. Some 70 representatives of

British Columbia’s 14 community colleges attended the annual meeting of the. B.C. Association of Colleges at Capilano College during. the weekend of June 26-27. .

Representatives of the B.C. Institute of Technology - and Trinity. Western College

. attended as observers. Both

institutions were admitted as associate members.

The Saturday morning was devoted to discussions with a group of British. Colubia em ployers. James A. Gray, speaking for the Employer’s Council of B.C. ‘suggested that college councils ‘could provide impetus for necess- ary changes by ‘‘providing college administration with proper objectives and polic- ies, by providing continuing encouragement and by pro-

viding for effective liaison

with the industrial commun-

ity.”

Later in the meeting the delegates, by late resolution approved a move to establish closer liaison with provincial employer groups.

T.J.. MacDonald of Cap- ilano College was re-elected president of the association. ‘TR.H. Buckley. of Selkirk College was elected vice- -rzsident. Three’ directors named to complete the slate, of provincially lected offic- ers were: Anne Stevenson of ‘Cariboo — College, ~——iD«F. Hammond «of. Malaspina

College and Marvin Kirton of ‘Okanagan College.

“A resolution to promote provincial —

A resoltuion - requesting that the Department of Education provide funding for community education on the same basis as_ that provided for regular courses was carried.

There

was unanimous

support for a proposal that — ‘any. future colleges. Act.

should be preceded by a discussion paper which should be made available to all. college councils and the

-B.C. Association of Colleges

before enactment of any legislation. MacDonald,’ in a_ brief

‘to-the-point address, sugg-

ested that much unwarranted criticism of the colleges has ben based on attempts by various groups to embarass

‘the government of the day.

‘Colleges have been used as tools, successfully it seems,”’ he said, ‘‘for in almost. every instance the incumbent min-

_ isters have risen to the bait,

sided with the critics first and found out the facts

later.”

The president | emphasized

the need for college councils. _to do much more ‘‘to let our communities and the public

generally know what we are doing.’’ He. said, guardians of a philosophy which must not be. allowed to pass away.” ~

bargaining (for . . faculty, contracts was defea-- -ted by the delegates.

“‘we are .

ta Pa mm mma amar seaman dey ec acerrnon,

Capilano College is to

- approach the education min-

ister regarding cuts in

_- instructional areas and other - activities brought about by ‘insufficient funding.

A resolution to this effect was carried by the college.

council at, its regular June

nurse dies”

Private services were held last week in West Vancouver to mark the passing, June 27,

‘of Margaret Kerr, 76, a

national nursing figure who had returned to her British Columbia home.

‘retirement in 1965.

Miss Kerr was executive editor of the Ottawa-based “The Canadian Nurse’’ magazine from 1944 until her retirement. She had devel- oped it from a newsletter of the Canadian Nurses’ Assoc-

‘ jation to a national profess-

ional journal published in English and French editions, today with a

“The passing of Margaret

Kerr is a great loss. She-

helped to shape the thinking and understanding of gener- ations of Canadian nurses— as editor of the national journal, ‘as an influential nursing educator province and. as - “an active

participant in professional _

affairs,’’. said Thurley Duck, president of the Registered Nurses’ Association of B.C.

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meeting, after receiving the

1975-76 financial report pre- .

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Council member Cecila Low presented the planning committee report, which resulted in the following

°

-motion being passed:

‘That the Acting Principal

and the Council Planning Committee present the ‘In- structional and Services Up- date 1976-1980" as a docu- ment for discussion to

Victoria as soon as possible -and that .a meeting be

page 13, July 7, 1976 @; YY,

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