January 1995

vol 7/#1

JI Board changes

Donald Pamplin

Donald Pamplin elected
vice chair
In November, the JI Board
ele!!ted Donald J. Pamplin to the
position of Vice Chair of the
Board of Governors.
Mr. Pamplin was appointed to
the Justice Institute Board in
1989. He has served on both the
Program and Personnel/Labour
Relations Standing Committees
and, since 1991, has been actively
involved on the Facilities Build-

ing Committee. The Committee is
working towards the completion
of the new Justice Institute Campus in New Westminster, and a
purpose-built "live burn" fire
training centre at Maple Ridge.
Mr. Pamplin's ties to the JI go
back to 1979, when he was a
founding member of the Curriculum Committee for the Fire
Academy of BC. In 1990, he was
selected by the National Fire
Protection Association (Quincy,
Massachusetts) to represent
Western Canada on the International Urban Fire Forum, a standing body established to formulate
methods and policil;ls to resolve
the urban fire problems in North
America.
Mr. Pamplin retired from the
Vancouver Fire Department in
1992 after 38 years of service as a
fire fighter and career officer.
Mr. Pamplin is an avid golfer
and down-hill skier. He enjoys
reading, classical music, and staying at unique hide-a-way vacation
spots with his wife Carroll.

Move to
New Westminster
set for May 6-7, 1995

Ha/Jenkins

Ma/Hughes

Two new members
appointed to Board
Herald Arnold (Hal)
Jenkins of North Vancouver was
appointed to the Board of Governors of the Justice Institute in
August. He has 36 years of police
experience and has been Chief
Constable of the West Vancouver
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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services • Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

Board changes... continuedfrom page 1
Police Department since September 1987.
Originally from Ontario, Chief
Jenkins was stationed in British
Columbia while a member of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
He joined the West Vancouver
Police Department in 1960.
Chief Jenkins has served as an
Executive Officer with the BC
Police Commission and has held
executive positions with the BC
Association of Chiefs of Police
and the BC Federation of Police
Officers. He is a member of the
Canadian Intelligence Service,
BC Executive Committee, the Attorney General's Crown/Police
Liaison Steering Committee, and
numerous other professional associations. Chief Jenkins is a
graduate of the Canadian Police
College and the Washington
State Northwest Law Enforcement Executive Command College.
In his spare time, Chief

Jenkins enjoys racquetball, hockey, and exploring the great outdoors.
.
Malvern J. (Mal) Hughes of
New Westminster was appointed
to the Justice Institute's Board of
Governors in September.
Born in Alberta, Mr. Hughes
received his Bachelor of Law from
the University of British Columbia in 1955 and practised law in
the City of New Westminster
from 1956 to 1985. He is currently on the Retired Membership
Roll of the Law Society of British
Columbia.
Mr. Hughes served as Councillor of the City of New Westminster for 19 years (to 1993) and
was appointed New Westminster
Police Commissioner for the period 1970 to 1973. He was Chairman of the New Westminster
Parks Committee for 13 years
and also served 10 years on the
GVRD Parks Committee. He held
a directorship in the Municipal In-

Multicultural awareness program
being developed for courts staff
by Irwin DeVries

A new program of multicultural
awareness education for Court
Services staff will be jointly developed by the Law Courts Education Society and the Courts Academy. Titled Diversity Awareness
to Action: A Locally Based Education Program, the program will be
offered around the province to different court locations.
The purpose of the program is
twofold. First, it is intended to
provide multicultural awareness
education at the local level to
Court Services staff as required
by the Multicultural Act and
Employment Equity. Second, it is
designed to translate this awareness into specific recommendations for enhanced service to local
cultural communities.
The program uses non-traditional delivery methods to achieve
its goals. It is delivered in three
stages. First, registered students
from a designated court location

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receive a package of self-study
materials which provide multicultural awareness education at a
general level. The package also
contains instructions to prepare
for the next stage.
In stage two students participate in a one-day guided information gathering session at a First
Nations or other cultural community. They are guided through
a variety of experiences· and obtain information about local justice-related issues and resources.
Finally, subsequent to this
visit, participants meet to discuss
their findings and plan ways to enhance services to the communities
they have visited. This information is also shared Branch-wide.
The project is scheduled for implementation beginning in April
1995.

Irwin Devries is Program Director, Courts Academy. 0

surance Association of BC from
1988-1993, served on the Royal
Columbia Hospital Board for two
years, and on the Management
Board of St. Mary's Hospital for
eight years.
An active member of his
community, Mr. Hughes is Past
President of the Royal City Curling Club, the Vancouver Golf
Club, the Hyack Society, the New
Westminster Chamber of Commerce, and the New Westminster
Bar Association. More recently,
Mr. Hughes received his real estate license and is a member of
the Real Estate Board of Greater
Vancouver. 0

JIBC establishes
a Foundation
by Flora MacLeod

Peter Websteris president and
chair of the board of the Justice
Institute's new Foundation. The
Foundation was established to improve the quality of justice and
public safety in BC by soliciting,
managing, and disbursing funds
to the JI for education, training,
and community service. Don
Pamplin, Florence Wong, and
Dean Winram will serve as directors.
The business of setting up the
Foundation is now complete and
details of the relationship between the Foundation and the JI,
including the handling of donations, are being sorted out. Additional board members are being
recruited and the search for funds
will begin in the new year.
Criteria for application to the
Foundation will be set out over
the next few months, with an initial emphasis on financial support
for students, research and special
equipment, and materials for the
library and media centre.
Flora MacLeod will be the JI
contact for the JIBC Foundation
and Sabrina Tong will provide administrative support.
Flora MacLeod is a Program
Director in Educational Services. 0

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• • •SPOTLIGHT • • •
On Staff
Grace Adams, the JI's First Nations Advisor, resigned in October
to move to Fort Simpson.
Amber Teed is the new PEP
Academy instructor responsible
for emergency preparedness training for First Nations communities. She comes to the
Institute from Stoney Creek
Reserve near Vanderhoof. Amber
has been the Fire Chief for her
community, has delivered community awareness programs for
the First Nations Emergency Services Society, and has been a
board member of that society.
Elke Taylor joined the JI on
November 28 as Supervisor of Administrative Services in the
Paramedic Academy. Elke brings
several years of senior secretarial
and supervisory experience to the
JI. For the past seven years, she
was responsible for running the
office of the Director of Parks and
Natural Areas, Department of
Natural Justice, Manitoba. As
well as being an experienced office administrator, Elke is fluent
in German and French and has
taught German for several years.
Marc Guay and Elizabeth
Moran have also joined the
Paramedic Academy staff. Marc
is a Program Assistant responsible for EMA 1, First Responder,
Management Training, Continuing Education, AED, and Unit
Chief programs. Prior to coming
to the Justice Institute, he was
employed by Loomis Courier.
Elizabeth (Liz) is the Registration
and Database Operator for the
Academy. Liz was a full-time
mom for three and one-half years
before coming to the Justice Institute. Prior to that, she was a
Department Assistant in Continuing Education in Continuing
Education for Seniors' Studies at
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
in Toronto. Marc is also a
transplanted Easterner; he comes
from Montreal.
Marilyn McRae was the successful candidate for the stockworker position that became
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Move to New Westminster
set for the weekend of
May 6-7, 1995.
vacant with Paul Harris' resignation. Paul moved to Victoria
where he will use his considerable writing and computer
talents in his own desktop business. Marilyn previously worked
with the Liquor Control Branch. .
JI staff will know Marilyn from
her more recent work at the MacDonald Hall Branch of Alice's Restaurant.
Kirsty Renwall is now a clerksteno in Adminstration Division,
providing clerical support for the
Jl's new Human Resources
Manager, Pam White, and
Facilities Manager, Dave Allen
(see story, page 7).
Blake Hall switchboard receptionist SandyKinny resigned in
September. She has moved with
her family to Calgary.
Finance and Administration
Division has two new staff members: Wendy Dejarlais in Ac-

counts Payable and Adam
Peters in Accounts Receivable.
Adam was previously with Molnar Group where he did similar
work. Wendy, who previously
worked with a Burnaby company
that distributes music and videos
will share the accounts payable '
position with Cynthia Teo.
After almost 15 years with the
Vancouver Police Department,
three of which were spent on
secondment to the Police
Academy, Steve Hess has
returned to the JI, this time as an
employee and Co-ordinator of the
Private Security Training Program (see story, page 4).
In response to emerging needs,
several changes are underway
within Educational Services and
Interdisciplinary Studies: Flora
M_acLeod will be providing planmng support to the new JI
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JI fresiden_t Larry Goble and Paramedic Academy Director Tony Williams joined
with f rem1er H!Jrcourt and other agencies doing business with Southeast Asia
m welcoming guf!st~ from Malaysia during the Commonwealth games.
From the left: Dr. Th1ag1 of Kuala Lumpur; Tony Williams· the Mayor of Kuala
Lumpur and his wife; Premier Harcourt; and L,;rry Goble.

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JI 1994 United Way
contribution tops $10,000
by Sally Pollock
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The 1994 United Way campaign got off to a great start with a
pancake breakfast featuring the JI Executive Committee as guest
"Executive Chefs."

Once again the JI has held a
successful United Way campaign.
Thanks to the generosity of the
staff, the JI has for the first time
raised more than $10,000.
The.JI's United Way committee worked hard to heighten the
awareness of the tremendous
services provided in the Lower
Mainland by the 91 United Way
member agencies and 34 affiliate
agencies. Last year, United Way
of the Lower Mainland helped
more than 1/2 million people.
Thanks to everyone for your kind
support.
Sally Pollock, PEP Academy, ·
was the JI's 1994 employee campaign chairperson. 0

Notes and Notices
Media Centre video wins
another award
In our last issue, we noted that
the Media Centre's Critical
Incident Stress video had won
two Canadian awards. Now, the
video has received an award from
the Law Enforcement Association
in the United States. Sales of
the distance education package
have been brisk; purchasers include the United Nations in New
York.

Tax receipt changes underway
The Registration Office and
Finance and Administration have
undertaken a project to change
the way they produce income tax
receipts. The end result will be
that at the end of each year students will receive one income tax
receipt for the total of their tuition fees processed through
registration during the calendaT
year. This will significantly improve on the previous system

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which required students to hold
and save individual course
receipts throughout the year. An
added benefit of the project will

be a reduction in the amount of
paperwork associated with confirmation of registrations and tuition invoicing. 0

Private Security Training
Program update
by Steve Hess

The development of the Private
Security Training Program at the
Justice Institute has taken a
large step forward with the expansion of the role of the JI. The Ministry of Attorney General is establishing mandatory standards of
training for the private security
industry in the province, and the
Police Academy has been asked to
oversee the development of the
training component, conduct
training, and act in an advisory
capacity for the proposed mandatory standards.
Currently, the Academy is

developing the administrative
processes for this province-wide
program through a newly created
position of Co-ordinator, Private
Security Training. Persons in this
industry must be licensed by the
government, which presently
regulates over 7,500 persons in
BC in industry components as
varied as private security guards,
armoured car guards, private investigators, and locksmiths.

Steve Hess is the new Co-ordinator of Private Security Training
in the Police Academy. 0

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30 employees participate
in new computer
purchase plan
by Ingrid l'ipke

Thirty JI employees treated themselves to an early Christmas
present by taking advantage of a
new JI employee computer purchase plan. Approved by the JI
board early in September, the
plan offered all employees the opportunity to buy computers and
software at discounted price. In
addition, individuals applying for
the plan could take advantage of
an interest free loan through a
payroll deduction plan.
Ninety-one percent of the individuals who responded to a survey distributed early in the fall
indicated they were very interested in participating in the plan.
BCGEU and Fair Comparison
employees responded to the survey in equal numbers. Many
respondents indicated that they
already had computers at home
but that they wished to up-grade
their hardware and software.
Even with at-home computers,
most employees said that they
learn their computer skills, by
trial and ~rror, at work.
The initiative to develop the

employee computer purchase
plan emerged from the Information Systems Advisory Committee. A sub-committee consisting
of John Laverock, Ian Dailly,
Margot D'souza, Barb Hunter,
Joseph Chan, and Ingrid Pipke
developed the plan for presentation to JI employees, executive,
and board. In addition to surveying employees, the committee
developed a list of four hardware ·
sales agents as well as negotiated
to offer software, at an educational rate, to JI employees.
By Christmas, most of the 30
purchasers had new computers,
printers, CD Rom capabilities,
lap-top computers, and/or new
Microsoft Office or Corel Draw
software packages. You can
guess how they spent their time
over the holidays! Now, if only
Santa Claus had been available
to help with the installation of
the hardware and software ...
Ingrid Pipke is a program
developer in the Police Academy. 0

Oppal Inquiry
completes
report on
policing in BC
After over two years of research,
interviews, and public consultation meetings throughout the
province, Mr. Justice Wallace
Oppal presented his report on
policing in BC to the Attorney
General.
The two-volume study covers
every facet of policing and contains over 300 recommendations
which, if adopted, would require
an overhaul of the Police Act and
the public complaint process. The
main thrust of the report calls for
greater emphasis on community
involvement and partnership
With police to better respond to
crime and disorder.
From a training perspective,
the inquiry report contains 62
recommendations touching on preemployment training, use of
force, private security guards
training, ethics, and the establishment of an expanded Police
Training Advisory Committee.
The Attorney General has appointed an implementation committee to study and prioritize
recommendations for adoption
and implementation. Program
Developer Ingrid Pipke is on parttime loan from the Police
Academy assist the committee. 0

Your Honour.
For the record ...
Students enroled in the Corrections Academy's Community Program Workers Course (Employment Readiness) attend a mock
trial. Students in the course practice their skills in presenting court
reports and giving court testimony
- skills required of probation officers and family court counsellors.
The third "employment readiness" class graduated on November 25, 1994. 0

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MDFRS Certificate Program
holds second grad

by Sandra Rice

Over 120 people, including 58
graduates, their guests, and
representatives from a variety of
community agencies, attended
the second graduation for the
Management Development for
Residential Settings Certificate
Program held on Friday evening,
September 30th.
Shelley Rivkin, IDS Program
Director, gave the welcoming
address. Keynote speaker for the
graduation was Dr. Penny Parry,
Children's Advocate for the City
of Vancouver.
Each graduate received acertificate and a JI pin. In addition,
many of the community agencies
presented their graduates with
flowers and small gifts.
Graduates from the Port Alberni
Association were fortunate to
have their entire Board attend
the graduation.
Following the ceremony, graduates and their guests enjoyed food prepared by Menu Setters caterers and light classical
background music played by the
Aldoria Trio.
People from throughout the JI
assisted with arrangements for

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the grad. Thanks to the folloWing
people for their contribution to
the success of the event: Lori
Wideski, who delivered an exotic
assortment of accessories to the
cafeteria building - including a

piano; Ray Schulte from the
Media Centre and Bernard
Gregov from Paramedic
Academy, for setting up the JI
display; Ryan Shellhorn from
Paramedic Academy, the official
photographer; Sabrina Tong from
the President's office, who helped
make banners; police recruits for
helping to deliver benches and
flowers; and Sally Pollock from
PEP Academy for flower arrangements. The IDS general office
staff helped in a variety of ways:
Froma Saxe and Jude Laird
provided a welcoming reception
to graduates and guests; and
special thanks go to Sandy
Johnson for her outstanding organization of the event.
Sandra Rice is Co-ordinator of
the Management Development for
Residential Settings Certificate
Program. 0

Fire Academy pilots
pre-employment fire fighter
recruit program
Twelve recruits graduated from
the Justice Institute's new basic
fire fighting training program
in December. This marked the
first time the Jl's Fire Academy
had trained fire fighters at the
recruit level for local
municipalities. In the past, fire
departments have trained their
own recruits.
The 12 recruits went through
extensive screening which included a medical exam, physical
performance assessment, and oral
and written exams prior to entering the non-week course. The
training included classroom instruction and extensive hands-on
experience at the JI's new Fire

and Safety Training Centre in
Maple Ridge.
Six graduates of the training
are now working in Coquitlam
and four are working in Surrey to
complete their orientation and
local on-the-job training. The two
remaining recruits are First Nations fire fighters. They are now
gaining further experience with
the Surrey Fire Department
before taking up regular duties
under the First Nations Emergency Services.
Fire chiefs, faculty, and family
and friends of the graduates attended the graduation ceremonies
held at the Justice Institute on
December 3. 0
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Board approves two new positions
In September, the JI Board approved the establishment of two
new positions in the Finance and
Administration Division.

Pam White

Pam White is the Jl's new
Human Resources Manager. Pam
has extensive experience in the

fields of human resources and
labour relations. She was most
recently employed at BC Transit,
where her responsibilities
included recruitment, compensation, organizational development,
and workplace policies such as
harassment and implementing
employment equity initiatives.
Pam will be available to provide specialized advice and
guidance to all JI staff in human
resources and labour relations
related matters.
On a more personal level, Pam
enjoys playing squash (though
she says she plays it badly) and
would welcome the opportunity to
hone her skills during lunchtime
matches with other JI staff.

Dave Allen is the new Facilities Manager. Dave came to the
JI from Air Canada where he
managed the maintenance of the
Vancouver Airport facilities, sup-

Dave Allen

port equipment, and building complex.
Dave will be responsible for coordinating the move to the new JI
site and managing the New West
facility after the move.
Dave also enjoys sports - especially tennis, golf, and hiking. 0

Spotlight... continuedfrom page 3
Foundation (see story page 2) as
part of her responsibilities; the
balance of her time will be as a
Program Director within Educational Services with emphasis on
student services (including
library, registration, and student
counselling); Shelley Rivkin will
assume management of the First
Nations' planner position; and
Marg Huber will become a Program Director within IDS with
responsibility for the Centre for
Conflict Resolution Training.

Recognition
Shelley Rivkin, Program
Director, Interdisciplinary
Studies, has been invited to sit on
an advisory committee of experts
hosted by the International
Centre for Criminal Justice
Reform and Commonwealth
Learning. The committee is

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composed of practitioners,
academics, and educators who
have recognized expertise in the
area of violence against women.

Conferences
Tony Williams, Director of
Parame.dic Academy, spoke at the
Institute of Ambulance Officer's
national conference in Rotorua,
New Zealand in October. Heads
of ambulance services from the
United Kingdom, Australia, and
New Zealand attended, as did
many other people associated
with ambulance services internationally.
PEP Academy instructors
Ross Mcintyre and Sally Pollock were presenters at the October Emergency Preparedness
Conference held in Vancouver.
Ross delivered a three-hour

presentation on how to develop exercises for communities that will
enable them to test their community emergency plans. Sally
provided a presentation on how to
develop Emergency Social Services Plans for a community. 0

Next deadline
for submissions
to the

JI News
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IS

February 15,
1995

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Move Update
The JI has established
a move date:
the weekend of
May 6-7,. 1995.

by Barry Hawkins

As fall closed in, so did the work
on the building. Progress since
the May-August issue of the JI
News includes:

Classroom Block
• roof membrane installed on
the north and south wings
• glass installation nearing completion
• steel framing for atrium
skylight completed
• drywall started
• face brick to atrium columns
completed
• elevator and stairwell towers
completed
• theatre roof structure nearing
completion

Office Block
• all floor slabs complete
• steel studs installed on ground
and second floors
• mechanical/electrical services
installed on second floor
• roof deck installed and
membrane started
• sunshade beam installed

Gym
• roof membrane completed
• translucent window panels installed
• exterior face brick completed
• drywall installed in basement
areas and painting started in
change areas
• firearms range equipment
delivered, installed, and commissioned

ing of walls started
• loading dock excavated and
retaining wall poured
• roads and parking areas roughgraded, parking lamp standard
bases installed, and curbs
placed in parking areas

Other
• BC Tel conduits and gas lines
have been installed
• tender packages for cafeteria
operator and communications
cabling have been issued
• furniture tender for public
areas and support staffis
being prepared
Campus point of interest
The new JI telephone system
will allow direct lines to stations/offices. The system will
have voice mail which allows
each person to send or receive
messages, develop personalized
message recording,
retrieve or leave message from remote locations, and link phones
for conference calls.
Call forwarding and
message indicators are
also features. 0

Site Work
• top soil
placed
around
gym and stockpiles in south
area
McBride entrance installed
• pond area excavated and form-

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