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Tuesday, July 21, 1998
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Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) is 50
From a summary put out by Ernst & Young, the accounting firm that commissioned the survey:
The highest number of survey respondents -- 35 per cent -- feel that in 10 years a college diploma in a technical occupation will have more impact than any other type of education.It looks as though the survey emphasized job creation, rather than making an attempt to find out what, if anything, Ontarians think about post-secondary education as a way of preparing for life, or even for life-long careers.Results also indicate that an apprenticeship (24 per cent) will become the second-most valuable workforce education in 10 years, followed by a university degree in science (18 per cent). "The implications for educators and the government are significant in how they restructure for the future," says Bob Bell, Ernst & Young's Government Practice Leader. "Also, the role of business in helping to upgrade the skills of employees to remain competitive will need to be redefined."
The survey of Ontario residents conducted for Ernst & Young by Angus Reid Group, shows that 42 per cent believe colleges and universities should be mainly responsible for helping train Ontarians to be competitive in the workforce, followed by 22 per cent for government and 19 for business.
The survey also reveals that, as a backdrop, 66 per cent believe that the province is a better place to do business than five years ago. More than half of respondents (54 per cent) believe the private sector should be mainly responsible for ensuring that there are jobs for Ontarians, compared to 41 per cent who believe it should be the government.
The findings are based on 1,000 interviews conducted by Angus Reid with residents of Ontario aged 18 or older. Questions were completed in May of 1998. Respondents were selected randomly and interviewed by telephone. Surveys of this type and size are accurate to within 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
"The results of this survey dispel myths that people are counting on the government to create good jobs for them. Respondents understand the economy is changing and their skills must continue to change, but what they value most is support for training to stay marketable. There is a role for business, government, labor and educators to make this happen. The leadership and facilitation has to come from government and that is its most important role," says Bell. . . .
Ontario's education system is viewed as generally as good as those elsewhere -- 35 per cent say it is much or somewhat better. 32 per cent feel they lack training to cope with the new economy. 76 per cent think that the only role the government should have in job creation is creating the right economic climate for the private sector to create jobs.
Plenty of other things are happening this summer, says Yantha, listing a few of them:
The 25th annual contest, involving 144 finalists from 56 high schools in 15 counties in southwestern Ontario (from Mississauga to Goderich to Owen Sound to Hamilton), was conducted by the French Studies department.
Participating schools were represented by up to three contestants. The trophy for the winning team was won by Glenview Park Secondary School in Cambridge, represented by Graeme Kemkes, who was fifth overall, Scott Brubacher, sixth, and Erin Gilbert, eighth. Their coach was French teacher Michelle MacDonald.
Plaques and book prizes were given to those with the top scores for their county who placed within the top third of the contestants and 10 honorable mention book prizes were awarded to outstanding students in the top 25 not winning other prizes. The winners were the guests, with their teachers, at a recent awards banquet at UW.
Beyond the campus |
Tricia Mumby of graphic services sends a note -- well, a commercial, really -- for Courseware Solutions, the branch of graphics that distributes, well, courseware. She writes: "8 weeks until classes begin! If you plan to produce Coursenotes, Lab Manuals, Readings, or Lecture Notes that contain copyright material, this is good time to submit then to Courseware Solutions in South Campus Hall. Many publishers and government agencies require six to eight weeks to provide permissions. Submit your orders early to give plenty of time for production and copyright clearance! If you have any questions, give us a call at ext. 3996 -- e-mail cware@mc1adm, or just drop by!"
And another graphics-type note -- an equipment change starting late today at the main graphics location in the General Services Complex. "The DocuTech 135 will be removed," writes Colette Nevin, "and replaced with a newer DocuTech 6180. Installation will take the rest of this week and possibly into next week. Graphics encourages customers who currently send on-line to the DocuTech 135 to re-route jobs to our DocuTech 6135 located in Graphics Express. Please call Mike Jack, ext. 6172, if you require assistance with your on-line submissions."
An information session about part-time studies at UW will run from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the distance and continuing education office at 156 Columbia Street. "There will be a presentation of interest to new students starting at 7 p.m.," an advertisement says. Or, potential students can call 888-4002 for more information.
The career development seminar series for this term winds up tomorrow with a session on "Successfully Negotiating Job Offers". It'll start at 2:30 in Needles Hall room 1020.
And, the student mathematics conference is under way, with sessions today and tomorrow running from 3:30 to 6:00 in Math and Computer room 5158. The conference is partly supported by the Mathematics Endowment Fund.
"Bell" and "Cameo", "Winterdream" and "Flytrap" -- they're all works of computer art by UW fine arts professor Don MacKay. This index page shows works dating from 1994 to the present, all in thumbnail reproductions which can be clicked to provide larger images.
MacKay says there have been other web pages showing his earlier work, including paintings that date back to the 1970s, but he's in the process of removing them from the web to put the emphasis on the kind of work he's now doing.
Similar sites exist for the rest of the fine arts faculty. "The reason for the web site," says MacKay, "is to provide information about our Fine Arts program. Naturally, to do so requires links to our faculty, students, staff and to the general university community. I don't have a lot of time to spend on the site, but have tried to keep it relatively current in areas that are most important to students who are interested in taking Fine Arts courses.
"The artwork of our faculty is primarily for student interest, so that they can get some idea what we do, and since it has become somewhat dated, I plan to update its content, and may even change the format a bit, so that it will run faster and use less space. I don't think I will make huge changes, but eventually hope to add additional course related material, such as the images used in art history courses and in our slides database, which also includes images of artwork."
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