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February 12, 2025
Blog Post
A Stronger Canada Starts Within: How Colleges and Institutes Build National Resilience
Canada is facing tough times. The threat of widespread U.S. tariffs puts our jobs, goods, and wallets at risk. This week our steel and aluminum sectors were hit. If these tariffs expand across industries like... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
February 1, 2025
News Release
A United Public College Sector Supports a Strong and Resilient Canada
Ottawa, February 1, 2025 – Canada’s public colleges and institutes train the vital workers Canada needs; they help local businesses innovate, adopt and adapt new technologies, and become more productive and efficient; and they build... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Growing Talent for the 21st century
January 21, 2025
Blog Post
Future-Focused Leadership for a Changing Canada
Canada’s public post-secondary sector stands at a pivotal crossroads where significant challenges meet promising opportunities. Rapid policy changes, shifting workforce demands, technological advancements, and the uncertainty of an approaching federal election have created a complex landscape... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Growing Talent for the 21st century
December 4, 2024
Blog Post
Colleges and Institutes Matter
What’s on My Mind? With Pari Johnston. I joined CICan a year ago this week. Since then, our sector has been turned on its head in more ways than one. Still, what I've learned in... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
October 2, 2024
News Release
A message to Canadians from Canada’s public colleges and institutes
Ottawa, October 2, 2024 - I am writing this letter because the federal government’s September 18 announcement of changes to international student post-graduate work permits will damage Canadian communities, businesses, and local economies. The government’s... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
October 1, 2024
Blog Post
Canada’s Research Ecosystem Must Drive Impact
By Pari Johnston, President & CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada. This op-ed was published by The Hill Times on September 25, 2024. Canada’s research and innovation landscape is ready for an overhaul. For years, our public... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
September 13, 2024
Blog Post
CICan’s Roadmap to 2026
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Me94OgV3X0[/embed] We are living in dynamic, disruptive and uncertain times. CICan is evolving to meet the moment. We have a new leadership team and organizational structure. A new vision to drive impact with an eye... Read more
Topic: Accelerating Reconciliation | Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
September 13, 2024
Blog Post
Building Skills, Building Homes
As we navigate the shifting landscape of post-secondary education, CICan’s focus is sharper than ever. For the first time, our vision is defined around five new Impact Goals that will direct our efforts around priority... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Growing Talent for the 21st century
August 21, 2024
Submission & Report
Canada’s Colleges and Institutes: Partners in Building Productivity
Colleges and Institutes Canada’s Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance – Pre-budget Consultations in Advance of Budget 2025 Canada’s track record of low productivity and innovation, though long standing, has come... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation
August 6, 2024
Blog Post
Modernizing Canada’s Federal Funding Ecosystem to Drive Impact
Canada’s research and innovation landscape is ready for an overhaul. For years, Canada’s public research and development (R&D) spending has trailed behind other Group of Seven (G7) and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century