Program

Tuesday, October 9

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
  OCAV Executive Meeting
University of Guelph, UC 424
 
6:00 pm
  Coaches depart from Hampton Inn to La Cucina  
6:30 pm
  OCAV Reception & Dinner
La Cucina, 25 Macdonell St., Guelph
 

Wednesday, October 10

Hot breakfast buffet served at the Hampton Inn available from 6:00am
8:30 am
  Coaches depart with OCAV delegates to the University of Guelph  
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
  OCAV Meetings
OCAV Agenda
University of Guelph, UC 424
 
6:00 pm
  Coaches depart with OCAV delegates to the University of Guelph  
6:00 pm - 7:30pm
  Tours of the new Science Complex Atrium  
6:30 pm - 8:30pm
  NATVAC Supper Reception
Sponsored by Janet Wright & Associates
University of Guelph, Science Complex Atrium
 

Thursday, October 11

All Thursday meetings at the Hampton Inn
Hot breakfast buffet served at the Hampton Inn available from 6:00am
8:45 am - 9:00 am
  NATVAC Meeting - Maureen Mancuso, Provost & Vice President (Academic), University of Guelph
Welcome & Opening - Sheila Embleton, Vice-President Academic, York University
 
9:00 am - 10:00 am
  AUCC's role in advocacy and international quality assurance.
Claire Morris, President, AUCC
Presentation
   English    French
 
10:00 am - 10:15 am
  coffee break  
10:15 am - 11:15 am
  Enrolment Trends in Canada: Attracting and retaining students in the face of labour market and demographic challenges .
Herb O'Heron, Senior Advisor, AUCC, Presentation
 
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
  Going Global:  Quality and Innovation in Internationalizing Canadian Universities
John Mallea, President Emeritus, Brandon University
 
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
  Lunch  
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  Lunch presentation
Change or Perish: When it comes to quality are Universities the dinosaurs of the 21st Century
Alastair Summerlee, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Guelph
 
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
  Quality Assurance - The Mission Mandate and Initial Plans of The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Ken Norrie, Vice President Research, HEQCO, Presentation
 
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
  coffee break  
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm
  Mice Studying to be Rats – Reflections on the Transition from Provost to President
Tom Traves, President, Dalhousie University
Judith Woodsworth, President, Laurentian University
Alastair Summerlee, President, University of Guelph
 
5:00 pm
  Coaches depart for Elora  
6:30 pm
  NATVAC Reception and Dinner
Alex’s, 14 Mill Street, Elora
 

Friday, October 12

All Friday meetings will be at the Arboretum Centre, University of Guelph
Hot breakfast buffet served at the Hampton Inn available from 6:00am
8:30 am
  Coaches depart to the University of Guelph  
9:00 am - 10:00 am
  Cross country checkup
Eddy Campbell, Atlantic Region, Presentation
Jonathan Rittenhouse, Quebec, Presentation
Sheila Embleton, Ontario
Jamie Cassels, Western Region
 
10:00 am - 10:15 am  
  coffee break
 
10:15 am - 11:00 am
  Measuring Quality:  Assessment, Accountability and the Common Canadian Data Set
Vivek Goel, Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Toronto
Alan Harrison, Provost and Vice-President (Academic), University of Calgary
 
11:00 am - 11:45 am  
  Faculty Bargaining Services Update  
11:45 am - 12:00 pm  
  NATVAC Meeting Closing & Farewell
 
12:00 pm
  Boxed lunch will be provided  

 

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