CACE Meeting Agenda
Friday, May 29, 2015.
University of Ottawa, Ottawa Ontario
Sessions will be held in SMD 429
8:45 – 9:10 Coffee, tea, and snacks
9:10 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 – 10:30 Panel I – Working with Mental Health Issues
Jennifer Andrews, University of New Brunswick
David Hyttenrauch, Mount Royal University
Bryce Traister, Western University
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Panel II – Enrolments/Outreach
Iain Higgins, University of Victoria
Douglas Ivison, Lakehead University
Wendy Roy, University of Saskatchewan
12:00 – 12:45 Business Meeting – Part I
– Minutes of 2014 Meeting
– Hiring Survey –B. Traister, CACE President
12:45 – 2:00 Lunch (Provided)
2:00 – 3:00 Retirement and Planning
Susan Hamilton, University of Alberta
David McNeil, Dalhousie University
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15 – 4:30 Panel III – Program Prioritization
Jonathan Warren, York University
Laurie Kruk, Nipissing University
Peter Sinnema, University of Alberta
4:30 – 5:15 Business Meeting – Part II
– Elections to 2015-16 Executive
– Topics for CACE Meeting in 2016
– Other Business
6:30 Dinner at Aroma Meza (http://www.aromameze.com) at 239 Nepean Street
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CACE Meeting Agenda
Friday, May 23, 2014
Brock University, St Catharines Ontario
Sessions will be held at TARO 405 on the Brock University campus
TARO is very close to the main entrance of Brock (where all the buses and shuttles stop)
8:45 – 9:10 Coffee, tea, and snacks
9:10 – 9:15 Welcome and Introductions
9:15 – 10:30 Panel I – Shrinking English Departments (Part One)
Is your department shrinking? How can we ensure the proper resourcing, and the proper use of existing resources, for programs and departments in periods of population flux? How can we stabilize, if not grow, undergraduate student enrolment?
Bart Beaty (Calgary)
Alan Filewod (Guelph)
Trevor Ross (Dalhousie)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:00 Panel II – Shrinking English Departments (Part Two)
Jennifer Andrews (UNB)
Doug Iveson (Lakehead)
Laura Robinson (RMC)
12:00 – 12:50 Business Meeting – Part I
– Minutes of 2013 Meeting
– Hiring Survey –Sue Hamilton, CACE President
– Budget, Bart Beaty CACE Secretary-Treasurer
1:00 – 2:30 Lunch (Provided)
2:30 – 3:45 Panel III – Graduate Programs
What factors shape departmental decisions to expand numbers or not? How do programs address increasing interest in offering mentorship along two graduate pathways, the PhD and the alt.acad?
Bryce Traister (Western)
Lisa Vargo (Saskatchewan)
3:45 – 4:45 Panel IV – ACCUTE Checklist Discussion of document circulated via CACE listserve.
Netta Gordon (Brock U)
Margaret Steffler (Trent U)
4:45 – 5:15 Business Meeting – Part II
– Elections to 2014-2015 Executive
– Topics for CACE Meeting in 2015; Support from host Universities for CACE
– Other Business
6:00 Drinks and Dinner:
Pow Wow Restaurant 165 St Paul St, St Catharines, ON L2R 3M5
(905) 688-3106
Canadian Association of Chairs of English 