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September/October 1993

First class completes
community program
worker course

Board
approves
new
Strategic Plan

by John Laverock

By Larry Goble

The first class of
students in the
corrections community
program worker
employment readiness
program graduated on
October 15 at the
Justice Institute. JI
President Larry Goble,
Board Chair Bob
Stewart, and Board
members Sandy
Robertson and Don
Pamplin, as well as
invited guests of the
graduates, attended
the ceremony.
For the 20 grad~ ·
uates, this was the
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conclusion to an
John Laverock and Larry Goble present a certificate
intensive, 15-week
of achievement to Alikhan Alibhai. Program Director
program which covered
Paul Pershick is in the background.
working with adult offenders, working with
probation officers and family
young offenders, and working
court counsellors.
with families. Prior to this
The second course in this twocourse, the students also comyear pilot project will begin on
pleted a three-week prerequisite
January 10, 1994.
course and an extensive screening
process. Most of the graduates
John Laverock is Director of
expect to find full-time employthe Corrections Academy. 0
ment almost immediately as

''The JI 1994-96 Strategic Plan
will be one of the most important
tools in guiding the course of the
Justice Institute over the next
three years." President Larry
Goble expressed this view to the
JI Board prior to their review
and discussion of the plan at the
October 19 Board meeting.
The plan states a vision for the
future which addresses the JI's
role within the BC post secondary
system related to justice and
public safety training programs.
It also provides an updated
mission and goals statement
which is backed by the core values
that were recently developed by
the JI's Excellence Committee.
Eight strategic issues were
identified by the JI Strategic Planning Committee after a number of
workshops and meetings with JI
staff, clients, and students. The
issues relate to challenges and
opportunities facing the JI over
the next three years such as:
growth and change, an increasing
emphasis on decentralized
delivery of courses, a trend
toward more pre-employment or
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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

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Police have recognized that to be
truly effective they must involve
the community in the problemsolving process traditionally
associated with policing. This
movement, generally referred to
as community policing, prompted
a major review and revision to the
way in which police training is
delivered.
Throughout the summer, a
series ofworkshops and consultations addressed these changes,
which were ushered in with a
new recruit class that entered the
Academy in September. Recruits
will now be taught component
tasks in an integrated sequence
as they would occur in actual
police response to calls for service.
This requires earlier emphasis
on communication and team building skills, as well as simulated
exercises, so that they start thinking about possible problemsolving techniques (problem
oriented policing) involving community resources in such issues
as youth violence and disorderly
conduct.
The new class is particularly
well suited for such a change in
philosophy as it is the first time
that women outnumber men (15
women, 13 men). Later on in
their practical field training, members of the new class will be required to complete a work
assignment with a social service
or community based agency.

Phil Crosby-Jones is Director of
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employment readiness training
programs, more inter-academy
collaboration, enhanced management training, greater demands
from an expanding group of justice and public safety related
client groups, and an increased
involvement in applied research.
All this and more is laid out in
the Strategic Plan. The goals
and actions are organized to
focus attention, responsibility,
and a target completion date on
each identified item.
Members of the JI Strategic
Planning Committee will continue as part of a JI team to
ensure that the implementation
of the plan is monitored and
reported back to staff, clients,
and students at regular times
throughout the year.
Special thanks go to the many
individuals and groups who participated in the preparation of
the Strategic Plan, including the
members of the committee
(Maureen Ferreira, representing
JI support staff; Sandra Enns,
representing program directors
and instructional staff; Pat Ross,
representing the JI Executive
Committee; Irwin Devries and

Roy Uyeno); and David Whetter,
our consultant from Cornerstone
Planning Group Limited who
provided overall co-ordination for
the project.
Note: If you would like a copy
of the JI Strategic Plan 1994-96,
phone Sabrina Tong at 222-7245
or pick one up at her office (Room
239, Blake Hall).

Larry Goble is President of the
Justice Institute. 0

Next deadline
for
submissions
to the

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···SPOTLIGHT•••
On staff
Changes•••
Robert W. Aldcorn has accepted the position of Deputy Director
of the Fire Academy. He will
start his new job on November
15. Aldcom comes to the Academy from the City of Richmond
where he had 10 years' experience in organizational development, training, and strategic
planning at the managerial level.
He has a Master of Science in
Organization Development and
Bachelor of Philosophy. The executive development program conducted by the Academy is the
result of a need he identified a
number of years ago.
Dan Murphy has accepted the
position of Manager of the JI
section of the Safety Training
Centre in Maple Ridge effective
October 18. Murphy was a firefighter with the Vancouver Fire
Department for over six years
and spent the latter part of this

time at the Fire Academy as a
seconded Co-ordinator/Instructor
responsible for driver training
programs and completion of the
Edukit series. In his new position, Murphy's primary duties
will involve the operation of the
Safety Training Facility as it
pertains to the JI Fire Academy.
This will inelude live fire training
and other hands-on programs on
site. He will continue to be
responsible for driver training.
Mark LaLonde, a former
police officer with the Vancouver
Police Department, has been
hired to work half time with Interdisciplinary Studies to develop
and co-ordinate training related
to preventing peer violence. His
appointment represents a co-operative venture with the Police
Academy, where Mark will also
be working.
Michele Robinson has rejoined Interdisciplinary Studies
staff as a part-time Program
Assistant. Michele was most
recently with Corrections
Academy.

Justice Institute display
available at Media Centre
by April Haddad

The Justice Institute recently purchased a display unit
that can be used at conferences, courses, and meetings
to promote Justice Institute
activities. It contains photographs of training sessions
and blocks of print that explain what we do.
The display is stored in
two large vinyl cylinders
(3 feet tall and 1 foot in
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diameter), plus a cardboard if
container of the photos and
printed blocks. It is easy to assemble, and can be set up in
less than half an hour.
To reserve the display
for a special occasion, call

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Peter Pershick (PEP Academy) with the new
display unit.

the Media Centre at local 3606.
April Haddad is the Jl's
Librarian. 0

The following people have
recently joined Paramedic
Academy: GeoffKleine-Deters
and Terry Jessup, EMA 1
Instructors; Steve Menchions,
EMA 2 Instructor, Recertification; Bill Maser, Russ Heyland,
Mike Billingham, and Jim
Tettamanti, EMA 2 Instructors,
Certification; and Deborah
Cherry, Norm Bickle, and
Darcy Wilson, Dispatch Instructors.

Recognition •••
In recent BCGEU elections,
Lori Wideski and Margot
D'souza were elected shop
stewards; Margo D'souza, Lori
Wideski, and Cheryl Redding
were elected to the bargaining
committee; and Debra Dolan
was elected bargaining committee chair.

Conferences/
Training Events...
Ross Mcintyre, an Emergency
Management Instructor for the
PEP Academy, was one of two
Canadians who recently took part
in a two-week course held at the
New Mexico Law Enforcement
Academy in Santa Fe. The course
was a test for the Incident Command System, a flexible system
of managing small to large emergencies and disasters. The 22
participants from around the US
and Canada were expected to
evaluate the course as they
learned.
Debra Dolan is representing
the JI with the Association of
Registrars of the Universities
and Colleges of Canada as an
associate member. A principal
purpose of the Association is to
promote communication and exchange of information on admissions, registration, records, and
other functions associated with
the office of the registrar. 0

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JI Board
approves new
harassment
policy

Critical Incident Stress
Debriefing Module Completed

by Pat Ross

The Justice Institute Board of
Governors recently approved a
new workplace harassment
policy for the JI. The policy,
which deals with both personal
harassment and sexual harassment, begins with a statement
that the Justice Institute, its
employees, and the BCGEU
recognize the benefit to be
derived from a work environment
free from harassment and where
the conduct and language of
employees meet the acceptable
social standard of the workplace.
Within the policy, personal
harassment is defined as harassment of an individual or individuals on any of the prohibited
grounds of discrimination under
the Human Rights Act of BC.
These include: age, race, sex,
national and ethnic origin, colour,
religion, disability, marital
status, family status, sexual
orientation, or conviction of an
offence for which a pardon was
granted.
Under the new policy, sexual
harassment is defined as unwanted sexual attention, sexual
solicitation, or other sexually
oriented remarks or behaviour
made by a person who knows or
ought reasonably to know that
such attention or solicitation is
unwanted.
The policy includes an option
of an informal consultation
process involving "advisors" designated by the JI from existing JI
staff.
A complete copy of the policy is
available from the Bursar's office
at the JI.

Pat Ross is Dean of Educational Services and Interdisciplinary
Studies. 0

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Distance Education Module
Interdisciplinary Studies has
produced a distance education
package designed to assist people
in a variety of occupations and organizations to identify critical incident stress (CIS) and the stages
and procedures of CIS support.
In addition to those working in
emergency response and highrisk occupations, the package will
be of interest to people working in:
• helping professions (social
workers, mental-health professionals, public health and long
term care staff, victim service
workers);
• volunteer organizations (Red
Cross, ski patrols, searchers,
etc.);
• transportation companies;
• parking enforcement divisions;
• banks, and
• many others.

The package consists of:
A video that follows a fictional
critical incident and illustrates the stages of critical incident stress support that
precede and follow it.
A workshop facilitator's guide
that will assist the facilitator
to conduct a half-day
workshop that explains the
concepts and rules of critical
incident support. The guide includes group exercises based
on the written material and
the video.
A self-directed study guide
that explains the concepts and
rules of critical incident stress
support in detail. It includes a
short self-test at each stage.
Price (including GST, shipping,
and handling): in B.C. $60; outof-province: $95. To order, call
Dennette Retel at 222-7295. 0

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First MDFRS* grad
by Sandra Rice

The first graduation for the
Management Development for
Residential Settings Certificate
P!ogram was held on Friday evenmg, September 24, with 54 graduates and 70 guests attending.
Each graduate received a certificate and ~ JI pin, and many of
the community agencies had
made special arrangements for
their graduates: some received
flowers or corsages; others
received small gifts in recognition
of their accomplishment. As well,
several Executive Directors attended to acknowledge the commitment and effort of their staff
in completing the program.
Shelley Rivkin, Program Director, Interdisciplinary Studies,
gave the welcoming address
and Deputy Ombudsman Brent
Parfitt was the
keynote speaker. Parfitt
reviewed a
checklist that
the Ombudsman's office has
developed to
serve as a
framework for
the systematic,
comprehensive
review of poten-

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tial sources of complaints against
a public agency. He encouraged
graduates to use this checklist as
a guide to ensure fairness within
their agencies.
At the reception following the
ceremonies, the Aldoria Trio
play~d light classical background
music and Menu Setters provided
the food. BCBC generously
allowed the use of the old South
and Southwest rooms for the
reception area, and with the help
of the decorating committee
(Sandy Johnson, Froma Saxe
Sheila MacCallum Kate Walker
Cindy Bettcher, ar:d Lori Ovens>'
the rooms were transformed.
Thank you to all the contributors to the success of this
graduation: Paul Pershick for
the use of the new Corrections
furniture; Paul Harris and Bernie Astles for transporting furniture; Library staff; Peter
Pershick, and Pat Ross for the assembly of the new JI display unit;
Margaret James, Sandy Johnson
and Froma Saxe as part of the '
hosting crew; Andrew Duncan
from Media Centre for taking the
graduation photos.

Sandra Rice is the coordinator of the *Management
Development for Residential
Settings Certificate Program. O

Courts Academy
develops training
for enforcement of
out-of-province
maintenance
orders
by Irwin DeVries

When family breakup occurs it
can be particularly difficult to enforce custody and maintenance
orders if some parties move out of
province or country. The Courts
Acad~~y is currently developing
a trammg program for court registry staff in the policies, procedures, a?-d ~egislation covering extraprovmcial enforcement issues.
T?-e program will be a two-day
session offered in various court
locations around the province. It
covers two main topics: Reciprocal
Enforcement of Maintenance
Orders, and Extra-Provincial
Custody and Access. The pro?Tam d~sign is hands-on, assignmg fict10nal case studies and
histories for resolving by small
groups of students in the classroom. The program is part of a
Court Services Branch initiative
known as "Registry Skills" which
under the executive sponsorship '
of Northern Regional Director
William Norton, has initiated
such.programs as Service Quality,
Family Rules, and Orientation
among others.·
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The instructors are senior
court registry staff who receive a
train-the-trainer course from the
Courts Academy prior to the start
of program delivery. A similar
model was used last year to deliver the Family Rules training program. It proved to be an effective
training model. Program Developer Shannon Melnyk has been contra~ted by the .courts Academy to
design and write the training
manuals. Program delivery is
scheduled for February and
March, 1994.
Irwin DeVries is Program Director, Courts Academy. O

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Vancouver Foundation funds
Preventing Peer Youth Violence program
by Shelley Rivkin

In September, Interdisciplinary
Studies received funding from the
Vancouver Foundation to develop
and deliver two "Train the
Trainer'' workshops to adult and
youth representatives from community agencies involved in
preventing an increase in peer
youth violence.
The purpose of the program is
twofold: to provide community
representatives with a presentation package that can be used to
increase the public's awareness of
the issues surrounding peer
youth violence, and to provide
these representatives with
specific skills to conduct community forums on the topic in an
interesting and useful fashion.
Community organizations and
agencies are being asked to select
participants to attend the training who are interested in establishing partnerships between
themselves and local youth in
order to reduce the growing incidence of peer youth violence.
These representatives will then
be invited to attend the two-day
workshop at the Justice Institute
where they will have an opportunity to observe and practise
effective presentation and community facilitation skills.
Participants will also be given
a comprehensive package of
materials to assist them to
organize workshops in their organizations or in the community.
The workshops will be held in
February and March, 1994.
Mark LaLonde, who was with
the Vancouver Police Department
for 12 years and served as a
school liaison officer for several
years, has joined Interdisciplinary Studies on a half-time basis
to co-ordinate this program.
Interdisciplinary Studies is
grateful to the Vancouver Foundation for their financial contribu6

tion. The Vancouver Foundation
,was established 50 years ago by
Mr. W.J. VanDusen to create a
permanent endowment that
would provide funds to a wide
range of charitable causes across
British Columbia. The Foundation's goals are to encourage and
support those charitable organizations best able to carry out the
purposes for which the Founda-

tion was established and to provide philanthropic leadership and
to create and promote efforts
which improve the quality oflife
in the community. The Vancouver Foundation is governed by
a Board of Directors chosen to
represent the public interest.
Shelley Rivkin is a Program
Director in Interdisciplinary
Studies.- 0

Annual Report available
• During the 1992/93 fiscal year,
over 42,000 students registered
in almost 1,800 courses,
workshops, seminars, and conferences offered by the Justice
Institute.
• The number of student training days totaled 146,000, an increase of 14% over 1991/92.

• Seven new members were
added to the Justice Institute
Board.
These are some of the highlights from the 1992/93 Annual
Report. If you would like a
copy, contact Sabrina Tong at
222-7245. 0

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Notes and Notices
Japanese police visit
Thirty-six police officers from
the national police agency in
Japan are spending nine weeks at
UBC on an English immersion
training program. The Police
Academy's participation in the
visit includes a series of lectures
on such topics as organized crime
and comparative legal systems, a
demonstration at the driver training facility, and an opportunity to
shoot at the firearms range.
Even though they are experts in
the martial arts, the Japanese
visitors attended the JI to challenge the Police Officers Physical
Abilities Test and compare arrest
and control techniques.
On the social side, the Police

would like the committee to
address, please forward them, in
writing, to one of the team members. Also, please watch for articles from the Green Team on
various environmental issues in
future editions of the JI News.

Academy faculty arranged a
round of golf, which most Japanese police officers don't get a
chance to play due to cost and
accessibility.

The 'Green Team'
has been revived
The Green Team, aka the Environment Committee, is back
and here to stay! Members of the
Team are: Ann Grant (PEP), Paul
Harris (Administration),
Laurence Hoffman (Corrections),
Sandy Johnson (IDS), Diane
Joyal (Police), Shauna Lappin
(Corrections), Will Mah (Media),
Sherri McLennan (Fire), and Candace Shaw (Library). If you have
any suggestions or items that you

Fire Academy introduces
field training program
Fifteen instructors have completed their training and lesson
plans for the Fire Academy's field
training program, and instruction
is about to begin. The program
will cover 11 subjects determined
by the fire service and based on
Eduk.it topics. To date, 60 fire
departments have applied for
training under the program. 0

SOCIAL COMMITTEE EVENTS

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Move update: construction of the
New Westminster campus is underway
by Barry Hawkins

The $20.9 million general contract for the JI's new facility was
awarded to DGS Construction
Company Ltd. on September 10
and construction is now underway. With the start of construction at the New Westminster site,
the Justice Institute's visibility
within the community has taken
a quantum leap.
Work on the site began with
clearing of vegetation and stripping of native soils. Once the site
was cleared, excavation of the
gym and classroom blocks began.
Installation of 400 steel pipe piles
is the next step, followed by

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concrete work for foundations.
The site construction has a
recycling program in place. As a
first example, the existing asphalt parking areas and roads
were ground up on site to gravelsize material which will be used
as bedding and backfill for various on-site items. Protection has
also been placed around a number of on-site trees in an effort to
save them.
Construction will take approximately 16 months, with the official move targeted for January
1995.
During the last week of September, the project model rendering and other JI information were
available for public viewing at the
neighbouring Royal Square mall.
Response to the new campus was
extremely positive.
For trivia buffs some project
stats are:
• Campus ~uilding area 15,822 m

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• Backfill material requiredapproximately 9,500 m 3
• Steel pipe, concrete-filled piles
required - 400
Concrete - 8,900 m 3
Masonry- 7,000 m 2
• Structural steel - 800 tonnes
(1, 760,000 pounds)
Asphalt paving - 15,600 m 2

Barry Hawkins is Project Manager for the JI's ·new facility. 0

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Contracts and Partnerships 1992193
Through a variety of contracts and other
partnership arrangements, the n developed
and delivered programs and services to the
following private and public agencies
during 1992/93.

Colleges and Universities
Arctic
Camosun
Cariboo
Douglas
East Kootenay
Kwantlan
New Caledonia
North Island
North West
Northern Lights
Okanagan
Selkirk
University College of the Fraser Valley
University of British Columbia
Vancouver Community

Provincial Government
Ministry of Advanced Education,
Training and Technology
Ministry of Attorney General
Ministry of Environment, Lands
and Parks
Ministry of Finance and Corporate
Relations
Ministry of Forests
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Labour and Consumer
Services
Ministry of Social Services
Ministry of Transportation and Highways
Ministry of Women's Equality

FederalGoverDJDent
Environment Canada
Health and Welfare Canada
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Department of National Defense
Solicitor General Canada

Municipal Government
City of North Vancouver
City of Richmond
City of Vancouver
Municipality of Whistler

Hospitals
Ashcroft
Bella Coola General
Bulkley Valley District, Smithers
Burnaby
Children's, Vancouver
Chilliwack General
Cowichan District, Duncan
Cranbrook Regional
Creston Valley
Eagle Ridge, Port Moody
Enderby Memorial
Golden and District General

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Grace, Vancouver
G.R. Baker Memorial, Quesnel
Langley Memorial
Lions Gate, North Vancouver
Mills Memorial, Terrace
Mission Memorial
MSAGeneral
Nanaimo Regional General
Nicola Valley General, Merritt
Penticton Regional
.Powell River General
Prince George Regional
Prince Rupert Regional
Queen Victoria, Revelstoke
Richmond General
Royal Columbian, New Westminster
Royal Inland, Kamloops
Saanich Peninsula, Saanichton
Shuswap Lake General, Salmon Arm
St. Joseph's, Comox
St. Mary's, Sechelt
St Paul's, Vancouver
Squamish General
Summerland General
Surrey Memorial
Tofino General
Trail Regional
UBC Health Science Centre, Vancouver
Vernon Jubilee
Victoria General

Other
ACT Il Society for Children and Youth
Advanced Education Council of B.C.
B.C. Ambulance Service
B.C. Building Corporation
B.C.Hydro
B.C/Yukon Society of Transition Houses
B.C. Systems Corporation
B.C. Telephone Company
B.C. Transit
Brink's Canada Ltd.
Campbell River Women's Resource
Centre
Canada Post Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C.N.Police
C.P.Police
Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Cante} Cellular
Centre for Curriculum Development
Dawson Creek School District
Delta Police Department
Dupont Canada
Emergency Mental Health Services
Family Services of Greater Vancouver
First Nations Tribal Justice Institute
Ford Motor Company
Greater Vancouver Mental Health
Services
Highland Valley Copper
Insurance Corporation of B.C.
Intersect Children's Services
Langley Services to the Mentally
Handicapped

Law Courts Education Society
Loomis Armoured Car Service Ltd.
Lotus Club
Medical Services Plan
Mission Association for Community
Living
Nalco Canada
N anaimo School District
Native Courtworkers and Counsellors
Association
New Westminster Community
Education
Nlaka Panwx Nation Tribal Council
North Shore Continuing Education
North Vancouver Fire Department
Northern Native Family Services
Society
Pacific Armoured Car Ltd.
Pacific Institute of Traffic Safety
Penticton and District Community
Resources
Ports Canada Police
ProFormance Advanced Driving
School
Province Newspaper
Provincial Emergency Program
Provincial Road Test Committee
RCMP
Shuswap Family Services
Society for Children and Youth
Special Needs Adoptive Parents
G.F. Strong Rehabilitation Centre
St. Leonard's Society
Sunshine Coast Community Services
Surrey Community Resources
Toyo Tires, Inc.
Traffic Injury Research Foundation of
Canada
Tribal Police Officers
Union ofB.C. Municipalities
Vancouver Island Advanced Technology
Centre
Vancouver Fire Department
Vancouver Police Department
Victoria Fire Department
Victoria Women's Sexual Assault
Centre
West Coast Training Institute
West Vancouver Police Department
Western Canadian Feminist Counselling
Association
Whistler Medical Clinic
Workers Compensation Board

Out-of-Province
Hong Kong Society Emergency
Medicine and Surgery
Nova Scotia Department of Community
Services
Red Deer College, Alberta
Tacoma Community College,
Washington
Traffic Safety Association of Michigan
Yukon College
Yukon Territorial Government 0