Pacific Vocational Institute

• PVI

• Pacific Vocational College

• PVC

On April 1st, 1978, Pacific Vocational Institute (PVI) assumed its official status as an independent crown corporation. PVI was to function under one board of industrial representatives who would maintain direct financial control, planning and operation of the institution.
Appointed by cabinet, the following individuals were named to the board of governors:
Mr. Leslie R. Redford, Frank Redder, Don Fearey, Jake Wyman, Donald Doyle, E. A. Killough, T. Wyman Trineer, T. Stuart Mathieson, and Nadine Sherwin.
The PVI Board of Governors had three senior officers:
L.R. Redford 1978-1981
T.W. Trineer 1981-1984
F. Sondergaard 1985-1986

By 1983, the school registered about 23,000 students a year. Classes consisted of accounting, aviation, business administration, clerical, marketing, construction, building service, painting and decorating, food training, graphics, photography, industrial safety, instructor training, personal development, mechanical, piping, plumbing and gas, steel, welding, drafting, electrical, industrial electronics for electricians, industrial mathematics, non-destructive testing, and refrigeration.

Henry Justesen was the sole Principal of PVI, 1978-1986.

Main campus, 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC
Satellite facilities:
Aircraft Maintenance Centre at the Vancouver Airport, Richmond BC (former British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS) that had opened in 1977 in newly renovated buildings at the Airport)
Electrical Program, run out of the Pit Par buildings, Burnaby, BC (former BCVS program)

ISAAR (CPF)

2014-11-07

Based on Pacific Vocational Institute finding aid prepared by Deidre Brocklehurst and Shanna Fraser, 2005-09.

C. McLellan, created 2014-11-07