Panel Discussion: Funding Opportunities

When
November 22, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
Virtual

Registration

BCPLAN Members
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Date & Time: Nov. 22, 2022, 12 PM – 1 PM (PDT)
Location: Online (Zoom)
Registration deadline: Nov. 22, 2022 by 11 AM
Cost: Free to BCPLAN and CAPLA Members; $25 to Non-Members

Join us at this panel discussion to learn more about funding opportunities in Canada, including how such opportunities relate to PLAR.

Panel participants:

Jennie Nilsson (She/Her)
Regional Associate Director (West)
Co-operative Education & Work-Integrated Learning Canada
CEWIL Canada

About:

Jennie Nilsson has been a passionate advocate for co-op education and work-integrated learning for over 15 years. Currently, she is a regional associate director for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada, where she leads initiatives to promote programs and best practices to support high-quality work-integrated learning across the region through engagement with post-secondary institutions, employer groups, and governments.

Jennie holds a Master’s of Education in Leadership Studies from the University of Victoria and an undergraduate degree in History from Mount Allison University in New Brunswick. Jennie has extensive experience in employer engagement and believes strongly in the power of reflection to support student learning in work-integrated learning settings and to prepare students for the workforce of the future.

Alexandra Manoliu, PhD (She/Her)
Manager, Research Initiatives
CERIC

About:

Alexandra Manoliu is the Manager, Research Initiatives, at CERIC. Her responsibilities include advancing the national research goals and funding priorities of CERIC and leading the Graduate Student Engagement Program. Alexandra brings more than seven years of experience in research and knowledge dissemination in both academic and not-for-profit sectors. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Montreal and a master’s in political communication and marketing in Romania.

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Keynote Speaker: David Porter, Ed.D.

Dr. David Porter is principal consultant at DP+Associates, located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is a long-time advocate for the benefits of adapting new technology and transformational learning practices for delivering educational opportunities, and has been involved in online, open and distance learning since the 1990s.

David was the CEO of eCampusOntario from 2016-2020, leading initiatives across Ontario’s 45 universities and colleges to innovate in the technology-enabled learning space and explore new ideas such as micro-credentials to provide nimble pathways to learning and skills training. David was formerly Executive Director of BCcampus, where he and his team engineered Canada’s first government funded open textbook program, a leading-edge development in Canadian higher education in 2012. He has also worked as an Associate Vice-President of Educational Support and Innovation at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, as Dean of Innovative Learning at Humber College, and most recently as Senior Adviser – Higher Education at the Commonwealth of Learning.

David has also worked as a project leader and consultant for international open and distance learning initiatives, including projects in Mongolia, Vietnam, and India. In 2018, he was awarded the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education’s (CNIE) Leadership Award. On October 9, 2019, he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, for his work in innovating teaching and learning practices that employed open and technology-enabled learning.

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