Congratulations, Chemistry! After a two semester pilot project, this July Dr. Shirley Wacowich-Sgarbi and her colleagues in the Chemistry Department published CHEM 1114: Introduction to Chemistry –the first open textbook of its kind developed at Langara. Unlike commercial textbooks, which…
Langara College’s Creative Arts and Industries one-year Publishing diploma program has changed its name to Digital and Print Publishing. As a result of a comprehensive program review, the name change recommendation was made to Langara’s Education Council “to better reflect…
Notice of Elections and Call for Nominations Education Council By-Election Staff Representative (1) Term of Office: to end April 30, 2021 Board of Governors Staff Representative (1) Faculty Representative (1) Terms of Office: October 15, 2019 to end October 14,…
Cataloging in libraries has undergone massive changes in the last ten years. A new standard, Resource Description and Access (RDA) has been put in place however the old one, Anglo-American Cataloging Rules 2nd ed. (AACR2) is still in use. As…
The Quality Assessment Process Audit (QAPA) is a large project that will involve and affect everyone in the college. We reached out to different members of our college community to ask how they would define academic quality assurance. Quality assurance,…
Since 2008, all public sector organization have reported annually on their plans and actions taken to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Since 2010, all public sector organisations also report their total GHG emissions for the calendar year…
During Summer Intersession, Chartwells' hours will be changing. These hours apply to the days between Aug. 19-30, 2019. Tim Hortons Monday-Thursday 7:30 am–3:30 pm Friday 7:30 am–2:30 pm All other stations closed during this period. Starbucks Closed for renovation until…
Congratulations to Carmen Larsen, the successful candidate in the recent by-election for Faculty Representative to the Education Council! Term of Office: Remainder of term to April 30, 2021 Registrar & Enrolment Services
Faculty and staff are invited to join us at our fall Open House event on Tuesday, September 17, to get an update on Workday@Langara, our project to replace our finance, people and culture, and student information systems, which will start…