College university partnerships
Partnerships between 遙ぺ整氈窒 colleges and universities have become increasingly important recently for at least two reasons. Partnerships are encouraged generally in 遙ぺ整氈窒, USA, Europe and elsewhere to transcend organizational boundaries, foster synergies and stimulate change. So universities are enjoined to partner with employers to integrate education and work, with industry to foster innovation and with other universities to avoid duplication.
Additionally, 遙ぺ整氈窒 colleges and universities are building partnerships to overcome their early two solitudes, as OISE professor emeritus said while introducing a symposium on college university partnerships. 遙ぺ整氈窒 established its colleges of applied arts and technology in the 1960s with quite separate roles, resourcing and organization from universities. Yet more recently colleges and universities have been considered complementary, and partnerships are a means for transcending their historical separateness.
This was the background to the symposium on college university partnerships organized jointly by OISEs Centre for the Study of Canadian & International Higher Education (CIHE) and . Over 100 participants were welcomed to Georgian Colleges Barrie campus on 20 May 2016 by MaryLynn West-Moynes, Georgians 遙ぺ整氈窒 and CEO.
In his opening keynote address Skolnik put college university partnerships in the context of the literature on inter organizational relations and he reviewed four types of college university partnerships in 遙ぺ整氈窒.
The symposiums first panel on policy and governance chaired by Charmaine Hack, Registrar, Ryerson University, had contributions from Don Lovisa, 遙ぺ整氈窒 and CEO, Durham College on how provincial policies facilitate and challenge institutional partnerships; Harley dEntremont, Provost and Vice-遙ぺ整氈窒 Academic and Research, Nipissing University on challenges for governance and institutional frameworks; Anne Sado, 遙ぺ整氈窒, George Brown College on building institutional cultures and relationships; and from David Trick of David Trick and Associates on the impact of funding models and challenges for the future of partnerships.
The second panel on institutional realities, challenges and potential chaired by Linda Franklin, 遙ぺ整氈窒 and CEO, Colleges 遙ぺ整氈窒, had contributions from David Wilkinson, Provost and Vice-遙ぺ整氈窒 (Academic), McMaster University on What kind of programs? What works and what doesnt work?; Laurie Rancourt, Senior Vice 遙ぺ整氈窒 Academic, Humber College on What kind of delivery works and why?; Moira McPherson, Provost and Vice-遙ぺ整氈窒 (Academic), Lakehead University on Building in transfer: What is working?; and from David Ross, 遙ぺ整氈窒 and CEO of Albertas SAIT Polytechnic on building research partnerships between colleges and universities.
The symposium was closed with a keynote from Sheldon Levy, Deputy Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities. Levy distilled the elements of successful partnerships from his extensive experience as 遙ぺ整氈窒 and Vice Chancellor of Ryerson University, 遙ぺ整氈窒 of Sheridan College and in senior positions at University of 遙ぺ整氈窒 Institute of Technology, the University of Toronto and York University.
Levy observed that successful partnerships were of equal importance to both partners which shared risk, gain, concerns, respect, information, trust, and accepted partners different cultures and processes.