Canada
Interest Group Post-Conference Reports
NACADA
Commission and Interest Group Division
2004
Post-Conference Unit Report
Interest
Group: Canada Interest Group
Chair:
Heather Paterson
Section
1: Identify the leadership within your unit.
List
members of your steering committees, committee members, task force
members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.
| Name of Committee |
Name of Committee Member
|
Email |
| Canada Interest Group |
Heather Paterson,
Chair |
heather_paterson@umanitoba.ca
|
Section
2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA missions
and strategies.
Mission 1 :
Address the academic advising needs of higher education.
Strategies:
1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic
advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the issues
facing academic advising in higher education and propose methods
for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising as a
critical component of student success to the recognition of advisors
as critical to the educational/developmental process.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| To provide a forum for Canadian academic
advisors to network on an annual basis at the National Conference
and regularly through the Canada Interest Group list serve. |
Heather Paterson, Chair |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
The annual conference provides a valuable
opportunity for academic advisors from across Canada to meet
each other and share concerns that are relevant to Canadian
academic institutions. |
Mission 2
: Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.
No
Activity entered
Mission 3
: Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance
student learning and development in a diverse world.
No
Activity entered
Mission 4
: Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional
mission and vitality.
No
Activity entered
Mission 5
: Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.
No
Activity entered
Section
3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or Board
of Directors.
No Issues.
Section
4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.
No Opportunities
listed.
Section
5: Summary of Annual Interest Group Meeting
No Summary
provided.
|
