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

2026 Conference 

Agenda

Thank you to our 2026 sponsor!​

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Thursday January 22, 2026

• 1:00 pm to 1:10 pm - Opening Remarks - Kelley Main, University of Manitoba

• 1:10 pm to 1:45 pm - Introductions

• 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm - Keynote Address: "Fighting against Enshittification in Higher Education" David Hannah, Simon Fraser University 

• 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm - Break

• 3:45 pm to 4:00 pm - "Indigenous Graduate Student Engagement at UBCO, a year reflected", Eli Kelly, University of British Columbia (Okanagan) 

• 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm - "Navigating Existential Change: Co-creating a Strategic Vision for Graduate Studies Leadership", Tracy Raivio, University of Alberta 

• 5:15 pm to 9:00 pm - Reception and Gala dinner

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Friday January 23, 2026

• 8:00 am to 9:00 am - Breakfast 

• 9:00 am to 10:00 am - "Canadian Principles of Graduate Supervision", Tracy Raivio, University of Alberta

• 10:00 am to 10:30 am - Break

• 10:30 am to 11:00 am - "Career-related supports for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows", Monica Munaretto and Kelley Main, University of Manitoba

• 11:00 am to 11:30 am - "Re-Envisioning Graduate Supervision at UBC Okanagan – a student engagement project on graduate supervision on our campus", Dimuth Gamage, Margaret Reeves, and Paul Shipley, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)

• 11:30 am to 12:00 pm - "Understanding the impact of conflict on the body for supervisors"
  Katerina Standish, University of Northern British Columbia

• 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm - Lunch sponsored by DuoLingo and catch up

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

• 2:30 pm to 3:00 pm - Break

• 3:00 pm to 3:30 pm - "Unpacking DET test taker data trends for western Canada and Canadian graduate programs", Alyson Murray, Duolingo

• 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - "Doctoral Hybrid Programs -- the Royal Roads University Experience", Mary Bernard and Hassan Wafai, Royal Roads University

• 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm - "Equity-Specific Admission Policies in Canadian Universities", Dawn Sutherland, University of Manitoba

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

• 6:00 pm - Out on the town for dinner - Note:  restaurants fill up quickly on Friday nights in Victoria, so it is recommended to get reservations well in advance

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