British Columbia C^) Association
Industrial Education specialists within the BCTF.

Published by the B. C. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
Volume 6

No. 3/84

September, 1984

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CONVENTION ’84

NOVEMBER 2nd & 3rd

CONVENTION

TEACHING PEACE ■ •

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 3/30/84

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING 5/25/84

WORKSHOP INDEX..
Blue Collar Worker The

NewPioneers

INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TEACHERSARE A KEY PART
OF THE SOLUTION

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VIEW

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1983-84 B.C.I.E.A. EXECUTIVE.

Secretary

President

President

1st V.

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Victoria, B.C. V9C 2P2
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Don Askew
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Past President

2nd V.P. & Membership

Archivist

Professional Development

R. Leduc
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Burnaby, B.C.
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CONVÉNTION ’84
NOVEMBER 2nd & 3r d, 1984
Burnaby

Central Senior Secondary
4939 Canada Way
Burnaby, B.C.
(see map)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, November 2nd

5pm to lam

(Burnaby Lake Pavillion)
Wine & Cheese
Official Opening & Introductions
Dance

Saturday, November 3rd 7:30am
(Burnaby Central Senior Secondary)
Registration
Breakfast (Cafeteria)
Workshops (3), Ladies Tour (shopping)
Lunch and Annual General Meeting (cafeteria)
(Speaker from Workers Compensation)
Workshops (2)
Displays On-Going During The Day
Prize Draw
Banquet 7:30pm (Mings in Chinatown)
Awards, Entertainment, & Dance
NOTE: Transportation supplied.

Before or After
Any Game, Team Up
At The Villa Pub
Neighbourhood Pub and Castile Lounge
Family style Coffee House

Gourmet dining in the Castile Dining Room
Comfortable rooms for out-of-town visitors

Indoor and Outdoor Swimming Pools

Sheraton Villa Inn

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May, 1984 issue of VIEW), but make sure to make the reservation directly with the hotel as
the
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to the B.C.I.E.A.); if you are not now a member of the B.C.I.E.A., please also include an
application form formembership into the B.C.I.E.A. (inside cover of VIEW) along with the
appropriate fee.
The following two pages list the workshops that will be available atConvention ’84. Would
you please either copy the following two pages or include the page marking the 5
workshops that you would like to attend. Note that Workshop 15 will be 3 hours cutting
down your choices to 3.

If you do not have enough registration forms in your school, please make three copies of
the registration form and forward the three completed copies to:
Rick Keen
9900 Herbert Rd.
Richmond, B.C.
V7A 1T7
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address or the following telephone numbers: School: 438-3351 Home: 274-0736.

□ 1. INTRODUCTION

WORKSHOP INDEX

TO
COMPUTER
AIDED
DRAFTING
Mr. Ronald A.k Atkinson, Vancouver Community College

□ 2. THE COMPETENCY BASED, INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING SYSTEM AT
P.V.I. (TRAC)
Mr.; Gary J.Powers, Pacific Vocational Institute
RENDERING FOR DRAFTSMEN
□ 3. ARCHITECTURAL
T.B.A., Sponsor - Vancouver Community College

ROUTER TABLE AND WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU
□ 4. YOUR
Mr. Paul H. Johnson, Seattle, Washington. Sponsor - BCIETA

WELDING SAFETY
□ 5. OXY-ACETYLENE
Mr. Carey Waitt, Sponsor - I.C.G.: Liquid Gas Ltd. and Smith Equipment, South
Dakota.

’S NEW IN METAL FINISHING
□ 6. WHAT
Mr. Hancock, Sponsored by - Flecto Coatings Ltd.

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7.

PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
Mr. Fred Dowswell, Sponsored by - B.C. Teachers’ Investment and Housing CoOp.

□ 8. PLANNING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT
Mr. Bruce Watson, Sponsor - B.C. Teachers’ Federation

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9.

INTRODUCTION TO METAL SPINNING
Mr. Mike Lagendyk, Sponsor - BCIETA

10. WHAT’S NEW IN SMALL ENGINES - bring your questions
Mr. Al Newman, Sponsor - Canadian Curtiss-Wright Ltd.k

11. RECENTAND FUTURE TRENDS IN NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES
Mr. Ed Nagy, Sponsor - General Motors of Canada Ltd.
12. MOHAWK FURNITURE FINISHING
Mr. Vijay Narayan, Sponsor - Mohawk Western Finishing Suppliles Ltd.

13. PRACTICAL DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS
ENERGY
Mr. Al Crooks, Sponsor - The Solar Center

OF

SOLAR

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14. NISSAN’S NEW ELECTRONIC, CONCENTRATED CONTROL SYSTEM
IGNITION, INJECTION, EMISSIONS.
Mr. John Karey, Sponsor - NissanCanada Ltd.

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15. WOODWORK, PLANER AND MACHINE TOOL MAINTENANCE (three
hour workshop)
Mr. Coy McCoy, imported by request and sponsored by Allwest Industrial
Suppliers Ltd.

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16. AUTO BODY WELDING TECHNIQUES
Mr. Tom Brooks, Mr. Bob Heffernan and Mr. Don Climie, Sponsored by B. C.
Welding Supplies Ltd.

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17.

BASIC ARC WELDING TECHNIQUES, STICK, TIG, AND MIG,
Mr. Tom Brooks, Mr. Bob Heffernan and Mr. Don Climie, Sponsored by B.C.
Welding Supplies Ltd.

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18.

THE PRODUCTION OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
Mr. Bill Jenkins, Sponsor - Specific Instrument Ltd.

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19.

UPDATING THE RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICAL CODE
Mr. Jim Law, Sponsor - Safety and Engineering Safety Div., Electrical Safely
Branch

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CAREER PREP. PROGRAMS AND WHAT THEY MEAN FOR YOU
Mr. Dave Abel, Sponsor - Department of Education

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22.

HAND FORGING, BLACKSMITHING TECHNIQUES
TBA

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23.

HIT AND MISS ENGINES - (a display)
Sponsored by The Transportation Collection, Government of B. C..

INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINING
TBA, Sponsor • C. A. E. Morse Ltd.

★ NOTE: There will be five workshop sessions, therefore, please return a copy or this sheet
with five of the Workshops checked as to the workshops you would like to attend.
This will give the Convention Committee a better understanding of Workshop
preferences.

PROJECT DISPLAYS
CONTENT:

A collection of Industrial Education work and related
material for displays, awards, and discussion.

HARDWARE:

Please bring one or more student projects as well as
teacher produced prototypes, jigs, patterns, etc. for
display. All grade levels and areas are requested,
(contact your students now to borrow projects in
November.) Awards will be given in all areas.

SOFTWARE:

Pick one or more of your unique handouts, drawings or
procedures, etc. and bring 100 copies to pass on.

CONTACT:

Mike Coutts, 112 299-5771, for further information.

Blue Collar Worker
—The New Pioneers
by Marcia Braundy
Reprint from "B.C.T. F. Statue of Women Newsletter, March/April,
1984.

Pioneering is alive and well these days, especially among women
who have chosen the satisfaction of accomplishment in
traditional blue collar occupations. In 1981, I became the first
Journeywoman carpenter in British Columbia... the third in
Canada, I was told. That achievement was the result of many
years of hard work, and of overcoming barriers, both internal
and external, that limited the perception of what I could learn,
what skills I could attain, and what I could accomplish. Both
my father and my grandfather were building contractors, but as
a girl child, the option of considering a career in construction
was not open to me. We were not allowed to play around
construction, nor did the society allow us to take industrial arts
at school.
Encouraged to develop my verbal skills; good
communication is a must in almost any job you tackle, and a
requirement along with patience, for women entering training or
employment in traditionally male-dominated fields.
I worked for many years as a community organizer/educator.
Becoming involved in the organization and building of the
Vallican Whole Community Centre, a community built building, I
gained my early basic training in the carpentry field. I learned
that I really liked working outside, as part of a crew, working
tog
ether to build something tangible. I learned that the tools felt
good in my hands, that I could and did develop the strength
necessary to do my job well, and that this added to my sense of
well being. Also during this period, due to minimal financial
gains as a community organizer, I did all my own tune up and
repair work on a series of old Volkswagans. With the assistance
of anyone who would answer my questions, and a trustworthy
book called Volkswagen Repair for the Complete
Idiot, I rebuilt two engines, front ends, a generator, and did
regular maintenance and repairs.

After working on the community centre for three years, I decided
it was time to make a career change, in the direction of creating
a long term, financially satisfying, as well as personally
satisfying occupation for myself. When I looked around at the
possibilities, trades work seemed fairly secure and interesting.
Since I had had no exploratory kinds of courses, for example,
industrial arts or pre-trades introductory, the only two which
were familiar were carpentry and auto mechanics. I had gotten
my hands greasy and my knuckles scraped enough times to know
that I preferred the smell of sawdust, the feel of a hammer and
whir of my power tools to an auto mechanic’s life. Once that
choice was made. I decided that if I was going to do it, I was
I going to do it right and that meant taking pre-training, going
through an apprenticeship, and becoming a Journeywoman.

Thus began what has been a long, and sometimes painful, but
often very satisfying, pioneering journey. Once I made my initial
decision to go into carpentry. I also made a commitment that I
would give it a solid four years before I would let anything deter
me, at the end of which I would be free to make a choice to do
whatever I liked. That commitment is what saw me through my
apprenticeship. I received very subtle, and sometimes more
overt discouragement at the hands of vocational and
apprenticeship counsellors.
When I finally did get into training, as the first woman to go
through any trades-training course, except cooking, at Northern
Lights College in Dawson Creek, life was very difficult There
was no acceptance, little support and a lot of sexual and gender
harassment Luckily, my feminism and the friends I found
directed me to a women’s support group that saw me through the
whole six months training. I still have a very thankful place in
my heart for those women.

On the very first day of school, we were given a math test I got
58% —70% was passing.
That was one thing I hadn't
considered. I was never “any good” at math; had barely passed
or not passed all the way along in my educational career, but it
had never mattered before. When I realized that it could be the
only thing that stood between me and success in my chosen
field, I went immediately to the Basic Training Skill Development
people at the college and got a math refresher course and taught
myself at home in the dormatory every night for three months.
At the end of six months, the highest mark in the class on the
final exam was my reward.
We take in and understand those things that we see as important
to our lives. I was the pioneer there, and certainly had to carve
out a niche for women that didn't previously exist The first
thing was to have the sign on the only sanitary facilities around
changed from Gentlemen to Washroom; small things sometimes
mean a lot I had to put up with harassment, until I decided
that the administration had a responsiblity to ensure a
supportive and conducive learning environment to all their
students. So I spoke up, and was amazed when they responded
by telling all the'students in the school that their behaviour was
not acceptable, and if it continued they would be thrown out of
school and would not get an apprenticeship anywhere in B.C..
Overt harassment stopped immediately, and I felt better than I
had in four months. Yes, I had put up with it for four months,
erasing the pornographic pictures and taking down the signs,
until I realized how important it was to have a support system of
some kind while “ bearding the lions in their den’’. That was the
hardest part of my journey, learning the lessons of standing up
for myself, asking for assistance when necessary, standing alone
sometimes, and finding support among women and men who
believe in what I was doing. That six months was the hardest
time in my life, but I have been told since that the changes I
initiated there made it easier for women who followed. Their
telling me that made the struggles I went through worth the
effort

One of the aspects of training I choose for myself at that time,
besides carpentry and basic math upgrading, was assertiveness
training. How to be clear, and ask for what you want or say what
you don’t like, without putting the other person down. That is a
bit of a simplification, but the training itself was really an
important tool, assisting me throughout my apprenticeship to
deal with the attitudes and actions I encountered. Two weekend
workshops, put on by continuing education were an invaluable
resource throughout the next four and a half years of both on-thejob and institutional training.

I started out my apprenticeship working for a small non-union
company that did Victorian renovation and finish work. We built
some of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I learned
how to make wood smooth as glass, joining together with
invisible lines. I learned to have pride in my work, that I could
and did do a good job. I learned to put many different power
tools to interesting use. I learned to be an artisan, as well as a
tradesperson.
Then I decided to join the union. It took six months of talking
and waiting and talking some more, and I don't think I would
have gotten in without the Human Rights Code in the
background, a reminder of what was possible. A lawyer friend
went over the constitution with a fine tooth comb before she
pronounced that there was nothing in there that could keep me
out and she would fight it if we had to. When it came down to
the line, they made the decision in my favor. Imagine my
surprise when, in 1980, they welcomed me as the first woman in
the construction division of the B.C. Provincial Council of the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.

During the course of my apprenticeship, and after becoming a
Journeywoman, I have worked as a part of a crew, renovating
homes and stores, building hospitals, a mall, housing for
seniors, single family dwellings, coal silos 278 feet tall in the
East Kootenays, and fine furniture.
Though the initial
expectation of my brothers is that I will fail, or at least fail to
carry my own weight after the first week or two on each job,
after the early testing period where I must prove my ability to do
the job, the acceptance and camaraderie is real and extremely
enjoyable, and the pay is excellent —$19.00/hour.
Through all of this, I learned the fine lines between bantering
and harassment which are different in every situation, and for
every person. In construction, we have to be able to “take if’
and “give it back’’ with the best of them, and assertiveness
comes in very handy here, but you know when it has gone too
far. when you get that tight feeling in the pit of your chest. Then
it is time to be very clear and forthright, telling them that what
they are doing is not acceptable. Sometimes I use their style of
language, and sometimes I use my own. but I have learned how
to get my message across.

Building physical strength and endurance has been both one of
the benefits and one of the requirements for working on
construction. Anyone who hasn’t worked in a while has to build
up to their best on a new job. I am 5'1" tall, and I have never
been in a situation where I couldn’t do my job, or hold up my
end of whatever there was. People are now learning that no job
is worth a broken back. It has been an expensive lesson for a
large number of construction workers, but teamwork is the name
of the game.
If I were making recommendations to young women who are
considering the satisfaction of work in trades or technology, I
would encourage you to keep your math and science options
open. Perhaps if lifeskills included home and industrial arts for
all students, you would find applied uses for it early enough to
make a difference. I would highly recommend assertiveness
training courses; it never hurts to be able to ask for what you
want or let people know what you think and feel. I sure wish
they would stop calling it non-traditional; women have been
building things in the country since the pioneering days and
before. I will always treasure my great aunt who said after
seeing the photographs of my carpentry work, “Why, you are
carrying on the family tradition!"

My name is Marcia Braundy. I am 37 years old and have
been learning and working at my trade for 10 years.

INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
ARE A KEY PART
OF THE SOLUTION
by Marian Dodds
BCTF Status of Women Co-ordinator

Why is it that on average, only 10% of Industrial Education
students in B.C. secondary schools are females?

We are told that 70% of all new entrants into the labor force in
the 80's will be female and that the bulk of the new jobs will be
in the trades and technologies.

It is true that more female students need to be in your classes if
they even hope to earn a decent wage in the future. As an
Industrial Education teacher, are you part of the problem or are
you part of the solution?
In order to know why female students shy away from Industrial
Education options, it is interesting to look way back to early
childhood socialization processes. For example, who is given
trucks, tool kits, and building blocks before they enter school?

Rather than dwell on an analysis of the problem, however, I
would prefer to look at some innovative and effective methods to
solve this problem of low female enrolment in Industrial
Education classes.

1. Integrated Industrial Education and Home
Economics at the Grade 8 Level. A number of B.C.
school districts have introduced this programme; some
calling it Life Skills 8. Essentially each student in Grade 8,
male and female, takes mini courses in each of the Home
Economics and I.E. content areas. Having personally taught
the Home Economics section of such a programme in the
Nelson school district I can testify to its effectiveness. Each
of the students in my mini courses learned basic cooking
skills, nutrition information, basic sewing skills and
consumer textile information. As well, each of these students
learned basic drafting, woodworking and electricity. Students
and parents accepted the course favorably. As a teacher I
found equal numbers of male and female students who
“loved” to sew or cook and vice versa!
Grade 8 is supposed to be an exploratory year. This is one
significant way to allow students of both sexes to freely
explore all of their options. A student who feels comfortable
with introductory Woodwork is far more likely to choose
Woodwork in future years. Even if she does not (or if he does
not go on in textiles), at least some of the old sex role
steriotypes will have been dispelled.
2. Locally Developed Courses such as “Powder
Puff Mechanics’’ are NOT a Solution.
I have
argued this one over the years with several sincere, dedicated
I.E. teachers who see it as a way to attract female students. I
do not doubt their sincerity, but I ask you to look seriously at
the concept Separating female students and watering down
courses for them is patronizing. Trivializing your serious
courses for a certain sex (the same occurs with Bachelor
Survival Cooking) perpetuates the steriotyping.

What hidden messages are the students getting? Could they
be, “You can not handle the real thing so we will water down

the course for you” or “females are different in their learning
abilities”. If these girls are ever to become tradespeople
some day they will have to learn to work alongside males as
equals. A better way is to look at teaching style overall; is
your attitude non-sexist? Do you treat male and female
students equally? Are your comments, personal anecdotes,
examples, assignments, etc. the kind that either sex can feel
comfortable with? Do you tolerate subtle forms of sexual
harassment in your classrooms? A girl who sees a “RIDGID"
TOOL CALENDAR ON THE WALL, USING SCANTILY CLAD
FEMALES TO ADVERTISE EQUIPMENT, MAY FEEL
EMBARASSED AND OUT OF PLACE IN YOUR CLASSROOM.
3. Use films to Break BARRIERS: Getting more
Girls into the I.E. Classroom. Talk to the counsellors.
Encourage them to show films at noon hour or in guidance
classes. If they can not do it, show them at noon hour
yourself and invite all the students.

One excellent film available from the National Film Board is:
Attention: Women at Work! This film is about women
working in predominatly male trades and professions, was co­
sponsored by the NBF and the Federal Women’s Film
Program. Made predominately as a career counselling aid for
girls and also for older women returning to the job market
the film deals with such issues as the importance of economic
self-reliance and the combination of work with family life.
“Its important to me that boys see the film also”, says
director, Anne Henderson. “Teenage boys and girls tend to
be very conservative. In the search for their identities they
are inclined to cling to established steriotypes identifying
them as being masculine or feminine.”

Contact The National Film Board at 1161 West Georgia Street,
Vancouver, B.C. V6E 3G4 (666-1716) for a complete
catalogue of their films. There are several other films on
non-traditional careers for women, including I Want to be an
Engineer.

4. Have Your Librarian Help Out Subscribe to
Tradeswoman Magazine, Box 5775, Berkley, California
94705 for $10.00 U.S. yearly. An excellent resource for
school libraries.
Perhaps your librarian would be willing to put up a bulletin
board on Women in Trades so more female role models
are visible to the girls in your school.

5. Invite Women in Trades to Your School
Contact the Women in Trades group to find out if there are
women carpenters, welders, etc. in your area who would come
to speak to students.

Vancouver Women in Trades Association, 400A
West 5th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1J8 (876-0922).
Women in Trades-Kootenay Council, Box 3651,
Castlegar, B.C. VIN 3W4 (226-7624 or 365-5287).
There are groups in Powel River and the Okanagan as well.
Contact the Vancouver office for further information.
The objectives of Women in Trades are:
• To be a support group for women.
• To be an information resource on jobs or training
opportunities.
• To create a positive public image of women in trades.
• To promote greater representation of women in trades through
the media, government, business, unions, schools and other
groups.
• To identify problems of women entering or working in trades;
to make representations and to take appropriate action for
change.
• To encourage women in similar situations to work together to
improve working conditions, safety practices, job security and
their general standard of living.
Speakers are available to come to classes.

6. Dialogue with Other Teachers on Problems
and Solutions There are a lot of untapped resources
within your colleagues. One way to begin a dialogue is by
having your PSA group view the 1984 slide-tape What
Happens to Women in Tradesland? Made in B.C.,
this is an excellent presentation on the present situation of
women in the trades. It is available free of charge from the
BCTF Resources Center (731-8121 or 112-800-663-9163).
7. Sponsor a One Day Seminar Titled:

“The
Workplace in Transition - Integrating Women
Effectively.” This excellent seminar can assist teachers

to understand the changing workforce and to develop ways to
effectively work toward the goal of productive integration of
females into the trades.
The seminar was developed by two tradeswomen and a
consultant for Canada Employment and Immigration. For
further information on the seminar, contact Women in Trades
Kootenay Council or Valerie Ward, Employment Counselling
Consultant - Women, Canada Employments Immigration, Box
11145, 1055 West Georgia St, Vancouver, B.C. V6E 2P8.
(666-1710)

The previous suggestions are only a beginning. I am sure many
of you have additional strategies that have worked for you. As
GE. teachers, you are important role models for the students in
your school, both male and female.

I would like to hear about your successes and your suggestions
on the topic. I am also at the BCTF to provide support and
information to you. As well, you have a status of women contact

person in your local association who has many resources
available.
If you have not already done so, join this ever expanding network
of men and women who are working to build a non-sexist
education system in B.C.

TEACHING PEACE
August 17,

1984

Dear Teachers,

The nuclear arms issue is being raised everywhere: in the daily
papers, on TV and radio, even in the streets! The massive public
demonstrations, like our WALK FOR PEACE, are an indication
that this issue is on people’s minds.
The children, also, are becoming tuned into the issue. They pick
up on things they hear around them and, not surprisingly, they
are confused and troubled by what they hear.

This is why the Peace Education Coalition in British Columbia is
working to help the schools help the young people deal with this
issue. We recognize that the schools are a good place for sorting
out the facts and exploring the issues behind the news. The
teachers, administrators, and parents, working in partnership,
can help young people get a grip on the most urgent and
frightening problem.
The first thing that teachers need is resources, ideas and
information to help them introduce peace education into their
classrooms. In this regard, the Peace Education Coalition plans
to offer schools a regular newsletter called Teaching Peace,
which will offer timely updates on resources, activities in the
peace/disarmament community, as well as lesson aids for
elementary and secondary levels. The newsletter will focus on
one theme in each issue.
In the fall, we will focus on
Remembrance Day and relate past wars to the spectre of World
War III. In the spring, we will focus on hope and action,
suggesting concrete activities that can become part of the
solution to the problem, such as April walks for peace.
We need your input!

If you have found something that works for you in your
classroom, share it with your colleagues through the newsletter,
please, if you have any student writing or artwork on the nuclear
topic to share, pass it on for possible inclusion in the
newsletter.
Thankyou. We look forward to hearing from you. Send mailings
to: The Editors of Teaching Peace, Peace Education Coalition,
c/o Mathew Speier, 4540 West 6 th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C., V6R
1V5 (telephone 224-7165).
MS: ns/1479/utfe

5. Old Business
Motion: That the ten year honour pins for the B.C.I.E.A. be in
brass.
Popowich/McKenna
CARRIED
Motion: That the B.C.I.E.A. purchase 500, 10 year pins and the die
tomake them. Mike Sofko to look after it McKenna/Holsinger
CARRIED
Adjournment 4:45 p.m.
Next meeting■ May 25. 1984

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
The meeting was held in the W.R.F. Seal Conference Room at the
Division of Industrial Education, U.B.C.. The Vice-President called the
meeting to order at 10:00 am., May 25, 1984.

The following were in attendance:
Mike Sofko ........................................... Past Pres. (Kamloops)
Gordon Fleming................................................... 1st V.P. (Nelson)
Dennis Popowich ............................................... 2nd V.P. (Langley)
Don Askew............... -.......... -............ -................. Secretary (Surey)
Colin Buckoke ................................................... Treasurer (Surrey)
Doug Podetz ................................................. Pro-D Co-Or. (Surrey)
Bill McCormick ............................... VIEW Editor (Campbell River)
Bob Logan ....................................................... P.S.A. Rep. (Delta)
Bill Henderson............................................................... (Abbotsford)
Paul Holsinger .............................................................. (Richmond)
Larry Davidson ...:........................................................ (Kelowna)

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6.

Agenda Revisions: 6. ( i) and (j) to be moved up to 6. ( b) and ( i).
Sofko/Holsinger
2. Minutes: Holsinger’s name missed off attendance.
Accepted as amended.
Askew/Sofko
CARRIED
Correspondence:
(1) Letter to M. Dodds thanking her for her letter of March 7'h.
Old Business:
(1) From Correspondence: Mike Sofko had a letter from Mr.
Carvosso who was and exchange teacher here and is now
Superintendent of Manual Arts in Australia.
(2) From Minutes:
— Mike Sofko has ordered 500 ten year pins.
—Workshops held in Nelson, but no request for funds.
Treasurer’s Report Accepted as distributed
Buckoke/Sofko
CARRIED
New Business:
(a) Membership - Dennis Popowich
— Motion: New memberships received from September 1 on will
be given the balance of the year plus the full following year's
membership.
Sofko/Popowich
CARRIED
— Notice of motion for next meeting that membership dates be
discussed. Dennis Popowich suggested July 1 to June 30.
(b) Policy & By-Laws • Mike Sofko
— Mike Handed out Convention Regulations, also B.C.I.E.A
policies.
—Safety Guide ■ Mike Sofko Mike has permission from Western
Washington to use any part of their guide. Hopes to have typed
copy for perusal at the next meeting,
(i) C.I.A.A.
Mikew Sofko. Nothing at this time,
(e) Workshops • Doug Podetz
Fifty people have registered this time,
(f) A.G.C. '84 • Dennis Popowich
— Dennis attended a-meeting of Burnaby committee and said that
arrangements are coming along fine.

1984
A.G.M. & CONVENTION
WHEN: November 2nd, & 3rd, 1984

WHERE: Burnaby, B.C.

Interest

Areas: Workshops,

Champaign
Breakfast, Entertainment,
Ladies Luncheon, Displays,
Dance, Key Note Speaker,
Welcome Packages, Wine
and Cheese

Something for
everyone

— Motion: Propose that $300.00 float be given to Burnaby LE.
teachers for postage.
Buckoke/Sofko
CARRIED
(d) Division of I.E. Rep.
Bill Logan
— Bill stated that the 1984/85 budget has been met Syd Lee has
been granted study leave. The Division has 55 applications for the
accelerated programme. There will be 17 third year and 15 fourth
year regular programme students.
(b) VIEW - Bill McCormick
— Next issue will be in September (10 15),. School district contact
listto be printed.
(g) White Paper • Bob Logan
— Bob stated that we had a good response from locals.
(H) P.S.A.C. • Bob Logan
— Last meeting was election of officers. Fall training session will
be at Harrison from September 13 to 15, 1984.
(j) Class Size Doug Podetz
— Doug has been picking up information and has a copy of
Vocational School Safety Awareness Program from Nova Scotia. He
has also been corresponding with the W.C.B..
(k) Local Contacts - Gordon Fleming
— Gordon contacted people who are on the Ministry list as new to
teaching I.E. and asked them their status regarding I.E. training.

Next Meeting - Friday, September 28, 1984.
Adjournment 2:10 p.m.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
The meeting was held in the Roy Lewis design classroom at the
Division of Industrial Education, Burnaby. The President called the
meeting to order at 10.00 a. m., March 30, 1984. The following were in
attendance:
Gary Robertson....................................................... Pres. (Victoria)
Mike Sofko ................................................. Past Pres. (Kamloops)
Gordon Fleming................................................... 1st V.P. (Nelson)
Dennis Popowich ............................................... 2nd V.P. (Langley)
Don Askew ......................................................... Secretary (Surrey)
Colin Buckoke ................................................... Treasurer (Surrey)
Doug Podetz ................................................. Pro-D Co-or. (Surrey)
Bob Logan..................................................... P.S.A.C. Rep. (Delta)
John Vigrass ............................................................. (Port Alberni)
Hugh McKenna ................................................................. (Kelowna)
Bill McCormick ................................. VIEW Ed. (Campbell River)
Mike Fanning ............................................................... (Cranbrook)
Bill Henderson............................................................... (Abbotsford)

Agenda Revisions (k) White Paper (I) Locals
Minutes: Accepted as distributed
Askew/Fleming
CARRIED
3. Treasurer’s Report Accepted as distributed
Buckoke/McKenna
CARRIED
4. Correspondence
(1) Letter from G. Smithers thanking for invitation to A.G.C..
(2) Letter from S.M. Palmer to W. McCormick about trade
qualifications (Popowich to reply).
(3) Letter from Marian Dodds about tape and slide presentation,
“what happens to women in Tradesland”.
(4) Copy of letter from D. Popowich to V. Stemo about A.G.M..
(5) Letter from D. Abel about letter from from A.I.A.A. which should
have been directed to the B.C.I.E.A..A.I.A.A. were asking us to
affiliate.
(6) Copies of letters to Wes Knapp from D. Podetz.
(7) Letter to F. Packford thanking him for co-chairing the A.G.M..
(8) Letter to D. Unwin thanking him for co-chairing the A.G.M..
(9) Letter to K, Cawley replying to his leter about A.G.M..
(10) Letter to Logan Smith replying to their letter about the
A. G.M..
(11) Letter to H. Kuyvenhoven thanking him for hosting A.G.M..
(12) Letter to R. Lewis thanking him for his work on the Tommy
Quale award.
5 Old Business
(a) From minutes:
(1) M. Sofko handed out a copy of a brief submited by the
Kamloops liason committee on class size.
(2) M. Sofko handed out a letter with details and prices for the
design of the ten year pin.
(b) From Correspondence: already discussed
6.
New Business
(a) Membership ■ Dennis Popowich
— Membership now stands at 630.
— Dennis stated that he has been in touch with each School
District contact person.
(b) VIEW ■ Bill McCormick
— Date of next issue to be brought forward for distribution of June
Workshop Registration forms. Issue to be in mid April,
(c) Archives • Bob Leduc
— Bob stated that he had the few copies of VIEW now on microfile.
He had a donated copy of a Ford Service Bulletin 1939-1944.
(d) W.I.A.A.C. • Gary Robertson
Gary stated that the Washington Conference had been an excellent
affair and he had been treated royally.
1.
2.

(e) Division of I.E. Rep. - Bill Logan
— At the last faculty meeting, it was learned that there was no
budget allocation as yet Expect a 5% reduction. I.E. now with
Math and Science Education at U.B.C.. Accelerated Program
students must now pay.
— Fee increase: $77.00 per unit in Winter, $83.00 per unit in the
Summer. 50 people in Accelerated Programme next year. 25 3^
year regular students. 25 4th year students.
— New B.Ed. programme with more emphasis on student teaching.
— Teacher directory shows 44 new teachers, but only 21 came
through the programme.
(f) Workshops • Doug Podetz
— Registration form to be in the next issue of VIEW. Woodwork to
be on shop maintenance, Hand tools, wood lathe tools, and
techniques and system design and production. Foundry to include
a tour of a pattern shop. Foundrywork to enable people to swap
patterns.
—Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - June 20 to 23, to be held at the
Kings Head Inn on Kingsway in Burnaby. Participants include
Ford, G.M. and Chrysler. Registration: $70.00.
(g) A.G.C. ’84 ■ Arild Dalsvagg.
— Motion: Colour code for the name tags: red-Woodwork, blueMetalwork, Brown-Drafting, green- Auto/Power Mechanics and
yellow for Electricity/Electronics
Popowich/McKenna
CARRIED
Motion: That we stay to the original price scale of $50.00 for
members and $25.00 for the companion.
Buckoke/Popowich
CARRIED
( h) P.S.A.C.
— Deligate needed for white paper meeting on Saturday, April 7 th
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at the B.C.T.F. Building.
Motion: That Bob Logan go as deligate to meeting on white paper on
graduation requirements.
Buckoke/Holsinger
CARRIED
— Last P.S.A.C. meeting asked for volunteers to go on ad-hoc
committee on elective programsthat are being cut from different
School Districts. Bob Logan is on the Committee.
( i) C I.A.A. - Nothing to report
(j) Special Committees
— Class Size • Meeting held on February 13th, 1984.
(1) Come up with an addition to the working and safety conditions.
(2) Document letter to administration about over size classs.
(3) Write report to the B.C.T.F. executive to be passed on to the
Ministry of Education on class size.
Motion:
To be made at the B.C.T.F. A.G.M. 1985;
recommendations to B.C.T.F. members guide book, Health and
Safety Section (Sec. 10).
1) “The number of students in an Industrial Education workshop
shall not exceed 20 students for Senior Secondary and 24 students
in Junior Secondary workshops.”
2) “The teacher pupil ratio in special classes (exceptional
children) shall be kept to a level which the teacher feels competent
in handling
Podetz/Holsingar
CARRIED
(k) FORUM Project - Colin Buckoke
— Concentration on Science curriculum at the prese
nt time.
( I) Locals ■ Gordon Fleming
Motion: Gordon requested for a $100.00 grant if requested and
needed upon receipt of a statement of expendatures.
McCormick|Buckoke
CARRIED
— Gordon asked for updating of the contact list and gave out
information on how to form a L.S.A..