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Pathways to a bright future. MESSAGE FROM THE L ANGAR A COLLEGE FOUNDATION CHAIR

2015 was a year of change for the Langara College Foundation. Organizationally, we restructured and reaffirmed our commitment to financially support Langara College’s vision to become Canada’s pathways college and be a catalyst for student success. As an alumnus and a donor, I know first-hand how funds raised through the Foundation impacts student lives. They increase accessibility to education. They enrich the educational experience. They open up opportunities beyond the classroom and build the foundation for student success. Our donors give and support students in so many different ways. I am continually humbled by their generosity of spirit. In particular, I would like to shine a spotlight on Studio 58’s Legacy campaign and some of our silent champions. The many faculty and staff, like Ryan, Wendy, and Gerda, who quietly donated year after year in a variety of ways to support student success. The Langara community is so fortunate to have such dedicated champions. On behalf of the Foundation board and staff, our heartfelt thank you for your ongoing support. We could not do this without you.

Bruce Hurst CFP, FCPA, FCGA Chair, Langara College Foundation

Our board. L ANGAR A COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Zdenka Buric Managing Partner, NATIONAL Public Relations

Gary Mason Vice-Chair Columnist, The Globe and Mail

Ujjal Dosanjh PC QC Retired

Simi Sara Radio Host, CKNW

Eric Hogan President & CEO, Hogan Millar Media

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Giving from within. EMPLOYEE GIVING AT L ANGAR A

Langara is a giving community. Many of our

VISION FOR THE FUTURE.

faculty and staff go above and beyond and

Ryan Cawsey is a long-time donor with a long-term vision. He is

make significant donations to support student success. As an institution, Langara is so blessed with employees, like Ryan Cawsey, Wendy Low,

an instructor in Langara’s Kinesiology program. Since 2009, he has been giving monthly towards a variety of scholarships and bursaries, including the Isabell Cavalin Human Kinetics Bursary.

and Gerda Krause, who each give in unique and

“I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to teach at Langara,”

personal ways. They are all heroes.

said Ryan. “I joined the College in 2008 as an Instructional Assistant in Kinesiology while completing my graduate studies at UBC, and began in a teaching position one year later. I’m proud to be part of a very strong program.” “Langara’s Kinesiology program is well-regarded among its regional competitors. We have a wonderful group of dedicated instructors and our facilities rank among the best in the country. I want to make sure that the opportunities that Langara presents are available to students passionate about kinesiology. Tuition shouldn’t be a barrier to students’ success. I think of my monthly contribution as an investment in our students and in a program that has provided me with so much.”

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IN REMEMBER ANCE.

WHERE IT’S NEEDED MOST.

Wendy Low is a nurse and nurse educator in Langara’s School

Gerda Krause is the division chair for the Mathematics

of Nursing. When their mother passed away almost 30 years

and Science Division. She started at Langara in 1977 as a

ago, the family decided to honour her memory by establishing

biology instructor. Over the years, she has witnessed some

an endowed scholarship – the Ellen Low Ying Roets Nursing

heartbreaking examples of students having to give up

Scholarship.

their studies because they could not afford to continue.

“My mother has always been my role model,” said Wendy. “She

Gerda began giving to the College in 1983. Her first

was an incredibly strong and caring woman. She was widowed

donations were directed towards the Rose Bing Memorial

at 32 years with four children after my father passed away.

Scholarship, which she helped establish in memory of Rose

After selecting Vancouver as our future home, we immigrated

Bing, a long-time Langara laboratory demonstrator. Since

to start a new life.”

then, she has continued to contribute giving to a total of

“She was a great believer in education. It was because of her that my siblings and I continued our education and became

12 different bursaries and scholarships. Her approach to giving is simple – give where you can help.

professionals in health care. A scholarship to help students,

“My heart breaks every time I hear of a bright motivated

who may not otherwise have the means to become a nurse, was

student dropping out because of financial reasons,” said

our way of honouring her memory, valuing her belief about

Gerda. “Unfortunately, not every student has the financial

education, and giving back.”

support they need to pursue their academic dreams.

Wendy and her family continue to add to the scholarship each year to grow the endowment.

Many are struggling to put food on the table and pay the rent. Some are even raising families of their own while trying to complete their studies. I want to be able to help in anyway I can.”

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Act of giving. STUDIO 58’S LEGACY FUND

Studio 58, Langara College's professional theatre

The goal of the campaign was to celebrate Studio 58’s tradition of

program, offers nationally-recognized training for

teaching excellence and to expand the scope of its production by

actors and production artists. In 2015, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. Starting in 2014, to honour its past and plan for the future, the program undertook a fundraising campaign to create the Studio 58 Legacy Fund.

raising $125,000, which would be matched by the College, to create a permanent endowment of $250,000. The funds raised would allow the program to broaden the student experience through the hiring of guest artists to work on Studio 58 productions, offering of special workshops, supporting mentorships and more. Former Studio 58 artistic director Jane Heyman is the chair and alumnus Joey Lesperance is co-chair of the campaign. They are supported by a dedicated group of alumni, who are committed to paying it forward to ensure that Studio 58 can continue to offer leading-edge education and artistic productions. As of December 31, 2015, Studio 58 has raised $78,313 (63% of the campaign’s goals) with the support of 344 theatre lovers from across the globe. With your help, we can ensure Studio 58 achieves their goal – show your support for Canadian talent and theatre by donating to the Legacy Fund.

B la s t 58 St udio he t o t in ! futur e

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Our 2015-2016 donors. $25,000 AND OVER

• Leelah Dawson

• C.S.T. Consultants Inc.

• David Drummond

• Langara College • Vancouver Foundation $10,000 - $24,999

• DB Perks & Associates Ltd. • Brian Drummond • Evelyn Harden • Jane Heyman

• Harvey Fedor

• Jeffrey Hsu

• Mennonite Foundation of Canada

• Matthew Hunt

$5,000 - $9,999

• Elizabeth Ball • Hindu Cultural Society and Community Centre • Langara Faculty Association • Langara Students' Union

• Bruce Jespersen • Gerda Krause • Anndraya Luui • Elizabeth Macdonell • Motion Picture Studio Production Technicians • Brad O'Hara

• Robert Rooks

• Donald Purday

• United Way Of The Lower Mainland

• Christopher Speakman

$2,500 - $4,999

• Grant Burnyeat • Martin Butler • Imaginus CDA Ltd. • Catherine Glass • Jeff Lowe $1,000 - $2,499

• Kathryn Shaw • George Stephenson • University Women's Club of Vancouver • Lawrence Warren $500 - $999

• Anonymous (3) • Association of Integrated Marketers

• Anonymous (4)

• John Bourne

• ABD Solutions Ltd.

• Ryan Cawsey

• Don Allen

• Centaur Products Inc.

• Eric Ball

• Christie Lites Sales Ltd.

• Zdenka Buric

• Club Managers Association of America

• Patricia Cia • Arthur Close • Credit Union Foundation of BC

• Donald Davis

• Compass Group Canada (Beaver) Ltd.

• Complete Purchasing Services Inc.

• Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Alpha Province • Valerie Dunsterville • Dean Gingrich • Kenneth Gracie • Johanna Hickey • Ann Howe • David Hudgins • Ian Humphreys • David Hunden • Bruce Hurst • Kitsilano War Memorial Community Centre Association • Anne Lippert • Long & McQuade • Julie Longo • John McLellan • Ruby Montgomery • Ajay Patel • Christine Peterson • Professional Environmental Recreation Consultants Ltd. • Recreation Facilities Association Of British Columbia • Recreation Foundation of BC, The • Barbara Reed • Eleanor Rooks • Campbell Smith • Veryl Tipliski • TNS Desktop Inc. • Touchstone Theatre • Lane Trotter • Vancity Community Foundation

$250 - $499

• Anonymous (4) • A.R.T. Bookworld Productions Ltd. • Aliza and Chaim Kornfeld Foundation • Darren Bernaerdt • Jacob Blair • Jon Bryden

• Vimar Equipment Ltd.

• Sheila Porter

• Jennifer Cameron

• Shelley Walushka

• Ian Raffel

• Timothy Carlson

• Pamela Robertson

• Molly Caron

• Garwin Sanford

• Jean Carpentier

• Jean Swenerton

• Simon Casey

• Barbara Whistler

• Patricia Chadwick

• Deborah Williams

• Kuei Chuan Chen

• Jason Wilsher

• David Chiang

• Patricia Woods

• Ian Chunn

• Joanne Zabudsky

• Cyndy Chwelos

• West Point Grey Independent School Society • Diana Whistler $150 - $249

• Anonymous (3)

• Daune Campbell

• Stephen Aberle

• Carrier Talent Management Inc.

• Rae Ackerman

• Carol Chrisjohn • Janina Deveau • Daniel Dolan • Editors' Association Of Canada • Sandra FilosofSchipper • Eric Tufts & Grant Gemperle

• Corina Akeson • Jodi Appleton • Mary J Auerbach • Marian Bayley • Diane Brown • Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society

• Arlene Clark

$25 - $149

• Anonymous (15) • Tom Addison • Chris Aikenhead • Heather Alko • Antonella Alves • Heidi Archibald

• Chiung Yao Chen

• Julie Backer

• Nicola CorreiaDamude

• Carel Ballard

• Melodie Corrigall

• Eileen Barrett

• Moira Gookstetter

• Joan Cosar

• Donna Battye

• Erin Hasinoff

• Dianna Deyholos

• John Baxter

• Michael Hasinoff

• Sarolta Dobi

• Matthew Beairsto

• Anthony Ingram

• Fortius Institute Inc.

• Stephen Beaver

• Jacqueline Kelly

• Dale Genge

• Jane Bellringer

• Gary Kennedy

• Pamela Hawthorn

• Kevin Bennett

• Bruce Kennedy

• Margaret Heldman

• Dale Beyerstein

• Catherine Lee

• Hi-Pro Sporting Goods

• Edward Bielby

• Goel Family Charitable Foundation

• Erin Mathews • Melanie Miller • Lyle Mills • Yvan Morissette • Rodgar Nagel • Pacific Society of Nutrition Management

• David Hudgins • Gabrielle Jones • Mark Kaluk • Michael Keller • Alison Kelly • Pamela Low • Mavis McEwan

• Istvan Pinter

• Cheryl McKeeman

• Traci Rennie

• Robert Metcalfe

• Joan Rike

• Vince Metcalfe

• Sherri Sadler

• Barbara Miller

• Michael Sharzer

• Diane Murphy

• Brian Tate

• Heather Muter

• The Lazy Gourmet

• Ross Nichol

• Tourism Vancouver

• Emma Peake

• Diane Clark • Judi Closkey • Judith Coffin • Jon & Kay Collins

• Kirsten Alter

• Don & Donna Celle

• Martin Gerson

• Beverley & Dennis Clark

• Ken Collins • David Cooper • Bette Cosar • Bernard Cuffling • Noel Currie

• Alana Barker

• Patricia Curtis • Kathleen Dahlstrom • Zenobia Daruwalla

• Michelle Bjornson • David Bloom

• Donald Davis • Roy Davy • Loralee Delbrouck • Julia Denholm • David Diamond • Gordon K Doan • Peter Dodek • Leslie Dos Remedios • Shane Droucker

• Jean Bodlak

• Alyson Drysdale

• Barbara Boer

• Barbara-Anne Eddy

• E. Mary Boer

• Carol Elder

• E. Boivin

• Katie Eliot

• Sonja Boston • Mary Bowden • Francis Boyle • Shelley Brown • Valerie Brown • Brenda Buchanan • Ines Buchli

• William Ellis • Jane Ellison • Josh Epstein • Itai Erdal • Kathy Evans • Mona Evans • Drew Facey

• Peter Buree • Felicity Burns • Aaron Bushkowsky

• Gemma Farquhar • Alex Ferguson

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• Thomas Ferguson

• David Jarvis

• Paul Moniz de Sa

• Mercedes Smith

• Cynthia Flood

• Kyle Jespersen

• Linda Moore

• Tracey Smith

• Graham Forst

• Gladys Johnsen

• Carole Muller

• Rob Smith

• Denise Foster

• Darcey Johnson

• Kenneth Naumann

• Elizabeth Snow

• Christopher Frary

• David Jones

• Kris Nelson

• Donna Soares

• Nancy E. Fraser

• Shizuka Kai

• Ruth Nesbitt

• Ari Solomon

• Luba Frastacky

• Andree Karas

• Wendy Noel

• Penelope Soo

• Tom Fulton

• David Karkut

• Ross O'Connell

• Shawn Sorensen

• Michael Gall

• Annabel Kershaw

• Jeanette Olivant

• Diane Speirs

• Charlie Gallant

• Stephane Kirkland

• Sean Oliver

• Virginia Spicer

• Christopher Gaze

• Yurij-A Kis

• Inger Olsen

• Michael Stack

• Jennifer Gaze

• Stephanie Koonar

• Kathy Parmley

• Jean Staley

• Sandra Gertz

• Jack Kuyer

• D. Anne Parsons

• Courtenay Stevens

• Brad Gibson

• Josue Laboucane

• Karla Pederson

• Jon Stewart

• Reid Gilbert

• Paula Labrie

• Patrick Pennefather

• Jennifer Stewart

• Lara Gilchrist

• Steven Lafond

• Penny Perry

• Veronica Story

• Mike Gill

• Finn Lander

• Jane Perry

• Scott Swan

• Patty Gill

• John Lazarus

• Judith Piggott

• Robert Swift

• Virginia Gillespie

• Jean-Michel Le Gal

• Sharon Pirnak

• Tomo Tanaka

• Gary Goebel

• Loreen Lennon

• Joe and Silva Plut

• Doug Taylor

• Marcy Goldberg

• Brian Linds

• Barbara Pollard

• Deborah Tennant

• Denise Golemblaski

• Nikolas Longstaff

• Almeera Pratt

• Filomena Testini

• Wendy Gorling

• Cheyenne Mabberley

• Ted Price

• Harvey Thibault

• Mara Gottler

• Kathryn MacColl

• Walter Quan

• Anona Thorne

• Donna-Lee Graham

• Carol Macdonald

• Ron Reed

• Ingrid Turk

• Mikal Grant

• Maureen MacDonald

• Gina Reisig

• Diane Vachon

• Bryan Green

• Margaret MacIntyre

• Kyle Rideout

• Samara Van Nostrand

• Heather Gropp

• Jill Daum & John Mann

• Don Risk

• Craig Veroni

• Peggy Mathisen

• Heather Robbie

• Helen Volkow

• Nicole Robert

• Jennifer Wade

• David Roberts

• Emily Walker

• Rachel Robillard

• David Warburton

• Sarah Rodgers

• Leah Warwick

• Julie Ross

• Bradley Wattum

• Bonnie Schmelke

• Heidi Weeks

• Eric Schwartz

• Jonathan Whistler

• Peter Scoular

• Jane White

• Kim Seary

• Marilyn Williams

• Kora Sevier

• Joel Wirkkunen

• George Shipley

• Richard Wolfe

• Barbara Shumiatcher

• Cecile Wong

• Marsha Sibthorpe

• Donald Wood

• Christian Siddaway

• Jing Huey Yang

• Leslee Silverman

• Mary Zajac

• Derek Simmonds

• Renata Zanchettin

• Emma Slipp

• Beatrice Zeilinger

• Catherine Smailes

• Cyndi Zimmerman

• Craig Hall • Manami Hara • Sandra Head • Stephen Heatley • Barbara Heller • Victoria Henderson • Margaret Hewlett • Carole Higgins • H. David Hodge • Bobbie Holden • Fran Holmes-Green • Cynthia Hou • William Houghton • Mark Houlden • Andrea Houssin • Richard Humphries • Margaret Hunter • David Hurwitz • Donald Hutchinson

• Ryan McCallion • Kathleen McDonagh • Fiona McInnes • David McKay • Patricia McKenzie • John McKinstry • Susan McNeil • Kevin McNulty • Robert McQueen • Kelly Metzger • Barb Mikulec • Peter Millard • Mary Miller • Kevin Millsip • Dawn Milman • Farid Mirhady • Susan Miyagishima

Look at us now. BY THE NUMBERS

$11,246,571

526

2015 endowment balance

Number of students assisted

208

622

Number of scholarships awarded

Total number of donors

104 Number of bursaries awarded

SUMMARY OF TOTAL DONATIONS RECEIVED IN 2015

Endowed donations

$186,187 Annual/other donations

$71,974 Gift-in-Kind donations

$24,761 Total receipted donations for 2015 =

$282,922

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Outstanding. 2015 L ANGAR A OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARDS

Langara College Foundation was proud to honour naturopathic physician Dr. Pushpa Chandra, businessman and politician the Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, P.C., and creative director Reanna Evoy as the recipients of our 2015 Outstanding Alumni Awards. The awards recognize exceptional

DR. PUSHPA CHANDR A NURSING PROGR AM (1980). Pushpa was honoured for her work as an intensive care nurse at BC Children’s Hospital; naturopathic doctor specializing in integrative pediatric care and sports medicine; and volunteer for Operation

individuals who have enhanced the reputation of

Rainbow, an organization providing medical

Langara through their impressive careers.

treatment and surgery to under-privileged children in India.

THE HONOUR ABLE HERB DALIWAL, P.C. - ARTS & SCIENCE (1972). Herb was honoured for his body of work as a politician (Member of Parliament for Vancouver South, Minister of National Revenue, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Minister of Natural Resources for BC); a businessman; and as a social activist for clean water and sanitation.

REANNA EVOY - PUBLISHING TECHNIQUES & TECHNOLOGIES PROGR AM (2002). Reanna was honoured for her award-winning body of creative work as the art director for Air Canada’s enRoute magazine and creative director for ALDO and Call It Spring brands.

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