A. THE WORLD<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 It can be argued that the most transforming events of the 1980s were the invention of the personal computer and the\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0accompanying software, and the development of mobile phones and the accompanying phone networks.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1980\u00a0 <\/strong>May 18: Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupts, killing 57 people.<\/p>\n December 8: John Lennon, former member of the Beatles Rock Band, is murdered.<\/p>\n 1981\u00a0 <\/strong>AIDS is recognized by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n The first IBM-Personal Computer is released.<\/p>\n 1982<\/strong>\u00a0 April 2: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Britain declares war against Argentina.<\/p>\n November 13: Vietnam War Memorial opens in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong>\u00a0 October 13: The first commercial cell phone call is made.<\/p>\n 1984<\/strong>\u00a0 January 24: Steve Jobs introduces the first Macintosh computer.<\/p>\n October 16: Bishop Desmond Tutu receives the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/p>\n October 31: Two bodyguards assassinate Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0November 20: Microsoft introduces Windows.<\/p>\n Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls for glasnost and perestroika.<\/p>\n 1986<\/strong>\u00a0 January 28: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lift-off.<\/p>\n April 26: Chernobyl nuclear meltdown occurs.<\/p>\n 1987<\/strong>\u00a0 October 4: U.S. and Canada sign free trade agreement.<\/p>\n October 19: U.S. stock market plunges on Black Monday.<\/p>\n DNA first used to convict criminals and exonerate innocent prisoners on death row.<\/p>\n 1988\u00a0 <\/strong>August 20: The Iran-Iraq war ends.<\/p>\n June 24: NASA scientist James Hansen testifies to the U.S. Senate that man-made global warming has begun.<\/p>\n December 01: The first World AIDS Day is held.<\/p>\n 1989<\/strong>\u00a0 March 24: Exxon Valdez spills millions of gallons of oil on Alaskan coastline.<\/p>\n June 4: Student protesters killed in China\u2019s Tiananmen Square.<\/p>\n November 9: The Berlin Wall falls.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0B. <\/strong>CANADA<\/strong><\/p>\n 1980<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0April 12: Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope in St. John’s, NL to raise money for cancer research.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Image courtesy of the Terry Fox Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n May 20: Qu\u00e9bec\u2018s referendum on \u201csovereignty-association\u201d is defeated 60% to 40%.<\/p>\n Sept 1: Due to a recurrence of his cancer, Terry Fox ends his run.<\/p>\n 1982<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 March 25: Canada\u2019s Constitution comes home from Great Britain\u2014 with a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.<\/p>\n April 17: Canada\u2019s Charter of Rights and Freedoms comes into effect. The Charter guarantees all Canadians fundamental\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 rights, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality rights and linguistic rights.<\/p>\n 1983<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>December 23: Jeanne Sauv\u00e9 is appointed the first female Governor General of Canada.<\/p>\n 1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>June 30: John Turner succeeds Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau on his retirement. Turner gambles and calls a new election but loses the election on September 04. Conservative Brian Mulroney wins the election, taking 211 seats in the House of\u00a0 Commons.<\/p>\n 1985<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>March 20: Wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen leaves Vancouver on his around the world Man in Motion tour to raise money for spinal cord research.<\/p>\n June 23: Air India Flight 182, after departing Toronto, crashes into the Atlantic, the victim of a terrorist bomb. All 329 passengers on board are killed.<\/p>\n 1988<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n 1989\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>January 1: The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement<\/strong> is brought into force. (On December 08, 1993, it is superseded by the North\u00a0 \u00a0 America Free Trade Agreement, which includes Mexico.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The leaders of Mexico (President Carlos Salinas), the USA (President George H. W. Bush), and Canada (PM Brian Mulroney)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0shake hands.<\/strong><\/p>\n December 6: 14 women are killed at Montreal\u2019s Ecole Polytechnique by an anti-feminist man. The massacre was later designated the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Canada\u2019s Immigration Policy during the 1980s.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1981\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Census. Of the total population of 24,083,500, 16% were immigrants (i.e. born outside Canada), 51% of immigrants were female, 67% of immigrants were born in Europe, 14% in Asia, 8.5% in North or Central America, 4.5% in the Caribbean, and 2.7% in Africa.<\/p>\n 1985\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>The Supreme Court of Canada rendered the Singh<\/strong> decision, in which it recognized that refugee claimants are entitled to fundamental justice. The court ruled that this would normally require an oral hearing in the refugee status determination process.<\/p>\n 1987\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>Bill C-55 was tabled. This bill completely revised the refugee determination system, creating the Immigration and Refugee Board. It proposed a two-stage process, with a “credible basis” screening. It also provided for refugee claimants to be excluded from the process if they had passed through a “safe third country”. The credible basis test and the safe third country rule were among the aspects of the bill that were opposed by refugee advocates.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n C. <\/strong>BRITISH COLUMBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n The Social Credit Party, which had dominated BC politics since 1952, continued its rule of British Columbia during the 1980s. Bill Bennett, the son of WAC Bennett, had been elected to power in 1975. He won re-election in 1979 and 1983. In 1986, Bill Vander Zalm, former BC Minister of Education, led the Social Credit Party to re-election in 1986. The Social Credit Party remained in power until 1991, when it was defeated by the New Democratic Party led by Mike Harcourt.<\/p>\n During the early 1980s, the Bennett Government pursued a number of ambitious projects, including the construction of the Sky Train system in Greater Vancouver, and the building of the Coquihalla Highway linking Vancouver to the BC Interior. It also took a leading role in winning a world\u2019s fair, Expo 86, for Vancouver.<\/p>\n The early 1980s also saw British Columbia enter a serious economic recession. In response, the Bennett government announced a new programme to curtail government spending.\u00a0 The programme, known as Restraint<\/em>, provoked opposition and great hostility among organized labour groups, including provincial employee unions and the British Columbia Teachers Federation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Victoria, B.C. – Opponents of the Socred Government’s austerity program participate in a mass protest.<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1983, public school teachers and school support staff took part in a 3-day strike to protest reductions in education funding. The protest was part of a province-wide labour opposition movement known as the Solidarity Coalition,<\/em> consisting of organized labour and community groups, with the British Columbia Federation of Labour forming a separate organization of unions.<\/p>\n Tens of thousands participated in protests and many felt a general strike would result unless the government backed down from its restraint policies. The movement collapsed after an apparent deal was struck by union leader and IWA president, Jack Munro and Premier Bennett.<\/p>\n Resistance to the Restraint Program came from other quarters. Dr Dante Lupini, Superintendent of the Vancouver School Board, was also President of the BC School Superintendents Association. In this capacity, he also led opposition to the Restraint Program.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr Lupini, VSB Superintendent (right), Dr. Pauline Weinstein, VSB Chair (centre), and Alick Patterson, VSB Secretary\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Treasurer (left) conduct a news conference (1986).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n B.C. Ministry of Education<\/strong><\/p>\n 1984\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Province-wide Grade 12 examinations are re-introduced. (The exams had been scrapped in 1973.)<\/p>\n 1986\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Pacific Vocational Institute and the British Columbia Institute of Technology are merged. The new institution becomes the flagship of trades and technological training in British Columbia.<\/p>\n 1987\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A Royal Commission on Education is appointed under the direction of Barry Sullivan, Q.C.<\/p>\n The British Columbia College of Teachers is created under the Teaching Professional Act<\/strong> to establish and promote standards for the education, competence, and professional competence of its members.<\/p>\n 1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Sullivan Royal Commission Report is published. The provincial government accepts nearly all of its 83 recommendations, including a blueprint for an innovative curriculum program known as Year 2000.<\/p>\n 1989\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Following recommendations from the Sullivan Royal Commission and changes to the Public School Act<\/strong>, Parent Advisory Councils are organized at every school. PACs take up some of the\u00a0 school-advocacy campaigns formerly conducted by Parent Teachers Associations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n D. VANCOUVER<\/strong><\/p>\n EXPO 86 – World in Motion – World in touch (May 02 – October 13)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n September 21, 1980\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0The Stanley Park Seawall is completed after five decades of\u00a0 construction. James “Jimmy” Cunningham, a master\u00a0 mason, dedicated his life to seeing this project through to the end.<\/p>\n June 19, 1983\u00a0 <\/strong>BC Place officially opens. The first ever event at BC Place occurs the next day with a match between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Seattle Sounders. The \u2018Caps beat their arch-rivals 2-1 in front of a crowd of\u00a0 60,342.<\/p>\n December 11, 1985\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong> Sky Train, a light rapid transit system, begins operation. The one line runs from Waterfront Station to New Westminster Station.<\/p>\n May \u2013 Oct., 1986 <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 Vancouver celebrates its centenary by hosting Expo 86, World in Motion \u2013 World in Touch. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially open the fair on May 2. Over 22 million visitors attend the Fair. The Chair of the Organizing Committee is Jimmy Pattison,<\/p>\n Expo 86\u00a0Corp<\/strong> was established as a nonprofit agency to plan and operate the fair. The president and CEO of this organization is Jimmy Pattison, a 1949 graduate of John Oliver High School.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0II. THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT<\/strong><\/p>\n The history of the Vancouver School District during the 1980s is set out below, year by year,\u00a0 in photographs and excerpts from articles published in The Vancouver Sun and the Vancouver Province newspapers.<\/p>\n Why this approach? During the decade, the Vancouver School Board ceased publishing formal Annual Reports for the general public, possibly as a cost saving measure.<\/p>\n You will see that no photos are provided for the years 1988 and 1989. This is due to the fact that the photography division of the Media Services Department was shut down as a cost saving measure.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n HEADLINE – Disturbed boy must seek help outside province<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Vancouver Sun; Friday May 16, 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/p>\n A Vancouver school board official says there are roughly 50 to 75 emotionally disturbed children like Aaron still in the city’s schools. A child psychiatrist estimates that B.C. provides no effective treatment for up to 10 per cent of children whose mental illness has been detected. And Dave Buckley, director of probation services for the West side of Vancouver, says there are plenty of other emotionally disturbed children like Aaron. “It’s nothing new. It\u2019s like rediscovering the wheel all the time.” Buckley said each of his five probation officers usually has four or five cases like Aaron’s, such as:<\/p>\n As they discussed these cases and that of Aaron, the probation officers, the school board official, the judge and psychiatrist showed flashes of anger and frustration. Colin McDougall, coordinator of counselling services for the Vancouver school board, called it “piecemeal treatment” \u2014 a little psychiatric counselling, a dose of social work, a group home now and then and maybe one year in a treatment centre.<\/p>\n “The kid gets one Band-aid after another until he’s 15 and a disaster area,” McDougall said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n HEADLINE – Comparing Schools is a Sensitive Subject for those in the know<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The<\/strong> Vancouver Sun; Oct 01, 1980<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/p>\n Let’s compare schools on the east side with schools on the west side. Let’s see how east-side students perform, compared with their west-side counterparts. It’s easy, really. Just take the results of general performance in Vancouver schools, divide those results into east and west, and voila, you have a comparison. Trouble is, the people who have those results won’t release them. They are afraid, they say, that the results would be compared “unfairly.” Those results are open to interpretation, they say, and could be interpreted wrongly. The word used most often is “unfortunate.” It would be “unfortunate” if that comparison were used as ammunition against a group or a person. Unfortunate for whom: the students or the teachers? Or the schools? Or the elected school board, which administers the $127 million Vancouver school board budget? We may never know.<\/p>\n Results of those studies could be obtained from the University of B.C., at the Vancouver school board offices, at the Ministry of Education in Victoria, and at individual schools. None of these taxpayer-funded organizations will give them up, even when it is explained that the results would be weighed as fairly as possible with the important touchstones of socio-economic backgrounds, cultural values and expectations of the community.<\/p>\n So, Johnny’s parents, who wonder whether he should attend Britannia because it’s in the neighborhood, can’t compare the track record of that school with others on the west side. Conversely, David’s parents don’t know how good Point Grey really is, despite the relatively affluent family backgrounds of its students. One thing is known: East-side schools concentrate more on industrial education, while west-side schools promote academic programs, leading students toward university.<\/p>\n School trustee Karl Erdman says that those differences are responses to the different needs of the communities. The expectations of Eastside residents are often not the same as those of the west side, and the school programs are designed to meet those expectations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MacDonald Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n L’Ecole Bilingue<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teachers’ Professional Development Day<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Laurier Elementary School<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n David Thompson Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Emily Carr Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oakridge Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Secord Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ‘Secretaries Day’ Event<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n HEADLINE – BCTF considers strike in wake of layoff notices.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Vancouver Sun, Sept 15, 1982<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/p>\n The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is considering strike action as retaliation for proposed layoffs of teachers, according to federation president Larry Kuehn. Kuehn said a special Saturday meeting of the federation’s 79 local associations will be asked to vote on whether teachers will walk out if other teachers are dismissed and will also be asked to ratify a “no pay, no work” union position. The 115-member representative assembly will vote in the wake of threatened strike action by teachers in at least two school districts. The Surrey school board called an emergency meeting for today after the Surrey teachers’ association voted Tuesday night to strike if anyone is laid off. The Langley teachers’ association agreed by an overwhelming majority Monday to withdraw services rather than allow any of its members to be terminated under the provincial government\u2019s restraint program.<\/p>\n Some school boards have already begun mass layoffs to comply with the provincial government’s demands to cut spending. A total of 117 teachers in Castlegar, South Okanagan and Abbotsford have received termination notices to take effect in October. The Castlegar and South Okanagan teachers’ associations filed action in B.C. Supreme Court Monday claiming the terminations are illegal under the School Act. Abbotsford teachers have also initiated legal action in a letter to the school board that demands cancellation of termination notices to 66 teachers. Langley association president Don Bennett said the government’s actions are “disgusting and immoral”. The Langley teachers voted not to re-open their 1982 contract with the Langley school board nor to agree to any lowering of the quality of education, and to urge the school board to withhold its plan to comply with the province’s restraint program pending the outcome of the Vancouver school board’s court challenge. Kuehn said terminations in Castlegar and Abbotsford were made without regard for seniority. In Castlegar, programs were cut including art, music, drama, library services and industrial education. In Abbotsford, there seemed to be no pattern, he said, with some but not all library and elementary physical education teaching jobs cut. “The pattern was such that one has to be suspicious of (the board) going through a list of people they wanted to get rid of for some reason,” Kuehn said. Replied Abbotsford school superintendent Harry Sayers: “I think the BCTF would impugn some such motive in the situation.”<\/p>\n Note<\/strong>: The Vancouver School Board’s court challenge mentioned in the preceding article refers to a court case heard on September 14, 1982, where the VSB lawyer, David Roberts, argued that the B.C. government must “pay up”\u00a0 – by law – once a school district budget is approved, and property owners are notified of the tax rate.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Point Grey Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n False Creek Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eric Hamber Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lord Nelson Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Lord Nelson Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Oppenheimer Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carnarvon Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n University Hill Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Simon Fraser Elementary – last day of the school year (June 1982)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n HEADLINE – Weinstein hits direct approach to VanderZalm<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The Province, November 16, 1982 <\/strong><\/p>\n By Jan O\u2019Brian, Province Municipal Reporter<\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/p>\n Civic Non-Partisan Association (NPA) school board candidates acted in a “really underhanded” way by taking a financial restraint plan directly to Education Minister Bill Vander Zalm, Vancouver school board chairman Pauline Weinstein of the Committee of Progressive Electors (COPE) said Monday. Five NPA candidates, including incumbent trustee Kim Campbell, announced at a press conference that they are seeking Vander Zalm’s approval of their restraint program before Saturday’s election. The Vancouver school board faces a $10 million shortfall in its 1983 budget. The board has been lobbying for a six percent increase from the provincial government to meet the shortfall.<\/p>\n The NPA proposes to overcome most of the shortfall by taking $4.5 million out of the board’s capital surplus fund, created from the sale of school board property, and then asking the provincial government for a matching contribution of $4.5 million. In addition, the NPA wants the provincial government to throw in another $400,000 to increase the school supplies’ budget. In effect, the NPA candidates are asking the provincial government to finance a three percent increase in the 1983 budget.<\/p>\n \u00a0“I would say that totally undermines the attempt of the board to negotiate in good faith with the minister,” said Weinstein, a member of the Committee of Progressive Electors’ (COPE) majority on the board. “If they do get a hearing that means the minister is dealing with a group that is not an elected group,” she added. “I would deem it rather unethical on the part of the trustees involved in that negotiating procedure.” She said Vander Zalm has indicated he would respond to the board once wage negotiations with teachers are finished. Vander Zalm could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n NPA candidate Graeme Waymark said the NPA’s plan was passed on to Vander Zalm. “It has been confirmed that he received it and we have asked for a response before the end of the week,” he said. “We believe we’re interpreting what the provincial government wants. We would be surprised if this isn’t the sort of cooperative plan that he’s (Vander Zalm’s) looking for.” Waymark and the other NPA candidates accused COPE trustees of using confrontation tactics with the provincial government and threatening massive layoffs. NPA candidate Ken Denike, who is credited with creating the NPA proposal, said the NPA plan would avoid layoffs and a rollback of 1982 wages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kerrisdale Annex<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fleming Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kitsilano Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Simon Fraser Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n HEADLINE – Camp breaks racism barriers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Vancouver Sun, October 13, 1983<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt:<\/p>\n “It’s going to take a long time to undo the wrong, but we’re going to do our best to stop racism.” Britannia secondary student Bill Tso won affectionate thumps on the back and a hearty round of applause when he made that vow Wednesday at a gathering of those who participated in a multicultural and race relations leadership camp last week. The 58 students, aged 14 to 17, and 13 teachers, representing nine Vancouver high schools, spoke of how the five days at Camp Elphinstone challenged their preconceptions and stereotypes. “Before I went to this camp I had several notions I thought were absolutely true about the world,” said Yashi Spong of University Hill School. “I thought there were maybe five or six different types of people. That wasn’t necessarily based on race, but on things like how they dressed or how they smoked. “Then I went to camp and met all these really right-on people. It changed me,” Spong said.<\/p>\n The students said they learned how human nature can transcend differences of race, religion, culture and class. “We learned that we’re all really the same. We share the same problems, no matter what our colour or race. We’re all just earthlings and we should treat each other equally,” said Templeton student Kim Cheng. “It used to be that sometimes when I got with a certain race I’d get kind of uneasy feelings. I really wanted to deal with those feelings and I think we did,” said University Hill student Phillip Djwa. Liz St. Rose from Vancouver Technical agreed: “We’ve broken through that racism because we all know how much it hurts. But we never worried about that (being hurt) at camp.”<\/p>\n The students also explored their cultural roots and the roots of their own prejudices. “We came to realize how it was often our parents who pushed us into racist feelings,” said Susan Chang, from Windermere. “Since we can’t correct that, we need more kids involved in things like this camp so we, as parents, won’t do the same thing.” Lisa Fong, from Eric Hamber, also said more students should have the opportunity to explore the concept of multiculturalism. “We don’t learn anything about it at school. I think if the government is really serious about fighting racism, it should give us more money and more materials.<\/p>\n The Vancouver school board’s philosophy of the camp has three premises:<\/p>\n Moberly Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Moberly Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Britannia Secondary<\/strong><\/p>\n The Vancouver Sun, November 20, 1984<\/strong><\/p>\n Excerpt from news story:<\/p>\n Pauline Weinstein, VSB School Board Chair, estimated that if salary increases, increments and inflation were taken into account, the $5.3 million cut would be more like $14 million. But VSB Secretary Treasurer, Alick Patterson, said in an interview later that higher salaries and inflation would amount to about $6 million a year, so a more accurate figure would be $11.3 million. Under the previous required cuts of $7.1 million, he said, the addition of inflation and salary hikes would have brought the total up to $13.1 million. Patterson said, under the new figures, the board will have to cut $8 million over the next 18 months \u2014 $2.7 million in an initial six-month budget, and then $5.3 million in its June-to-July 1985-86 school year budget. (The figures cover 18 months because school boards’ budget years are being switched from the calendar year to the school year. Boards will actually prepare two budgets over the next 18 months: One from January to June of 1985, and one from June, 1985, to July, 1986.)<\/p>\n Patterson said a further $800,000 will have to be cut after July 1986, effectively extending the restraint program into the 1986-87 school year. (When the three-year restraint program was announced in the summer of 1983, it was to cover only 1984, ’85 and ’86.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n General Wolfe Elementary<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vancouver Technical<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00c9cole Anne-H\u00e9bert<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/heritage\/files\/2020\/04\/Misc-visuals1-scaled.jpg\")
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