Dialogues Worth Having

Discussion stimulators will lead dialogues on topics around the following themes:

• Canadian Students Abroad and International Students - Driving the Global Economy
  
  • Dr. Nancy Pitts, Dean, Internationalization - Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Canada
  • Nicolas Mendoza, Student - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC, Canada
  • Magreet Kooij, Student - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC, Canada
  • Anna Keys, Student - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Canada
  • Fatumo Mohamed, Student - Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Canada
  • Yunfei Jiang, Student - Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Canada

• Education and Technology
  
  • Jeremy McQuigge, Student Transition Coordinator, Academic Partnerships - Algonquin College, Canada
  • Curtis Newton, Publication Manager, OpenCourseWare - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
    
    
• Ensuring Program Quality and Currency (French/English SI)
  
  • Prof. Roger Bennett, Principal - North Lindsey College, England
  • Philip Mondor, Senior Vice-President - Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council, Canada
  • Dr. Harvey Weingarten, President - Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), Canada
   
• Investing in Literacy and Essential Skills (French/English SI)
  • Scott Murray, International Study Director, International Adult Literacy Study; and Chair, Education Expert Group, Friends of the Chair, United Nations, Statistical Division
  • Dr. Marcia Rowe-Amonde, Principal/Director - Vocational Training Development Institute, Jamaica

• Reaching Disengaged/Disenfranchised Youth
  • Vent Brown, Manager, Cornwall Automotive Training Institute (CATI) - HEART Trust/ National Training Agency,, Jamaica
  • Bill Radford, Vice-President, Community and Advancement - Vancouver Community College, Canada

• Regional Development (French/English SI)
  
  • Denis Hubert, Président - Collège Boréal, Canada
  • Fernando Sigala Martínez, Rector - Universidad Tecnológica de la Tarahumara, Mexico
  • Dr. Tom Thompson, President - Olds College, Canada

• Serving Indigenous Peoples and Communities
  
  • Kate Baxter, Director - TAFE NSW, Western Institute, Australia
  • Dr. Denise Henning, President - Northwest Community College, Canada
  • Additional Dialogue Leader to be confirmed

• Transformational Leadership
  
  • Jaime Alcalde, Rector - Instituto Profesional DuocUC &
    President - Consejo de Rectores de Institutos Profesionales y Centros de Formación Técnica, Chile
  • Prof. Tomas B. Lopez, President - University of Makati, Philippines
  • Dr. Brian McMillan, President - Holland College, Canada

Discussion stimulators will lead dialogues on topics around the following themes:

• Environmental Sustainability
  
  • Katharine Eneguess, President - White Mountains Community College, United States
  • Dr. Tony Tilly, President - Fleming College, Canada
  • Additional Dialogue Leader to be confirmed

• Innovation Without Borders (French/English SI)
  
  • Dr. Paula Burns, Provost and Vice-President, Academic - Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), Canada
  • Trish Dryden, Associate Vice-President, Research and Corporate Planning - Centennial College, Canada
  • Dr. Leslie Angelina Hendricks Rubio, Rectora - Universidad Tecnológica de Cancún, Mexico

• International Collaboration
  
  • Arvind Kulkarni, Principal - KHK Institute of Engineering, India
  • Olubunmi Owoso, Member, WFCP Board and Secretary General - Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics (CAPA)
  • Dr. Jaime Vatter Gutiérrez, Rector Nacional - Universidad Santo Tomás, Chile

• Mobility, Pathways and Transferability
  
  • Phil Ker, Chief Executive - Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
  • Jan Lindsay, Director, ACCC Board and President - North Island College, Canada
  • Hervé Pilon, Directeur général - Cégep André-Laurendeau & Président - Cégep International, Canada

• New Approaches to Advanced Skills Development
  
  • Azza Kandil, Field Project Manager, Business Development Support Services Project - Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Egypt
  • Begüm Özdoğularlı, CEO, Focus Vocational Education Centre - Turkey
  • Additional Dialogue Leaders to be confirmed

• Open Education
  
  • Dr. Tricia Donovan, Executive Director - eCampusAlberta, Canada
  • Dr. Ralph Weeks, Director, ACCC Board, President & CEO, Medicine Hat College, and Chair, Board of Directors  - eCampusAlberta, Canada

• Serving Immigrants
  
  • Alex Irwin, Director, Immigrant Education - George Brown College, Canada
  • Stella Mbubaegbu, CBE, Principal and Chief Executive - Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
  • Corinne Prince-St-Amand, Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office - Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Canada
  • Dawn Ward, OBE, Chief Executive & Principal - Burton and South Derbyshire College, United Kingdom

• Students and International Development
  
  • Katie Orr, Director, International - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Canada
  • Jane Rovers, Graduate - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Canada
  • Nikki Comeau, Graduate - Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Canada
  • Paul Manning, Student - Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Canada
  • Samantha Young, Student - Nova Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC), Canada

• Transformational Leadership
  
  • Dr. Tracy Edwards, President & CEO - Lethbridge College, Canada
  • Huiling Liu, Vice-President, Student Services, Yantai Vocational College & Graduate - Vocational Educational Leadership Program (VELT), China
  • Xiaohua Wang, Vice-President, Academic, Beijing Vocational College of Agriculture & Graduate - Vocational Educational Leadership Program (VELT), China