ANNUAL CONFERENCE - January 22 - 23, 2026, Victoria BC

2026 Conference 

2025 (last year's) Agenda

Thank you to our 2025 sponsors!​

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Thursday January 23, 2025

• 1:00 pm to 1:15 pm - Opening Remarks - Shawn Fraser,  Athabasca University

• 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm - Introductions

• 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - "Re-envisioning Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Development through Generative AI" - Ali Shiri, University of Alberta

• 3:00 pm to 3:15 pm - Break

• 3:15 pm to 4:15 pm - "Strategic Action Planning for Responsible and Partnership-focused Graduate Education", Tracy Raivio, University of Alberta

• 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm - Reception and Gala dinner

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Friday January 24, 2025

• 8:00 am to 9:00 am - Breakfast sponsored by Duolingo

• 9:00 am to 10:00 am - Panel - "Innovative ideas in the face of legacy best practices" - Kendra Stiwich, Vancouver Island University

• 10:00 am to 10:30 am - Break

• 10:30 am to 12:00 pm - Keynote Address: "Organizational Legacies and Transgenerational Responsibility" - Diego M. Coraiola, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business University of Victoria

• 12:00 pm to 12:15 pm - Instage.io presentation

• 12:15 pm to 1:30 pm - Lunch and catch up

• 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - Deans' Meeting and Roundtable / Administrators' Meeting and Roundtable

• 2:30 pm to 2:45 pm - Break

• 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm - "Forgotten Heroes of Our Research Success, Postdoctoral Scholars: Professional Development, Community Forming, and Our Efforts for Their Future Job Aspects" - Cagri Ayranci, University of Alberta

• 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm - Best Practices Workshop - Kelley Main, University of Manitoba

• 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Reception and Discussions

• 6:00 pm - Out on the town for dinner

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