Speakers
In keeping with the conference theme, Collaborative Conversations, we have invited speakers we believe will spark conversation. In addition to sessions discussing funding options and financial wellness, which are integral to professional development within the field, we have invited presenters who will speak about successful collaborative efforts.
Keynote speakers
Speakers (alphabetical list)
- Abreu, Marcella, The Benefits of a Personal Touch
- Allward, Susan, Cross Institution Panel - Scholarships
- Baker, Murray, A Debt-Free Graduate? Changes, Challenges and Opportunities in a Student's Financial Milieu
- Balsdon, Deena, Day in the Life
- Balut, Evelina, Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Beech, Doug, How to Increase Access to Postsecondary Education
- Bhakthan, Manoj, Entrance Scholarships Application & Adjudication ... and The Student Financial Aid Landscape for Graduate Students with Disabilities
- Blackstock, Rhonwen, Cross-Institution Panel - Bursaries
- Botelho, Tony, Connecting the Dots: The Relationship between a Degree and a Career
- Brousseau, Francis, Cross Institution Panel - Software Systems
- Cameron, Rosemary, Cross Institution Panel - Scholarships
- Cayouette, Heather, The Power of Story: Co-authoring Change in Scholarship Administration
- Clayton, Shelley, The Student Financial Aid Landscape for Graduate Students with Disabilities
- Gerlach, Randall, StudentAid BC: BC 2016/17 Key Changes and Program Updates
- Goodwin, Pam, Assessing Financial Need for Non-Traditional Undergraduate Students
- Grewar, Rory, Why students fail to apply for the scholarships and awards that are available to them
- Guindon, Marc, Day in the Life
- Guno, Marcia, Supporting Indigenous Students: Importance of Collaboration and Cultural Competency
- Highnam, Kent, Handling Difficult Conversations
- Kam Holland, CASFAA’s partnership with FCAC: Making “Your Financial Aid Toolkit” even more relevant to PSE students
- Johnson, Camille, A Personalized Approach: Financial Advising and Programming in an Assigned Advisor Model
- Kobylka, Joel, A Personalized Approach: Financial Advising and Programming in an Assigned Advisor Model
- Kusch, Dr. Frank, Coming to the Aid of Crisis Aid
- McFadden, Sandy, Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Magnusson, Dr. Kris, The Challenge of Innovation in Post-Secondary Education
- Mantin, Blair, Student Loans and Consumer Debt - Trends, Insights and Strategies for Financial Success
- Martiniuk, Daryn, Cross Panel - Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ICCSFA)
- Morris, Noah, OSAP Transformation; Cross Panel - Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ICCSFA)
- Payne, Deb, Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Perez, Elizabeth, A Holistic service approach: Organizing for success • Cross-Institution Panel - Bursaries
- Pichette, Mary, Cross Panel - Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ICCSFA)
- Cara Piperni, CASFAA’s partnership with FCAC: Making “Your Financial Aid Toolkit” even more relevant to PSE students; Cross Institution Panel - Software Systems; Cross Panel - Intergovernmental Consultative Committee on Student Financial Assistance (ICCSFA)
- Rooney, Jane, Closing speech
- Runions, Lynette, Cross Institution Panel - Bursaries; Cross Institution Panel - Scholarships
- Salter, Sharlene, Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Santos, Annette, Sharing the Table: Intentional Collaboration among Student-Facing Student Services Professionals
- Sarik, Stephanie, A Holistic service approach: Organizing for success
- Stefanova, Mariya, Cross Institution Panel - Scholarships
- Sukhai, Dr. Mahadeo, The Student Financial Aid Landscape for Graduate Students with Disabilities
- Thompson, Jane, The Power of Story: Co-authoring Change in Scholarship Administration
- Vail, Shelley, Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Maria Vranas, CASFAA’s partnership with FCAC: Making “Your Financial Aid Toolkit” even more relevant to PSE students
- Wall, Donna, Cross Institution Panel - Bursaries
- Williams, Stephanie, StudentAid BC: BC 2016/17 Key Changes and Program Updates; Cross-Canada Panel - Student Government Financial Aid
- Wolfe, Allen, The Benefits of a Personal Touch
- Wywrot, Michelle, Youth in Care Tuition Program
Bio
Dr. Kris Magnusson joined the Faculty of Education at SFU as Dean in 2009, after 21 years at the Universities of Calgary and Lethbridge. His academic work focuses on counselling psychology and career development, and he was the 2006 recipient of the Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Development.
He is a two-term Chair of the Association of BC Deans of Education, and led the development of the ACDE Accord on Internationalization in Education.
Session Description
Students in the 21st century want educational experiences that reflect the realities of their world in all of its challenges and opportunities. Post-secondary institutions play a pivotal role in preparing learners for those changes, but they must adapt if they hope to be relevant. Dr. Magnusson will set a context for learning in the 21st century, identify conceptual shifts confronting institutions, and describe 4 fundamental challenges facing learners that institutions will need to address.
Bio
Doug Beech is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about increasing access to post secondary education.
- LanguagePlayingCards.com, Founder and CEO
- Twinbro.com Co-founder and Chairman
- HiretheWorld.com Co-founder, past CMO
- ScholarshipStrategy.com Co-founder, past CEO
Session Description
Ensuring access to PSE for all qualified individuals is key to Canada’s future competitiveness and equally critical from an equity perspective. With this in mind, Doug co-founded Twinbro Local Leaders in 2005 with his twin brother Terry, a non-profit volunteer organization that provides high schools with presentations to students, parents and scholarship counsellors.
Twinbro aims to help low-income, first-generation and under-represented students access PSE by providing the tools necessary to overcome common motivational, informational and financial barriers. To date, Twinbro has helped over 35,000 students win millions of dollars in scholarships without a single dollar of public or private funding (this was not by choice or for a lack of trying). Doug and Terry also co-founded HiretheWorld.com, a global graphic design marketplace that has created over 222,000 designs for clients in 142 countries.
Doug’s presentation will attempt to spark innovative conversations by proposing how we can work together to build a more competitive country by improving access to PSE.
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