CICan 2020 National Symposium on Continuing Education

CICan Event | Symposium

Feb 6 - 7th, 2020 | Toronto, ON

Courtyard by Marriott Toronto Downtown

475 Yonge St, Toronto, ON | View Map

Description

Responding to Employers’ Needs – New Collaborations for New Skills

With the labour market changing faster than ever to keep up with disruptive technologies, lifelong learning and access to hands-on training opportunities are essential and highly valued by Canadians.

The symposium will engage participants on how to better respond to the needs of employers and to the needs of a diversified student body with multiple backgrounds. The event will provide an opportunity to meet and exchange with experts and leaders from colleges and institutes, industry, and governments, regarding challenges and best practices for continuing education and training well adapted to better respond to the needs of the labour market in all domains.

The symposium will address key topics and trends, including the following:

PLAR (Prior Learning Assessment Recognition)
Contract training
Distance training
Reskilling and upskilling
Emerging trends, new knowledge and innovative approaches

Target Audience

Presidents, Director Generals, Vice -Presidents, Academic, Deans and Directors of Continuing Education and Apprenticeship Training of colleges and institutes, provincial and national stakeholders industy, employers, representatives and officials from provincial and federal governments.

Symposium Program

Speakers

Pedro Barata
Executive director, Future Skills Centre

The Honourable Perrin Beatty, PC, OC
President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Schedule

Participants are responsible for meals not included in the registration fee.

Date	Time	Member Activities
February 6, 2020	7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Member Activity: Sessions
	5:30 - 7:30 p.m.	Member Activity: Networking Reception
February 7, 2020	7:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Member Activity: Sessions

Registration Fees

Participants are responsible for meals not included in the registration fee. All packages include the activities listed in the above schedule.

Packages	CICan Members	Non-Members
Symposium Registration (includes Networking Reception)	Member Fees: $550.00	Non-Member Fees: $675.00
Symposium Networking Reception	Member Fees: $50.00	Non-Member Fees: $75.00

Accommodation

Special discounted rates are available at the following hotel(s). Please note that accommodation is not included in the registration fee. Reserve early, as rooms will fill up quickly.

Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto

475 Yonge St

Toronto, ON

M4Y 1X7

Limited availability

Rate: $169.00

Code: SAD

Book by: January 7, 2020

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Travel

Special discounted rates are available from the following providers. Reserve early, as seats will fill up quickly.

Air Canada

Code: KZEYAMU1

Restrictions: The booking is to be made to the following city: Toronto, ON (YYZ or YTZ) •The travel period begins January 30 and ends February 14, 2020. No discount will apply to Tango bookings for travel within Canada or between Canada and the U.S. For International travel (destinations outside North America), discounts apply to all fares including Tango. However, all bookings made using the promotion code will count toward the minimum 10 passenger requirement for Meetings and Conventions events.

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West Jet

Code: U66CI62

Restrictions: Travel destination between Toronto, ON (YYZ or YTZ) and anywhere WestJet flies in North America; period from February 1 to 14, 2020. Discounts applies to Plus Base fares (5% off Econo and Flex).

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Via Rail

Code: 14058

Restrictions: The booking is to be made to the following city: Toronto, ON •The travel period begins February 4 and ends February 9, 2020. No discount will apply to Tango bookings for travel within Canada or between Canada and the U.S. For International travel (destinations outside North America), discounts apply to all fares including Tango. However, all bookings made using the promotion code will count toward the minimum 10 passenger requirement for Meetings and Conventions events.

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