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This webinar examines how one Canadian university addressed mounting budget pressures by expanding access to affordable, high-demand graduate programs tailored to adult learners. Emphasis will be placed on doing more with less while taking action to accelerate enrolment growth, strengthen institutional brand, and support sustainable outcomes.

Drawing on a university case study, speakers will share actionable strategies, including:

• Leveraging marketplace research to identify unmet needs and diversify revenue
• Engaging faculty and stakeholders to build alignment and momentum
• Designing graduate offerings to meet the needs of today’s adult online learners
• Sustaining growth through continuous improvement in online program promotion

Speakers:

Dr. Robin Ritchie , Academic Director of the Online MBA, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University

Dr. Nicole Johnson , Executive Director, Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) and Risepoint Consultant

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, we face unprecedented challenges that demand agile and effective change management strategies. Spend a few hours with CIRPA to benefit from the best in time-tested and proven ways to manage and thrive amidst change. Then unpack your crystal ball and look into the future with us and build your knowledge of the planned changes coming to some of Statistics Canada’s products. Regardless of whether you are an experienced leader or someone who is just beginning their work adventure we have something exciting in store for you!

Join us for CIRPA’s 2025 Spring Forum which is being held on May 29^th 1PM EDT to 4:00 PM EDT.

Note: An active paid membership in CIRPA is required for this event. Non-Members can purchase a membership which will run until June 2025. Information regarding membership can be found here: https://cirpa-acpri.ca/about/membership/

Session Title: Navigating Change

Session Description:

In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, we face unprecedented challenges that demand agile and effective change management strategies. This session will equip attendees with time-tested approaches to manage disruption.

Join us for an insightful discussion with our esteemed panelists: Rashmi Gupta, Necia Martins, and Ashley Blackman who will share from their experiences and background in postsecondary education across multiple different roles spanning across several institutions.

Attendees will leave the session with practical strategies and actionable insights to navigate change effectively, ensuring their organizations remain resilient and adaptive in the face of disruption.

Session Title: An afternoon with StatsCan

Session Description:

Join us for a discussion covering three of the hottest topics in the postsecondary space:  Classification of Instructional Programming (CIP) codes, National Occupation Classification (NOC), and the Occupational Skills Information System (OaSIS). Come and hear from the experts at Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada about the updating process, ongoing consultations and how to leverage these systems in your work.

CIRPA-ACPRI is pleased to invite you to a webinar hosted by the 2024 CIRPA Best Presentation Winner, Nadia Novikova.

Date: April 24, 2025
Time: 1pm EDT
Link: Register

The topic is ” The Linguistic Labyrinth: Natural Language Tools to Support Education and Employment Decisions”. 

This practitioner talk will describe OCAS’ experiments with natural language tools for applicants and explorers of Ontario post-secondary programs, based on program and labour market data using a variety of modern AI tools and techniques. We include both structured college program data and natural language data, and link college programs to detailed job data, including both O*NET and OaSIS skill and task taxonomies. This talk will outline the market needs, our process, outcomes, and early validation of natural language tools meant to support research and decision making for post-secondary graduates.

As part of the award, the winner will attend the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) annual forum in Orlando, Florida, from May 20 to 23, 2025 to present the session as the 2024 CIRPA Best Presentation. To help support the attendance, CIRPA and AIR have a joint agreement to cover up to $2,000 for conference expenses.

CIRPA-ACPRI invites you to submit a proposal to present at our upcoming conference, Cross-Canada IRP, October 21-23, 2025.

This conference is fully virtual with presentations, interactive activities, and networking events using CIRPA’s online platform. The submission guidelines and review criteria are available on our website . Please complete all proposals using the template provided. We are happy to answer questions about the process, contact the programming committee at program@cirpa-acpri.ca .

Submissions are especially encouraged from groups who are not typically able to attend CIRPA’s in-person conferences:

• New Presenters – If you have never presented at CIRPA before, this is the year to start! We provide mentorship and guidance. Whether you are new to IRP or just new to presenting at CIRPA, we want to make sure your voice is heard.
• Across Canada – The virtual conference offers us the opportunity to transcend geography. We are looking for presenters who aren’t normally able to attend in-person conferences.
• Presenters Outside IRP – This is an opportunity to reach out to our colleagues outside of the bounds of traditional Institutional Research and Planning offices. We are looking for presentations from researchers, colleagues at our institutions who use or report data. We welcome submissions, discussions and collaborations with other areas within an institution.
• Get Creative – 2025 is an opportunity to try some different session formats, to include more interactivity and think of new ways to connect with our community. The program committee has exciting plans, but we also want to hear from you. If you have a unique type of session that you always wanted to do at CIRPA this is the year to make it happen!

Submit your proposal via email to the Programming Committee program@cirpa-acpri.ca by May 11, 2025.

We hope you will join us for the CIRPA-ACPRI conference this October!

Sincerely,

Stephen Childs
2025 Program Chair
Humber Polytechnic

Emily Clyde-Parry Yaroszko
2025 Arrangements Chair
University of Manitoba