OCASA Distinguished Administrator Award 2011 recipient: Judy Spring Dean, School of Business, IT & Management Durham College OCASA Volunteer Recognition Award 2011 Alanna McDonell Marketing and Conference Services Manager Algonquin College For the full stories, download the media releases: Judy Spring, recipient of the OCASA Distinguished Administrator Award 2011 Alanna McDonell, recipient…
As part of the newest online offering, Cate Walker-Hammond will be including weekly web conferences to enhance the Innovation in Administration course, beginning April 9. While not a mandatory requirement, it will further support OCASA’s community building strategic initiative and provide real time connections for participants. Each Thursday at 8:00 pm, participants will have the…
FEBRUARY 2012: OCASA has made a submission to the Hon. Dwight Duncan, Ontario Minister of Finance, recommending that the wage restraint on college administrators that was imposed two years ago be lifted in the 2012 Spring budget. OCASA Pre-Budget Submission to the Ontario Minister of Finance Related links: Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public…
For the second consecutive year a Durham College administrator has been named recipient of a prestigious provincial award for advanced studies. Kara C. Woods of Durham will receive the fourth annual CMU-OCASA Research Award for her Masterís degree capstone research paper on the study of faculty perceptions of group work in the classroom. The award…
L’APACO a soumis un mÈmoire prÈbudgÈtaire ‡ l’honorable Dwight Duncan, ministre des Finances, Ontario, proposant pour le budget printanier 2012, la suppression des contrÙles imposÈs sur les salaires des administrateurs de collËges, il y a maintenant deux ans. Cliquez ici pour consulter le rapport complet. Nous apprÈcions vos rÈtroactions.
Your Emergency Medical Coverage We are pleased to inform you that the College Employer Council, on the recommendation of the Benefits Subcommittee of the Administrative Consultative Committee and the Governors Review Committee, agreed to add full travel protection to the Extended Health Care Plan for Administrative Staff employees and grandparented early retirees enrolled under contract…
OCASA President urges colleges to consider special recognition of administrative staff, following the recent support staff strike. Click here to read the letter sent to Don Sinclair, CEO & President, College Employer Council. Click here to read Council’s response. One of OCASA’s mandates is to advocate on behalf of its members. We do this respectfully,…
The secret of innovation: stay connected, ìlearn how to embrace failureî How do administrators become innovators? And lead others to become innovators? ìTry to stay connected with journals and social media,î Laurel Schollen of Seneca College. ìKeep abreast of trends.îAnd that is not easy, she said, unless ìwe become masters of the quick five-minute read.îSchollen,…
Play with technology or be mastered by it, Jesse Hirsh tells OCASA Conference. We are all programmers who should view our own potential to develop and control how the Internet ñ and programs such as social networking ñ to serve our needs, according to Jesse Hirsh, CBC Technology columnist. ìWe have to decide which leads…
Today, OCASA’s Executive Director, Diane Posterski, and OCASA President, Chris Fliesser, attended the second day of meetings for the Committee of Presidents in Toronto. Given time on the agenda, their presentation highlighted the need for a “new” conversation in the college system when discussing OCASA’s status and role as a professional association. Moving away from…