NORTH SHORE NEWS

FEBRUARY 17, 1989

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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

CIDA to give Cap · College·
$2.25m towards programs
CAPILANO COLLEGE has
just signed a contract with
the Cana dian International
Dev el o p m en t Ag en cy
(CIDA) ensuring that two of
the College's international
programs will receive $2.25
million in support over the
next fiveyears.
Robert Turner, the college's
dean of student and instructional
services, said the contract repre­
sents -the first time the college has
received a grant of this magnitude
from CIDA.
In 1986, the college received
$200,000 over three years from the
government
for its interna­
tional programs.
The latest contract, college
president Doug Jardine said, "is
basically CIDA saying we like
what you are doing."
CIDA senior vice-president Dr.
Lewis Perinbam believes our prO-:

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CAPILANO College president
Doug Jardine ...contract. "is
basically CIDA saying we like
what you are doi�g."
grams are "unique, innovative and
entrepreneurial," added Turner.
"When he travels all over Canada

and to other countries he uses Cap
as an example of energy and in­
novation applied to international
education."
Up to now, the College's Inter­
national Co-operative Education
program, which trains qualified
students for work in the Asia
Pacific region, and CANASEAN,
which brings together business
managers from Canada and
Southeast Asian nations, were
operating on minimal budgets.
The infusion of funds, earmark­
ed for student support, program
development and relevant ad­
ministration and program
operating expenditures, will allow
both programs to grow and im­
prove.
Bob Bagshaw, coordinator of
the co-op· program, associate dean
Jon Jessiman, Turner and others
have been pursuing CIDA support
·since last spring.
The first cheque for $445,000
will arrive soon, Turner said.