The Changing Professoriate in Ontario Colleges and Universities

On Friday, April 29, 2016 the Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education  at OISE joined with the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU), as well as the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) to host a free, half-day symposium. This event brought together expert panels to discuss the shifting nature of academic work and changes to the professoriate in Ontario.

Agenda

Friday, April 29, 2016, 8:45 am – 1:30 pm

8:45 – 9:00

Coffee

9:00 – 9:20

Introduction and Welcome

Creso Sa (OISE/UT)

9:20 – 11:00

Panel 1: Directions of Change

• Chair: Michelle-Ann Hylton (Manager, Policy Unit, MTCU)
• Glen Jones (Interim Dean, OISE/UT)
• Katharine Janzen (Professor, OISE/UT)
• Alan Weedon (Vice-provost, Western University)
• Wendy Cukier (Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Ryerson University)

Welcome remarks from the MTCU – Helen Cranley

11:00 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45

Panel 2: Elements of Change

• Chair: Anne Charles (Conestoga College, President CSSHE)
• James Brown (PEQAB) 
• Greg Moran (HEQCO)
• Sandra Acker (Professor Emerita, OISE/UT)
• Laurel Schollen (Vice-President, Academic, Fleming College)

12:45 – 1:30

Lunch and Networking

This event is sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities; the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario; and the Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Organizing Committee: Lucia Padure (MTCU), Richard Wiggers (HEQCO), Leesa Wheelahan (University of Toronto), Creso Sa (University of Toronto) and Glen Jones (University of Toronto).