be announced
May 9.

Ted Kingan (Art Department) exhibited in a group show in
Paris recently. The show, titled “Jeu Overt,” took place at
ACTUAL gallery on rue de Chantilly. For those who'd like a
shorter trip to see Ted’s work, it is being displayed at the
Seymour Gallery in the new Deep Cove Cultural Centre, open-
ing April 2. The show, “4 by 4,” features works by Gordon
Smith, Arnold Chives, Ted Kingan, and Bill Featherstone, and
their four protegés (including a student from Cap’s Studio Art
Program).

SEYMOUR ART GALLERY

The pleasure of your company is
requested at the opening of the
premiére exhibition in the

new gallery at,

4360 Gallant Avenue
North Vancouver

British Columbia, V7G 1L2
929-5744

on April 2nd 1992

from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Refreshments served

Made possible and supported by
The District of North Vancouver,
The Federal Government, and the
North Shore Arts Commission and Council

What’s New in the Library

The growing interest in Native issues has resulted in a
corresponding growth in publishing on these topics.
Here is a brief selection of our Library's holdings.

The Carriers of No

Leslie Hall Pinder KE 7739 L3 B7842 1991
Pinder, a Vancouver novelist and lawyer who was
involved in the Gitskan-Wet'suewet'en land claims
trial, describes in powerful and sensitive language the
testimony of a native elder and Judge McEachern's
reaction to it. Originally presented as a speech, this
brief account has now been published as a chapbook.

Okanada (video)

E 99 M8 0535 1991

This 36 minute video shows an inside view of the tense
and often brutal events of the Oka crisis during the
summer of 1990. The video was secretly shot and
smuggled past security by a Montreal journalist who
spent the 78 day Oka standoff with the Mohawks
behind barricades erected by the Canadian Armed
Forces.

Strangers Devour the Land

Boyce Richardson E99 C88 R52 1991

This updated edition of the 1975 account of the Cree
Indians of northern Quebec and the James Bay Hydro-
electric Project discusses how the dams have affected
both the environment and the Indians' traditional way
of life.

Other titles are:

An Iron Hand Upon the People: The Law Against the
Potlatch on the Northwest Coast

Douglas Cole E 78 N78 C632 1990

Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree
John Goddard E 78 A34 G63 1991

Native American Testimony: A Chronicle of Indian
White Relations from Prophecy to the Present, 1492-
1992

Edited by Peter Nabokov E93 N3 1991

Reaching Just Settlements: Land Claims in British
Columbia, Proceedings of a Conference held Feb.
21-22, 1990

E 78 B9 R42 1991