Schedule - 2023 Community College Leadership Symposium

Dr. Glen Jones, Professor and Director, CIHE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Dr. Anne Charles, Past President, CSSHE Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Conestoga College

Dr. Erica Walker, Professor and Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Session chair: Angela Clark

• Sounding the Alarm: An Exploration of Professionalization within the Ontario Fire Service – Dr. Bill Boyes
• Dental Hygiene Curriculum and Core Competency Development: A Case Study of One Ontario College Program – Dr. Laura Capacchione
• Exploratory descriptive study of New Recruit Police Officer Training for Dealing with High Risk, Low Frequency Events – Keegan Smith

Session chair: Kate McGartland

• Using Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice to Investigate the Experiences of Ontario College Graduates from Three Former Soviet Republics – Dr. Oleg Legusov
• Underdeveloped Skills and the Rise of the Skills Gap: Perceptions of Public Relations Undergraduate Students vs Employer Expectations – Dr. Athena D'Amato

Session chair: Rossie Kadiyska

• Implementing the Canadian National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students in a Sample of Ontario Colleges – Joanne Spicer
• Parent involvement in the lives of college students in Ontario – Dr. Jennifer Sparks
• Business as Unusual: Role of Ontario’s Graduate Certificate Programs in our Transition System – Dr. Arif Toor

Session chair: Dr. Joe Mior

• Developing and Supporting the Dual Professionalism of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) Faculty Members – Dr. Mary Overholt
• Decanal Leadership in Ontario Colleges – Dr. Derek Stockley
• Barriers to Student Success: Early Engagement and Good Data – Dr. Tim Fricker

Session chair: Dr. Henry Decock

• Who Decides and Why It Matters: Institutions, Differentiation and Northern Rural Higher Education – Dr. Laurie Rancourt
• A One-Way Street to Privatization? How Ontario Colleges Are Transforming the Sector – Dr. Laurel Schollen
• Impact Beyond the Classroom: Colleges as Enablers of Industry and Community Innovation – Dr. Krista Holmes

Session chair: Elisheva Lightstone

• Research Into Implicit Bias in Police Recruits and Their Instructors at the RCMP - When Things Do Not Go According to Plan – Dr. Philip Semple
• Pedagogical Persuasions and the Capability Approach – Dr. Tim Brunet
• Implementation of Outcomes-Based Education in an Interdisciplinary Design Course and Curriculum: An Action Research Study – Dr. Bahar Mousavi Hejazi