Learning to Earning: Higher Education and the Changing Job Market

Day One | Thursday, November 1, 2012
Breakfast Keynote
Kevin Lynch, BMO Financial Group

Session 1A | Forecasting tomorrow’s skill needs and labour market returns

Session 1B | Returns across postsecondary pathways

Session 2A | Labour market outcomes for colleges and university students

Session 2B | Field of choice in the labour market

Lunch Keynote
Mark D. Milliron, Western Governors University

Session 3A | Work-integrated learning across colleges and universities

Session 3B | The colleges and university undergraduate experience

Session 4A | Employer and student expectations/experiences

Session 4B | The graduate student experience

Day Two | Friday, November 2, 2012
Breakfast Keynote
Rob MacIsaac, Mohawk College

Session 5A | Institutional supports for learning and labour market outcomes

Session 5B | Under-represented cohorts and pathways to the labour market

Session 6A | Innovative practices and alternative pathways

Session 6B | The perils of a professional degree

Lunch Keynote
Ian Shugart, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada

Session 7A | Skill development and succeeding in the labour market

Session 7B | The importance of Arts and Humanities

Closing Plenary | What does the future hold?