Jessiman — from Maritime and Shipping Law to Capilano

Jon Jessiman, newly appointed Associate
Dean of Career/Vocational Programs, brings
to his job a most interesting background
in the fields of education and law. A
relative newcomer to Capilano, Jessiman
started teaching here in 1983, but he is
no newcomer to teaching. Jessiman started
his university career at UBC where he did
his BA, LL.B. (Bachelor of Law) and LL.M;
he then did his doctorate in Law at the
University of London. He was called to the
bar in 1963 and practised law for about 20
years, specializing in maritime and
shipping law, international trade, and
commercial transactions.

Jessiman has taught Law at UBC,

and lectured for the Vancouver Peoples

Law School. He has numerous publications,
particularly in the field of maritime law,
and belongs to a number of professional
associations, including the Canadian Assn.
of Law Teachers, the Canadian Assn. of
University Teachers, the Canadian Maritime
Law Association, and the Vancouver Board
of Trade. On the North Shore, he is on the
College-instigated North Shore Economic
Development Committee, and chairs the
Advisory Board of the North Shore Economic
Development Centre (funded through Cap).

Jon is married, has two children, and lists.
his leisure interests as tennis, soccer,
sailing, hiking, music, theatre, and
travel. We welcome him, a little belatedly,
to his new position on the administration.

College to play role in Sunshine Coast Ski Project

Capilano College has been getting involved
in a great many community projects lately,
and one of them is a cross-country ski
project on the Sunshine Coast. The
Tetrahedron Ski Club has received a
federal grant under the Job Development
Program of the Department of Employment
and Immigration to build cabins and ski
trails in the Mount Steele-Tannis Lake
area. The project has an educational
component--the eight people hired for
approximately ten months will be trained
in log cabin building, chainsaw use,
industrial first aid, and trail engineering,
and at the end of the project will take a
job search component offered through this

College. In that component they will take
the skills they've learned and build
resumes to aid in the search for future
employment. When completed, the ski area
will become the property of the Ministry
of Forests recreation system.

The Outdoor Recreation department has

been peripherally involved inthis project.
At least one graduate of the program is
very much involved with the Tetrahedron
Ski Club, and first year student Wayne Sim
has been working on the proposal as part
of his volunteer work project for his

Cap College program.