Category: Focus Friday

Hi all! Tiffany here. This week marks our final Focus Friday before we take a break for the summer. Rather than bringing in a guest, we’ll be hosting an end-of-year community chat. No presentations, no formal agenda, and no set topic, just an opportunity to connect with colleagues from across the postsecondary sector and talk about what’s on your mind as we head into the summer months. We’ll use the hour to reflect on the year that was, discuss the

Hi all! It’s the second last Focus Friday before a summer break. Joining me this afternoon is David Hornsby, Vice-Provost (Academic and Global Learning) at Carleton University, for a conversation on Carleton’s newly released institutional AI Framework and what it actually takes to move from “we should probably do something about AI” to a university-wide governance approach. We’ll spend some time talking about: As always, Focus Friday is meant to be highly conversational and discussion-driven, so bring your questions, experiences,

Good morning everyone, Tiffany here. Just a reminder that Focus Friday is today at 12:30-1:30pm Eastern! Joining me today is Pat Lougheed from Plaid Analytics for what I think will be a really fun conversation on data myth busting in higher education. Across the sector, we spend a lot of time talking about being “data-informed,” but there are also plenty of assumptions, half-truths, and recurring narratives that shape institutional decision-making. Today’s conversation will dig into some of the biggest myths that continue to circulate

Hi everyone, Tiffany here. As a reminder, Focus Friday is happening Today! April 17th! 12:30-1:30 EST. This week, we’re turning to another area where institutions are navigating rapid change: the future of online and distance learning. Over the past few years, institutions have been expanding their offerings, invested in digital infrastructure, and experimented with new delivery models and yet questions remain about what students actually want, what “flexibility” really means in practice, and how institutions can build models that are

Hi all,  Tiffany here. It’s Focus Friday and today we have a chance to lean into a topic that many of you have been asking about: the relationship between industry and postsecondary institutions. So, today’s session (12:30-1:30 ET) will explore that broader ecosystem, beyond just work-integrated learning, and diving into research partnerships, commercialization, applied research, talent development, and how institutions and industry are actually working together (or could be working together better). Lindsey Fair from Invest Ottawa for this conversation.