Wall of Fame

Barbara earned an M.A. in Clinical Psychology, with concentrations in Educational Psychology and Learning Disabilities, at Lakehead University. She has over 34 years’ experience working in the field of disabilities, initially as a School Psychologist at the Elementary and Secondary School level, and later as the Psychologist on a multidisciplinary team that provided in-service training…

Shannon Hougham worked as an intervenor for Deaf-Blind Adults through the Canadian National Institute for the Blind from January 1979 to October 1979. During the same year she became an Instructional Assistant for the Physically Disabled at VCC. Shannon was also a volunteer coach for the BC Blind Track and Field Team from January 1981…

Anita began her career at VCC in 1988, in the Business and Computer Students Department with a strong business background. She then moved to Continuing Education, and worked for 5 years at VCC’s Satellite Campus “VCC On The Drive” She designed, developed and instructed a Job Readiness Program Initiative for multi-barrier individuals who were receiving…

Wayne McNiven, joined VCC in 1986, and his contributions to our community have been significant. He was the first instructor in the Career Awareness program when it began 30 years ago, was a two term department head in CACE, and since that time has tirelessly been a strong advocate for students with disabilities. Not only…

Laverne has been part of the Access Work Experience faculty team since 1992. She has been instrumental in creating many of the courses and programs that our students have thrived in. Laverne was coordinator of our department for quite a few years and stepped down from the coordinator role in 2009. Still we have continued…

Susanne Dadson retired at the end of 2014 after 25 years in disability and counselling services at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. At the time of her retirement, she was Director of Disability Services and led a team of 9 faculty and staff plus contract interpreters and student assistants on four campuses, serving close to 1,000 students…

Accomplishments that contribute to the learning and working environment: Bob has been a member of the Adult Special Education programs at Douglas College for well over twenty years. He was instrumental in developing and expanding skills training programming for students who live with various learning barriers and/or disabilities providing opportunities that led to employment for…

Betty Nobel is a native British Columbian. She has been a Braille user since age five, and still loves to read and write Braille. After graduating from Killarney Secondary School in 1969, Betty attended UBC where she graduated first with a BA and later with a diploma in adult education and a MA in Higher…

Dana Sova had been a crucial part of the Douglas College’s Adult Special Education Basic Occupational Education team for 26 years. She began her career at Douglas as a Training Facilitator in the BOE program in October 1986. At that time there were only 2 training options to the BOE program, the Electronics and General…

Lucas Foss has worked tirelessly since 1976 to serve, support and advocate for adults with disabilities.  He started his career as a social worker for adult deaf and hard of hearing at an agency that was then called: The Society for Cripple Children and Adults of Manitoba. In 1980 he moved to Vancouver and worked…