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Paramedic Academy completes
Hong Kong projects

Tony Williams receives Commendation
PHP training Allied Medical Services
(Hong Kong volunteer
medical organization)
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The Paramedic Academy completed its Hong Kong projects in
December.
In one component of the
projects, Professional Health
Programs (PHP) trained 425
medical and non-medical personnel at various levels of emergency
medical response.
In another project, 24 participants from the Hong Kong
Fire Services - Ambulance Command (HKFS-AC) graduated from
the EMA-2 program .
One EMA-2 course co-ordinator
and five EMA-2 instructors were
also qualified, making the HKFSAC self-sufficient in delivering
these courses. The PaTamedic
Academy will still be involved,
however. The Academy expects to
be asked to provide minimum

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Dave Busse (left) reviews ex"1ms for
EMA-2 program with Hong Kong
instructional staff Siu-Tak Low and
David Pang (seated).

quality checks on future courses,
and to be involved in future recertification and advance level training.
At the graduating ceremonies
in Hong Kong, Paramedic Academy Director Tony Williams was
given a Commendation from the
Hong Kong Fire Services for the
Academy's work in improving the
quality oflife fol'" the people of
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Justice Institute hosts
Exercise Thunderbird
by Peter Pershick

We have all been hearing about
the "Big One" - a catastrophic
earthquake that could hit coastal
British Columbia at any time.
When it hits, we have been told
that Vancouver Island and the

mainland will receive extensive
damage.
To help prepare for the quake,
the Provincial Emergency Program has developed an "Earthcontinued on page 4

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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The JI goes
to the
Vancouver Art
Gallery
by April Haddad

A model of the ceremonial staircase in the atrium of the JI's new
building will be on display at the
Vancouver Art Gallery from
February 5 to April 4 in a show
called Richard Henriquez:
Memory Theatre.
According to the Vancouver Art
Gallery:
Richard Henriquez has, in the
last two decades, established
himself as one of Canada's leading architects. Vancouver residents will recognize his
buildings such as Eugenia Place,
The Presidio, the renovations to
the Sinclair Centre, and the extension to the Sylvia Hotel.
The JI's name will soon be
added to this list: Richard Henriquez and Associates are the architects for the new JI facility.
The exhibition is jointly organized by the Canadian Centre for
Architecture and the Vancouver
Art Gallery.
Don't miss it!
For more information, call the
Vancouver Art Gallery at 6824668.
April Haddad is the Jl's
Librarian. 0

Vancouver and Richmond
pilot "gatekeeper" training
for school personnel
by Cindy Bettcher

In 1993, the Vancouver and Richmond Child Sexual Abuse Advisory Committee (made up of
representatives from key people
in Ministries of Health, Education, and Social Services), contracted with Interdisciplinary
Studies to design and pilot a training curriculum for "gatekeepers."
Gatekeepers are professional and
para-professional staff who are required to support and :respond to
the needs and concerns of sexually abused children or youth, and
their family members. The committee decided to pilot the training program in Vancouver and
Richmond with school-based support staff, secretaries, staff assistants, itinerant personnel,
supervision aides, teachers, special education assistants, counsellors, and nurses.
The two-day training program
provides participants with an opportunity to develop a framework
to understand the nature,
dynamics, and indicators of child
sexual abuse, and to identify procedures for responding to and
reporting disclosures of abuse. In
addition, participants explore the
specific support a child or adolescent needs after disclosure, and

examine school-based support
plans and interventions to address these needs. The training
highlights the difficulties that
abused children and adolescents
oft.en experience at school, and
corresponding supportive interventions and behaviour management strategies.
The program was successfully
piloted this past fall to Vancouver
School Board secretaries. The
feedback from participants was
overwhelmingly positive, and
highlighted the practical nature
of the training. In fact, a number
of participants indicated that this
program should be "required"
training for all school personnel!
The program will be piloted in
Richmond for School Board personnel in the spring.
Sexual Abuse Intervention
Programs (SAIP) of the Ministry
of Health has contracted with Interdisciplinary Studies to revise
the curriculum and to make it
more applicable to gatekeepers
throughout the province, particularly in rural and northern
regions.
Cindy Bettcher is a Program
Co-ordinator in Interdisciplinary
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Fire Academy's Multimedia Hazmat Program
is on the market
by Paul Smith

The Fire Academy's Interactive
Multimedia Hazardous Materials
training and assessment program
is now complete and on the
market.
Using CD ROM, Multimedia
Hazmat takes the student
through a series oflearning objectives. After completing the learn-

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ing objectives, the student can request an examination disk which
has been generated by the Fire
Academy. The student then completes the exam, reviews each
question and answer and makes
any necessary changes, and
receives the examination results
on the screen. Following this, the

disk is returned to the Fire
Academy where the student data
is transferred to the course
manager and kept on record. Students who successfully complete
the examination will be certified
at the Awareness Level in Hazardous Materials.
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•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On Staff
Changes
Deputy Sheriff Brian Woods
returned to the field from his
secondment position as Staff
Development Officer, Courts
Academy. Since the beginning of
his secondment in 1989, he coordinated and assisted in instructing 11 Deputy Sheriff Block 2
Programs, successfully graduating close to 200 deputy sheriffs.
He also developed a baton
m&nual and co-ordinated the
delivery of a major new program
in Defensive Tactics for Deputy
Sheriffs.
Lynda Hazelwood, from the
Prince George area, has worked
for the Corrections Branch for
over 17 years as a Correctional
Officer, Line Supervisor, and
Probation Officer. She brings
a wide range of skills and
experience to her new role in the
Corrections Academy as an instructor for institutional staff.
John LaCavera, an experienced institutional instructor,
has returned to the Corrections
Academy after spending a year
with the Corrections Branch field
operations.

Colleen Vaughan has been
appointed as the PEP Academys
new Emergency Social Services
Instructor. She assumed her
duties on January 4. For the past
three years Colleen has been an
instructor for the Corrections
Academy. She has extensive experience in training, and is in the
process of completing her masters
degree in Adult Education.
As an instructor for the PEP
Academy, Colleen will be responsible for informing Ministry of Social Services staff about
emergency preparedness at home
and in the workplace, and about
the role ministry staff play in
responding to natural or personcaused hazards that result in the
displacement of people from their
residences. Colleen will also be
involved in the delivery of other
training programs offered
through the Academy.
Candice Shaw, library technician for acquisitions and
serials, now has a new job at the
Powell River Teachers' Resource
Centre. Candice worked in the JI

Library for 2 1/2 years and was
very active on the Social Committee.
Lucie Etienne, library technician for print circulation, will
now be working in Candice's position and is the person to call to
purchase books and videos.

Recognition
Motivating and Managing
Today's Volunteers is the title of a
new book by Flora MacLeod
which was recently published by
Self Counsel Press. This is her
second title for the press in their
series of books designed for use
by people in the voluntary sector.
The Fire Academy's Interac-tive Multimedia Hazardous
Materials training and assessment program has won an Award
of Merit for on-line technical
support in a multi-media format.
The award was presented by the
society for Technical Communicators, Puget Sound Division
(home of Microsoft). See story,
page 2. CJ

Police are preparing
for change
by Chris Kennedy

Next deadline
for
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-In November, firearms instructors
and emergency response personnel from the RCMP and municipal
police agencies attended a special,
one-day Advanced Firearms Training session taught by Massad
Ayoob. Ayoob is a world-renowned expert in firearms training and
tactics. He has written several
books and published over 1,000
journal and magazine articles on
the topic.
The session focused on the
training of small-stature or smallhanded officers. Massad Ayoob
has served as a court-certified expert for a number of female officers who have been dismissed
because ofrestrictive and biased

firearms training practices. In
one case he was involved with,
the FBI was forced to revise their
training practices for female officers. The FBI had dismissed five
female officers because of their inability to qualify. As a result of
Massad Ayoob's input, the five officers were reinstated with full
status and pay.
As the police services in this
province move to reflect a more
representative balance of society,
firearms trainers must be made
aware of methods and practices to
accommodate this change.

Chris Kennedy is an instructor
in the Police Academy. CJ

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Thunderbird...continued from page 1
quake Response Plan" for the
province of BC, and the Justice
Institute has been designated as
the Provincial Field Response
Centre for the Lower Mainland.
What this means is that the
response decisions will be made
by a group of individuals
stationed at the Institute who
have the authority to make policy
decisions for response purposes.
In order to test whether the
earthquake plan would work, the
Institute, through the PEP Academy, hosted a major earthquake
exercise, titled Exercise Thunderbird, from November 23-25. Approximately 80 people were onGeo" Amy, Operations Manager (PEP)

The province will participate to,
once again, test the Earthquake
Response Plan. The federal
government will be testing their
capabilities of responding as a
support to the province in the
event of a catastrophic
earthquake in BC.
The Provincial Emergency
Program extends its appreciation
to all staff at the Justice Institute
for their support in helping to
facilitate these important exercises.
Michele S/cuce (PEP)

site at MacDonald
Hall working through
a simulated earthquake response. The
exercise provided an
opportunity to learn
and make changes to
the earthquake plan.
The Provincial
Emergency Program
will be involved in
another major exercise in May at the
Justice Institute
when the federal government will be involved in an exercise
titled Canatex II.

Peter Pershick is Director of the
PEP Academy. O

Left to right: Michele Skuce, Cheryl Osachoff, Linda West,
Jerry Hirter (responsible for Thunderbird exercise),
Rose Watt.

John Lynn can help us with media
The JI is not very much like any
other educational institution in
BC and we all share the responsibility of making the JI's work
better known to the community at
large.
John Lynn Marketing Communications have been contracted
by the JI to help us raise our
profile. They provide media relations assistance and related support services to all academies and
divisions.
John Lynn has a background
as a journalist and as a communications director for the
school trustees association, the
Vancouver Resources Board, and
United Way. He has worked with
Larry Goble and various JI staff
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government and community relations, and other communications
activities for the past four years.
One of his early assignments
was to take on the re-design of
the JI graphics. His firm eventually designed the logo which we
now use on all of our publications
and stationery.
They have also taken on such
projects as publicizing graduations from academy programs;
developing news releases regarding such innovative programs as
the conflict resolution prog:r_am,
pepper spray training, Paramedic
Academy overseas contracts, and
the appointment of the First Nations Liaison Officer.
Last summer the company was
asked to recommend improve-

ments in our capacity to stage displays featuring the Justice Institute. This resulted in the
purchase of our new portable display unit. This fall John Lynn coordinated the JI display at the
four-day Education and Training
Show at the PNE.
"These are some examples of
what we've been asked to do to increase public understanding at
the JI, but we have to do more,"
he says.
"That's why we've decided to
run this article in the JI News to let all JI staff know that we
have a communications firm on
contract, and to urge people to
make use of that resource."
John Lynn suspects there are
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Police artists attend composite
drawing course at JI
byBobKowan

The Forensic Compositry Program held at the Justice Institute
last November was the first of its
kind in Canada. Although the
five-day course was designed to
improve the skills of practising
police artists, students who were
competent in their drawing skills
but had no knowledge of compositry also completed the course.
Composite drawings play a
major role in determining the
identity of suspects, victims, and
witnesses. The purpose of the
class was to enhance the artists'
technical skills through ''handson" practice and to give insight
into the artist/witness relationship. Information was presented
through lectures, slide presentations, and demonstrations.
Topics included: Facial Anatomy;
Proportion; Perspective; The
Biological Variations of Age,
Race, and Sex; Witness Memory;
Interviewing Techniques;
Courtroom Testimony; and Techniques and Uses of Art Materials,
Equipment, and Reference Files.
Twenty police officers from as
far away as Alaska and Eastern
Canada attended the five-day
course.
Instructors were Cpl. Cameron
Pye and Karen Taylor.
Cpl. Pye is a regular member
of the RCMP and is the only fulltime Police Artist for the RCMP
presently stationed in BC. He
performs numerous forensic art
duties including facial reproduction, age enhancement, and post
mortem drawing, as well as
compositry on serious crimes.
Cpl. Pye has previous art training
at the Ontario College of Art and
Sheridan College of Applied Art.
Karen Taylor is a forensic artist with the Texas Department of
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sion and conviction of criminal offenders or promote the identification of unknown deceased
persons. She has instructed at
universities, medical schools,
and police academies around the
US, and has been a guest instructor at the FBI Academy. She
has worked as a portrait sculptor

for Madame Tussaud's Wax
Museum in London, England,
and currently does freelance
forensic artwork for television's
"America's Most Wanted" on FOX
Network.
Bob Kowan is an instructor in
the Police Academy. 0

United Way pledge drive most
successful ever
by Pat Abercrombie

The 1993 Justice Institute United
Way pledge drive was the most
successful drive the Justice Institute has ever had. Along with
a pledge award, the JI staff received a "Special Effort Award" for
staff participation (the JI had the
highest participation level of all
colleges and training institutes).
Members of the JI's 1993
United Way Committee were:
Sally Pollock (Co-Chair), PEP
Academy; Sally McMurray, IDS;
Paula Connolly, Corrections Academy; Valerie Morris, Paramedic
Academy; Diane Joyal, Police
Academy; Judith O'Quinn, Administration; and Liz Moski, Library.
(This was Liz's first time ever on

a JI committee. Good job, Liz.)
I would like to thank the committee for all their enthusiasm
and hard work during last year's
campaign. Also, a special thank
you to Larry Goble for his inventive, last-minute idea for a raffle
that put us over the top.
As retiring Co-Chair I would
like to encourage other staff members to consider a more active role
in the JI by joining the committee
as other members are stepping
down. Thanks again all for your
support. You have done the JI
proud!
Pat Abercrombie was Co-Chair
of the JI's 1993 United Way Committee. 0

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Fire Academy Receives Accreditation
by Paul Smith

The Fire Academy was recently
successful in having a number of
programs accredited through the
International Fire Service Accreditation Congress (IFSAC).
Accreditation is a status
granted to an educational institution or program that has been
found to meet or exceed stated
criteria of education quality. In
North America, accreditation
is voluntarily sought by institutions and programs and is conferred by non-governmental
bodies. (Accreditation is to be distinguished from certification,

which applies to individuals.)
Institutions that administer
standardized examinations of the
knowledge and skills required to
meet nationally-recognized,
professional qualification standards, may be accredited. In the
case of the fire service, the purpose of accreditation is to
measure the level of professionalism.
The Fire Academy received accreditation for Dangerous Goods,
Awareness and Operational
programs; Company Officer; Command Officer; Administration Of-

Hazmat... continuedfrom page 2
Although the Fire Academy
has an Edukit on this subject,
the CD ROM permits a greater
range of graphics, video, and
sound, and brings the text,
graphics, and video together in
one screen. To achieve the same
capability in the conventional distance learning format would require a tremendous amount of
material. It would also be very
costly and not as easy to work
through.
The advantages of this training
format are many:
• Training can be undertaken
at the convenience of the students, who can proceed at their
own pace.
• The CD ROM disk is always
available for refresher training.
• Examination capabilities are
greatly enhanced. The system
provides a greater range of
question due to the colour
graphics, sound, and video.
• Examination results are
immediate.
• The purchase of one training
package provides initial
training and refresher training
for all.
There is no doubt that this
format will be one of the main
training mediums in the future.

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In 1991, approximately 1.5 million CD ROM drives were installed in the United States.
In 1992, approximately 3 million
were installed, and it is expected
that at least twice this number
were installed in 1993. The cost,
however, is extremely high,
making the medium inaccessible
for most subject material. Currently, the cost of developing a
three- to four-hour program can
range between $250,000 to
$500,000. (Reference: A special
report from Training, by La Tresa
Pearson, November 1993.)
Hazardous materials was
chosen for this medium primarily
because it is very topical from an
international perspective, and it
is relevant to all emergency services and many different types of
industry.
A number of other fire fighting
subjects also fit into this broad
range of potential clientele and
RJM Multimedia Inc. (developers
of the Hazmat program) and the
Fire Academy are looking at
other potential programs for the
CD ROM format.

Paul Smith is Director of the
Fire Academy. 0

fleer; and Training Officer Levels
I and II. Accreditation was also
received for Recruit Firefighter
Levels I and II. This program is
conducted by the Surrey Fire
Department and is accredited
through the Fire Academy by
delegation.
Three programs did not receive
accreditation. Pump Driver/
Operator is incomplete in some
areas and needs to be combined
with the driver training program
and the Edukit on pump operation. The Fire Inspector distance
education program was not accredited as the last block has not
been completed. It was the finding of the accreditation visitation
team that the material that has
been developed in fire prevention
inspector exceeds those portions
of the standards addressed to
date. Once the last block is complete, accreditation should be
forthcoming.
The Volunteer Certification
Program was also unsuccessful.
The visitation team found that
the program had been developed
to a provincial standard, was
being administered in accordance
with IFSAC By-Laws, and had an
examination system which exceeded the requirements of
IFSAC. However, because the
standard upon which the program is based falls short of the
NFPA 1001 Standard, the Board
of Governors were obligated to follow the By-Laws and were unable
to grant accreditation.
One of the main recommendations of the IFSAC site visitation
team was that the province have
one fire fighting standard rather
than the present system of two
different standards. The process
for this and other fire fighting
training standards was put in
place early last year.

Paul Smith is Director of the
Fire Academy. 0

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A good time ... 1993 Jl's Dinner/Dance
by Marika Morissette

The JI's year-end Dinner/Dance,
held on December 11 at the Hyatt
Regency, featured a vast array of
succulent food and a wide variety
of door prizes, generously donated
by JI business associates. Lucky
winners received hotel accommodations, theatre tickets, hockey tickets, golf umbrellas, and gift
certificates, to name just a few.
During the evening, ten year
pins were presented to Phil
Crosby-Jones of the Police Academy, and Sherri McLennan of the
Fire Academy.

The 1994 Dinner/Dance will be
held on December 3, again at the
Hyatt Regency.

Marika Morisette co-chairs the
Jl's social committee. 0
(Photos: Anita Miles and Lori
Wide ski.)

Left to right: Robin Towle, Diane Joyal,
Susan Huffman and Anita Miles.
Ten Jtear pin winners: Phil Crosby-Jones
and Sherri Mclennan

Party-goes Bob Kowan, Sally Pollock,
and Susan Huffman

To work off the calories
consumed at the dinner
buffet, 95 staff, family,
and friends strutted their
stuff on the dance floor to
some rocking tunes. For
many, the festivities
lasted well into the evening, indicating that a
good time was indeed had
by all!

John Lynn... continuedfrom page 4

many newsworthy activities at
the JI that would be interesting
to read about in the papers or see
on radio or television.
''We need people to call us with
ideas, so we can try them out on
media outlets to see which items
have news appeal. Just give me a
call, and we can discuss the idea
by phone before we do any extensive research or planning."
"Some ideas can be handled by
a simple news release. Others
can be pitched to individual
media outlets or reporters. Still
others are best handled with a
News Advisory, inviting the

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media to cover the event live.
We need to devise an approach which is appropriate
to the event."
Lynn noted that media
coverage can be extremely
difficult to come by, and we
need to take advantage of
every opportunity to tell the
JI story.
If you have an idea you
think merits media coverage,
call John Lynn or his son
Foley Lynn at 875-6222, or fax
a message to 875-6234. After
hours, John Lynn can be contacted at 433-4954. 0

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Move update
by Barry Hawkins

Construction of the campus is
well under way. November and
December saw a number of discussions regarding issuing oflife
jackets to site visitors due to the
continual rains. However, work
continued and the following activities were completed:
• bulk excavations
• installation of overhead crane
• installation of temporary
power, telephone, and water
• completion of piling
• completion of pile caps and
grade beams in the Gym Block
• installation of elevator casings
Activities underway include:
• form and pour basement walls
in the Gym and Classroom
Block
• form and pour pile caps and
grade beams in Classroom
Block and links
• rough in plumbing and electrical services
Although site activities are the
most conspicuous, considerable efforts by other team members are
also ongoing. These activities include:
• processing of shop drawings by
consultants
• expediting answers to field
questions or requests for
clarifications
• issuing site instructions, contemplated change orders, and
change orders
• compiling furniture and equipment requirements and estimated costs
• ongoing planning activities by
various JI committees for the
upcoming move

about progress on the site.
With construction, the number
of requests for information about
the JI and its new campus has increased. Recently, we received a
call from San Diego, California,
requesting information about
emergency health training
facilities.
A slide presentation of project
progress was given to the JI staff
and Board members in November. Requests for a presentation
can be made through the Project
Mat-iager.
Tours of the site will be available by this summer.

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

As well, a project bulletin was
developed and distributed to the
JI's new neighbours. The bulletin will be issued on a regular
basis to keep them informed

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