Category: Focus Friday

Hi everyone, Tiffany here. A quick reminder that Focus Friday is happening today (November 7) from 12:30-1:30pm Eastern, and we’re taking on the biggest conversation of the week: the 2025 Federal Budget. I’ll be joined by three people who know the file inside and out: James Hammond (Director of Public Affairs, U15 Canada), Michael McDonald (Vice President, External and Member Relations, Colleges and Institutes Canada), and Michelle Coates-Mather (Vice President, Public Affairs, Universities Canada). Together, we’ll look at what this

Hi everyone, Tiffany here. A quick reminder that there is a Focus Friday session today (October 24) from 12:30-1:30pm Eastern on International Student Enrolment. I’ll be joined by Victor Tomiczek (Director of International Recruitment and Global Partnerships at Cape Breton University) and Eric Simard (Director of Fanshawe International and former Director of International Recruitment and Market Development at Fanshawe College). We’ll be discussing past, current, and expected future trends in international student recruitment, enrolment, and engagement. If you haven’t registered yet, it’s not too

Hi everyone, Tiffany here. A quick reminder that there is a Focus Friday session today (October 10) from 12:30–1:30pm Eastern on the Student Experience. I’ll be joined by Wasiimah Joomun (Executive Director, Canadian Alliance of Student Associations), Brendan Roberts (Executive Director, Students Nova Scotia), and Olamipo Ogunnote (Director of Advocacy and Strategic Partnerships, Ontario Student Voices) for a conversation on student experience—from campus culture and communication to what feels most different about being a student today. If you haven’t registered

Hi everyone, Tiffany here. A quick reminder that Focus Friday kicks off today (Sept 26) at 12:30-1:30pm Eastern on the Future of Higher Education. I’m being joined by Jackie Pichette from RBC and Sunny Chan from Business + Higher Education Roundtable. If you haven’t registered yet, it isn’t too late. Sign up here. This is a new initiative from HESA but the session is simple: we’ll start with some questions to our invited guests, then open the floor for a coffee-chat

Hi everyone, I’m excited to share a new initiative we’re launching this fall: Focus Friday. Focus Friday is a biweekly webinar series that brings people together around some of the most pressing issues in higher education. Each session runs for an hour and features a few short conversations with invited guests, followed by an open, coffee-chat style discussion where everyone can join in. The goal is simple: create space to share ideas, meet new people across the sector, and learn from one another.