All times are listed in Atlantic Daylight Time (ADT).
Please note that we may be required to change, reschedule, or cancel any speaker, session, or social event with little or no notice.
CAUCE 2026 Agenda at a Glance
All times listed below are in ADT.
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| TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026 | EVENT |
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| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | CAUCE Executive Committee Meeting |
| 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM (approximately) | Beaty Centre for Marine Diversity tour |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Conference Planning Meeting |
| 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Opening Reception |
| WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2026 | EVENT |
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| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Transition break |
| 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Opening keynote | Jackie Pichette Modernizing the Continuing Education Model: From testing times to transformative opportunities |
| 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:35 AM – 11:35 AM | Concurrent Session 1 ⯀ The Opportunity: Approaches for Expanding Equity, Access, and Inclusion in Continuing Education ⯀ From Classrooms to Careers: Building AI Literacy Across the Learning Continuum ⯀ Thriving Through Barriers: How Real-World Experience Transformed Youth Employment and Education ⯀ Building Tomorrow’s University Today ⯀ Cutting through Complexity: Measuring What Matters in CE Marketing |
| 11:35 AM – 11:50 AM | Transition break |
| 11:50 AM – 1:30 PM | Awards Luncheon |
| 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Transition break |
| 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | Concurrent Session 2 ⯀ Doing more with less: providing advice to running a lean continuing education department ⯀ Measuring the Impact of Continuing Education: Results from the 2025 CAUCE Annual Survey ⯀ Nəc̓əmaat kʷəns čeʔi | Working Together to Move Forward Indigenous Education ⯀ Employer Demands and Learner Needs – Their Personas: Designing for The GenAI+ Workforce of Tomorrow |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Transition break |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Concurrent Session 3 ⯀ Building Operational Agility in Continuing Education: A Hands-On Workshop Using Real Workflows from Modern Campus + Flywire + Brock University ⯀ Sustaining Community Education Programs in Times of Financial Precarity ⯀ Beyond NQFs: Exploring Small Language Models for Global Skills Recognition ⯀ From Uncertainty to Action: Co-Creating AI Strategies in Higher Education ⯀ Future Farm: Precision Agriculture Training as a Blueprint for Workforce Upskilling |
| 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | CAUCE 2027 Reception |
| THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2026 | EVENT |
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| 7:30 AM – 8:50 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM | Housekeeping remarks |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Concurrent Session 4 ⯀ From Program Renewal to Program ReSet ⯀ Designing a Modern Lifelong Learning Ecosystem for Institutional Agility and Growth ⯀ Reigniting a Fire Leadership Program: People-centered Approach ⯀ Mobilizing a Nation: Continuing Education as Canada’s Engine for Readiness and Resilience |
| 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Transition break |
| 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | Concurrent Session 5 ⯀ From Exploration to Framework: A Community-Based Model for Integrating Generative AI into Curriculum Design ⯀ Embracing Complexity: How Indigenous-Led Continuing Education is Building Skills to Support Meaningful Community-based Partnerships ⯀ Artificial Intelligence in Education: Ownership, Ethics, and the Future of Knowledge ⯀ Bridging the Gap: Employer Partnerships that Help Continuing Education Thrive Through Change ⯀ Empowering Strategic Change: Conversation Focused |
| 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Coffee break |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Focus Hot Topic Discussions |
| 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM | Lunch |
| 12:50 PM – 1:45 PM | Sponsor Dialogue & Discovery |
| 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Transition break |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Concurrent Session 6 ⯀ The Last Day Matters: Building Resilient Teams Through Purposeful Transition ⯀ Designing AI-Aware Assessments: Practical Strategies for Academic Integrity and Innovative AI Use ⯀ Fostering Student Engagement: Leveraging the Community of Inquiry Framework in Online Discussions ⯀ From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Transformative Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Models for an Evolving Labour Market |
| 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Transition break |
| 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM | Concurrent Session 7 ⯀ Advancing Workforce AI Fluency: Bridging Gaps Beyond Chatbots and Prompts ⯀ From Engagement to Enrolment: Outbound Campaigns That Work ⯀ Career-focused Training for Inuit Learners: A Collaborative Approach to Capacity Building in Nunavut ⯀ Plain Language as a Strategy: Embedding Accessible Communication in Continuing Education for Stronger Industry Alignment ⯀ The Real Price of Programs: A Framework That Reveals What CE Leaders Miss |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Exhibitor Showcase |
| 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM | East Coast Evening Cruise This is not just any cruise; it’s a celebration of the lively East Coast spirit and the warm, welcoming atmosphere Halifax is known for. As you cruise through the scenic Halifax Harbour, let the rhythm of the music and the salty sea breeze invigorate your soul. |
| FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 | EVENT |
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| 7:30 AM – 8:50 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:50 AM – 9:00 AM | Housekeeping remarks |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | Concurrent Session 8 ⯀ The Hidden Accelerator – CE as a Catalyst for Growth and Sustainability ⯀ Culturally Responsive Interventions: Increasing the Completion Rate of Indigenous Students in the Academic Preparation Program ⯀ EdTech & Agentic AI: Bridging the Gap – Let’s Be AI Ready, Together. ⯀ From Audit to Action: Redesigning a Continuing Education Website for Clarity, Connection, and Conversion |
| 10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Coffee break |
| 10:20 AM – 11:30 AM | Closing keynote | Celina Caesar-Chavannes Calm in the Storm: Leading with Integrity, Clarity, and Courage in a Complex World |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Invitation to CAUCE 2027 |
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