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CASFAA - Dialogue 2006

Canadian Association of Financial Aid Administrators
Annual Conference
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada

June 11 - 13, 2006

Schedule

detailed schedule with abstracts, descriptions

Saturday, June 10, 2006
Harbour Centre

1:00 – 5:00 CASFAA Board Meeting Room 2050 (Alan & Margaret Eyre Boardroom), Harbour Centre

Sunday, June 11, 2006
all sessions at Harbour Centre

10:00 AM Registration Desk Open Main concourse, SFU Harbour Centre
1:00 – 5:00 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP:
Deborah White and Associates
Managing the Difficult Conversation
Room 1700 (Labatt Hall), Harbour Centre
5:30 – 6:30 Opening Reception

Innovation and Trade show open

Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
6:307:30 Session 1: An Introduction to Dialogue with a surprise guest speaker Main Concourse, Harbour Centre
7:30 – 8:30 Mingle time

Innovation and Trade show open

Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre

 detailed schedule with abstracts, descriptions

Monday, June 12, 2006
Wosk Centre for Dialogue and Harbour Centre

8:00am - 1:00pm Registration desk open Main concourse, SFU Harbour Centre
Breakfast on your own  
8:30 – 10:00 Session 2: Dialogue Session
Cross-country update by representatives of Provincial and Federal government student assistance programs
Asia Pacific Hall, Wosk Centre
10:00 – 10:30 Refreshment Break

Innovation and Trade show open

Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
10:30 – 11:45 Session 3: Keynote
Speaker: Paul Huschilt
Room 1900 (Fletcher Challenge Theatre), Harbour Centre
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch

Innovation and Trade show open

Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
1:00 – 2:30 Session 4: Dialogue Session
This interactive session will address key areas of interest to Financial Aid Officers as well as to important stakeholders in the student aid community.
Asia Pacific Hall, Wosk Centre
2:30 – 3:00 Refreshment Break

Innovation and Trade show open

Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
3:00 – 4:00 Session 5: CASFAA AGM Asia Pacific Hall, Wosk Centre

Vendor Sessions
4:00 – 4:30 6A: International Education Finance Corporation (IEFC)
IEFC  is the premier provider of international student loan programs for the rapidly growing population of students who wish to study in foreign countries.
Room 2270 (Sauder Industries Policy Room), Harbour Centre
4:00 – 4:30 6B: New E-Commerce Solutions, EDULINX          Room 7000 (Earl and Jennie Lohn Floor Policy Room), Harbour Centre
Evening
7:00 – 11:00
Conference Banquet
Return transportation will be provided from the Wosk Centre
VANCOUVER AQUARIUM

 detailed schedule with abstracts, descriptions

Tuesday, June 13, 2006
all sessions at Harbour Centre
Breakfast on your own  
9:15 – 10:30 7A:  Dealing with the Challenges of Student Debt
Scott Hannah, Executive Director, Credit Counselling Society
Room 1315 (Bank of Nova Scotia Lecture Room), Harbour Centre
9:15 – 10:30 7B: A Satirical Look at the Government Student Loan Processes and Procedures from a Recipient's Vantage Point
Shelley Clayton and Renea Sleep, University of New Brunswick
Room 1425 (Repap Policy Room), Harbour Centre
9:15 – 10:30 7C: CSLP - Helping Students out of Default
Ann-Marie Julien, I/Director - Program Delivery, Canada Student Loans Program
Room 7000 (Earl & Jennie Lohn Floor Policy Room), Harbour Centre
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshment Break  
11:00 – 12:15 8A: Scholarships as a Strategy for Recruitment and Retention
Linda Conrad, University of British Columbia
Room 7000 (Earl & Jennie Lohn Floor Policy Room), Harbour Centre
8B: What is a Hybrid Award?
Rella Ng, University of British Columbia
Room 1315 (Bank of Nova Scotia Lecture Room), Harbour Centre
8C: Vision and Financial Aid: Creating dialogue, discovering purpose
Lisa Buckley, Simon Fraser University
Room 1425 (Repap Policy Room), Harbour Centre
8D: Success among students benefiting from loan and bursary programs
Daniel Simpson, Ministry of Education, Leisure, and Sport, Quebec
Room 2200 (RBC Dominion Executive Room), Harbour Centre
12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
1:30 – 2:45 Session 9: Keynote
Speaker: Karen Gross, Professor of Law at New York Law School
Understanding the Language of Money
Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
2:45 – 3:15 Refreshment Break Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre
3:15 – 4:30  Session 10A: The Millennium Access Grants: A review and vision for moving forward
Noel Baldwin, Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation
Room 7000 (Earl & Jennie Lohn Floor Policy Room), Harbour Centre
Session 10B: How to Survive a Systems Implementation
Rummana Khan Hemani and Heather Rhodes, Simon Fraser University
Room 1425 (Repap Policy Room), Harbour Centre
Session 10C: Institutional Strategies to Improve Government Student Loan Repayment
Jennifer Orum, BC Institute of Technology
Room 1315 (Bank of Nova Scotia Lecture Room), Harbour Centre
Session 10D: A follow-up conversation with Karen Gross

Karen Gross, Professor of Law, New York Law School

Room 2200 (RBC Dominion Executive Room), Harbour Centre
4:30-5:30 CASFAA 2007 Reception, hosted by University of Saskatchewan Room 1400/1430
(Segal Rooms), Harbour Centre

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