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; “It makes you realize what } you are ‘capable of,”

says

Patricia Cowan,

Employee Relations

Assistant for MacMillan Bloedel.

She’s not talking about
some kind of social program.
It's Simon Fraser Univer-
sity’s year-old Foundation
Program in Management for
Women that helped. her
better
capabilities. She, is )cur-
rently one of four’ North
Shore women attending the .
program at SFU.

“It ‘is encouraging. The
strong points are you get to
have interaction with other
women who are also active
in the business community
and, although it, doesn't go in:
depth,

you want to.” ae Pie

‘The prograth is designed
lor women already . in, or.
about to enter ‘middle-
management positions, The .
women take nix courses over”

it -enables, you: to:

realize that you can go on ifs ‘are pot: sponsoring. them,”

“says: Cowan' whose-fees are

a period of 14 months. Each
course is three days long and
is run like a seminar over
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.

For women sponsored by

understand (her » their employers, ‘the course:

“canbe a chance to enhance
‘their own job capabilities at.
‘no 'éxpense.. Women paying |
for the course themselves
may, find it a _ financial

burden. Each of the three |

the rogram.
“Some.of, the women find ’

“it hard! ‘because companies |

_ day seminars costs $225 for a
total of $1350 to complete

‘

covered by MacMillan:

. Bloedel,.

continues, -
to. enhance your role in Mac-
Blo.” Cowen has been with ,

because, she

“It's considered |

north shore

news

that company for over 15
years.

In March, program
participants will have in-
troductory lectures and
workshops on Accounting

for Managers. This part of
the course covers the types
of decisions managers must
be prepared to make and an

understanding of financial.

and accounting jargon.’

other North Shore women at
the seminar will be - Irene
Gilbey, Sharen Brandys and
Jenny Steele.

Carol Knight, Program

Assistant, says the course.
“provides a foundation for -

further education and better
chances ‘for, career ad-
varicement.” Knight says the
Master... of Business Ad-
ministration Faculty
designed the courses ranging
from behavioural sciences to
quantative analysis.

“Quantative analysis

scared me. But I found out, .

rey

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‘hey, ['m_ not as stupid in
math as I thought,” says
Cowan “It > makes you
realize that you really can do
it.”

The first graduates from
the program finished last
spring. Out of a total of 24,
four were North Shore
women. Included in the
group ‘were ‘Hélen O'Neill,

“supervisor, of | the North
. In addifion to Pat Cowan,

Shore .Health Department
and Kay Ferguson, Director
of Volunteer Services at the
YWCA.

Ferguson says, “I wanted
to have more background in
management education. The
SFU program was a com-
plete’ package, Covering all
areas.” She pauses: “I cealize
I've been ‘fortunate to be
able. to develop my skills
within the Y, but I've always
worked for. a non-profit
organization and I wanted to
find out, about, ‘the’ other

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