Program & Presentations
| DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 (closed meetings) Download the conference brochure in English and French. |
Schedule is subject to change |
| Sunday, February 22, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 am - 7:00 pm | Welcome Desk / Registration Frontenac Foyer | |
| 8:30 am - 11:30 am | Governors Orientation Session - Room: Harbour C Breakfast will be provided at 7:30-8:30am Speaker: Steven Iczkovitz, Borden Ladner Gervais ![]() Speaker: Paul Owens, plan manager & CEO, CAAT Pension Plan Facilitator: Pierre Giroux |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Student Governors Network Session - Room : Pier 7 Breakfast will be provided at 7:30am-8:30am Moderator: Tyler Charlebois, director of advocacy, College Student Alliance |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Board and Presidents’ Assistants Workshop - Room: Pier 8 Breakfast will be provided at 7:30-8:30am |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Co-ordinating Committee of VPs, Academic (CCVPA) Meeting Room: Pier 5 (by invitation only) Breakfast will be provided Co-chair: Sonia Del Missier, Cambrian Co-chair: Judith Morris, Lambton Dr. Alistair Summerlee, president of the University of Guelph and the college presidents will join the CCVPA from 9:30-10:15 a.m. to discuss college-university pathways. |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | Aboriginal Education Council Chairs (AEC) Meeting Room: Pier 6 (by invitation only) Breakfast will be provided Chair: Brenda Davis, Board Chair, Grand River Post Secondary Education Office |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Presidents & Board Chairs Meeting - Room: Pier 4 Networking lunch will be provided |
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| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks - Frontenac Ballroom Keynote Address Minding the Dream: Value of the College Dr. Gail Mellow, president, LaGuardia Community College, co-author of “Minding the Dream:The American Community College”. ![]() |
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| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Town Hall Panel: Voices from the Park Frontenac Ballroom Pundits representing each of the three provincial political parties will discuss events at Queen’s Park. Richard Mahoney - Liberal Graham Murray - NDP Paul Rhodes - PC Moderator: Rick Spence, entrepreneur consultant, columnist, former editor and publisher of PROFIT magazine |
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| 2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Networking Refreshment Break Harbour Foyer | |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Choose session #1 or session #2 1) Telling the College Story Harbour Ballrooms A and B Greg Lyle, managing director, Innovative Research Group, former chief of staff for premiers Gary Filmon and Gordon Campbell Andrew Steele, senior consultant, StrategyCorp. Inc. Political strategists go beyond the headlines and share lessons learned and practical tactics in deploying advocacy strategies for the changing political landscape. |
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2) The Virtual Campus Room: Pier 4 & 5 Ken Hudson, manager, Academic & New Media Services, Loyalist College Spencer Wood, maintenance & operations manager, Lakeshore, Humber College Chris Trewartha, energy systems integrator, Power Application Group Inc. ![]() This session will look at key trends happening in the fascinating world of the virtual campus. The panel will
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| 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
An Evening Unveiled: Design, Divas and Dinner |
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| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Reception and Art Showcase Frontenac Ballroom |
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| 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | An Evening with the Divas Frontenac Ballroom Las Vegas comes to Toronto. Join us for an evening of adventure and laughter as award-winning performer Tracey Bell becomes “8 Divas in 44 Minutes.” Tracey was recently named Entertainer of the Year at the Canadian Event Industry Awards. A woman of many famous faces, she made a guest appearance on the X-Files as Cher and she is the star of the award-winning film, Impersona. |
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| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Gourmands on the Move Dinner Reception Frontenac Ballroom/Foyer | |
| DAY 1 | DAY 2 | DAY 3 (closed meetings) Download the conference brochure in English and French. |
Schedule is subject to change |



