ONCAT Conference 2013

The 2nd Annual Student Pathways in Higher Education Conference

Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto | February 27 - March 1, 2013

wednesday feb 27 2013

Pre-Conference Session for Transfer Practitioners: Supporting the Transfer Student in Ontario

1:20-2:45pm	Building effective programs and supports for transfer students: Towards a community of practice	Karen Maki, Trent University
3:15-4:15pm	RPN to BScN Transition: in and out of a program - back into the profession	Marianne Cochrane, Durham College Sue Coffey, Katherine Cummings & Gail Lindsay, UOIT
	Transparent Processes to Support Student Mobility	Victoria Choy, David Baker and Adam Wingate, UOIT
	The Degree Transfer Office at Seneca College	Charlene Taylor, Seneca College
4:15-5:15pm	myPathways to Sheridan	Stephanie D’Avolio, Sheridan College
	Establishing the Credit Transfer Centre: successes, challenges ideas and improvements moving forward	Basia Bukowski and Lynne Gordon, Georgian College
	Using the ONTransfer Credential Transfer Database	Shauna Love, ONCAT

Thursday Feb 28 2013

8:30-9:45am	Plenary Session I	Marie-Lison Fougère, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Ontario’s Credit Transfer Framework: An Update from MTCU
9:45am-12:15pm	Breakout Sessions 1-2
12:15-1:15pm	Lunch	Remarks from the Deputy Minister, MTCU
1:15-2:30pm	Plenary Session II	Fiona Deller, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario College to university transfer: ideas, implications and a few insights
2:30-3:30pm	Breakout Sessions 3
4-5pm	Working Session	Participant development of recommendations to further refine the current credit transfer system in Ontario
5-7pm	Networking Reception	Greetings from the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities + Reception

Breakout Sessions

Block 1 (9:45-10:45am)

A1 - Provincial Pathway Development - Results and Conclusions from Pathways Initiatives into the Bachelor of Human Services Police Studies Program from High Affinity Diploma Programming

Joshua Barath and Simon Bradford, Georgian College

B1 - Exploring Student and Advisor Experiences in a College-University Pathway Program

Jennifer Percival, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

C1 - Maximizing Credit Transfer Options for Students Enrolled in Pore-Health Science Programs at Ontario Colleges

Tara Lawrence, Fanshawe College; Myriam Thanasse, Algonquin College
Barry Weese, Georgian College

D1 - Creating Pathways - The Experience of Two Project Groups (Environmental Technology and Biotechnology)

Jill Johnson, University of Guelph

E1 - Course-by-Course Transfer of College General Arts and Science Courses: A Multi-University, Multi-College Collaboration

Peter Meehan, Seneca College and Susan Searls Giroux, McMaster University

F1 - Accounting: A Transfer Pathway Initiative – Win/Win/Win/Win for Ontario Students, Colleges, Universities and CGA Ontario

Helene Vukovich, George Brown College

Block 2 (11:15am-12:15pm)

A2 - Constructing Pathways: Ideas for Collaboration, Communication and Implementation. Build it and they will come.

Clint Kissoon and Tom Stephenson, George Brown College

B2 - All Roads Lead to the INS Bachelor’s Degree

Henry Decock and Naomi Kestenbaum, Seneca College

C2- Dental Hygiene Collaborative Curriculum Project

Linda Jamieson, Georgian College and Caroline Lotz, Fanshawe College

D2 - Identifying Issues of Student Access and Student Success for Practical Nursing Diploma to Bachelor of Nursing Degree Progra

Lori Livingston, Lakehead University; Sandy Madorin, Georgian College
Emily Donato, Laurentian University and Marilyn Kelly, Conestoga College

E2 - An Information Platform to Promote Improved College-University Pathways in the Field of Games

Jean Bridge, Brock University; and Greg Murphy, Durham College

F2 - International Pathways: College to University Transfer and the Case of Ontario’s Advanced Diploma in Architectural Technolo

Dan Douglas, Amy Mitchell and Deborah Wilkin, Fanshawe College

Block 3 (2:30-3:30pm)

A3 - The Universities at Shady Grove: Degree Completion Opportunities for Maryland and Virginia College Students - One College’s Experiences

Julia Brown, Northern Virginia Community College

B3 - The British Columbia Transfer System

John Fitzgibbon, British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer

C3 - Guaranteed Pathways from North Island College to the University of Victoria: Dual and Guaranteed Admission Pathways (even in Engineering!)

Lisa Domae and Kathleen Kuhnert, College of New Caledonia

D3 - Using Learning Outcomes in Establishing College to University Credit Transfer

Jill Johnson, University of Guelph and Helen Knibb, Fleming College and MTCU

E3 - Learner Mobility in New Brunswick

David Hinton, University of New Brunswick

F3 - Credit Transfer Institutional Grant: Discussion with MTCU Staff

Geri Smith and Mario Bruyère, MTCU

Friday Mar 1 2013

8:30-9:45am	Plenary Session III	Charles Pascal, OISE/UT Leadership Lessons Learned
9:45-10:45am	Breakout Sessions 4
11:15am-12:15pm	Working Sessions	Participant development of recommendations for: New directions for Ontario research into postsecondary student mobility Future activities in support of postsecondary student mobility in Ontario
12:15-1:15pm	Lunch
1:15-2:30pm	Closing	Summary Session: Presentation of recommendations from conference working sessions