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1964 The school boards of North

and West Vancouver, Howe Sound
and Sechelt form a committee to
determine the need for a community
college to serve the North Shore.

1967 The proposal to build a college
on the North Shore passes by a
plebiscite— 67% by North and West
Vancouver and the Howe Sound. The
motion was defeated in Sechelt.

1968 The provincial government
grants approval and Capilano College
gets its name selected from approxi-
mately 45 submissions made by
North Shore residents.

Capilano opens on September 10
with 784 students attending classes
in portable buildings attached to
West Vancouver Secondary School,
as well as at other locations scat-
tered throughout the North Shore
community.

Alf Glenesk is named principal of
Capilano College (1968-1974),

1970 The Capilano College Foundation
was created to provide scholarships
and bursaries for students.

1972 Construction begins on the
North Vancouver campus, then
called Lynnmour.

1973 The permanent 13-hectare
(34-acre) North Vancouver campus
opens with 1,965 students in atten-
dance. The first vocational programs are
offered in portable buildings brought
from West Vancouver Secondary.

The original Library building opens.
It is the first permanent structure at
the North Vancouver campus.

Two art classes, English, psychology
and philosophy classes are offered
in the fall in Squamish. Classes are
held in the home of Squamish resident,
Avrille Gosling.

1974 The Learning Centre in Squamish
opens on Cleveland Avenue. It houses
an office, student services, and art
classes.

Peter Spratt is named principal of
Capilano College (1974-1976).

1976 Dr. Doug Jardine is named
acting principal of Capilano College
(1976-1977).

The Arbutus building at the North
Vancouver campus opens.

1977 The Sunshine Coast School
District becomes part of Capilano’s
region and the first college classes
are offered on the second floor of
an office building on Cowrie Street
in Sechelt.

Dr. Paul Gallagher is named principal

of Capilano College (1977-1985).

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1979 The first Squamish campus
opens at 37827 Second Avenue.

1986 The Sechelt campus moves to a
building on Inlet Avenue and offers
four credit classes, two vocational
programs and several non-credit
workshops.

1982 The Fir building at the North
Vancouver campus opens.

1985 Dr. Douglas Jardine becomes
president of Capilano College
(1985~1995).

1987 The Sechelt campus opens
a new permanent facility at 5627
Inlet Avenue.

1990 Capilano offers a collaborative
degree in Music Therapy with the
B.C. Open University.

4991 Construction of the Cedar
building at the North Vancouver
campus is completed. It adds three
floors of classroom and faculty office
space, plus a 90-seat lecture theatre.

The Sportplex is completed in the
fall, marking the beginning of
development of the south campus in
North Vancouver.

The Horticulture building at the
North Vancouver campus opens.

1992 Capilano offers a collaborative
degree in Jazz Studies with the B.C.
Open University.

1993 The new Library building opens
at the North Vancouver campus, tripling
the size of existing library space.

Capilano offers a collaborative
degree in Business Administration
with the B.C. Open University.

Capilano awards its first associate
degrees at a graduation ceremony
on May 27. Nineteen students
receive either an Associate of Arts
or Associate of Science degree.

1995 The official opening for the
new Squamish campus at 1150
Carson Place is held.

Dr. Greg Lee becomes president of
Capilano College (1995-present).

1996 The Birch building at the North
Vancouver campus is completed.

It houses a 375-seat performance
theatre, classrooms and student
services. It also provides teaching

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space to accommodate 400 new full-
time students.

The new Capilano College Child Care
Centre opens. It can accommodate
79 children, from infants to five
year olds.

1997 Capilano becomes a charter
member of the Tourism Degree
Consortium and sole Lower Mainland
transfer destination for Tourism diploma
grads seeking degrees in Tourism.
The degree is offered in partnership
with the B.C. Open University.

Capilano leads a campaign to permit
B.C. colleges to grant their own degrees.

2003 Capilano College is authorized
by the provincial government on
May 16 to become the first college
in B.C. to independently grant applied
degrees in its own name. The degrees
are in Music Therapy, Jazz Studies,
Business Administration, and Tourism
Management.

2004 Capilano is named by the
provincial government as host of the
BC Centre for Tourism Leadership
and Innovation (now called LinkBC).

2005 Capilano submits an application
for consideration for accreditation to
the Northwest Commission on Colleges
and Universities. The application is
accepted and a self-study steering
committee is formed.

2007 The self-study required by

the NWCCU accreditation process

is completed. A 12-member NWCCU
accreditation team comes to
Capilano for a three-day visit to
evaluate the self-study to determine
if Capilano meets eligibility require-
ments for accreditation.

Capilano begins a campaign to change
its designation to regional university.

2008 Capilano’s president, Dr. Greg Lee,
and vice-president, Academic, Jackie
Snodgrass, meet with 23 commission-
ers from the NWCCU for a discussion
regarding Capilano’s candidacy for
accreditation. Candidacy for accredita-
tion with the NWCCU is granted. The
NWCCU makes four recommendations
that Capilano must address before
initial accreditation is granted.

Capilano joins ranks with other
members of the OpenCourseWare
consortium started in 2002 by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) and officially launches its
OpenCourseWare (OCW) website.

April 25, 2008: Capilano College is
redesignated a university!

by Dr. Robert Campbell

First, on behalf of Education
Council, I want to thank all
those within the institution

and the literally thousands in
the broader community who
assisted in our campaign to
become a university. After _
the university legislation is _
proclaimed, Education Council
will be eventually replaced by a
Senate, whose composition and
function will be similar, but not
the same, as Education Council.

At our April meeting, we
welcomed our newest member, _
Hali Downs, who is the Capilano
Student Union representative.
As a guest we also welcomed
David Kirk, who is the new
First Nations Advisor. Capilano
has approximately 220 First
Nations students.
Registrar Itidal Sadek |
announced that Capilano will
be granting approximately 175
bachelor degrees. Speaking
of degrees, we also gave final _
approval to a new bachelor’s
degree in Early Childhood
Care and Education and a new
sociate of Arts degree in
Creative Writing.

Casey Dorin gave an update
on the Olympics. Capilano is
pursuing a variety of initia-.
tives with VANOC. Our primary
emphasis is to secure “excellent
hands-on opportunities for _
Capilano students leading up to
and during the Winter Olympic
Games.” _
Finally, Shoshana Somerville
was re-elected as vice-chair of.
nd I was re-elected as

Shelley Kean, editor

_skean@capcollege C.ca
Tel: 604.983.7596

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