Call for Presentations

Join us in Montreal immediately prior to World Congress 2023 for this year’s forum for colleges and institutes serving rural, remote and northern communities.With the theme Collective Intelligence, the forum will offer the opportunity to:

• stimulate interactive discussions on the priorities of rural Canada;
• share knowledge and best approaches showing how colleges and institutes are contributing to building more sustainable rural communities;
• explore and reflect on how rural, remote and northern communities can have equal opportunity to fully participate in Canada’s economic growth and share in its prosperity;
• share successes, best practices, strategic and sustainable partnerships between colleges and institutes and their communities.

CICan invites presentation proposals that align to any of the following sub themes:

ACCESSIBILITY : Transportation, Infrastructure, Broadband Internet Access
Topics may include partnerships for access, creation of digital hubs at college campuses, working with industry to develop high speed connectivity

SUSTAINABILITY: Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs), Net Zero
Topics may include skills training and applied research partnerships related to clean technologies, green infrastructure, food security and adaptation, maintaining existing infrastructure, coastal erosion, green approaches to agriculture

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION: Attracting Talent, Immigration, Outmigration
Topics may include student recruitment and retention, attracting faculty, retraining faculty, supporting student success (academic supports, housing, childcare, transportation, social hubs for youth to ensure mental health), community driven models to attract new immigrants, economic forecasts

SOCIO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES:Wage Gap, Employment Gap, Inflation, Recession
Topics may include wage growth, gender and other equity-deserving, sustainable jobs, counter-urbanization, skills gap.