The Access Equation:
New Challenges
New Opportunities
The 4th annual Access Connections Day on Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM brought together faculty, staff and community partners to reflect on the “new normal” of access programming post-pandemic; to share experiences and promising practices.
Event Details
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023, 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Venue: Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy (1 Devonshire Place, South House doors)
Format: This event has been designed for in-person participation, with the option to participate online.
Contact
For more information, please contact Nancy Bakker, Project Assistant, Access Strategy & Partnerships Office at nancy.bakker@utoronto.ca
Agenda
9:00 – 9:05 AM – Land Acknowledgement
9:05 – 9:11 AM – Ancestral Acknowledgement and Welcome
Professor Ann E. Lopez, Provostial Advisor on Access Programs
9:12 – 9:25 AM – Opening Remarks and Introductions
Professor Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost
Professor Sandy Welsh, Vice-Provost, Students
9:25 – 10:05 AM – Keynote Speaker
Professor Mike DeGagné, Department of Sociology, UTSC; Special Advisor to the Vice-President and Principle, UTSC, on Indigenous Initiatives; President and CEO of the Indigenous charity, Indspire
10:05 – 10:15 AM – BREAK
10:15 – 11:15 AM – Panel #1 – Access in Current Times: A Research Perspective
Panelists: Ken Chatoor, Elizabeth Coulson, Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
11:15 – 11:20 AM – Performance: Bianca Modi
11:20 – 11:30 AM – BREAK
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Panel #2 – Access in Current Times – Practitioners’ Point of View
Panelists: Phiona Lloyd-Henry, Neil Price, Tobi Mohammed, Christina Alexiou
12:30 – 12:35 PM Closing Remarks
Helen Tewolde, Director, Access Strategy & Partnerships Office
12:35 – 1:30 PM – Networking Lunch Reception
We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.