Teachers attend Cap seminar

Sixty secondary school teachers, many from
the North Shore, but some from as far away
as Prince George, Cranbrook, and Peace
River, attended Vanstat '86, the college's
third workshop on the teaching of
statistics and probability on February 21-
22. The participants reviewed statistical
standards in high school curriculum and
possible changes as well as latest
techniques in exploring data, simulation,
and information sampling. Ted Bentley
organized the event, but the workshops
were led by three secondary school
teachers—Jim Swift (an expert in
statistical curriculum), Jim Nakamoto, and
Brian Graham. Bentley says that the
response from participants was "very
positive" and describes the exercise as a
valuable experience for participants, and
helpful in continuing the college's
liaison with North Shore teachers. He was
particularly pleased to note that the
event was attended by private as well as
public school teachers. The department is
considering hosting another Vanstat

some time in the future.

New student play - and dinner!

Our Theatre department has come up with a
new idea this spring for all those people
who like to make an evening of dinner and
the theatre—a special combined package
featuring show tickets and dinner at
Lonsdale's Restaurant for $10.95 per
person. The package will be available for
the full run of the new production, "The
St. Nicholas Hotel - Wm. Donnelly Prop.",
which starts on Wednesday, March 12 at
Presentation House Studio Theatre. This is
the second in a trilogy of plays by James
Reaney on the infamous "Black Donnelly's
of rural Ontario in the 1870's, and
performances will be held Wednesday to
Saturday March 12 to 15, and Tuesday to
Saturday, March 18 to 22 at 8 pm each
evening. Tickets are $6 weekdays or $7 on
weekends, with discounts for students,
seniors and advance tickets purchased from
cast members or the Humanities Division
Box office on the fourth floor of H
building. More details about this play

are available from local 498 and will also
be appearing in the next Informer.

Come what May...

The week of May 22-29 is going to be
anywhere from busy to frantic for Cap
College folks who are involved in
conferences and/or graduation. The World
Congress on Education and Technology is
being held in Vancouver from May 22-25,
and is preparing for 10,000 delegates from
all over the globe who have succumbed to
the double temptation of plenary sessions
in B.C. Place Stadium and a visit to Expo.
Directly on its heels, and hoping to
attract someof its distinguished attendees
will be the ACCC Conference in Calgary
from May 26-29, with more than 80 sessions
scheduled. Simultaneous with the ACCC

will be the 1986 Distance Education
Conference at the Airport Inn in Richmond
from May 27-29. Co-hosted by the OLI and ~
Knowledge Network, this will feature
speakers from the United Kingdom, Hong
Kong, and Australia. Finally, right in the
middle of all that, but certainly not
Teast, will be the Capilano College
graduation on Saturday, May 24.

The World Congress has so far received
more than 3,500 early registrations, a
process which is strongly recommended as
registration fees go up from $475 to $600
on March 15. To date, registrations have
been received from 18 nations and 37 U.S.
states. If you are still gasping over the
registration fee, please note that one-
day fees are available, and for groups of
ten or more can be reduced to as little as
$40. For details call the B.C. Association
of School Trustees at 734-2721.

The ACCC conference at the Calgary
Conference Centre, will be featuring such
guests as the Hon. Flora MacDonald,
Minister of Employment and Immigration,
Dr. Stuart Smith, head of the Science
Council of Canada, and Donald Clarke,
president of the National Association for
Industry-Education Cooperation, as well as
many other academic, business and industry
leaders. Registration for that conference
will begin on site on May 25.

Graduation to be all wet?

But, of far more interest to more people
at Cap is the question: Did Paul Gallagher
take the sunshine with him when he left?

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