Contents

Interdisciplinary Studies

4

Centre for Conflict Re so I utio n

5

Police Academy

6

Corrections & Community Justice Division

7

Courts Academy

8

Fire & Safety Division

9

Paramedic Academy

10

Emergency Management Division

11

Educational Services

12

Pacific Traffic Education Centre

12

Foundation

14

Financial Statements

15

Board of Governors

Policy Advisory Committee

Chair

Chair -

Florence T. Wong

Director, College and Institutional Planning Branch

Vice Chair

M.J. (Mal) Hughes
Robert Brett
Douglas R. Campbell
Brent Hodgins
H. A. (Hal) Jenkins
Sathie Mahil
Carolyn J. Oien
R.P. (Val) Pattee

Dr. Nick Rubidge

Management Committee
Chair -

Larry Goble

President

Ministry of Advanced Education, Training & Technology

Louise Krohn
Rick Dumala
Fire Commissioner, Ministry of Municipal Affairs

A.J. (Tony) Heemskerk
Director, Provincial Emergency Program,
Ministry of Attorney General

Brian Mason

Vice President, Instruction and Contract Services

Pat Ross
Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services
Dean, Career & Community Studies, Educational Services

Paul Pershick
Director, Corrections & Community Justice Division

Executive Director, Corrections Branch

Peter Pershick

Ministry of Attorney General

Director, Emergency Management Division

John Schinbein

John Vokes

Director, Employee & Management Services

Director, Fire & Safety Division

B. C. Ambulance Service, Ministry of Health

Audrey Sampson

Steve Watt
Marg Sorensen

Jackie Whalley

Executive Director, Court Services Branch

A. C. (Peter) Young

Ministry of Attorney General

Director, Police Academy

Tony Williams
Director, Paramedic Academy

Stephen Stacl<house
Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety & Regulatory Branch
Ministry of Attorney General

Message from the President and Chair of the Board

The Ju stice Institute

The concept behind the JI is simple; a single institution that trains people who work in the
justice system, and in public safety.

provides tra; ning to
Everyday, thousands of people use the skills they've learned at the JI to make their com-

over 35 ,000 people
each ye ar.

munities safer places to live. Responding to emergencies, counselling victims, resolving
conflict, or dealing with offenders; the people we train make a difference. Out in the community these professionals often work alongside one another, so it makes sense that their
training comes from one place - the JI.
In 1997 /98, the JI experienced another successful year, with a steady increase in both
student enrollments and in the number of programs and courses offered. For the fourth

Florence Wong
Chair, Board of Governors

straight year, our operating revenues increased by over 10 percent.
Larry Goble

Our success is due to a number of factors, our unique post secondary model, our focused
provincial mandate, the support of our Board of Governors, our major clients and the Ministry
of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, and most importantly, the dedicated and
innovative spirit of our staff and faculty. These people have worked together to establish
the JI as an internationally recognized centre for training excellence.
No other institute in North America offers the range of justice and public safety training you'll
find at the JI.
In the pages. of this year's report, we're pleased to share with you a few of the many
successes of this past year.

President

I nt e rd is cipIina ry Stu dies
We offer a wide range of courses

97 /98 Highlights:

and programs for people \Norking

• We introduced a new Child Abuse and Neglect
Certificate program, and saw the first group of

to improve the lives of children,
youth and -famliies.

graduates from the Traumatic Stress Certificate
programs.
• At the request of the B.C. Gaming Commission we
developed a distance education package for casino
volunteers. Over 8,000 volunteers were trained
before the completion of the program.
• We developed a new guided independent study
manual for victim service coordinators and managers.

• Some of the new clients we worked with this year
include:
- the Fraser Region Metis Family Services Society and
Hailika'as Heiltsuk Health Centre, providing training in traumatic stress, family violence intervention
and counselling skills
- the Family Maintenance Enforcement Program, for
whom we provided fifteen days of core training
for their new employees
- the New Westminster Supported Child Care
Society where we offered team building skills

The Centre for Conflict Resolution is regarded as
one of the top three in North America in the field of
conflict resolution/negotiation/mediation training.

Centre for Conflict Resolution
We offer quality instructional

97 /98 Highlights

erv1ces that exceed th . educa-

• We expanded contract services to organizations
by20%.

tiona! requirements for national

• Some of the clients we worked with this year are:
- Federal Treaty Negotiation Office (Health Canada)

cation in mediation . vVe are

- Human Resources Development Canada

base of dispute resolution training

thctt is applicabie in the workpiace,
the community and the family.

mediation courses to
allow students to meet
the training requirements

or provinci al practitioner certifi-

committed to providing a strong

• We offered 12 new

for admission to the
Provincial Mediation Roster

- City of Prince George

and to meet the certification requirements of the medi-

- Yukon Territorial Government

ator practitioner associations.

- BC Assessment Authority
• We increased the number of our satellite courses
co-sponsored with other Colleges, including the
downtown campus of BCIT.

• 85 students graduated from the First Nations
Negotiations Skills Certificate Program .

The size of our recruit programs doubled
to accommodate increased demand for
new municipal police officers.

Police Academy
We train BC's municipal police

97 /98 Highlights:

force, and provide law

• This past year the size of our recruit programs doubled

for recruit training from 1978-1995, when he became

in order to accommodate the increased demand

director of the Police Academy. He retired in

for new municipal police officers.

September of 1997.

enforcement training to the
private and public sector.

• We developed a new Police Supervisors certificate to

• Some of the new dients we began working with include:

provide training in the key skills, abilities and knowledge

- BC Gaming Commission (basic investigation skills),

required for effective leadership and supervision.

- Ministry of Agriculture, Fish and Food

• We delivered 40 advanced training programs for
municipal police officers.

(courtroom techniques for expert witnesses)
- the Ministry of Forests (Advanced Investigation Skills)
• We continued to offer Private Security Training,

• We said farewell to Bob Hull, who retired after 19 years
with the JI. Bob was Program Director, responsible

and have developed an Internet-based version of the
private security Basic Standards Training Level 1
program.

Corrections & Community Justice Division
We train professionals who work

97 /98 Highlights:

with offenders in institutional and

• The creation of the Ministry for Children and Families
brought about a change in how we deliver our

community settings, to manage
the risk they pose to the public.

training. Corrections staff who work with youth
were transferred to the Youth Justice Section of the
new ministry, so we restructured our division to
establish an area dedicated to meeting the training

training and assessments in family mediation. During

needs of this new ministry. As a result, programs for

the year most of the family justice counselors in the

people working wi1h youth are delivered separate from

province completed their assessments and received

our adult focused programs.

their certificate in family mediation.

• We developed and began delivering training for
'Cornet' the new information system for the
Corrections Branch and for the Ministry of Children
and Families. This training project will take two
years to complete.
• A new training course, 'Effective Work with Assaultive
Men', was developed for and delivered to probation
officers who work with spousal assaulters.
• For several years now, the JI has trained BC's Family
Justice Counselors. This year we began offering

• Some of the clients we provided training to this year
include:
- the North Fraser Metis Association (Aboriginal
Support Worker program, delivered in cooperation with Interdisciplinary Studies)
- Big Brothers of Canada National Conference (Risk
Assessment and Screening of Volunteers)
- Human Resources Development Canada (the
Justice Worker program delivered in conjunction
with the Courts Academy)

Courts Academy
We train deputy sheriffs and

97 /98 Highlights:

other professionals who work

• Together with the Corrections Academy, we deliv-

• We developed the Child Support Package Orientation

ered the Justice Worker Program for Human Resources

Handbook for staff involved in family maintenance

Development Canada. The program trains people to

and family justice services across the province. This

work as Deputy Sheriffs or Correctional Officers.

handbook helped to explain the federal govern-

• In cooperation with the BC Bailiff's Association, we

ment's new Child Support package, which changes

developed and began delivering a Bailiff training

how child support orders are determined and

within the provincial court

system .

program.

enforced. We also coordinated the development
and delivery of workshops on this topic to over

• We ran two Deputy Sheriff employment readiness
programs this year. Since the program began in 1995,
86 students have graduated, and over 70% have
found employment in their area of training.

280 practitioners throughout the province.

Our Fire Fighter Training Program meets
the NFPA Fire Fighter 2 Standard .

Fire & Safety Division
We help o create saf r work1110

97 /98 Highlights:

and living environments through

• During the year, we redesigned the Fire Fighter

• We delivered over 160 courses (Industrial, Marine,

Training program to ensure it meets the NFPA

Hazardous Materials, Live Fire and Specialized

(National Fire Protection Association) Fire Fighter 2

courses) to clients at our Maple Ridge and New

standard.

West locations, and at sites throughout the province.

training for the fire service and
for other professionals who deal
with incidents involving fire or

hazardous materials.

• We ran three Fire Fighter Training programs this year,
training 56 new recruits for the fire service.
• We began using a new fuel in the live fire training

• Some of the clients we provided training for include:
- First Nations Emergency Services Society (Confined
Space and Fire Cause Awareness)

programs at our Fire & Safety Training Centre in Maple

- BC Ferries (Vehicle Fires)

Ridge. The fuel, known as TechFlame, was specifi-

- Fletcher Challenge (Industrial Fire & Hazardous

cally designed for training centres, and is a cleaner
burning fuel.

Materials)

The Distributed Learning Network will make training
more accessible to paramedics throughout the province.

Paramedic Academy
We advance the quality of emer-

97198 Highlights:

gency front line patient care by

• One of the most significant activities this year was the launch

• Our international programs remain strong. We were very

of a pilot program for a new Distributed Learning Network.

pleased to present accreditation awards to the Hong Kong

creating learning opportunities for

This new learning network (DLN) will allow us to more

Fire Service Ambulance Command, whom we've worked

health care professionals .

effectively deliver training using the Internet and video

with for seven years now. The Singapore School of Military

conferencing in combination with regional training areas.

Medicine also received JI accreditation this year.

The Okanagan region was our first test site. We are now

• In November we worked with the members of the Citizen

working toward the actual launch of the DLN to three sites

CPR Coalition to organize and host a CPR skills training day

in the fall of 1998.

for the public.

• We delivered an eight week program on advanced field

• Our First Responder program for Fire fighters and Police

stabilization skills to Canadian Forces Search and Rescue

Officers continued to spread to communities, and provides

Technicians in Comox. This was the first part of a five year

an important link in the survival chain before BCAS

contract with the federal service.

paramedics arrive.

Emergency Management Division
We help communities prepare

97 /98 Highlights:

for and respond to disasters and

• The number of programs offered through the
Emergency Management Division doubled this year.

other emrrp,t:\nr.ies

• We offered a seminar series in emergency manage-

• Some of the other clients we worked with this year
include:
- Canadian Coast Guard (Incident Command System)

ment, covering a wide range of topics including

- BC Ferries (ICS)

terrorism awareness, counter terrorism, and hospital

- West Coast Energy (ICS)

emergency incident command system.
• Major clients of the division are the Provincial
Emergency Program, Ministry of Human Resources
and First Nations Emergency Services Society.

- Beakindo Pacific, Indonesia (Emergency Management training)
• We developed and delivered a 'Train the Trainer'
program to establish a network of Incident Command
System trainers throughout the province.

Pacific Traffic
Education Centre
97 /98 Highlights:
• We finished the development of, and began delivering, the second level
of the Taxi Host training program. TaxiHost Level II provides training in assault
avoidance, transporting people with disabilities and driving skills.
• Some of the clients we worked with this year include:

Edu cation al Services

- BC Hydro (Road Sense Driving, Total Control Driving)
- lntercon Security (Total Control Driving)
- Environment Canada (Driving with Finesse, Total Control Driving)
- BC Ministry of Forests (Total Control Driving, Driving with Finesse)

97/98 Highlights:
• We created a part time student advisor position, to assist students in finding the training that's right for them.
• Our Instructional Media Development Centre produced a video and a series
of video public service announcements for Block Parents of Canada.
• Our Learning Information Technology section has been working on the
development of on-line courses for several areas of the JI.
• Demand for Library services continues to increase.

Financial Statements
Historical Revenue Trend
10

Total Revenue by Source 1998
Total Operating Revenue

8

25

6

- - - - 24% MAETT
20
In Millions$

15

10

3% Other

4

22% Tuition

2

- - . . ; - - - - 18% Contracts
---~--- 33% Academy Contracts

5
1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

In Millions$

0
1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

-

Core Contracts

-

Tuition, Contract & Other

-

MAETT

1998

Statement of Financia l Position

M arc h 3 1. 1998

1998

1997

3,804,838
2,695,188

3,271,914
2,982,429

6,500,026

6,254,343

36,501,083

37,207,033

43,001,109

43,461,376

CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Accrued vacation entitlements (note 5)
Deferred revenue
Capital project loans due within one year (note 6)
Sinking Fund payments due within one year (note 9)

2,139,249
454,092
2 ,679,552
248,800
811,192

2,053,406
433 ,969
2,821 ,290

Deferred capital grants (note 7)
Term demand loan (note 8)
Debentures (note 9)

6,332,885
1,490,600
182,867
31,538,336

6,129,613
1,544,500
182,867
32,476,151

39,544,688

40,333,131

2,640,432
815,989

2,537,862
590,383

3,456,421

3,128,245

43,001,109

43,461,376

ASSETS
CURRENT
Cash and short-term investments
Accounts receivable and prepaids

Capital assets (note 4)

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES

820,948

FUND BALANCES
Invested in capital assets
Unrestricted

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Statement of Op erations a nd Fund Balanc es

Year En ded M a rc h 3 1,199 8

Operating
Fund

Special
Purpose Fund

Capital
Fund

1998

Total

1997
Total

13,582,460
8,054,813
124,587
571 ,035

167,159
137,346

4,024,255

53,900

17,773 ,874
8,192,159
260,966
595,266
53,900

15,926,784
7,716,693
269,028
417,162
37,500

REVENUE
Province of British Columbia
Tuition and contract services
Interest
Other income
Amortization of deferred capital grants

Expenses
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over
expenses before depreciation

136,379
24,231

22,332 ,895

328,736

4,214,534

26,876,165

24,367,167

21,489,862

370,055

3,213,063

25,072 ,980

22 ,552,432

843,033

(41,319)

1,001,471

1,803,185

1,814,735

1,475,009

1,475,009

1,364,155

(473,538)

328,176

450,580

2,537,862

3,128,245

2,677,665

3,456,421

3,128,245

Depreciation
Excess (deficiency) of revenue
over expenses

843,033

Fund balances -

beginning of year

590,383

Transfer to capital fund for purchase
of capital assets

(574,677)

(1,431)

Net inter-fund transfers

(43,104)

43,104

Fund balances -

815,635

354

end of :tear

(41,319)

576,108

2,640,432

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Statemen t of Operat ions and Fund Balances

Year En de d M arc h 31 .1 99 8

Corrections &
Community

Justice
Courts

Fire &
Safety

Paramedic

1,110,782

110,000

REVENUE
Government of B.C. grants
Ministry of Advanced Education,
Technology & Training
Government of B.C. contracts Ministry of Attorney General
Ministry for Children & Families
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Ministry of Social Services
Tuition and contract services
Interest
Other Income

133,000
1,211,425
426,536

294,273
3,505,163

443,949

73,955

1,718,266

806,483

6,222

21,193

84,980

66,018

2 ,221 ,132

389,421

2,914,028

4,487,664

2,085,097

356,594

2,670,019

4,435,829

EXPENDITURES
Divisional instruction
Infrastructure

2,085,097

356,594

2,670,019

4,435,829

Excess (deficiency) of revenue
over expenditures
Fund balance - beginning of year
Transfer to capital fund
Net interfund transfers

136,035
215,749
(10,602)

32,827
(8,714)

244,009
(424,364)
(77,460)

51,835
122,461
(87,643)

Fund balance -

341,182

24,113

(257,815)

86,653

end of year

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Emergency
Management

Career &
Community Studies

1998

1997

Police

Infrastructure

Total

Total

108,000

50,000

253,000

3,523,246

5,288,028

4,522,330

2,081,552

398,950

3,986,200
426,536
3,505,163

3,914,120

37,301

255,464
124,587
275,246

376,533
8,054,813
124,587
571,035

2 ,206,308
630,000
341,736
7,716,693
118,636
410,932

1,240,682

3,936,623

4,178,543

22,332 ,895

19,860,755

1,238,396

3,929,828
3,741,1 67

17,748,695
3,741,167

15,488,175
3,584,063

711 ,533

376,533
398,841

3,646,322

63,717

16,358

2,964,802

3 ,032,932

3,032,932

1,238,396

3,929,828

3,741,167

21,489,862

19,072,238

(68,130)
159,021
(122,306)

2,286
63,585
(20,597)

6,795
268,678
(34,361)
12,500

437,376
193,967
(221,708)
(55,604)

843,033
590,383
(574,677)
(43,104)

788,517
126,765
(324,899)

(31,415)

45,274

253,612

354,031

815,635

590,383

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