ampus news EDITOR FIRST KEVIN HAMPSON THE DAILY VOICE, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2013 3 Schools may get millions Feds set aside $10 million to recruit foreign students, help Canadians study abroad By KRISTEN HARPULA spend $10 million in the next two years to promote international education, but while local colleges welcome the money, they say they have been doing a great job on their own. Canada’s Education Strategy will spend the money to give Canadian students more opportunities to study abroad and to bring more students from other countries to study at Ca- nadian institutions. According to Ajay Patel, Langara’s dean of international education, “this college has always valued interna- tional students and has had a long standing history of having students, particularly from Asian regions, com- ing here to Langara.” But he also said, “It’s nice to see both the federal and provincial gov- ernment taking that extra step and recognizing their importance.” Patel doesn’t know how much of the money will be coming to Langara, which means he doesn’t know how the money will be spent. “What we need to do is get more details about the budget, as we don’t know at this time what recommenda- tions will be adopted,” he said. There are currently about 1,100 in- ternational students enrolled at Lan- gara. Last year, Patel said all post-sec- ondary institutions saw an increase in international student enrollment, but he couldn’t say why. “T am not sure we can point to one single factor, but one of the key fac- tors in speaking with students who choose Langara is that Vancouver is a preferred education destination be- cause of our moderate climate, life- style and multicultural society,” he said then. On Tuesday, Patel said in an inter- view, “With international student re- cruitment, a lot of the provincial gov- ernments are using that as a method of bridging the gap with some of the skill shortages we’re going to see with our aging population.” According to a study by the De- partment of Foreign Affairs and In- ternational Trade in 2010, interna- tional students spent over $7.7 billion on tuition, accommodation and dis- cretionary spending. T: federal government plans to a Mystery killer, continued from page 1 When questioned about any possible leads, both Ladner and Edmonds said that the most obvious suspects have al- ready been ruled out. THIT asks that anyone with informa- tion should contact them anonymously. Four years later, with no arrests and few answers, some at the conference wondered whether there is any hope of justice. Ladner and Edmonds shared a smile at the mention of hope. “Of course there’s hope,” said Ladner. “We owe it to Wendy to be here today. We can’t rest until this case is solved.” a A \ ae aye hb ANNA gd Be 4 g A KRISTEN HARPULA photo Andrew Mazzone flips burgers Wednesday at the Kinesiology Club barbeque. New program in works for Inuit youth Nunavut territorial gov- ernment brings Langara instructors north to train 20 community counsellors By BRIAN HORSTEAD tracting Langara College to create a pilot program that will train 20 school counsellors to help Inuit youth succeed. Seven instructors will be making pe- riodic trips to Nunavut until the course is complete in 2015, at which time the counselors who graduate will get a cer- tificate in school counseling. “[The program] was born because [the Nunavut department of educa- tion] has had two other training pro- grams and the last one was 17 years ago,” said Leslie Kemp, program co-or- dinator of the Nunavut school commu- nity counsellor training program. “There were people working in the schools who needed to be trained, and they needed another training program so they called [Larry Railton, Langa- ra’s manager of services to aboriginal students].” Railton was one of the instructors originally contacted by Nunavut along with the then dean of studies Doug Soo. They developed the program to- gether over two years. According to Railton, not everyone interested was able to apply for the in- struction position. “You have to apply to go. People have to be qualified to teach the cours- es,” Railton said. Kemp said that she was pleased with the progress of the program so far, but that a renewal of the contract in 2015 is unlikely. “It is my sense that it will not con- tinue,” Kemp said. “Dealing with an institution and having the training with people from the south is a bit difficult politically.” “They have a legislature that meets by consensus and they are very strong about protecting the north. They have very strong northern educational val- ues and they’re very sensitive to any- one coming from the south to impose values.” Te: Nunavut government is con- Nursing didn't cause cancer, instructor Nurses don’t need to be overly concerned after B.C. Supreme Court case: Lan- gara nursing instructor By PUNEET DHAMI about getting breast cancer on the job, says a Langara College nurs- ing instructor. On Tuesday a B.C. Supreme Court judge rejected a decision by the Work- ers Compensation Tribunal, which found that three nurses got cancer from work they did at the Mission Me- morial Hospital laboratory. Justice John Savage ruled the tribu- nal’s decision was “patently unreason- able” because there is no definite evi- dence to support it. “Maybe they believed they were ex- posed to a toxic substance,” said Deb Filleul, nursing placement co-ordinator at Langara College. She’s unsure what they might have been exposed to. It is unknown what kind of lab envi- ronment the nurses were in but since three nurses reported the cancer, it has Nee don’t need to be concerned raised some concerns. “Tf three of them are reporting it, it is understandable to believe it could be work-related,” said Filleul. “They need to do more exposure research.” Although Filleul feels for the nurses who are dealing with the cancer and a trial, she doesn’t think nursing stu- dents need to be concerned about their occupational health. Further, she doesn’t think the case will discourage people from enrolling in nursing. “It’s the same as someone becoming a police officer or firefighter, they all have risks,” said Filleul. “Firefighters get stomach or lung cancer [due to smoke] and they get compensated because there is a proven high risk.” She advises nurses to wear proper work gear like gloves and masks to re- duce injuries. There are many factors that could lead to breast cancer: age, family his- tory, being obese and even menopause according to medicinenet.com. Savage ruled the cases to be referred back to the tribunal because new evi- dence has been raised that may lead to different decisions. RICHARD HODGES photo Nurses should take precautions to avoid occupational hazzards, but shouldn’t be too worried, instructor said.