TRADING PLACES this fall, English professors ety zi Sally Nelson from Montreal and Reid Gilbert from Capilano College chat about details of their temporary exchange. Exchange tec ching ‘makes you feel good’ The tightness of the housing market in the last few years has seen the arrival of a new phenomenon -- exchange housing -- where familhes who wish to go on a vacation or live in another city for a while. simply exchange houses with a family at their destination. Similarly, the tightness of the job market and union contracts has seen a new idea in teaching -- exchange teaching. Sally Nelson is an English professor who teaches at Dawson College and McGill University in Montreal For the last four months. however, she has been teaching at Capilano College in North Vancouver while one of the Enghsh 1n- structors from Capilano has been teaching at Dawson “On paper.” explains Nelson, “you've never really left home because you exchange everything You sibain) the other person's office. teach their courses and exchange hives | The Association ot Community Colleges of (ACCC) as overs anxious to encourage this hind of exchange because they feel strongly that itoas valuable for Canada people from different parts of Canada to hye and teach in other parts of the country Ten oor twenty Vears apo this happened omore offen as teachers Could fimd yobs castly and moved bub now Gls toe around rasky fer them ta quit a yob and sell a house with no certamty of being able to find cither clsewhere “DONT GEESTALE” Nelson agrees that its good for professors to move and adds thatatss parti ularly valuable for them students With so htthe movement in the yob market this provides a chance for the students te have some diversity of teachers and also means tha! the teachers dont pet stale and Dorin With the she said move lo Van couser Nelson certainly has had no chance to get stale The change from an inner cy university with 10,000 students attending = nine campuses to the wooded setting Capilano College with 4,000 students was enormous. “You can't teach at Dawson without hearing traffic.” pointed out Nelson. In North Vancouver, on the other hand, she found herself teaching with trees outside the window, blooming rhododendrons, and_ the sound of robins. Being able to look at the sunrise over the water from her apart- ment was the _ finishing touch Of course it isn't just the scenery that Nelson finds interesting about her = ex- change One of her great interests 1s Canadian history and literature, and from a new exposure to West Coast authors to a meeting of the Vancouver Historical Society. shes been tinding her stay exhilarating “Its fascinating now to be aware of a Western pet spective to talk te peaple in) Vaneouver and the In what thes ternor and hear have te sav You can read history and know something about the daffercenee bes ween bastern and Wester attiuludes but when yvouse been living in the place tora vear vou become oteally awateofwhal that means bor all are new students every term mstfuctors there different total Prat om stm bara raastituleeon TIC ans a charpy in students colleagues and courses [ts very stiniubating saves Sally Nelson It makes vou feel Kood Pachanpe teaching is oa sery new idea So tar there onmdy otheee oan have been stractors broom Capitan s KY on cachange one lo New toglish department York State one to Nanaine and oone of Course te Montreal But the scheme us a popular one amd ots working well For Sally been a Nelson oot tas marvellous cx penence and one that wall be continuing inthe fall when she Ue return to Vancouver to teach at Capilano’s cam- puses in North Vancouver, Squamish and_= Sechelt. There is, in fact, only one cloud on the honzon. Usually professors who exchange jobs also exchange houses or apartments, but this term Sally is in an awkward situation because her colleague in the ex- change doesn't have anywhere here for her to stay. So. one of the very things that started exchange teaching -- the tight housing market -- may well make it impossible for her to move here. Right now Sally is looking for anyone who has a house or apartment to be taken of or to sublet. Most people don't want to rent a place for four months. but Nelson points out, there are some advantages to having an exchange teacher in your place. Theyre reliable. responsible and can provide references - Sally ll even take care of the plants, pets or garden Nelson as asking anyone with a house of apartment to lef from mid August to mid December to call her at Capilane College Yo 1971 local JN before May 2% or leave dad message there at i¢rwards and she dl call from Montreal Alter to. months of living and teaching here Sally has grown to hove Nancouser And shell be Coming back This lady will be Al7-Sunday News, May 25, 1980 calling you. She will ask you to become a voluntary subscriber to the News Our voluntary subscription drive is one way that readers can help the News continue to grow with the community tt serves Subscription money will be used to make dtrect and visible improvements in the quality of this newspaper We Ddelieve the North Shore needs an honest yutsSy probing newspaper that reports the news entertains and provides communication between all facets of our Community Read the News. 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