Business Blackcomb resort manager to give graduation speech From pags 18 invaluable opportunity to practise in a work place what has been preached in class. Cousins said that for the 10th consecutive year, more local com- panies have expressed an interest in joining the program than the school has had students to fill placements. Past corporate participants in the Cooperative Work Experience Program include Dillingham Cor- poration, IBM, North Shore Cred- it Union, RCMP, Lions Gate Hospital and BC Rail. aeneneen THE EDUCATION Information Centre (EIC) celebrates its sixth birthday this year. Funded by a consortium of members including Capilano Col- lege, BCIT, UBC, SFU, Douglas Coltege, Greater Vancouver school districts and the Certified General Accountants’ Association, the no- fee service offers centralized in- formation on the diverse educa- tional opportunities available throughout the province. Inquiries range from high school completion to information requests about doctoral studies. But EIC coordinator Nadine Millar says most requests these days concern job skill upgrading. “The changes taking place in employment are clearly reflected in the education people are seeking. Right now, computer courses, small business courses and career assessment workshops are very popular,” said Millar. The centre is located at 549 Howe Street. Call 681-4636 for in- formation. kraewete BLACKCOMB Mouatain’s general manager of development, Eric Martin, will be guest speaker B.C. food products fly CANADIAN International Airlines is helping B.C. agricultural products find export markets. oO Al Ridgway, company sales manager for the western region, said the firm transports any food you can name in the cargo bays of its passenger planes. To get food products to their destination in top condition, all The more complex your sorts of problems, such as packag- ing, must be solved. Food con- tainers must be carefully designed to keep the contents at a specific temperature and to pack neatly in- side and out, he said. B.C.’s export sales of food pro- ducts currently total $680 million a year. Transportation is only part of the complex process of finding and filling export markets, he said. this evening at the Sales and Mar- keting Executives of Vancouver (SME) graduating class dinner. Martin will present an overview of Intrawest’s 254-acre real estate development at Whistler Resort. Intrawest Properties Ltd. of Van- couver owns 50 per cent of Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises and has already developed over $250 million worth of real estate in the area. Forty-four students are graduating this year in the SME- sponsored three-year diploma course in marketing and sales management at UBC. BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OPEN EDUCATIONACCESS CENTER CAREER TRAINING , Microcomputer courses. 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