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A win-win secondment exchange
cently stated that he was "... looking forward to new job challenges
and a chance to get some 'front
line' experience again." He added
that he" ... will very much miss
all the wonderful staff at the
Academy and the Institute."
Dave is no stranger to the
Corrections Academy. Prior to
his present position, he was responsible for all B.C. Corrections
support services, including a liaison relationship with the JI.
Both John and Dave see this

by Larry Goble
The Justice Institute and the Corrections Branch recently concluded an agreement to support a
two-year secondment exchange:
John Laverock, Director of the
Corrections Academy, has gone to
the West District of Vancouver
Metro Region as the District Director; Dave Bahr, Regional Director ofVancmiver Metro Region, is
serving as Director of the Corrections Academy at the Justice Institute.
John has been Director of the
Corrections Academy since the
Institute opened in 1978. He re-

exchange as beneficial to themselves and their organizations.
Seconding instructors is one of
the cornerstones to the unique
structure under which the JI operates. This is the first time, however, that the JI has participated
in a senior management secondment exchange. We are hopeful
that the exchange will be one of
those win-win experiences that
we all strive toward, and that it
will open up other opportunities
for staff in the future. 0

Conflict Resolution to train 400
Ministry of Transportation and
Highways employees
The JI's Centre for Conflict
Resolution Training has recently
signed a $100,000 contract to
train approximately 400 Ministry
of Transportation and Highways
employees in principled negotiation skills. The training will
begin in October and will be held
in seven regional locations.
Twenty participants received a
pilot course held in mid-September with enthusiasm. Some said
that they had expected the course
would teach ways to 'slay the

dragon' and were surprised and
impressed by the alternative of
principled negotiation. Several
expressed strong interest in additional courses in conflict resolution, specifically on dealing with
confrontational negotiators and
team negotiations.
The three-day experiential
courses that begin in October will
address the range of contract and
post-contract negotiations which
Ministry employees encounter
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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

Conflict Resolution...
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daily in their work with private
contractors, other ministries,
municipalities and service providers such as B.C. Hydro, B.C. Rail
and B.C. Building Corporation.
Course participants and instructors will use manuals specifically
produced to accompany the training. The manuals include case
studies based on a needs assessment conducted in August. 0

NEW LIBRARY
HOURS
Effective September 3, the Library has extended its hours. It
will now be open from: 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

l~terdisciplinary Studies

receives crime prevention
contract
Interdisciplinary Studies has received confirmation of a contract
with the ministry of Solicitor General, Police Services Branch, to
undertake a range of crime prevention initiatives. The contract
is in the amount of$25,000.
Work done under the contract
will include sessions for both professionals and concerned members of the public on responding
to gang violence in the schools.
Another aspect of the contract
work will involve development of
a curriculum on intervening with
street involved adolescents. The
curriculum will focus on training
for workers who want to develop
or enhance their skills in working
with young people who are at
great risk of becoming involved in
criminal activity. It will examine
the sociocultural and psychological factors that motivate young
people to move to the streets, ex-

plore approaches designed to encourage youth to leave the
streets, and provide opportunities
for participants to observe and
practice specific intervention
strategies. The curriculum will
include a section on crime prevention techniques and working with
law enforcement personnel.
A final project to be undertaken with the contract funds will be
production of proceedings from
the Abuse of the Elderly conference held last spring. This was
the first province-wide conference
on abuse of the elderly to specifically incorporate a criminal justice
perspective. The proceedings will
be distributed to crime prevention
practitioners in police departments and community agencies
throughout the province and to
other interested professionals
working in the area of elder
abuse. 0

Recruits set POPAT record
During each block of police training, recruits must complete the
Police Officer's Physical Abilities
Test, know by its acronym
POPAT. The allotted time for
successful completion of POPAT
is 4 minutes and 15 seconds.
On August 21, four exceptional
athletes in training arranged for
their test to be run 'back to
back.' Competing were Cst. Stephen Hanuse (Vancouver PD,
Class 49, III) holder of the existing record at 2:24; and Cst. Tom
Woods (Esquimalt PD, Class 44,
IV), the previous record-holder at
2:25. Csts. Ken Lowko and Kim
Harder ofMatsqui (Class 44, IV),
winners of their classes' Chief
Constable's and Physical Train-

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ing Excellence A.wards, respectively, rounded our the competition.
With their classmates providing vocal support, and in the
spirit of friendly competition, everyone aimed for a record performance. Cst. Harder led off with a
2:33 time, and Cst. Lewko followed at 2:29. Cst. Woods, fresh
from training with Canada's
World Cup Rugby Team, then
blazed through in a record 2:20.
With the pressure on to retain his
record, Cst. Hanuse performed an
equally remarkable 2:20 time!
Congratulations are in order
for all four competitors who, we
hope, have something left for the
nexttime! 0

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•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On staff
Changes.••
In a unique, two-year secondment exchange, Dave Bahr has
joined the Justice Institute as
Director of the Corrections
Academy. He replaces John
Laverock, who will spend the next two years as District
Director of the West District of
the Corrections Branch's Vancouver Metro Region (see story, page
1).

Karole Conway was the successful applicant in the competition for the position of Program
Director of Institutional Training
in Corrections Academy. Karole
has held the position on a timelimited basis since April 1987 and
will now continue as the permanent incumbent.
Mark Caros has completed
his one-year secondment to Corrections Academy as Co-ordinator
of'Team Corrections.' Mark's
hard work co-ordinating and fund
raising contributed to the highly
successful performance of Team
Corrections at the World Police
and Fire Games in Memphis in
July. Although Mark has returned to his position at the Boulder Bay Youth Custody Centre,
he plans to continue co-ordinating
Team Corrections on a volunteer
basis until next spring.
Firefighter Dan Murphy of
the Vancouver Fire Department
was seconded to the Fire Academy effective September 9. Dan
will work on Edukit development
and driver training.
Sally Pollock was the successful applicant for the new position
oflnstructor, Emergency Social
Services, in the PEP Academy.
Sally previously worked as a consultant and trainer in emergency
social services and as an acute
care nursing instructor. She also
served in the volunteer position of
Emergency Social Services Director in Lions Bay. Sally will design and deliver training to
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support the needs of the Ministry
of Social Services and Housing,
the Provincial Emergency Program, and volunteers throughout
the province.
Glen Bolderson was recently
promoted to a Stockworker II position in Paramedic Academy.
Carolyn Eyres won a recent
job competition for the part time
OA I position in Paramedic Academy. Carolyn replaces Christine
Smayda, who moved to
Kamloops. Carolyn is a second
year student at UBC and is working towards a career in law.
Paramedic Academy also has
three new seconded instructors:
Kevin Sullivan, Bobbie
Walkley and Bill Bailey. Advanced Life Support (ALS) Paramedic Kevin Sullivan brings 17
years of practical experience to
his secondment. While on staff at
the JI, Kevin is working on enhancing his teaching skills and developing his computer literacy.
Bobbie Walkley is the first female
instructor to be seconded full time
to the Paramedic Academy. Bobbie started her career as a paramedic in Oregon and then moved
to B.C. where she taught CPR
and industrial first aid, and travelled the province for St. John's
Ambulance. Bill Bailey's background is in nursing. He has
been a full time paramedic for ten
years.
Gina Charlewood has returned to the Paramedic Academy to continue her work in
co-ordinating the Infant Transport Team.
Interdisciplinary Studies starts
the fall with three new staff people. Cynthia Bettcher is the
new Program Co-ordinator of Justice, Family and Agency training.
Cynthia has just arrived in B.C.
from Manitoba where she worked
as a social worker with the Child
Guidance Clinic of Greater Winnipeg. Prior to that, she was the
clinical co-ordinator of the
Women's Post Treatment Centre.
Cynthia's areas of speciality include child sexual abuse, family

violence and chemical dependency. In both of her previous positions Cynthia developed
professional and public education
programs.
Candice Shaw has joined the
library staff as a Library Technician - Public Service. Candice is
a native of Manitoba and has
worked at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon and the
Manitoba Legislative Library in
Winnipeg. In B.C., she has
worked at the Surrey Public Library as a branch assistant.
Lori Ovens re-joined the JI
staff mid-summer in a six-month
term position as a Program Assistant with Interdisciplinary Studies. Lori is replacing Debbie
Latimer while Debbie is on maternity leave. Lori has become
oriented to her new position
quickly because of her previous
experience as the JI receptionist.
Glenda Wray has left her position in the library and is expecting a baby in October.
Joan McLennan has just
been appointed to the library's audiovisual position which became
vacant with Lydia Stewart's res~
ignation for health reasons.
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deadline
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Announcements...
Debbie Latimer, Program Assistant, Interdisciplinary Studies,
gave birth to daughter, Jenna
Robyn, on September 15. Both
are well.
K£lly Murphy and his wife
have a new son, born on September 28. Adam Nolan Murphy
weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces.
Kelly is a former instructor in
Paramedic Academy.

Recognition •••
Norm Matheson, Paramedic
Academy, recently took top
honours in the driving and first
aid categories at the B.C. Ambulance Service competitions in Victoria. Norm and partner Kevin
Bonell overcame stiff competition
to capture the trophy. It is now
on display in Lawrence Hall.
Paramedic Academy instructor
Dave Busse recently completed
the six week Provincial Instructor
Diploma Program offered through
Vancouver Community College.
The program focuses on instructional and curriculum design.
Dave Maedel and Chris .
Mason, both seconded instructors in Paramedic Academy, were
selected for the advanced life support training program. They returned to student status for the
year-long program which started
the end of September.

Meeting hosted by the Pemberton
Fire Department. He also attended a seminar in Baltimore,
Maryland, on gas fired, live fire
training buildings. The general
consensus of the meeting was
that fire services will only be able
to conduct live fire training which
is environmentally clean. This
means that the use of hydrocarbons will have to be severely limited or eliminated because of the
pollution problems they create.
Paramedic Academy Program
Director Ian Dailly attended a
conference in Spokane, Washington, on distance education.

On visitors
On June 17, the Honourable
Graham Bruce, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and
Culture, visited the Fire Academy
and toured the JI campus.
In August, Nick Haazen, the

newly-appointed Executive Director of the B.C. Ambulance Service
spent an afternoon at Paramedic
Academy. After meeting with JI
President Larry Goble, Mr.
Haazen met with Academy instructors and program administrators. He later commented on
the positive atmosphere among
the Paramedic Academy staff.
He also said that training will be
one of the top priorities he will
deal with in the near future. In
his initial visits to stations, more
training was identified as the top
priority for crews.
The editor of the Journal of
Emergency Medical Services
(JEMS), Marion Garza, also
visited the Paramedic Academy
in August. Ms. Garza will feature the Paramedic Academy in
an article she is writing on the
B.C. Ambulance Service. JEMS
is one of the top two journals in
the field and has a world-wide circulation. 0

Everest update
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Conferences...
Jack Tyler, a co-ordinator/instructor with Fire Academy, attended the Yukon Fire Chiefs'
Association Conference at Watson
Lake during the summer and
gave a presentation on 'Effective
Training.'
Also during the summer, Fire
Academy Director, Paul Smith,
attended the Fire Chiefs' Association ofB.C. Annual Conference in
Victoria and the Volunteer
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PEP Academy instructor Ross Cloutier, s-n here with fellow
instructor Ross Mcintyre (right) and Academr. Director Sam
Meckbach (left), shortly before Ross Cloutier s departure for
Kathmandu, Nepal, and Mount Everest. Ross is one of the team
leaders for Canada's assault on Everest '91.

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