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June 11, 2025
Blog Post

Canada’s Challenges, College Solutions

  Prime Minister Carney and his Cabinet are moving quickly to make meaningful progress on the new government’s mandate to build a more affordable, stronger, united and globally connected Canada while emphasizing fiscal restraint – spending... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
May 29, 2025
Blog Post

A Globally Competitive Workforce Starts at Home

As Canada faces an imperative to diversify our trading relationships, make gains in emerging markets, and build new global ties, our long-term success and resilience depends more than ever on our people. Our builders, makers,... Read more
Topic: Accelerating Reconciliation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
May 14, 2025
Blog Post

It’s Go Time: Bold Action for Canada

In just over two weeks since his election, Prime Minister Mark Carney has already outlined some bold objectives for building housing, improving affordability, boosting productivity, and transforming the Canadian economy through bold action. On these... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
May 14, 2025
News Release

An Open Letter to Prime Minister Carney: A Skilled Canada is a Strong Canada

Dear Prime Minister, On behalf of Canada’s publicly funded colleges, institutes, CEGEPs and polytechnics, I want to congratulate you on your election as Prime Minister of Canada and on the appointment of your new Cabinet.... Read more
Topic: Accelerating Reconciliation | Boosting Innovation | Building Campuses of the Future | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
March 17, 2025
Blog Post

What I See in a United Public College and Institute Sector

What’s on My Mind? With Pari Johnston. I’m fresh off a mission to Washington D.C. with the Canadian Chamber of Commerce where I met with key U.S. industry leaders, political influencers, and my postsecondary association... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
March 3, 2025
Blog Post

Building Canada’s Edge in Trade, Talent, and Innovation

What’s on My Mind? With Pari Johnston. This week, I’m in Washington, D.C., joining a Canadian Chamber of Commerce mission focused on one of the most pressing issues for both Canada and the U.S.: the... Read more
Topic: Boosting Innovation | Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century
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 5, 2025
Submission & Report

Submission by Colleges and Institutes Canada to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration

December 2024 International students enrolled at public colleges and institutes are important contributors in ensuring Canada’s talent pipelines remain viable, and they make real contributions to campuses, to the workforce, and to Canadian society. For... Read more
Topic: Deepening Global Engagement
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
November 25, 2024
Blog Post

Colleges and Institutes Speak Out on the Community Impact of International Student Policy Reforms

Following our open letter last month, public colleges and institutes across Canada have been voicing their concerns about the damaging impact of recent federal immigration policy reforms on their local communities, including the cap on... Read more
Topic: Deepening Global Engagement | Growing Talent for the 21st century