Current News
CIRPA Elections – 2020
The CIRPA Board of Directors is pleased to share the following election results:
- Secretary: Zenon Kurjewicz, University of Manitoba (elected by acclamation)
- Member-at- Large: Yuqin Gong, University of Prince Edward Island
I will take this opportunity to congratulate the incoming members of the board and offer my sincere thanks to the other candidates for running in this year’s election.
Best regards,
Stephanie McKeown
CIRPA-ACPRI President
Announcing the next CIRPA Webinar
Abracadabra:Tell us what the numbers mean? Unpacking retention and graduation student success research data using the magician’s bag of tricks.
CIRPA is very pleased to invite you to join University of Toronto’s Mariam Ali and Wei Xiong on June 16, 2020 as they share the session that nabbed them the 2019 CIRPA Conference Best Presentation Award. To register for the one-hour webinar, which starts at 10 a.m. Pacific/11 a.m. Mountain/12 p.m. Central/1 p.m. Eastern/2 p.m. Atlantic/2:30 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador, please click here and provide your name, e-mail address and the name of your institution or company. Thank you. For more information about the webinar, please see the short write-up below.
As IR magicians, we transform 7 years of admission data into insights on student academic success, which includes retention (year 1 to year 2) and graduation (six year). We use magical tricks (Tableau, SAS and statistical models) to explore how factors (gender, financial aid, legal status, admission group, admission average, degree type and co-op status) are associated with retention and graduation. Our project is important because it contributes to student success research in Canadian higher education and will inform our institution’s academic policies and student success and interventions such as the newly launched ‘Get Finished Scholarship’.
Ukraine International Airlines flight 752
CIRPA-ACPRI extends our deepest condolences to all members of our post-secondary community who are mourning the loss of students and colleagues who were aboard Ukraine International Airlines flight 752. Nothing can replace this tragic loss, and we ask all our members to support one another during this difficult time.
CIRPA Elections – 2019
The CIRPA Board of Directors is pleased to share the following election results:
- President: Stephanie McKeown, University of British Columbia (elected by acclamation)
- Vice-President: Miranda Pearson, University of Regina
- Treasurer: Carmelinda Del Conte, Mohawk College (elected by acclamation)
- Member-at- Large: Neil Chakraborty, University of Toronto
- Member-at- Large: Stephen Childs, York University
- Member-at- Large: Dawn Macdonald, Yukon College
I will take this opportunity to congratulate the incoming members of the board and offer my sincere thanks to the other candidates for running in this year’s election.
Best regards,
Cameron Tilson
Chair, Nominating Committee and Past President