Schedule

The congress will take place over three days, seven streams, and 50+ sessions. Explore the program, choose your favourite sessions, and select your personalized one-, two-, or three-day registration package.

The primary language of each session is indicated in brackets after the title.

E = English Session
F = French Session
B = Bilingual Session
SI = Simultaneous Interpretation

April 20, 2023

Track	Time	Session	SDGs	Location
	4:00pm - 8:00pm	Postsecondary International Network (PIN) Leadership Summit Opening Reception		Reporter (Westin)

April 21, 2023

Track	Time	Session	SDGs	Location
	8:30am - 5:00pm	Postsecondary International Network (PIN) Leadership Summit (E)		516 C
	5:00pm - 7:00pm	Futureproofing rural, remote, and northern communities forum – Opening Keynote and Networking Reception		520 DEF

April 22, 2023

Time	Session	Location
8:30am - 4:30pm	Futureproofing rural, remote, and northern communities forum (B/SI)	520 DEF
12:00pm - 7:00pm	Registration Open – Saturday, April 22	5th Floor Pre-Function
8:30am - 5:00pm	Postsecondary International Network (PIN) Leadership Summit (E)	516 C
9:30am - 4:00pm	CICan: Governance and President’s Office Professionals (GPOP) (closed session) (E)	521

April 23, 2023

Time	Session	Location
7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration Open – Sunday, April 23	5th Floor Pre-Function
8:00am - 11:00am	CONNECTION B2B Zone & CICan Knowledge Hub	517 A
8:30am - 10:45am	Presidents and Directors General Network Session (E/SI)	519
8:30am - 10:45am	Governors’ Network Meeting (closed session) (E)	518
8:30am - 10:45am	CICan: Governance and President’s Office Professionals (GPOP) (closed session) (E)	521
8:30am - 10:45am	The Future of Gender Equality in TVET: International Perspectives (SI)	520 ABC
10:30am - 11:00am	Refreshment Break	5th Floor Pre-Function
11:15am - 12:30pm	Conference Opening and Keynote – Dr. Farah Alibay (F/SI)	517 BCD
12:30pm - 3:00pm	Marketplace Open	220 E
12:30pm - 12:45pm	Movement Time
12:45pm - 1:45pm	Kick-Off Lunch in Marketplace	220 E
1:45pm - 5:00pm	Applied Research and Innovation (E)	520 ABC
1:45pm - 5:00pm	Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) (E)	516 C
1:45pm - 3:15pm	Construction (E)	519
1:45pm - 5:00pm	Global Citizenship (E)	520 DEF
1:45pm - 5:00pm	Indigenous Education (E)	518
1:45pm - 3:15pm	Teacher Professional Development (E)	521
1:45pm - 5:00pm	CONNECTION B2B Zone & CICan Knowledge Hub	517 A
3:15pm - 3:30pm	Refeshment Break	5th Floor Pre-Function
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Cyber and Data Security and Social Engineering (E)	519
3:30pm - 5:00pm	Brand TVET (E)	521
5:30pm - 8:30pm	Grand Opening Reception: World Congress Grand Cirque	MTelus

April 24, 2023

Time	Session	SDGs	Location
7:00am - 8:00pm	Marketplace Open		220 E
7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration Open – Monday, April 24		5th Floor Pre-Function
7:00am - 8:00am	Breakfast in Marketplace		220 E
8:00am - 9:00am	Building Internal Innovation Capacity: Approaches to helping Industry Partners Respond and Grow (E/SI)	9	513
8:00am - 9:00am	Strengthening the Sector Together: Why Collaboration is Key to Tackle Cybersecurity Threats (E/SI)	9	521
8:00am - 9:00am	Gender equality: what it takes to deliver lasting change outcomes (E/SI)	4, 5	519
8:00am - 9:00am	A united institutional approach towards the SDGs: The KPU story (E/SI)	4, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17	516 C
8:00am - 12:15pm	CONNECTION B2B Zone & CICan Knowledge Hub		517 A
8:00am - 9:00am	Lessons Learned: Teaching Students to Articulate their Job Skills for the Future (E/SI)		518
8:00am - 9:00am	Global Education Network – Strategic Quad Approach to Internationalization in TPET (E/SI)	4, 8, 9, 10, 16	520 ABC
8:00am - 9:00am	Aajiiqatigiinniq: An Institutional Relationship (E/SI)	4, 17	520 DEF
9:00am - 9:45am	Refreshment Break in Marketplace		220 E
9:45am - 10:45am	A World’s First Standard for post-secondary: Leveraging the campus collective to advance student mental health and well-being (E/SI)	3, 4, 10, 16	521
9:45am - 10:45am	Ethical evaluation issues surrounding research conducted by students within the framework of a college course (F/SI)	3, 4	518
9:45am - 10:45am	Building Industry Partnerships that ensure learner success and job placement (E/SI)	4, 8, 17	513
9:45am - 10:45am	Empowering Students to Advance the SDGs Through International Experiences (E/SI)	8, 17	516 C
9:45am - 10:45am	Ontario Black Entrepreneurs’ Empowerment to Access Available Success Supporting Resources (E/SI)	10	519
9:45am - 10:45am	All Hands on Deck: Navigating Complex Waters through Partnerships and Innovation (E/SI)	4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13	520 ABC
9:45am - 10:45am	Post-secondary education by and for Quebec’s First Peoples (F/SI)	4, 10, 17	520 DEF
10:45am - 11:00am	Movement Time
11:00am - 12:00pm	Reboot Plus: Shifting Labour Market Perceptions of A typical Youth (E/SI)	4, 8, 9, 10	513
11:00am - 12:00pm	Sexualized violence training: Open educational resources for safer campuses (E/SI)	3, 4, 16	521
11:00am - 12:00pm	Nature Immersion on Campus: Introducing the Campus Biodiversity Network (B/SI)	3, 4, 11, 13, 15	516 C
11:00am - 12:00pm	Student Mobility Internships and Training in a Changed World – Experiences in Malawi and Namibia (E/SI)	3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 15	518
11:00am - 12:00pm	Collective intelligence fostering the long-term settlement of international students (F/SI)	4, 8, 11, 17	519
11:00am - 12:00pm	Fostering the development of a robust and ethical data culture in Quebec’s college network (F/SI)	4	520 ABC
11:00am - 12:00pm	“Nothing about me without me” – the Indigenous voice in an international nursing education collaboration (E/SI)	3, 4, 9, 10, 17	520 DEF
12:00pm - 12:15pm	Movement Time
12:15pm - 1:30pm	Lunch in Marketplace		220 E
12:15pm - 1:30pm	CICan Awards of Excellence Luncheon		517 BCD
1:30pm - 1:45pm	Movement Time
1:45pm - 2:45pm	Keynote Address: Wesley Hall (E/SI)		517 BCD
2:45pm - 3:15pm	Refreshment Break in Marketplace		220 E
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Empowering RDP and NTI’s Partnership for Enhancing Trades and Technology Programming in the Caribbean (E/SI)	4, 8, 9, 17	513
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Culturally Grounded Post-Secondary Learner Wellness at Indigenous Institutes in Ontario (E/SI)	3, 4, 10, 11, 16	521
3:15pm - 4:15pm	A Cohort-Based Approach to Net Zero Planning for Campuses and Communities (E/SI)	7, 8, 11, 13	516 C
3:15pm - 5:30pm	CONNECTION B2B Zone & CICan Knowledge Hub		517 A
3:15pm - 4:15pm	G̱alg̱apoła _Supporting one another (E/SI)	4, 10, 16, 17	519
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Miyo Wâhkôhtowin: building a collaborative model for post-secondary indigenization (E/SI)	4, 10, 16	520 DEF
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Strengthening Digital Teaching and Learning Pedagogies for Trades, Vocational, Educational, and Training Practitioners (E/SI)	4, 9, 10	518
3:15pm - 4:15pm	Global Demand for Canadian College Education and Global Affairs Canada’s International Education Strategy (E/SI)	4, 17	520 ABC
4:15pm - 4:30pm	Movement Time
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Credential recognition (CR) in Canada: an inspirational reference framework driving changing practices in Canada (F/SI)	4, 5, 8, 10, 17	513
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Health and safety first! Institutional perspectives and policies (F/SI)		521
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as the Blueprint for Strong Institutions and Sustainable Communities (E/SI)	10, 11, 16, 17	519
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Exploring how North American UNEVOC Centres can deliver on the SDGs and the new UNESCO TVET Strategy (E/SI)	4, 17	520 ABC
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Knowledge Keepers, Gate Keepers, and Score Keepers: Indigenizing Colleges in Canada (E/SI)	1, 3, 4, 10, 16	520 DEF
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Pedagogical Approaches of Experiential Learning through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) (E/SI)		518
4:30pm - 5:30pm	Fight against climate change and industrial symbiosis: operationalizing sustainable development in a collaborative way between colleges and industry (F/SI)		516 C
5:30pm - 8:00pm	Reception in Marketplace		220 E

April 25, 2023