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September/October 1992

The design concept for the new JI campus has been approved. See story, page 8

Financial Services,changes the guard
We say goodbye to Bill Lyon ...
Financial Services Manager,
Bill Lyon, retired from the Justice
Institute on September 1, and
when he went so did the calming
sounds of classical music that
wafted down the hall from his
Blake Hall office. Bill had spent
14 years keeping the Jl's finan-

cial records in shape and training
the rest of the staff to keep proper
receipts and records.
When he joined the JI at its
opening in 1978, Bill had, in a
sense, come full circle. Years
before, he had served as a member of the police force in Palestine. He had later become a
police officer in his home country

of Scotland, and now he was
working in a place that provided
police training.
When Bill emigrated to Canada in 1957, he had enquired
about joining the Vancouver
police force. Unfortunately, the
first class after his arrival was
full and he couldn't wait for the
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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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a month prior to Bill's retirement
and says that, "Bill left things in
good order so coming in has been
easier than it might have been."
Roy is a self-described sports
fanatic, but since the birth of his
son a year ago his lifestyle has
changed dramatically. His focus
has shifted from skiing and playing tennis, golf and squash to family-oriented activities like visits
to parks.

"The move to the JI is a change
from the downtown corporate environment," Roy says, and he is
"glad to escape the stress and tension." Roy had expected that the
JI would be a bureaucratic organization; he was pleased to find
that it is not. Although he does
not expect to make dramatic
changes, the more relaxed, less
structured atmosphere will make
it easier to accomplish the things

Roy was born in Prince Rupert
but spent most of his life in Richmond. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC and is a
Certified General Accountant
(CGA). Roy has spent most of his
career in public practice with a
chartered accounting firm.

he does hope to do. Among these
is to streamline some of the existing systems to create less
paperwork so he will have "more
time to work with Academies to
provide even better service."
And maybe, in time, he'll share
his musical tastes with us... O

Card drawn by Will Mah, Media Centre.

next opening six months later.
He got a "regular" job instead and
soon found that he liked having
weekends off and nights at home
in his own bed.
Bill says he plans now to "take
things easy." He wants to take
up golfing again now that he can
avoid the weekend crowds, and
he and his wife, Betty, will take a
three-month holiday starting in
January. While they're away,
they will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary in Edinburgh,
where they were married.
In the meantime, Bill is enjoying himself. On these rainy winter days he enjoys sipping a cup
of tea and working a crossword
puzzle. If he's feeling ambitious
it will be a New York Times puzzle - which he works in ink, of
course. No doubt this all takes
place with CBC stereo playing
softly in the background.

...and hello to Roy Uyeno.
Roy Uyeno is by now well
established in Bill Lyon's former
office. He hasn't yet revealed his
taste in music, but he has become
comfortable with existing financial policies and procedures.
Roy worked with Bill Lyon for

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•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On staff
Changes...
Jon Heshka and Kathryn
Wahamaa have joined the PEP
Academy staff. Jon, who replaces
Ross Cloutier as the Search and
Rescue Instructor, is experienced
in mountain climbing and rescue
techniques. He has achieved academic notice with a GovernorGenerals' medal in high school.
He has a BS in Zoology, a BA in
Political Science and a B.Ed. Jon
has already met a number of the
local search and rescue teams and
has attended international conferences on behalf of the Academy.
Kathryn Wahamaa (pronounced
Vatiama) fills an additional position as an Emergency Social Services Instructor. She will be
delivering training to Ministry of
Social Services staff as well as
complementing the instruction
presently delivered by Sally
Pollock. Kathryn has an extensive
background as a program and special services co-ordinator and was
most recently as a partner in a
firm called Inspirit, a Human Resources Development Consulting
organization. She provides the
Academy with emergency
preparedness experience as the
former Reception Centre Co-ordinator for the District of Coquitlam
and as a local instructor in com.munity development projects.
The Fire Academy has hired
Chris Reyes as Computer Analyst to replace Karen Lai. Karen
left in July to pursue her education. Chris comes to the JI from
Microbase Computer Systems, an
organization that has assisted the
Fire Academy with its computer
hardware, programming and system configuration needs. With
his programming and systems
analysis and design experience,
and his familiarity with the Fire
Academy's system and program
makeup, Chris will assist in updating the exam marking and stu-

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dent records systems. He will
also manage the Fire Academy's
network. Marjory Dahl left in
the Fire Academy in August; her
position in student records was
filled by Sheila Morissette who
has been working in other capacities at the Academy since November 1991. Mavis Johnston was
hired as the Fire Academy receptionist in June.
Dianne Bodnar has accepted
a part-time, term appointment as
Program Developer for the Courts
Academy. Dianne comes to the
Academy from the Pfain Language Institute where she was
employed since 1988 as Plain
Language Consultant and, more
recently, Education Director.
Dianne has been a Sessional
Lecturer with the Department of
English at UBC and a representative with Gage Educational Publishing. She has a Master of Arts
in English from UBC. Some of
Dianne's initial projects will be
developing style guidelines for
publications and managing the
publication processes of the
Courts Academy.
Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)
has recently hired two new
Program Planners to assist in the
Conflict Resolution Certificate
Program. Kerry Gruber, who
has been the supervisor of the
registration office since 1986, assumed her new position in September. Kerry will work closely
withKendraMcEown on inhouse courses. Karen Falk
joined IDS in August. She assumed responsibilities as Program Planner dealing with
contract courses and the college
programs. Karen has worked for
the past two years as a consultant
to the Provincial Private Training
Institutions Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology. Prior to
that, she worked for Employment
and Immigration Canada as an
Employment Equity Coordinator.
Debra Minaker took up duties
as Registration Supervisor in Sep-

tember, replacing Kerry Gruber.
Debra worked for five years as Supervisor of Admissions and later
as Assistant Registrar for the Institute of Chartered Accountants
of BC. Froma Saxe, who has
been a part-time employee with
the library since October 1990,
has been hired as a Program Assistant in Interdisciplinary Studies. She will be responsible for
the bingo and casino programs,
and the data base for Management Development for Residential Settings certificate program.
Laurence Hoffmann joined
the Corrections Academy in July
replacing Cecilia Quan as Assistant Voucher Clerk. Academy Director, Dave Bahr, returns to the
Corrections Branch on November
1 to resume duties as Regional Director, Vancouver Metro. During
the past year, Dave has been responsible for initiating the Employment Readiness Program for
Security/Corrections Officers and
for the regionalization of the training budget. John Laverock will
be returning as Director of the
Corrections Academy on November 1. John has completed his
secondment as District Director
for the Corrections Branch and is
looking forward to returning to
the JI and taking an active part
in planning for the new facility.
While Barbara Hunter is on
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Media Centre to develop
critical incident stress video
by Shelley Rivkin

The Media Centre was successful,
recently, in obtaining funds from
the Ministry of Advanced Education to develop a 15-minute video
and print package on critical inci-

dent stress debriefings. The funding was part of an initiative established by the Ministry to assist
colleges and institutes to develop
materials for use in distance edu-

United Way campaign
underway
by Pat Abercrombie

In the past, the Justice Institute
has been a strong and enthusiastic supporter of the United Way.
The 1992 campaign is definitely
following this tradition.
This year's United Way campaign got off to a rousing start at
the Justice Institute with an
Early Bird Draw for a Thanksgiving turkey. The winner was
Irwin DeVries of Courts Academy. Anne Langdon and Pat Abercrombie of the Fire Academy
won vouchers for coffee products.
The Committee thanks Bean
Around the World Coffees for
their donation and offers a special thank you to our generous
"Anonymous" turkey donor.
The employee contribution portion of the campaign is only one
part of the Justice Institute's effort toward raising funds for the
United Way. On November 5, in
co-ordination with the JI Social
Committee, an Auction/Pub
Night will be held in the South
Room (C22) starting at 4:30 p.m.
and running till 8:30 p.m. The
auction will start at 5:15 p.m.
The Committee is looking for the
donation of items or services for
this event. All money raised at
the auction goes to the United
Way. Money received from the
sale of food and beverages goes to
the Social Committee. If you have

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an item or service to offer, please
contact your United Way Rep or
call Sally McMurray or Pat Abercrombie. Co-chairpersons - Sally
McMurray (IDS)/Pat Abercrombie (Fire); Committee Members Christine Babec (Library), Tim
Lancaster (Police), Valerie Morris
(Paramedic), Paula Connolly
(Corrections), and Sally Pollock
(PEP).

Pat Abercrombie is on staff
with the Fire Academy and cochairs the United Way committee. 0

cation. The Media Centre submitted the proposal as part of their
overall efforts to generate revenue outside of the academy structure. The topic was selected
because of an increased understanding of the impact on emergency response and high risk
staff of working in extraordinarily stressful, and at times life
threatening, situations, and the
corresponding growing demand
for training in this area. One of
the most effective models for responding to critical incident
stress is on-scene or near-scene
peer debriefings for workers who
have been directly impacted by
the event.
Training workers to understand the central concepts surrounding critical incident stress
debriefings, as well as introducing concrete methods to conduct
on-scene or near-scene debriefings, lends itself well to distance
education approaches. The training can be conducted in small
groups at a work site, a local community college, or directly from
the homes or offices of individuals
who have been designated to take
on a facilitator role. The distance
education package can be supported through teleconferencing
where participants have access to
a highly experienced debriefer.
This component can be supported
on a fee-for-service basis.
The Media Centre has contracted with Elizabeth Wilson, a
former CBC broadcaster and
script writer, to develop the concept, write the script and prepare
the user guide. The Media Centre will produce the video in consultation with an advisory group
from within the Justice Institute.

Shelley Rivkin is a Program
Director in Educational Services
and Interdisciplinary Studies. 0

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Fire Academy staff learn firefighting techniques
by Anne Langdon

Work took on new meaning for some Fire Academy
staff on October 15 when
they spent the day at the
Maple Ridge Safety Training site. Clerical staff, in
particular, learned that
wearing turnout gear is
not a fashion statement it's dam heavy stuff!
Boots that are four sizes
too big, hot and heavy
helmets, gloves, SCBA
breathing apparatus it was enough to make
some people yearn for

their desk jobs!
Staff were put through
basic training including
wearing proper gear, putting out a live fire with an
extinguisher, crawling
through a very dark
smoky building while trying to breathe with SCBA
equipment, putting out a
mock car fire, and learning
how to wind up hose.

Anne Langdon is Supervisor ofAdministrative Services, Fire Academy. 0

"Please don't make me go in the smoke house again,"
Pat Abercrombie pleads with Deputy Director Jim Bond,
proving that some activities were not as popular as others.
Right:
Technique was one of the
first points Instructor Jack
Tyler had to discuss with
Sherri McLennan and Denn·
ette Retel, shown putting out
a mock car fire.

Right:
Breathing took on
a whole new meaning for Sheila
Morissette as she
listened intently to
instructions on
how to put on her
SCBAmssk.

Like a kid with a new toy, Marcela Popovici
found firefighting much more exciting than
pushing paper in the office.

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New Corrections
program
The Employee Readiness Program recently developed by Corrections Branch and facilitated by
the Justice Institute, has already
proved to be popular. To date,
two Corrections/Security Worker
courses have been completed.
The JI plans to run up to 12-14
courses each year to meet the
high demand for this type of training. It is reported that, so far,
over half of the class which graduated from the course in June has
found employment with the Corrections Branch.

Adapted with pennission from
the CorrTech Quarterly Vol. 1,
No.4. O

Staff workshops
scheduled for the fall
For the past two years, the JI has
offered a series of workshops to
provide staff an opportunity to
learn more about the types of
training offered by the Jl's academies and divisions, and to get to
know staff from other departments while learning new skills.
The series is co-ordinated through
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Educational Services, with the Executive Committee approving the
format and schedule for sessions.
These workshops have been so
popular and successful that a
third series of workJ;hops has
been scheduled for November and
December. JI staff will be able to
choose from the following topics:

Use of Force and Basic Personal Security - Police Academy
Driving with Finesse - PTEC
Criticism: How to Give and Receive It - Interdisciplinary Studies
Managing Diversity - Interdisciplinary Studies
Plain Language: Why Clear Communication is Only Just - Courts
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Search and Rescue Co-ordinator (Volunteer) Dave Brewer (left), E Division
RCMP Inspector Merv Harrower (centre), and the Provincial Emergency Program Director, Tony Heemskerk (right),
have signed off the Search and Rescue
Manuals produced at the PEP Academy
of the Justice Institute of BC. The
following manuals are now available to
support both operations and training:

* Rope Rescue

* Ground Search Team Leaders

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* Dog Handling for Search and
Rescue

* Search and Rescue Management
* Basic Search and Rescue
Basic Search and Rescue Instructors
Search Management Familiarization

* These manuals are available for
purchase from the Open Learning
Agency (out-of-province requests) and
the Justice Institute PEP Academy
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Social Committee schedules fall events

by Sally Pollock

Fabulous weather helped make
the JI Family Barbecue a success.
The "Dunk Tank," egg toss, paper
airplane contest, and barbecue
will long be remembered. Those
who were dunked (Larry Goble,
Dean Winram, Warne Lynd,
Robyn Towle, Kathryn Reid and
Will Mah), seemed to have as
good a time as those who paid to
dunk them.
The Western Pub Night was
well attended, and enjoyed, by a
large number of staff and friends.
Robyn Towle, Linda West and
Cheryl Redding led a set of challenging Line Dancing routines,
and the Chili Bake Off proved to
be a popular event. Susan Huffman of the Police Academy had
the winning recipe.
The Social Committee will be
assisting the United Way Committee with its fund raising Auction
on, Thursday, November 5.
In an effort to raise funds for
the JI Annual Christmas Dinner
and Dance, the Social Committee
is hosting another exciting
KARAOKE night, on Thursday,
November 19. This event is one
you will not want to miss. It was

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such a success last spring that
the committee couldn't wait any
longer to hold another. If singing
isn't one of your talents, there is
always a need for an appreciative
audience.
All JI staff and students are invited to the Annual JI Crafts Fair
on Friday, November 27 between
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Blake
Hall Student Lounge. Come and
check out a colourful selection of

clothing, accessories, sweets and
more!
The willingness of all JI staff
to get involved and support the
events planned by your Social
Committee doesn'j; go unnoticed.
We really do appreciate your participation and support.

Sally Pollock is an Instructor
in the PEP Academy and a member of the social committee. 0

Dates to mark on
your calendars:
Thursday, November 19

Karaoke Night

Friday, November 27

Annual Crafts Fair

Saturday, December 12

Christmas Dinner
and Dance

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JI move update
by Barry Hawkins

The journey toward moving into
the new campus is well underway. Over the summer, the project bus has made a number of
stops to pick up new team members. They are:
LEC Quantity Survey Inc. - Cost
Consultant
C.Y. Loh Associates Ltd. - Structural Engineers
D.W. Thomson Consultants Ltd. Mechnical Engineers
Mahanti Engineering Ltd. - Electrical Engineers
Guzzi Perry and Associates Inc. Landscape Architects
BA Consulting Group Ltd. - Traffic and Parking Consultant
Trueman Sokol Watt Associates Cafeteria Planners
Pacific Western Communications
Group Ltd. - Communications
Consultant
In the last issue of the JI
News, Gary Ridout of UMA
Spantec Ltd., noted that Barry

Hawkins would assume the Project Manager's duties in July.
This has happened and I am situated in the Blake Hall Portable,
Room 18.
Project activities are well underway and the progress to date
is as follows:
• September 8 - A design workshop was held to review
three design concepts
• September 15 - Facilities
space program was completed
• September 15 - The recommended design concept was
approved by the JI Board
• September 21 - Site rezoning was completed
A traffic study and schematic
design are now underway and
Academy/Division interviews
have been conducted.
The next major milestone will
take place at the beginning of November with the completion of
schematic designs. Following approval of the schematic design,
working drawings will commence.

So, what will the new JI campus be like? It will total approximately 158,000 square feet; this
is about 10% more space than at
the current Jericho site. The new
campus will include an office
block, classroom/simulation
block, library, lecture theatre, cafeteria, gym, indoor firearms
range, daycare, media centre, and
much more. The design of the
buildings, especially the office
block, has attempted to integrate
an exterior courtyard area with
an interior atrium space.
If you have any questions,
ideas or comments about the new
facility, please put them in the
suggestion boxes located in Blake
and Lawrence Halls.

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

Spotlight... cont'dfrom page 3
maternity leave (see announcements, below), Marlene Le
Comte will be Acting Supervisor
of Administrative Services in Paramedic Academy. Valerie
Morris will fill Marlene's position
as Assistant to the Director during this period. Also in Paramedic Academy ... Derek White
has resigned his position as Program Director and will act as a
consultant to the Academy. Dave
Busse will be Acting Program
Director until the position is
filled. Bill Bailey, EMA 1 Instructor will take over as Program Co-ordinator for EMA 1 and
EMA2.
In the Police Academy, Cpl.
Steve Watt completed his threeyear secondment as Legal Studies
Instructor, and returned to the
West Vancouver Police Depart-

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ment. He was replaced by Cpl.
Barry Nickerson of that department. Sgt. Warne Lynd, RCMP,
completed a four-year secondment as Traffic Studies and
Driver Training Instructor. He
was replaced by Cst. Jess Ram
of the Vancouver Police Department. Cst. Bruce Dureau, also
of the Vancouver Police Department, was seconded to the Academy to understudy Cst. Mark
Johnstone as Human Relations
Instructor.

Announcements
Curt and Barbara Hunter
(he of the Media Centre, she of
Paramedic Academy) became the
proud parents of an 8 pound, 14
ounce daughter on October 15.
Her name is Ayla Marie. 0
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