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Passersby walk past a placard displaying details of Langara's rezoning application. While the application won't involve any new buildings, it plans to increase
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Rezoning a demanding process: facilities

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rezoning application
to increase Langara’s
density is expected to
be complete by spring
2020, according to a senior facilities
consultant at the college.

The application is to allow
increased density, setting the
groundwork for the future devel-
opment of buildings. The rezon-
ing application was filed to the city
in the spring of 2019 and a public
open house was held on July 23 this
year. Any permits for new build-
ings would come later; the rezon-
ing application will have no impact
on students.

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Rezoning isa complex process,

said Wendy Lannard, senior facili-
ties advisor for Langara.

The college’s five-year capital plan
has identified the need for a 350,000
sq. feet building (roughly 32,500
sq. m) at Ontario Street and 49th
Avenue, but the project has yet to
secure funding.

Neal Wells, communications

manager for civic engagement engi-
neering at the City of Vancouver,
said that the proposal is currently
under review.

“The staff will raise various ques-
tions with the application team that
will need to [—

Wells said.

Though no new buildings will be
built in the immediate future, some
Langara faculty members say they
have pressing needs.

Raymond Chow, continuing stud-

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zoning and is
mindful of the surrounding neigh-
bourhood context and development
objectives on the site.

“Typically, by the time a proposal
like this large campus master plan
gets to a public hearing, an outright
rejection from council is unlikely,”

Lannard
said the college is seeking funding
from the provincial government.
Once funding were approved, the
following step would include hiring
an architect to design it and then file
a development application with the
city.

CAMPUS PLAN
BY THE NUMBERS

The campus’ master plan calls for
a 350,000 sq. feet building (around
32,500 sq. m) within five years.

The plan identifies seven "hubs of
activity" on campus that will be de-
veloped into spaces for socializing.

The college's current plan was
developed in response to its 2005
Master Plan, which initially pre-
dicted a smaller student body.

SOURCE: LANGARA COLLEGE MASTER PLAN

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THURSDAY, NOV. 14,2019 |

THE VOICE

3

Old
emails
a real
Switch

College finishes
its transition
from myLangara
to Office 365

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CHAKRABARTI

echnical difficulties with
college email accounts
will no longer be a worry,

said Lawrence Carrington, project
manager in Langara’s information
technology department.

Instructors and teachers alike had
many problems with the myLangara
accounts, such as the lack of a record
of emails sent, and emails from
students being filtered into instruc-
tors’ junk folders. The old myLan-
gara accounts have been in place
since 1998.

Carrington said that Office 365
“learns with time” and offers better
filtering options.

“It’s a modern system integrated
with Microsoft tools.”

Carrington said that the integra-
tion for LinkedIn Learning was
completed Oct.28. Some instructors
saw the move to Office 365 over a
year ago, when the migration process
started.

Jonas Quastel, program coordina-
tor of film arts, considered the previ-
ous system counterintuitive.

“Students don’t even like to use
their [previous] Langara emails,”
he said.

However, the Office 365 system
is not perfect. Quastel said he has
already received a phishing email
in his inbox without filtering. The
counterfeit email was supposedly
from Microsoft, and required Quas-
tel to re-enter his password and user-
name for hackers to obtain.

An instructor in the geography
and geology department, Jenny
Francis, agreed that some emails
don’t get through as intended.

“I look forward to seeing how
Office 365 will address the issues in

the older systems,” Francis said.

SYNC OR SWIM

OFFICE 365 FAST FACTS

» Mixed mail

Before Office 365, faculty may
have previously used Mozilla
Thunderbird, Outlook, Zimbra, or
Mac Mail.

» Delayed entrance
The switch didn't happen sooner
because Microsoft didn't have
Canadian data centres.

» Workday perks
Faculty and students now have
access to Microsoft products
under Office 365, including an
improved calendar.

SOURCE: LANGARA.CA