Mark Your Calendar
CNIE/RCIE Conference: May 15-18, 2011 | Hamilton
CAUCE Conference: June 5-8, 2011 | Toronto (see below for more information)
OCULL Fall Retreat and AGM: After last year's overwhelmingly positive feedback, we are pleased to announce we are returning to the Cambridge Hotel for this year's OCULL fall retreat. Mark October 25 & 26 in your calendars today!
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News from Your Colleagues
Nipissing University, Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies'
Common Book, Common Ground Project
The Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies at Nipissing University, located in North Bay, Ontario, launched a reading program for its first year students in September, 2010. According to Dr. Rick Vanderlee, Dean of Applied and Professional Studies at Nipissing University, the purpose of the reading program was “to foster a sense of community and belonging through a common academic experience and to promote critical thinking, literacy and analysis essential to a university education.” 
This inaugural program was created for students in the Nursing, Criminal Justice, Social Welfare and Business schools. Professors were asked to incorporate “Three Day Road” by Canadian author, Joseph Boyden, into their curriculum and to encourage students to engage in discussion groups, assignments, and a variety of events hosted by the university. The award winning novel, set in the James Bay region and the front lines of WWI, was chosen because of its themes of interest to the Nipissing community. The novel allowed students and professors from the different disciplines within the Faculty of Applied and Professional studies to hold an ongoing dialogue about the clash of native and non-native cultures and traditions, the impact of war, the horrors of drug addiction, and the struggles of youth in a hostile world.
The Common Book, Common Ground project stimulated students, staff and faculty to read beyond the usual assigned textbooks and to engage in spirited discussion about issues of common concern. Beyond classroom discussion, students were invited to participate in a variety of events such as online discussion groups using social media networks, a film presentation, and an essay contest. More than 300 students and faculty and staff participated in this first common book program. Plans are underway to choose a book for the 2011-2012 academic year and to build on the success of the initial project.
For more information, contact the faculty coordinator of the program, Linda Piper, at lindap@nipissingu.ca.
Join us at CAUCE 2011
The 58th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE) will take place on June 5-8, 2011 in Toronto, Ontario. Join continuing educators from across Canada and from universities around the world on the campus of the University of St. Michael’s College in the heart of mid-town Toronto.
This year’s theme, “Sense & Sustainability,” promises to challenge, inspire and unite adult educators as we continue to search for new and effective ways to enlighten our students, cultivate existing and new programs and sustain Continuing Education. Four plenary and close to thirty concurrent sessions will relate to conference streams: Enlightenment, Economics and Environment.
FIRST DAY KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Geoff Cape - Geoff is a co-founder of Evergreen. Among his many awards and recognitions, Geoff won the prestigious Schwab
Foundation’s Canadian Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2007.
ENLIGHTENMENT
Stephen B. Scharper, PhD - An esteemed author and guest television commentator, Dr. Scharper’s research and teaching is
in the areas of environmental ethics, world views and ecology, as well as nature and the city.
ECONOMICS
Jocelyne Daw - Jocelyn is an internationally published author and leading expert in the evolution of authentic business and cause partnerships. She consults in the evolving field of cause branding and social impact.
ENVIRONMENT
Bob Willard, PhD - Bob is a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business value of sustainability strategies and has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporate, government, university and NGO audiences.
Visit the CAUCE 2011 website at www.cauce2011.ca for more detailed information and to register.
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2010-2011 Executive Committe
President: Leslie Malcolm
Lakehead University
Vice President: Bettina Brockerhoff-Macdonald
Laurentian University
Secretary: Dean Perkins
University of Waterloo
Treasurer: Lisa Fanjoy
Wilfrid Laurier University
Member-at-Large: Lisa Boniface
McMaster University
Member-at-Large: Bev King
Queen's University
Chair, Standing Committee on Distance Education: Scott Douglas
University of Guelph
Past President: Martha Ireland
Ryerson University
CAUCE Liaison: Cathy Kelly
University of Waterloo
CNIE Liaison: Bettina Brockerhoff-Macdonald
Laurentian University
MTCU Representative: Barbara MacPherson
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Membership
Our membership includes representatives from the following Ontario Institutions:
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Submissions to the Newsletter
We want to hear from you! Are you involved in a project that is innovative, exciting and new? Is your unit or institution doing something to foster best practices in lifelong learning that you want everyone to know about? We would be very happy to publish your news and stories in our next newsletter. Please send your ideas to ocull@yahoo.ca!
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How to Join OCULL
If you are interested in joining OCULL, we
offer three different levels of
membership. Institutional membership
($250 annually) is open to Ontario
universities that are members of the
Council of Ontario Universities. Each
university has one vote, vested in the
head (dean or director) of the central
continuing education, extension or
lifelong learning unit. Members of
continuing education units in professional
faculties and other areas of the
universities are invited to participate in
the membership held by their institution.
Contact the OCULL President for more information.
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