a university for specialized training which, in most cases, resulted in a 

 higher academic degree* 



Ranger School 



The enrolment in the I960 Ranger School course was increased to dO stu- 

 dents* In past years the number of students attending was limited to 60* 



For the I960 course there were 175 applications of which 92 were from 

 Departmental personnel* The selection breakdown was: 



Departmental personnel - - - - 46 

 Non-Departmental personnel - - 34 

 It is of interest to note that ^ Venezuelans attended this course* There was 

 some difficulty with the language problem but this was worked out satisfact- 

 orily* There were also, among the non-Departmental candidates, 4 students 

 who were sponsored by the Indian Affairs Branch, Federal Department of 

 Citizenship and Immigration* 



The School is now the main source for the recruitment of personnel to 

 full time forest ranger and conservation officer positions and preference in 

 filling such positions is given to graduates of this school or to those vdio 

 have acquired an acceptable equivalent* 



Grievances 



A new grievance procedure was set up by Ontario Regulation 3/61 and was 

 made effective in January 1961* This Regulation amended the earlier Regula- 

 tion on Grievance Procedure which had been in force for approximately a year* 

 The new Regulation provided employees with the right to present a grievance 

 to their supervisors on three main issues - discharge, working conditions 

 and terms of employment* 



Solutions were found at all levels, from the initial informal discussion 

 of the complaint to the formal Grievance Board or Classification Rating Com- 

 mittee finding* 



Investigations of grievances were made assuring employees of the opport- 

 unity to explain and justify their position to other than their immediate 

 supervisor* Subsequent action was then based on recommendation of the in- 

 vestigators* ^ ' 



As of December I960 there had been 20 grievances from the total staff of 



