EN GARDE! ......cccceseeeseesettttteeeeenenes® Tapping into childrens’ combative side key to harnessing their energy, says one parent 4, 5) THE COLLEGE OF HIGHER LEARNING. YEARS STRONG | JOURNALISM ae KATHRYN WU photo illustration The newly signed memorandum will give Langara students the opportunity to transfer certain credits to Queen’s University in Ontario. Historic transfer deal sealed B.C. and Ontario schools signed new groundbreaking agreement 66 We are always working to build edu- cational pathways for stu- dents JULIE LONGO LANGARA’S DEAN OF ARTS By KATHRYN WU first-of-its-kind partnership be- tween two B.C. and Ontario post-secondary institutions will llow students to transfer Lan- gara College credits towards a degree at Queen’s University. Last week, a memorandum signed by both institutions will allow Langara students with associate of arts or asso- ciate of science degrees to transfer to pursue faculty of arts and science de- grees at Queen’s. This is the first part- nership between a college in British Columbia and a university in Ontario. Lindsey Fair, associate director of marketing and communications at Queen’s said, by email, that the univer- sity wants to open as many doors as possible for Langara students. “The exciting news is that not only are these programs set up for ease of transfer between our two institutions, but on a case-by-case basis we will also look at other transfer requests from Langara students as well,” Fair said. Depending on the program, the mini- mum GPA required for Langara trans- fer students starts at 2.6., compared to 2.0 minimum requirement at UBC. The initial conversation between the two institutions began in the spring of 2014 Julie Longo, the dean of arts at Langara, said in an email. “We are always working to build more educational pathways for stu- dents,” Longo said. Second year Langara kinesiology student, Winston Yeung, said he hopes to transfer to UBC next September, and that partnerships with other post-sec- ondary institutions will “definitely in- crease the popularity of Langara.” Based on his experience, Yeung’s ad- vice to students looking to transfer to Queen’s is to carefully plan out their course schedules while at Langara. “While registering for my first two semesters, I was waitlisted on all my courses, but luckily I was able to fill my schedule full of electives,” Yeung said. Visit the registrar’s office for more information on transferring to Queen’s. Trouble with organic brews has bubbled to the surface Finding ingredients is an issue for local producers By BRIDGETTE WATSON Vancouver brewmaster is bring- ing the city’s beer drinkers their irst local organic pints. The Lower Mainland has seen a i) surge in microbreweries in recent years. South Vancouver’s Dogwood Brewing distinguished itself as the city’s only organic brewer when it opened six months ago. The brewery caters to beer drinkers looking for local brews from an envi- ronmentally sustainable company, as some commercial breweries can leave a large carbon footprint. STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 5 BRIDGETTE WATSON photo Dogwood Brewing is the first to serve m™ Alley Kat Brewing organic beers in Vancouver. ORGANIC Brewers HM Beau's Brewery, ON HH Mill Street Brewery, ON HM Crannég Ales, B.C. HB Nelson Brewing Company, B.C. Company, AB School shuffles Staffers Departure of senior admin raises questions about the college’s recent turnover By ANNE-SOPHIE RODET tor of financial services, is just one of three senior administrative staff members who have either left their po- sitions or been shuffled to others with- in the college in the last year. Despite the numerous changes in the college’s ad- ministration in re- r4 4 cent months, the college has not been forthcoming Ye: Lee, Langara College’s direc- with information Chang es as to why. in admin- On Nov. 2, Viktor . . Sokha, vice-presi- istration dent of adminisirae happen at tion and finance at Langara, sent out all levels anemailtostaffan- in orga- nouncing that Lee ° ° was no longer em- nizations ployed at the col @S big as lege. He made no Langara mention about the reason she left. When asked why Lee was no longer employed at Langa- DAWN PALMER ASSOCIATE VICE- PRESIDENT OF HU- MAN RESOURCES ra, Dawn Palmer, associate vice-presi- dent of human resources at Langara, said only that “Changes in administra- tion happen at all levels in organiza- tions as big as Langara,” and that the college sometimes needs to restruc- ture itself. Lee’s departure follows those of Bradley O’Hara and Roy Daykin. O’Hara left his position of provost ROY DAYKIN and vice-president, Former vice- academics and stu- president of dents in Septem- administration ber for the same andcommunity —_ position at Univer- at Langara sity Canada West. Roy Daykin, for- merly the vice-president, administra- tion and community engagement at Langara, left in December of 2014 for the position vice-president of finance and administration at Okanagan Col- lege after four years at various senior administrative positions at Langara. Palmer said to The Voice by email: “Both Vice Presidents moved because the roles that were offered to them were a perfect fit for what they were personally looking for at this point in their career.”