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Dr. Glen Jones, Professor and Director, CIHE, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½

Dr. Anne Charles, Past President, CSSHE Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Conestoga College

Dr. Erica Walker, Professor and Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½

Session chair: Angela Clark

• Sounding the Alarm: An Exploration of Professionalization within the Ontario Fire Service – Dr. Bill Boyes
• Dental Hygiene Curriculum and Core Competency Development: A Case Study of One Ontario College Program – Dr. Laura Capacchione
• Exploratory descriptive study of New Recruit Police Officer Training for Dealing with High Risk, Low Frequency Events – Keegan Smith

Session chair: Kate McGartland

• Using Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice to Investigate the Experiences of Ontario College Graduates from Three Former Soviet Republics – Dr. Oleg Legusov
• Underdeveloped Skills and the Rise of the Skills Gap: Perceptions of Public Relations Undergraduate Students vs Employer Expectations – Dr. Athena D'Amato

Session chair: Rossie Kadiyska

• Implementing the Canadian National Standard for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students in a Sample of Ontario Colleges – Joanne Spicer
• Parent involvement in the lives of college students in Ontario – Dr. Jennifer Sparks
• Business as Unusual: Role of Ontario’s Graduate Certificate Programs in our Transition System – Dr. Arif Toor

Session chair: Dr. Joe Mior

• Developing and Supporting the Dual Professionalism of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) Faculty Members – Dr. Mary Overholt
• Decanal Leadership in Ontario Colleges – Dr. Derek Stockley
• Barriers to Student Success: Early Engagement and Good Data – Dr. Tim Fricker

Session chair: Dr. Henry Decock

• Who Decides and Why It Matters: Institutions, Differentiation and Northern Rural Higher Education – Dr. Laurie Rancourt
• A One-Way Street to Privatization? How Ontario Colleges Are Transforming the Sector – Dr. Laurel Schollen
• Impact Beyond the Classroom: Colleges as Enablers of Industry and Community Innovation – Dr. Krista Holmes

Session chair: Elisheva Lightstone

• Research Into Implicit Bias in Police Recruits and Their Instructors at the RCMP - When Things Do Not Go According to Plan – Dr. Philip Semple
• Pedagogical Persuasions and the Capability Approach – Dr. Tim Brunet
• Implementation of Outcomes-Based Education in an Interdisciplinary Design Course and Curriculum: An Action Research Study – Dr. Bahar Mousavi Hejazi