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the

informer

International Studies Co-op program starts in September

Capilano College has a new one year
program starting in September, and it will
be unique in requiring a bachelor's degree
as a pre-requisite for entrance. The
International Studies Co-operative Program
will offer direct training for a career in
Pacific Basin countries. Students will be
on campus for two semesters of instruction
in Pacific and Asian studies, including
language and cultural training, and they
will then be employed for 4-12 months in
Canada or overseas. Career targets for
this new program include areas such as
finance, international marketing,
development, applied technology, education,
planning, and government and non-
government agencies.

Among the new courses that will be offered
as part of this program will be university

Above: Laura Wee Lay Laq (left) works ona
pot alongside of students Irene Hayman and

Poh Choo Tay in the Primitive Pottery
workshop.

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transferable language courses in Mandarin
and Japanese, which will be open to all
students. Other courses will include a
Pacific and Asian Studies seminar anda
Cross-Cultural seminar.

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Westcoast Reader wins Award

Joan Acosta, English as a Second Language
instructor and Editor of the tremendously
successful "Westcoast Reader" recently
received word that she and the paper have
won a prestigious award. She was selected
a Grand Award recipient of the Family
Circle/CPDA Leaders of Readers Recognition
Award. This American award also comes with
$5,000 U.S. for the Westcoast Reader. Joan
has been invited to attend a special
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Potters participate

Primitive Pottery was
the topic of a recent
successful workshop run
through Extension
programs with instructor
Laura Wee Lay Laq, a
Salish Indian and
graduate of Douglas
College, and honours
graduate of the
Vancouver School of Art.
Eleven students, many
of them experienced
potters, worked with
hand-built forms which
were painted with slips
(coloured clays) or
left plain, and then
were burnished by

being rubbed with shiny
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