Agenda

*Please note that all times are local, Pacific Standard Time.

Day 1 – Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Time	Agenda Item	Location
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Registration Desk	Hotel Lobby
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception	Terrace Ballroom

Time	Agenda Item	Location
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.	Registration Desk and Networking Breakfast	Terrace Ballroom
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Land Acknowledgement Land Acknowledgement: Diane Sam (Songhees Nation) Opening Remarks: Dr. Pavlina Radia, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, and Dr. Jitendra Paliwal, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, University of Winnipeg	Spirit Room

Time

Agenda Item

Location

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration Desk and Networking Breakfast

Terrace Ballroom

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement:

Diane Sam (Songhees Nation)

Opening Remarks:

Dr. Pavlina Radia, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, and Dr. Jitendra Paliwal, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, University of Winnipeg

Spirit Room

Time	Agenda Item	Location
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p. m.	Practical Approaches to Reconciliation, Indigenization, and Decolonization	Spirit Room
9:30 - 10:00 a.m.	Keynote: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Higher Education Systems in Canada Dr. Sheila Cote Meek, Director of Indigenous Educational Studies Programs, Brock University
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	Keynote: The Buzz Words of Reconciliation: Are We Really Doing All We Can to Be the University of Tomorrow for Indigenous Folks? Dr. Angela Jaime, Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement, University of Saskatchewan
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Keynote Dialogue
11:00 - 11:15 a.m.	Break
11:15 - 12:00 p.m.	Group Discussion: Sharing Institutional Approaches and Initiatives on Indigenizing and Decolonizing Practices: Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch	Terrace Ballroom

Time	Agenda Item	Location
1:00 - 3:30 p.m.	University Leadership and EDIA: Advancing Confident Pluralisms and Diverse Spaces	Spirit Room
1:00 - 1:30 p.m	Keynote: Universities, IDEA and Pluralism in Fragile Democracies Dr. Malinda Smith, Associate Vice-President Research (EDI), University of Calgary
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.	Group Discussion
2:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Break
2:15 - 3:15 p.m.	Panel Discussion: Sharing Institutional Approaches to EDIA Challenges, Barriers, and Opportunities Martha Mathurin-Moe, Vice-Provost, Accessibility, Belonging & Community, University of Lethbridge Dr. Carrie Smith, Vice-Provost, Access, Community, and Belonging, University of Alberta
3:15 - 3:30 p.m.	Break

Time	Agenda Item	Location
3:30 - 5:45 p.m.	New Technologies and AI	Spirit Room
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.	Keynote: Eight Billion Geniuses: Life in a Post-Anthropocentric Intelligence Paradigm Dr. Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer, Western University
4:00 - 4:30 p.m.	Group Discussion
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.	Keynote: Future-proofing Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Equity, Human Rights, and Ethics for the University of Today and Tomorrow Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, Professor and Research Chair in the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
5:00 - 5:45 p.m.	Group Workshops
5:45 - 6:00 p.m.	Break
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.	Networking Reception	Terrace Ballroom

Time	Agenda Item	Location
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Networking Breakfast	Terrace Ballroom
9:00 - 9:15 a.m.	Welcome Back Remarks Dr. Pavlina Radia, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, and Dr. Jitendra Paliwal, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, University of Winnipeg	Spirit Room

Time	Agenda Item	Location
9:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Managing Academic Staff Relations in a Time of Flux Dr. Neil Gold, Emeritus University of Windsor	Spirit Room
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.	Small Group Discussions on Key Questions
9:45 - 10:15 a.m.	Reporting Back
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Synthesis
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.	Panel Session: Key Reflections Keynote speakers reflect on the main themes of the conference and how they influence the creation of the university of tomorrow Final Thoughts and Next Year’s Host WestVAC/WestVPR website and Teams channel for further networking opportunities and archive	Spirit Room