By DUSTIN QUEZADA A FORMER B.C. attorney : general charged with mak- ing) recommendations for the future of post-secondary education in the province » visited Northwest Commu- nity College last week. Geoff. Plant met with stu- dents, staff and administra- tors as he toured the culinary arts department, the new ' Freda Diesing School of Art and Design ‘and stopped at the Kiva Cafe on the Terrace _) campus Oct. 25, prior to a » |. public meeting downtown _ that evening. The. project is: called. » Campus 2020 and it is sup- posed to shape the vision, mission, goals and objec- tives for post- secondary ed- . ucation, for the next 10 to 20° years inB.C.. * Plant, a lawyer by trade, says his tour of 14 communi- ties is an exercise in getting ‘opinions from the public and education stakeholders. “I am learning a. tremen- dous amount about post- secondary education,” said ‘Plant, who served as attor- ney general under Gordon pendent, ” Plant said, adding his job is to look at the big picture and the future of the system. Terrace was Plant’s eighth - stop and while he says there have been a wide range of issues, some keep coming | up. “Students tend to talk about tuition and. loans,” Plant said. Culinary arts » students here not only made Plant some,, appetizers but told: him that the time they put — into getting journeyman qualification should be - halved. College president Steph- .anic Forsyth said she would. take. the opportunity to talk to Plant about money for the: college’s expansion. Instead "of: focusing on education and training in the Lower Mainland, Forsyth . says government should en- - courage mobility with finan- cial incentives for students to study in rural areas. '“We have a number of public : facilities that ~are * empty,” said Forsyth, adding | the province would be wise to renovate some of those Al2 - The Terrace Standard, eile November 1, 2006 Education’ s future probed in Terrace FORMER Attorney General Geoff Plant, left, visited Northwest Community College last week as part of a provincial plan to’ sketch out the future of post secondary education. With him is college president Stephanie Forsyth and Randy Chalifoux, head of the college’ S$ culinary arts program. DUSTIN QUEZADA PHOTO — “that raises | itsell in many ways.” “Part of the challenge is that the system as a whole - doesn’t provide enough: in- formation about all the op- tions. (available to them),” great culinary arts schoo! for. example.” Forsyth said she felt Plant’s visit was well re- _ceived by the college com- munity. “People felt>he was listening and interested,” the: Forsyth said she’s curious to see the report’s contents and until then, she won't worry much about requests for money. Plant's final report is due to be completed sometime in “Don't. leave your Christmas shopping until the last minute! A7N1D Keith Ave., Terrace (All West Glass Centre} OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK 635-3729 Plant said. “You look at this - college head added. i the spring of 2007. ‘buildings instead of building a _ - new ones in highly populat- . _ _. : _ . _ ' ed areas where real estate is: ce, oe a SO an? . os , more expensive and compe- a to oe ; ; ; tition is greater... . . 7 ss . oo Sy of Plant admitted that stu-. . _ ; ; : dent mobility, is an issue . ‘Campbell’s . first govern- - “5 ‘ment. : He says his old boss de- _liberately picked him to lead the process because of his .. lack of work in the sector. | ' “I'm expected to be inde- School wanted NORTHWEST COMMUNITY College president Stephanie Forsyth wants to add more health programs, saying they’ll graduate people who will want to stay in the north. '” That concept of people staying in the area in which they are trained is behind nursing programs now offered at the college and there’s no reason. why it won’t work for occupa- - “tions such as physiotherapy, she says. _”. “Tl know there’ s areal shortage of these kinds of profes- - sionals and that’s something that needs to. be addressed,” Forsyth added. — = _o. She even has a location where the college could base its existing ‘and'any new health programs — the brand new but oo ‘never-opened: Mountainview Elementary School located . «near the college. Using the school fits another part of Forsyth’s reasoning in that it makes more sense to use an already-built public building in the north than to construct more health profes- sional training facilities in the more expensive south, “Why not. move the training out from where it is expen- sive?” Forsyth said. ‘ a - Mountainview was built in 2002 for an anticipated school «.] 7" population on the Bench that never materialized because of demographics and the economic downturn of this past de- cade. College officials estimate it would take $250,000 to reno- vate Mountainview to its needs and have told the school dis- trict they’ re interested in the building provided they can get the province to come up with the money. For singles. (nen and women), for couples and youth mm = =AGLOW INTERNATIONAL OF CANADA invites you toa : ONE occ bn aae \elope ener b JEAN D’HOOG ib: Ae | BEST. WESTERN TERRACE: INN. 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