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Friday, May 27, 2011
Fredericton

Sessions will be held at Holy Cross House 101 (aka the Boardroom) on the campus of St. Thomas University

8:45 - 9:10            Coffee, tea, and snacks

9:10 - 9:15             Welcome and Introductions

9:15 - 10:30             Panel I – What Students Want

 – student evaluation of teaching; surveying students as part of a curriculum revision process, recruitment and retention strategies; the trend toward undergraduate student research.

Karen MacFarlane, Mount St. Vincent University
Ann-Barbara Graff, Nipissing University
Lisa Surridge, University of Victoria

10:30 - 10:45            Coffee Break

10:45 - 12:00             Panel II – Surviving the Budget Crunch

– negotiating with senior administrators; monitoring enrollment caps; re-structuring curriculum; courseloads; sources of external funding; partnering with other units.

Sue Hamilton, University of Alberta
Neta Gordon, Brock University

12:00 - 12:50            Business Meeting - Part I

– Minutes of 2010 Meeting
– Hiring Survey - Doug Thorpe, CACE President
– Budget – Patricia Rigg, CACE Secretary-Treasurer

1:00 - 2:30             Lunch, in Margaret Norrie McCain Hall 300 (aka the Yellowbox Gallery)

2:30 - 3:45            Panel III – Re-interpreting Equity

– equity and hiring practices; targeted scholarships; education as social transformation; connecting the academy to the community.

Katherine Quinsey, University of Windsor
Christina Luckyj, Dalhousie University

3:45 - 4:45            Panel IV – Having Difficult Conversations

– strategies for handling conflict; best practices in annual reviews, dealing with academic dishonesty; harassment cases; motivating under-productive faculty.

Peter Walmsley, McMaster University
            Doug Thorpe, University of Saskatchewan

4:45 - 5:15             Business Meeting - Part II

– Elections to 2011-2012 Executive
            – Topics for CACE Meeting in 2012
– Other Business

6:00             Drinks and Dinner at Brewbakers, 546 King Street, in downtown Fredericton