Ashbury College - Ashburian Yearbook (Ottawa, Ontario Canada)

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FORUM FOR YOUNG CANADIANS The Forum for Young Canadians w as conceived. developed and finally inau- gurated in Nlarch 1976 at Ashbury College. For two weeks during the regular winter break the School was home for a new. unique and quite remarkable educational programme. On Saturday. 13th March. 100 stu- dents aged I6 and I7 selected by high schools in all the Provinces and Ter- ritories moxed in for an intensive week of working together on a detailed study of the dynamics of government . One week later the first hundred were re- placed by a similar group and the programme was repeated. Two more courses are scheduled for June IQ76 and the programme is planned to continue in the future adjusted according to experi- ence. Sessions during the day s took place in committee rooms in the Parliament 20 The halls of power Buildings. in the National Conference Centre and at the National Defence Medical Centre. In the evenings the meetings were at Ashbury. Thirty per- cent of the students were French- speaking and all sessions. including those at the College. were covered by simultaneous interpretation. Speakers came front Cabinet - Mitchell Sharp. Warren Allmand. Jean Marchand. the Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons tHon. Renaud Lapointe and James Jeromel. Parliamentarians including Senator Eugene Forsey. Flora Macdonald. John Turner. Walter Baker. Ed Broadbent. Herb Gray. Stanley Knowles. J. J. Blais. Senator David Croll. Senator Louis Robichaud. Donald Munroe. Cyril Syme. Perrin Beatty. Mark McGuigan. and Gordon Fairweather. Leading public servants such as John Carson. Chairman. Public Service Commission. Jean-Marc Hatnel. the Chief Electoral officer. Gordon Robertson. Secretary to the Photos by Rimkus Cabinet for Federal-Provincial Rela- tions. Edgar Gallant, Chairman. Na- tional Capital Commission and Blair Seabom. Deputy Minister of the Envi- ronment took part. Antonio Lamer. Chairman. the Law Reform Commission and his Colleague, Gerard Laforest spoke about the Courts. Clive Baxter and J. NL Poliquin on the Media. Michael Meighen and Senator Gil Molgat on political parties: A. J. de Granpre. President of Bell Canada and Sam Hughes. Executive Director Canadian Chamber of Commerce explained the role of business in determining public policy. and Shirley Carr and Julien Major. Vice Presidents of the Canadian Labour Congress gave the stand of Labour. Panels of minority group rep- resenatives included Carl Taylor. Vicki Santana. Raymond Boyer. Valerie Assenewe-Bristow. From the Sunday morning Chapel Service tconducted by M.P.'s David Macdonald and Alex Patterson. both of

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Y' t TROPHIES AND SPI-ICIAL AWARDS: PRI-ISI-IN'l'HD BY 'l'lll-I lll-Q -KIJNI XS'l'liR The Boarder's Shield: For the xenior whool ho4tr'tlet'. xshme eorrtitttt .mtl elltnl true tlone the nrmt lu enltrnn .-Mltbury Michael Bennett The Wilson Shield: l ot'Sen1ot'ntter-ltouxeetnnpetttton Stephen .lgty ttntl George Nlelienngt fitirullllltllllx XX .tttltt-tttlw ll--nw l The Charles Rowley Booth Trophy: lfor the greatest ttehietetnent tn NL lt--l.nxInp .mtl .nhletttw an Ye.tr 4 tflmde I t I Clermont Yeilleux We-lwstet'X lileltotmry .tnti lrttplty The Southam Cupi For the greatest nehiexetnent in xeholgtrxhip and ttthlettex tn H e.n 5 tfitqtde IM 1. Jeffrey Beedell Wehsterk IJtetnon.try .tnti lrophy l l The Nelson Shield: Captain ofthe Sehool Jeffrey Beedell I The Governor-GeneraI's Medal: D1tvidSingh 9 l A .-. A I i t N I-tnnx

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whom are ordained ministers! unnl Friday evening. each week was tilled with intense activity. with five or six formal sessions per day . Many agencies contributed. The Pub- lic Service t'ommission arranged tive young professional admtnistrativc trainees to work with each course as Counsellors. They were all bilingual. The National Capital Commission pro- vided guides and helped with intcrpreta' tion services. The Houses of Parliament were quite properly the focal point of the programme. As well as full briefings by the Speakers and Clerks of both the Senate and the Commons. many ol, the sessions took place in Parliamentary Committee rooms. Most of the students met their own M.P.'s and they saw exciting action on the tloor of the House of Commons. A night at the National Arts Centre. a dinner with Members at the Parliament Buildings. a tour of Ottaw a. a visit to Rideau Hall and the final banquet and dance spiced the vveek's activities. From their own overwhelmingly enthusiastic reports and letters. the first two hundred Forum students had a most remarkable and memorable evperience. ln addition to Tony German. Director of Development. w ho is also the Forum's Executive Directoi'. Housemaster Gore don Hyatt was Administrator and Mas- ters James Bailey' and James Humphreys took part as student supervisors. Mrs. J. Marland. the Matron. Chef Mark Taticek and the kitchen and maintenance staff were fully' involved and did a wonderful job in making the students feel at home. A very important factor was that these students from all parts of Canada lived together for a full week. The School provided an ideal home. Rap-sessions. snow-ball fights. singing round thc piano. the discotheque. the dining hall. volley'-ball - just getting to know one another - all these added their own dimension. French-English. East-West. City -Rural A biases and pre-conceptions came out. minds opened. ideas flowed. friendships formed. Working together to a comtnon aim - the understanding of one's own country f gave these first class young people a solid basis on which they' can build their. and Canada's future. The programme has been most suc- cessfully' launched. Two more courses are set for June. and nevt year is now being planned with continuing support from the people and institutions which have rallied to it. and with continued just -glib? ' 1 w' --we Iii-ff 1 13 ,. i pn 'fab'--I I.. 1 jul' .-Xbov e Senator loisey chats with Nlaiie Nlaitni Below Nick ltlieaiton discovers the hun'i.in cl.-iitv-:rt wth N..titft..N.1Itips-i'l fi I r 1 'r J . , S, s . 1 if-'.J. 1 . I ' SL-5 t' T FF- 2 ' 1' l- lxs s k HS .i enthusiastic participation by the sort of Ashbury College can look with iustili first class young people who have able pride on the success ot its ov already attended. The foruni tor Young initiative and with enthusiasm on i Canadians has a really stgniticant and valuable and enrivhing addition to the progressive part to play in thc realm ot lite ot the school Ilsell C'.m.idian education Refprinted ti-om The Xchhtiry N,-w s . .-'4