PAGE Aé, THE HERALD, Wednesday, March 16, 1977

Applications open for Professional S$

Applications are now
being accepted for the fall
term in the Professional
Studies Program, according
to program developer Jeff
Marvin.

The program, unique in
Canada, allows native
people to take university-
transfer college courses
while maintaining their jobs
and home life. °

Students come ~ into
Terrace or host villages for
one week every month to
take part in a wide variety
of lectures, seminars and
workshops, and listen to
well-known guest speakers.
Some of the resource people
who have taken part or will
be taking part includes
lawyers Stuart Rush and
Doug Sanders; the Native
Brotherhood of the Nor-
thwest Territories and
others active in relevant
aspects of Indian life.

The courses that students
take include psychology,
political science and
English. These courses are
augmented by relevant
materials to native life in
the region. Many films from
across the continent are
used, reflecting on the
similarities and differences
in aboriginal peoples
throughout the world.

There are presently 15
students from 11 different
villages in the north.
Enrolment is expected to
double next year. The main
criteria for entrance are
interest, personal com-
mitment to the people and
maturity.

Next year, adequate
counselling and study skills
will be provided to help
students in the off-weeks
when they are busy with
their jobs and community
activities.

“If there has been any

weakness in our first year of

operation, it is that we have
not been able to provide as
much tutorial and coun-
selling help as we would
have wished, Many students
find it difficult to establish
proper study facilities given
the high level of activity in
the bands, therefore many
find the only quiet study
time they can muster is late
at night after a hard day's
work or very early in the
morning,’ explained
Marvin.

“Other than that it has
been an incredibly exciting
experience, Students
represent many nations and
tongues in this region. Few
realize that there are some
20,000 people of aboriginal
ancestry living in the region
between Smithers and the
Charlottes, Hartley Bay and
Telegraph Creek, That's a
lot of people,” said Marvin.

The students carry a
heavy load when they are in
town for their weekly
seminars. They are at-
tending classes frem 9:30 in
the morning until late at
night. For some, it is quite
an ordeal just getting in, as
there are students from
Skidegate, Hartley Bay and
Kincolith for whom tran-
sportation is dependent on
sometimes treacherous
weather conditions.

The students themselves,
however, are gaining from
the program. While it is a
common complaint that
they donot feel that they are
putting into the program as
much as they would like, at
the same time they are
Browing in ability right
before the eyes of the in-
structors.

“They are becoming
much more sensitive and
analytical about daily
problems that they are

Hearings a mockery
- N.D.P.

The federal executive of
the NDP in Skeena recently
issued a statement saying
that the Liberal government
seems to be implying the
Kitimat oil pipeline to be a
sure thing.

NDP secretary, Jennifer
Davies said that ‘‘Despite
statements to the contrary,
it would appear that Energy
Minister Gillespie and the
Liberal government have
reached a decision that the
pipeline would be a good
thing for Canada.”

In view of the fact thal
Minister Gillespie was
supposedly discussion with

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It is estimated that if all
people wore lap and
shoulder belts at all times,
fatalities and serious in-
juries could be reduced by
one half,

Seat belt usage is as
necessary at low speeds on
short trips as it is on the
highway. A survey has

his U.S. counterpart James
Schlesinger, as to how
Canada and the U.S. could
help each other, “It is
irresponsible to come to
decisions that are obviously
designed to sway the
National Energy Board to
the ministers way of
thinking.”

With the knowledge that
the N.E.B. are to conduct
hearings in the near future,
with statements like Mr.
Gillespie has made, ‘‘These
hearings will be nothing
more than a mockery; the
results prescribed by the
energy minister himself.”

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half of the fatalities oc-
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faced with,” said Marvin.

“Whereas before they
were equipped for their jobs
only. through short and
inadequate’ training
programs, we are taking the
onger range view, at-
tempting to equip the
students with a general
perspective of society
around them.

“In becoming more
familiar with political
systems, interpersonal
behaviour, and how to read
and write briefs and

documents, as well as
becoming more familiar
with resources such as

speakers and useful films,.

ey are turning into much
more valuable people for
their communities as a
whole,” said Marvin.

Interest in the program Is
being generated from many
guarters. Other colleges and
native organizations are
looking into the possibility of
establishing similar
programs in their areas.

The faculty runs other

programs as well as the
Professional Studies
Program. A general interest
course called ‘Aboriginal
People and the Land’’ has
received wide support from
the people of Kitamaat
Village where it is being
held, A 14-week series of
seminars on all aspects of
Indian life, the course has
been visited by speakers
like George Manuel, Past
President of the National
Indian Brotherhood; James
Gosnell, President of the

Nishga Tribal Council; Ray
Jones, Past Chairman of the
Gitskan-Carrier Tribal
Council; Stuart Rush, civil
rights lawyer and recent
attorney for
Peltier, and Doug Sanders,
internationally known land
claims expert. Represen-
tatives of the Native
Brotherhood of the Nor-
thwest Territories and
Howard Adams, author of
‘Prison of Grass” are on the
agenda for coming weeks.

The. faculty of native

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tudies Program

studies has been engaged in
other projects as well.
Workshops on counselling,
housing, band orientation
‘land claims and aboriginal
rights have ail been held
with participation from the
faculty. There has also been
recent efforts to meet with
high school personnel in
order to introduce relevant
materials into the social
studies curricula.

The programs have
received financial backing
from a number of sources,

including Department. of
Indian Affairs, Department
of Manpower and Depart-
ment of Education. For the
next year, funding ap-
plication has been made
also to the Department of
Secretary of State, First
itizen’s Fund, Canada
Foun and a number of
private foundations.
For further information
on :.,these and other
pro ams, please contact
eff Marvin at 635-4559 or
635-6511.

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