Campagne de souscription Capital Campaign de l'Urnversite Concordia Concordia University DJ .. ~ Concordia University, Montreal Vol. 9, No. 11, Nov. 14, 1985 Col'lcordia unites on election strategy he associations representing Concordia's 28,000 undergraduate students, graduate T students, faculty members and non-aQ.ademic Director of Libraries named staff, have joined forces with the administration to attempt to bring Concordia's funding plight to the at­ he University field, he taught in high school tention of Quebec politicians.(and voters) during the Librarian for the Led­ for a year and then English at T dy Library of the Universite du Sacre Coeur, an current election campaign. University of Windsor, Albert Acadian university, · which Open invitations have been extended to Premier Pierre Marc V. Mate, has been appointed became College de Bathurst in Johnson, Liberal Leader Robert Bourassa, Higher Education, Director of Libraries at Con­ 1963. Science and Technology Minister Jean-Guy Rodrigue, and cordia and will begin his duties Although the University of Liberal Education Critic Claude Ryan, among others, to come on Jan. 1. Windsor and Concordia are to Concordia and explain first-hand to voters why government He replaces Dr. Paul-Emile different, rhere are some funding policies have repeatedly shortchanged Concordia in Filion, who stepped down on similarities, Mate says. Wind­ comparison to Quebec's other universities. June I for health reasons. sor, like Concordia, has been The groups involved have also decided to encourage their Filion had been Director of setting up large automated members to participate in what organizers -are calling "Flying Libraries here since 1976. Joe computer systems . in the Squads of Concordia Stingers". No, these aren't politically­ Princz, who has been acting library. The University of active linebackers from the football team. They're intended to Director of Libraries during Windsor has also constructed be mixed groups of non-academic staff, faculty and students Filion's absence, will return to a major library building, and who would attend local candidates meetings (as well as those of his duties as Associate Direc­ . Mate was involved in the plan­ Premier Pierre Marc Johnson and Liberal Leader Robert tor. Albert V. Mate ning. "I'm looking forward to Bourassa) to demand answers to questions about government Mate comes to Concordia Mate has two · Master's · another major building pro­ funding priorities and their effects on higher education. with extensive administrative degre_es from the University of ject," he comments. Anyone interested in participating should fill in the form library experience, beginning Michigan, one in Library Mate adds that he likes the below or contact Ken Whittingham in the Public Relations in 1958 at the University of Science, the other in English idea of Concordia with its Department at local 4879. (See "Election ,, on page 7) Windsor where he became Language and Literature: down,-town campus and its University Librarian in 1980. Before entering the library (See ,·'Director" on page 4) YES, I would like to make a commitment to participate in one of Concordia University's election campaign flying squads. My commitment would pro­ Vanier expansion approved by city bably entail giving .up a few hours of my time one night next week or the week following to attend a public meeting and pose some hard questions to ontreal City Coun­ received by the University last residents on April 30, and a se­ the candidates seeking to represent me in the next government. cil has approved week. cond meeting was held in the M Concordia's plans Homeowners and residents architect's offices Sept. 10, - to renovate and enlarge the on Belmore A venue, im­ with two representatives of the Name: Vanier library on the west-end mediately adjacent to the cam­ group. campus, clearing the way for pus (between Sherbrooke Although Concordia made a Department: construction to start after the Street and Terrebonne number of changes to its spring thaw. The motion Avenue), have opposed the original plans - most notably Affiliation: CUSA () CUNASA () CUFA () authorizing construction of project, and the group sent a changing the height of the OTHER() the three-storey extension was petition to City Hall on Sept. building from five to three­ Telephone Local: ____________ one of dozens approved by 27, outlining its position. storey s - the Belmore council on Oct. 28. Written Concordia officials organiz­ residents group said in its posi­ Home Phone Number: __________ notification of the motion was ed an open meeting with the tion that it remains opposed to any library being built on the Preferred Night: planned site. - Despite the Protest march held group's opposition, the mo­ Please clip and forward c/ o Ken Whittingham, Public Rela­ tion was adopted without tions Department, Room BC-224 oncordia University students held a protest march· comment at City Council. late yesterday afternoon to urge the University to The reduction in the height C transfer all financial dealings from the Bank of Mon­ of the building will not reduce All-candidates meeting treal, because of the bank's ties with the South African its overall surface area. The regime. A petition was circulated during the day and will be new configuration prepared by The first of Concoq:lia's all-candidates meetings - this one given to Rector Patrick Kenniff on his return from Africa the architects calls for the for ·the riding of N.D.G. - will be held this coming Monday which he is visiting as head of the World Unive~ity Service of same number of square feet, between 12 noon and·l p.m. in the Vanier Auditorium. Atten­ Canada. More information on the day's events will be includ­ spread over three floors in­ ding will be N.D.P. candidate Michel Agnaieff, Parti ed in next week's Thursday Report. stead of five. Quebecois candidate Jean-Guy Mailloux, and Liberal can­ ...... ..,'---,- _-,..__ ,.., _ _.,_..,._ .,.._,..,__,-----------------------1 (See "Vanier" on page 7) didate Reed Scowen. Page 2, The Thursday Report, November 14, 1985 Debate provoked by certificate programmes by David Winch Conseil ad hoc committee is Quebec university that appeals before, and 70% of certificate encouraged because of the way he rapid proliferation examining is principally cen­ to working students, yet has students are effectively study­ they make university more ac­ of certificate pro­ tred in the province's big city managed to maintain the B.A. ing at the first year level. This cessible? Or, is it an anarchic T grammes in Quebec's francophone universities, par­ format for its course offer­ may lead to a 'de facto' lower­ development which should be francophone universities may ticularly the Universite de ings. Meanwhile, admission to ing of general university stan­ controlled?" be a cause for concern, con: Montreal and Universite du certificate programmes dards, he suggested. The committee is calling for tends an ad hoc committee set Quebec a Montreal (UQAM). elsewhere is suspected of '' Does this reflect the submissions on this subject in up by the Conseil des Univer­ There, certificate programmes eroding traditional markers of relative need for francophones the months ahead, in the hope sites, a 15 member advisory in administration, computers, university admission; only 6% to catch up?" wondered Jac­ of formulating general recom­ board to the Minister of education and accounting, for of certificate-level students ques L'Ecuyer aloud. "Should mendations to the Conseil des Higher Education, Science example, have blossomed in have studied at university these 'micro-programmes' be Universites in the near future. and Technology. · the 1980s. The clientele for "Certificate programmes these programmes are mostly are growing at a time of women (70% ), aged from 25 limited funding for univer­ to 35, who take advantage of Memorial Mass for teacher sities, and they are attracting a the certificate programmes to memorial Mass were small, she worked as a University unti 1981. very 'heterogeneous' meet the demands of profes­ will be held tomor­ freelance book critic for a Harriet Duer, a friend and clientele," . noted President sional development, often ig­ A row at 2 p.m. in the variety of literary journals, . colleague remembers. Browne; Jacques L'Ecuyer, at a press noring their · professional Loyola Chapel for Marie but in 1966 began teaching in "As a friend and teacher, conferen·ce Friday. ''Our association's. legal retraining Carlson Browne, a former Sir the adult education composi­ Marie touched many lives worry is that many of these requirements. George Williams and Concor- . tion program at Sir George around her. A mature student certificate programmes have The ''certificate dia teacher, who died on Oct. Williams University. She later whom she had tutored for developed in an· anarcbic phenomenon", added com­ 18 at the age of 58. transferred to the SGWU col­ almost an entire term put it fashion: they do not lead mittee member Maurice Browne was born in Buf­ legial program where she best: 'She changed my life.' directly to degree program­ Boisvert, is particularly worry­ falo, New York. She. took a taught composition and She changed many, and she mes; they often perform the ing because of the size of the B.A. in English at Villa Maria literature until she went to made a difference. " professional training duties of change it represents, and its College in Erie, Pennsylvania Dawson College in 1971, just Browne's life was commit­ the various professional specificity to French Quebec. and an M.A. with a specializa­ two years after the . college ted to teaching and to associations; and there is no Quebec universities now ac­ tion in 19th century literature opened . She continued to literature, and to the belief overall policy governing them. count for 70% of the cer­ at the Catholic University of teach English Com.position that as a teacher one could Underlining the uncertainty tificate students in Canada: America.