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Program seeks community support

The Sunshine Coast campus of Capilano College is seeking support from the local business community for a new program designed to get young girls involved in trades. The campus will offer a variety of summer camps throughout July and August, with a trade camp for girls ages 13 to 17 running from July 25 to 29. Participants can expect to have serious fun while being involved in a unique and potentially life-altering experience. “The goal of the summer camp program is to give young girls an opportunity to discover trades and have an enjoyable time doing it,” says program developer Caroline Dépatie. “Statistics show that trades jobs are in high demand, yet only five per cent of trades workers are female.” The cost of sponsoring one girl in the program is $250. The program will run out of the Capilano College trades facility at Trout Lake. This facility has been made available with the support of the Sunshine Coast School District and the Sunshine Coast Alternative School.

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Spring arrives at the North Vancouver campus. Photo by Ken Barbour.

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Two free lectures

The Women’s Studies department at Capilano College will present two free lectures as part of the Thomas A. Dohm, Q.C. lecture series. Both will take place at the College’s North Vancouver campus. Poet and author, Dr. Vidyut Aklujkar, presents Power, Passion and Panache: The Feminine in Hinduism on Monday, May 30 in the Cedar building, room 148 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. The lecture will present an overview of the feminine in Hinduism with a focus on the Goddesses. Dr. Aklujkar is a research associate at the University of British Columbia and has taught courses in Philosophy and Asian Studies at UBC and in Sanskrit at Harvard University.

Syexwaliya, a member of the Squamish band, presents Women and Native Spirituality on Monday, June 13 in the Library building, room 322 from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

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Sofia Hidalgo Women’s soccer star and IDEA student, Sofia Hidalgo, and men’s basketball star and Business Administration student, Greg Jackson, captured the night’s top honours with the Female and Male Athlete of the Year Awards, respectively. The Coaching Performance Award was given to women’s basketball head coach, Paul Chiarenza. Special recognition awards were presented to former Web manager Dave O'Leary, who has left the College to accept a dean’s position at Northwest Community College, and recently retired academic advisor, Rosemary Meech. The final award was presented to Capilano College Athletic director, Joe Iacobellis. Each year, the B.C. College’s Athletic Association awards their aggregate trophy to the institution that has accumu- lated the greatest number of league and championship points in each of their intercollegiate sports. This was the third consecutive title for the College.

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