6 Planet of the Arts / October 1996

National Week of Action October 21-25 1996

by Kyath Battie

On February 7th, 1996 students
from Emily Carr joined thousands of
other students from Vancouver to
rally against potential tuition hikes
and Federal spending cuts to Canada
Health and Social Transfer payments.
The National Day of Action was orga-
nized by the Canadian Federation of
Students. It was a huge success and
led to the accruement of a two year
tuition freeze.

All students at ECIAD are
members of our Students’ Union and
therefore members of the Canadian
Federation of Students. Another
National Week of Action is planned
from October 21-25.

Each province across Canada will
focus on specific areas of concern (ie:
tuition fee increases, cuts to funding
for post-secondary education.) In BC,
the campaign focus is based around
barriers to access to post-secondary
education.

As the CFS represéntative for
ECIAD, | have proposed to contribute
to this National Week of Action
through an art show in the
Concourse Gallery. As members of
the CFS, students have a unique
opportunity to contribute to this
event. As artists we can open discus-
sion regarding the issue’s students
face through visual means. Some of
the themes for discussion include,
but are not limited to:

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system, and that the current round
of government cuts is eroding this
system. To Linda, the principle of
publicly-funded education is still
worth defending and rearticulating.
Therefore, she contends that there
should be “no strings attached” to
any corporate funding. Otherwise, a
“special interest-based curriculm”
might develop.

Jen explains her perspective in the
following terms: “I don’t want to be
a theorist. | want to be a practition-
er.” She feels that for students to get
a quality education at Emily Carr,
they need to be completely current
with the prevailing industry
standards, and have the

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- As the only publicly funded art
school in BC. is the funding from
the provincial government
adequate?

- What would be the consequences
of not having a publicly funded art
school in BC?

- How have the past changes to
ECIAD affected students, what is
the vision for this school, where are
we going, where have we come
from?

- What makes ECIAD unique, what is
it like being a student here, what
risks do students take (loan debt for
a 4yr degree averages about
$35,000) what other risks are
involved?

This show will give students an
opportunity to discuss such issues,
and openly address concerns and
experiences about being a student at
ECIAD. It is expected that the
responses to these issues will vary
and that this diversity will be repre-
sented in a range of mediums.

It is important for students to
share with the community their
thoughts and feelings about being a
student. This is an opportunity for
ECIAD to contribute to the National
Week of Action, and to voice the
concerns that are unique to this art
school. “@

proceed,
but with ;
caution.” A
C.E.A. Ron
Burnett agrees that
we must set limits on
what type of agree-
ments we enter with the
private sector, but that no
general policy can apply to every
individual company. “In order to be
as open to suggestions as possi-
ble,” says Ron, “we must eval-
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Robert Hong

Gay Liaison

gain more understanding,

recognition, and appreciation

from people in general.
According to Jim Breukel-
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