May/June/July 1993

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July 13, 1993:
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On July 13, dignitaries from
Victoria and the Lower Mainland
attended the official sod turning
ceremony for the Justice
lnstitute's new campus in New
Westminster.
Turning the sod in the top photo are
(left to right): Larry Goble, President of
the Justice Institute; Anita Hagen,
New Westminster MLA and Minister of
Education; Tom Perry, Minister of
Advanced Education, Training and
Technology; Bob Stewart, Chair,
Justice Institute Board of Governors;
and Mal Hughes, Councillor, City of New
Westminster.

Bob Stewart, Tom Perry and Anita Hagen
look at the artist's rendering of the
new Justice Institute campus.

Anita Hagen chats with guests
at the ceremony.

For highlights of the new campus, see pages 4 and 5. 0

Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

PEP course
offers national
standard
certification
by Sally Pollock

The PEP Academy has just completed the first certification course
in Canada to be recognized as an
equivalent to the Plans Operations Peace course delivered by
the Canadian Emergency Preparedness College at Arnprior, Ontario. PEP Academy's Emergency
Planning and Operations course
had 26 participants representing
Police, Fire, Emergency Social Services, and Municipal Emergency
Planners. The course assisted participants in understanding the
planning process required in order
to develop a municipal emergency
management program and plan.
Participants were required to
write an exam in order to receive
their national standard certification.

Sally Pollock is an Instructor in
the PEP Academy. CJ

The JI News
will be back in
November.
Deadline
for articles
for the
September/
Octo her issue is
October 15.

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Parents give child sexual
abuse prevention program
high marks
A report released in January of
this year showed that the "Let's
Talk About Touching" child sexual abuse prevention program
has had a positive impact on the
learning gains and attitudes of
children who have completed the
program.
Since 1987, Interdisciplinary
Studies has trained 1,247 preschool teachers, agency staff, and
social workers to deliver the
program to children in early childhood education centres throughout BC. The children's program
has three objectives:
• to teach children that their bodies are their own;
• to help children differentiate
between abusive and nonabusive touch; and
• to provide children with strategies to protect themselves from
abuse.
In 1990, the Justice Institute
received funding from the Family
Violence Prevention Division of
Health and Welfare Canada to
evaluate the program's impact
and effectiveness.
The study asked five questions:
(1) Did the children understand
the core prevention concepts? (2)
Did their knowledge gains translate into behaviour changes? (3)
Did their involvement in the program result in increased anxiety?
(4) Were the staff comfortable introducing the program in their.
centres? (5) How did the parents
view the program's impact on
their children's knowledge,
behaviour, and level of anxiety?
Data from the study showed
that, after completing the
program, children showed no
measurable changes in attitudes
or responses to affectionate
touches; they had an increased
ability to identify and name personal and private parts of the
body, understand and analyze
secrets, andjudge adults or older

people in relation to their behaviour rather than status or words.
They also had an increased awareness that a trusted adult must be
told about the incidents, and a
statistically significant gain in
knowledge related to their ability
to identify and respond appropriately.
Parents at centres where the
program had been taught rated
the program highly and felt that
their children's involvement in
the program increased their
knowledge and awareness.
With these encouraging results, Interdisciplinary Studies
plans to pursue additional funding so that the program can be
offered to early childhood educators who have not yet had an
opportunity to complete the training.
For further information on the
research project or to receive a
copy of the study synopsis, please
call Interdisciplinary Studies at
222-7295. CJ

New JI board
member
appointed
Carolyn J. Oien, an associate with
the Kamloops law firm of Mair,
Jensen, Blair, has been appointed
to the Board of Governors of the
Justice Institute. Her practice is
mainly in family law.
Ms. Oien was raised in Prince
George. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Simon Fraser University, received her probation
officer/family court counsellor
training from the Justice Institute, and worked in that field for
four years. She graduated from
the University of Windsor Law
School in 1988 with an award for
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On staff
Changes
James (Jim) Bond resigned
from the Fire Academy effective
July 4th to accept the position of
Assistant Chief, Manager of
Training, with the Surrey Fire
Department. During his years
with the Fire Academy, Jim
brought competency-based
scenario training to the forefront
in the fire service. He has become
recognized as a leader in this
area both inside and outside BC.
Marje Burdine has resigned
as Co-ordinator of the Conflict
Resolution Certificate Program
effective August 30. As the
program's founder, Marje has had
a major impact through both
establishing and managing the
growth of the program. Marje
plans to work as a consultant,
end will continue to be associated
with the program as a senior
trainer.
Marg Huber was the successful candidate for the Co-ordinator's position for conflict
resolution. Marg was on staff in
the conflict resolution program
from 1989 to 1991, and has continued to teach in the program.
She has also maintained contacts
in the community through memberships and board appointments
in a number of organizations.
The Conflict Resolution Certificate Program will also lose the
Program Planner services of
Nancy McPhee at the end of
August. Nancy will continue with
the program as a coach.
Library Audiovisual Booking
Clerk Joan McLennan has
taken early retirement. Joan
came to the Institute when it was
first established in 1978. She
spent her first years as the receptionist for the new Institute, and
in the early 1980s she transferred
to the Library. Joan has an RV
(recreational vehicle) and plans to
travel the continent. Robert
Hooft, who has been filling

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Scenes from the annual JI Summer Barbeque.

Joan's position for the last seven
months, is now the permanent
audiovisual booking clerk.

Recognition
Street Psychiatric Emergencies,
a video produced by the Media
Centre for the Paramedic Academy, was one of the productions
selected for top honours at the
Video Festival Canada VII
Awards ceremony held in Toronto
in March. The national competition honours excellence in Canadian video productions. Directed
by Curt Hunter, Street Psychiatric Emergencies shows emergency
medical assistants responding to
a call and encountering an injured, mentally disturbed patient.
Congratulations to Margot
D'oouza, Program Assistant in
the Corrections Academy, who
recently completed a Provincial
Instructor Diploma through Vancouver Community College." The
program involved attending
evening sessions (six modules)
over a one year period - practical skill demonstrations were an
important component. Margot
has already started to apply her
new instructional skills by delivering computer courses at the JI.

Conferences
Sally Pollock, an Instructor
in the Provincial Emergency Programs (PEP) Academy, recently
attended a three day conference
in Boulder, Colorado, on Natural
Hazards Research and Applications.
The focus of the conference
was on mitigation (prevention) as
the foundation of emergency management. 0

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Facts about the new campus
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and regulatory agencies.
Architectural design commenced in July 1992.
Campus is housed on a 12.3 acre site in suburban New Westminster.
Total project cost estimated at $34 million .
Construction beginning August 1993. Completion scheduled for late
1994.
Building area totals 170,000 sq. ft. consisting of classroom block,
office block, and gymnasium.
Average daily population - 700 students and staff.
Exterior areas of campus include:
on-site parking for more than 400 vehicles
simulation intersection
courtyard area
natural space
Functional areas include:
classrooms and breakout rooms
200 seat lecture theatre
simulation classrooms and theatre
library
media production centre
cafeteria
offices
board and meeting rooms
fitness and combative training rooms
gymnasium with shower/change facilities
12-position indoor firearms range
Building structure is primarily cast-in-place concrete consisting of
three to four levels.
Building exterior surfaces blend cast-in-place concrete, masonry
brick, and metal cladding.
Points of special interest:
project design has incorporated energy efficient components such
as lighting, lighting controls, and mechanical equipment
a number of existing mature trees have been transplanted on the
site to minimize damage during construction
construction will initiate a recycling program for building
materials
courtyard area occupies same location as the original Douglas
College courtyard
architectural items such as sun shade beams used to reduce the
heat gain to interior spaces
offices and classrooms have opening windows for natural air
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Faculty
workshop
leads to
developments
in recruiting
training
By Ingrid Pipke

"We are an integral part of your
community." That was the basic
understanding which emerged
from a three-day workshop involving Policy Academy faculty and
staff and representatives from various cultural and ethnic groups in
the lower mainland and Victoria.
Facilitated by Joe Schaeffer, a consultant in inter-racial training,
the workshop was designed to increase the mutual understanding
of police personnel and individuals from various cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
The workshop focused on three
major areas of understanding:
roles and responsibilities of the
police, community expectations of
the police, and cultural and ethnic
characteristics which may lead to
misunderstandings between
police and community members.
From June 7-9, the group participated in a series of one-on-one,
small group, and large group activities and discussions. The first
two days of the workshop were
very similar to the sessions which
Joe has facilitated for the Victoria, Delta, and Matsqui police
departments. Over 300 police
members have participated in
these inter-racial training workshops. The response from cultural and ethnic communities and
the police has been very positive.
Following the workshop, Police
Academy faculty met for an additional day to discuss ideas and
plan strategies for this summer's
review of the entire recruiting
training program. Using the
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Open learning in Baghdad or was it Merritt?
Paramedics complete EMA I program
by Dave Busse

June 25, 1993: Paramedic
Academy staff Dave Busse and
Rick Treby, and District Training
Officers Geoff Vick and Pat
Cooke set out to deliver Workshop
III for the EMA I program in Merritt.
The mission starts off well;
the local Unit Chief and District
Training Officer have done an
excellent job of scrounging up all
the equipment, and obtaining the
use of the basement in the local
library which will serve well as
a classroom for the practical
exams.
Things start to go wrong late
Saturday afternoon when a lightening storm rolls through the
Nicola Valley, knocking out all
power. However, this is a minor
setback; by opening the doors at
the end of the basement, and
using the light from lightening
bolts and a little imagination, we
are able to complete exams that
afternoon.
The situation soon becomes
critical when it is discovered that
the power is out in the entire
region and that, as a result, no
restaurants are able to cook.
With 14 students and four instructors staying at the local hotel, we
are in trouble. We fan out and
search the town. One crew hits
pay dirt, and returns with two
medium pizzas for 18 people.
Things do not look good: people
are offering to pay for the right to
lick the cardboard box the pizzas
came in. Finally, the power
comes back on at about 8:30 p.m.
and we are able to break from our
diet of junk food.
The real problems start next
morning when, as we drive to the
training site, we notice a pall of
smoke over the town. Our
curiosity is quickly dispelled
when a huge fire bomber roars a
mere 100 feet above our heads,

and releases its load of fire
retardant a few blocks ahead of
us. As we round the corner, we
discover that the library we have
been working in is five blocks
away from a fully involved log
pile fire at the local saw mill.
There is a stiff crosswind gusting
to 50 kilometres that, fortunately,
is blowing away from the library.
The local fire department doesn't
seem concerned that we will be in
any danger, so class proceeds as
planned.
Things start to get complicated
again when we discover that the
library is directly under the bombing approach path: each time the
twin engine fire bombers begin
their low-level approach, the
rumbling roar of the engines
literally shakes the building we're
in. To add to the atmosphere,
the library basement is lit with
bare 150-watt light bulbs that
occasionally flicker - just to add
to the bomb shelter effect. The
shaking also causes dust to fall
from the bare floor joists that
constitute a ceiling in this room;
fate adds a little comic relief, as
sneezing fits break out for a few
minutes after each pass. The
students also manage to add
their two bits worth of comedy
when three of them return from
a break covered in red fire
retardant: oops! apparently one
load fell a little short of the drop
zone.
By the end of the day, the
local radio station was reporting
that 35 - 40 loads of fire retardant
had been dropped. Typically,
they missed the most important
story of the weekend: 14 new
EMA I's successfully graduated,
amidst all the roaring planes and
smoke.
Dave Busse is a Program Director in Paramedic Academy. 0

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Paramedic instructors
come to aid of deputy
sheriff

Multimedia
HazMat
Interactive
Program
by Paul Smith

by Irwin DeVries

"Float like a butterfly and sting
like a bee." These famous words
spoken by former world heavyweight boxing champion Mohammed Ali took on a particular
significance at the Justice Institute recently.
It was a hot afternoon in the
gymnasium as physically fit
deputy sheriffs, most with martial
arts training, were undergoing
exhaustive (and exhausting) training in defensive tactics. In spite
of the high quality of the program, one threat for which training had not been included was bee
stings.
During a training session, a
bee landed on the neck of one of
the students and, not liking what
he or she (it?) found, left a stinger
as a calling card. Unbeknownst
to anyone, including the (soon to
be) patient, he turned out to be
one of those rare individuals
who is extremely allergic to bee
stings. Within a matter seconds,
urgent medical help was required

to deal with the situation.
If it had to happen, it couldn't
have occurred at a better place.
Paramedic faculty members Ernie
Gaudet and Bobbie Walkley were
quickly on scene with the necessary skills, equipment and medications to stabilize the patient, at
which point he could be transported to hospital. He has recovered fully from the event.
Their ministrations were truly
life-saving, and were subsequently acknowledged by a letter
of appreciation from President
Larry Goble. Thanks were also
due to Brian Woods, who had an
efficient emergency medical plan
in place, and Deputy Sheriffs
Barry Adkins and Dieter Karpf,
who first responded and immediately recognized the need for urgent assistance.
Just another one of those
things that make the JI a special
place!
Irwin DeVries is Program Director, Courts Academy. 0

7th annual conflict resolution
graduation
The JI's Centre for Conflict Resolution Training graduated a record number of 47 students at the
annual ceremony, June 24th.
Over 80 people attended to celebrate the completion of the 210hour certificate program. Guest
speaker, Dr. Elinor Powell, is a
member of the JI's Board of Governors as well as a 1988 graduate
of the Certificate Program. 0
Dr. Powell addresses 1993 graduates
of the Conflict Resolution Certificate
Program.

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The Fire Academy has joined with
RJM Multimedia Inc. to develop a
computer-based, interactive learning program on hazardous material which can be used by fire,
ambulance, police, shipping companies, municipal officials, politicians, or anyone involved in
determining the presence of hazardous materials.
Marie Burlinson, President of
RJM, used the Fire Academy's
Edukit on Dangerous Goods
Awareness to develop the start-tofinish training and assessment
program. It contains colour images, 3-D animations, narration,
and sound effects.
The program is divided into
four modules: United Nations
Classification of Hazardous Materials, How to Identify the Hazard,
Roles of the First Responder, and
Multimedia Assessment Program.
This last module allows each
trainee to take a unique test generated from a data base of over 600
multimedia questions. Trainees
will be able to get instant feedback
on the examination and those who
successfully complete the assessment will receive a certificate
from the Fire Academy.
Paul Smith is Director of the
Fire Academy. 0

Faculty... cont'dfrom p. 6
"pillars" of interpersonal/communication skills, problem-orientation,
and a community policing philosophy, the faculty will review content and redesign the process for
delivering recruit training. Pilot
testing will begin with the recruit
class scheduled for September.
Ingrid Pipke is a Program Developer in the Police Academy. 0

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Notes and Notices
• For the Social Committee's Annual BBQ, Alice's
Restaurant donated a picnic basket for two for a
draw. The winner was Robyn Towle, Police Academy.
PEP Academy Instructor Sally Pollock left on July
22 to spend three weeks in Moline, Illinois, assisting the American Red Cross to provide shelter services for survivors of the floods. CJ

Lawrence Hall is falling down.••JI staH see part of their history
disappaar as Lawrence Hall, former ho.me to the fire Aca~my,
Paramedic Academy, Ubrary and Media Cent~, 1s demo/;shed.

• The Provincial Emergency Program Academy has
a new brochure outlining its specialized training
courses, and courses in search and rescue, emergency social services, and emergency management. For more information about PEP Academy
training, or for a copy of the brochure, contact your
PEP Zone Office or the PEP Academy at 222-7150.

Excellence Award winner
#tfary Lester receives
a congmtulatocy hug
from the Bursar, Dean
Winram. Mary was one
of seven award
recipients honoured at
the J/'s first Excellence
Awards luncheon, held
onJune24.

JI move update
by Barry Hawkins

Construction of the new JI campus is scheduled to begin in
August. Meanwhile, planning
activities for the new campus continue on items such as furniture
and equipment, communications,
and campus operational strategies.
The JI has assigned specific individuals or committees to work
with consultants in preparing
planning recommendations for approval by the project Facilities
Committee. Some of the assignments are:
Communications Advisory
Committee - print and nonprint communications
Executive Committee - office
and cafeteria equipment and
furnishings
• Supervisors Administration
Services Committee general office support areas

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equipment and furnishing
• Program Directors - classrooms/meeting rooms equipment and furnishings
Suggestions for the new campus, or questions about decisio~s
already made, can be submitteo
through the appropriate committee, the suggestions boxes in
Blake Hall and MacDonald Hall,
and occasional surveys or questionnaires addressing specific topics.

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

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