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News Snips News from your Community Association!Enjoy your first 'Newsnips'! As an RAWQ member you already receive your newsletter twice a year in May and November. This new communication 'Newsnips' will be sent out in February and August. Our purpose is to make sure you receive more timely RAWQ news. AT LONG LAST - A GYM FOR HERITAGE COLLEGE ! Director Claude Chenier announced Feb. 8, 2002 that Heritage College would be getting its long fought-for Gymnasium and Continuing Education wing. Departing Minister of Education, Minister Legault, granted the college permission to proceed with the loan to build the gym without having to first sell the old Heritage College site at 25 Laurier. This had been a major stumbling block. After thanking the Board of Governors, the staff and students, Regional Association of West Quebecers and the local MNAs for their help and support in the fight for the gym, he announced that students should be using the facility by September 2003. This is great news for the students and faculty at Heritage College who up until now have had to travel to Laurier St. in Hull for Physical Education classes. This will ease timetable constraints and give the students a home gym where they can support their sports teams. The Heritage College Development Fund will be revitalised in order to raise funds for state-of-the-art sports equipment and to pay for facilities beyond the basics that the Ministry guidelines allow for. Watch for upcoming fundraisers! Regional Association of West Quebecers was heavily involved in the campaign for the gym: over 8000 mail-in protest postcards addressed to the Minister of Education were produced and distributed. President Rick Henderson and his family, the RAWQ staff and the Biard, Seaby, and Jacobs families were also part of the GAP (Gym Action Project) which organized a colorful student rally, hosted an information evening, and held several strategizing meetings. RAWQ aided the college with publicity know-how and media relations expertise. We're very pleased that our efforts have met with success. Congratulations to all who worked tirelessly onthis campaign.! You may not know the RAWQ was a major force in the drive for an independent English CEGEP in the Outaouais A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A ROSE - The Board of Directors of Regional Association of West Quebecers is considering an organizational name change. There are several reasons behind this and they will be explained at the Annual General Meeting held in May/June 2002. Members will be able to vote on the option to keep our present name or to change to a new name proposed by the Board. NOMINATIONS FOR J.D. COULSON OUTSTANDING CITIZEN AWARD - Do you know someone in your community who is deserving of recognition for their commitment in your community? We're requesting nominations from you for the J.D Coulson Award to be awarded at the Annual General Meeting 2002. Please submit your nomination to Julie Coulson by March 31, 2002. (Contact points below.) ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES IN ENGLISH Action plans are being drawn up in conjunction with the provincial advocacy group CHSSN (Community Health and Social Services Network) to continue the fight for Access to English Health Services in the Province of Quebec. To this end two representatives from RAWQ will attend a Health Conference in Montreal March 2002. GATINEAU CITY'S NEW LANGUAGE POLICY - RAWQ Board members and the President continue to meet with newly elected city councillors and the mayor to present our position on the language policy for the new Gatineau. Representatives of RAWQ plan to attend the council meeting Feb. 26, 2002. HERITAGE DAYS CONCERTS - Watch for upcoming concerts at Heritage College and in Shawville and Wakefield that will showcase local talent in the arts - music, painting and crafts. Venues and dates to be announced ORGANIZED BY OUTAOUIAS ALLIANCE CANADIAN PARENTS FOR FRENCH - Feb. 6, 2002, RAWQ sponsored a successful meeting at the Cascades Club in Chelsea on the topic 'Helping your child become bilingual'. Hosts Canadian Parents for French (CPF) provided two parent volunteers as speakers who talked about the benefits of belonging to their organization. They also gave attending parents ideas for advocating on behalf of their children for the type of French program that they want to see in their children's school. Micheal Cooper is the local organizer for CPF and can be reached at (819) 459-2787 or cooperm@magma.ca . Julie and Kathy hope you have enjoyed this glimpse into the current goings-on at Regional Association of West Quebecers. We urge you to keep in touch and let us know what's happening in your area.
Regional Association of West Quebecers Archived Newsletters and News Snips 
A complete copy of this newsletter, with pictures, is available in Word format. Please contact wq@magma.ca for details. |
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