Announcing the CAUCE 2025 Featured Panel Discussion
Accelerating & Expanding Institutional Capacity for Employer Engagement in Credential Innovation
DATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2025
TIME: 11:00 am ET
In this lively panel, presenters will highlight lessons learned from our collective work in helping institutions cultivate innovative engagement models with employers. Through case study and ample time for audience questions, we will share the ways in which we are each working to develop actionable steps to align credentials with employer needs, ensuring strategic innovation, learner value, and market relevance. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of the state of non-degree credentials, an opportunity to benchmark their institution's own efforts when compared to those institutions involved in the project, and a better understanding of best practices to deploy in expanding institutional capacity for deeper employer engagement.
Presenters: Amrit Ahluwalia, Executive Director, Western Continuing Studies, Western University | Juan Mavo-Navarro, Assistant Dean, Lifelong Learning & Innovation, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies | Rod Lastra, Interim President CAUCE; Digital Innovation & Engagement, Division of Extended Education, University of Manitoba | Lena Patterson, Assistant Dean, Programs, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Toronto Metropolitan University | Christie Schultz, Dean, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Regina
Moderator: Amy Heitzman, Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Learning Officer, UPCEA