Stepping Fully into Our Role as Durham’s College

What could we be doing to step even more fully into our role as Durham’s College – building our profile, partnering more deeply with our community and creating opportunities for students across the region and beyond?

Throughout our consultations we heard how connected Durham College (DC) is to the region. Over 60% of our domestic students come from the region, and international students who choose DC often live and develop careers in our communities. And in many cases, our students return to DC as staff and faculty. The college is deeply rooted and valued across the region as a key employer, community partner and focal point.

As we look to the future, we know we have a role to play in supporting our region and the people within it to thrive. Join us for our first visioning session where we will explore all the ways we can step more fully into our role as Durham’s College and be even more integral to the development of our communities and the people who come to live and work here.

This session will be offered twice – once at Whitby campus and once at Oshawa campus. You don’t need to attend both – please choose the date and location that works best for you.

Option 1 Date: Monday, January 13

Time: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Whitby Campus, W. Galen Weston Centre for Food, Bistro 67

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Option 2 Date: Wednesday, January 15

Time: 9 a.m. to noon

Location: Oshawa Campus, Gordon Willey Building, Room G213

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Stepping Fully into Our Role as Durham’s College

What could we be doing to step even more fully into our role as Durham’s College – building our profile, partnering more deeply with our community and creating opportunities for students across the region and beyond?

Throughout our consultations we heard how connected Durham College (DC) is to the region. Over 60% of our domestic students come from the region, and international students who choose DC often live and develop careers in our communities. And in many cases, our students return to DC as staff and faculty. The college is deeply rooted and valued across the region as a key employer, community partner and focal point.

As we look to the future, we know we have a role to play in supporting our region and the people within it to thrive. Join us for our first visioning session where we will explore all the ways we can step more fully into our role as Durham’s College and be even more integral to the development of our communities and the people who come to live and work here.

This session will be offered twice – once at Whitby campus and once at Oshawa campus. You don’t need to attend both – please choose the date and location that works best for you.

Option 2: Date Time: Wednesday, January 15, 9 a.m. to noon

Location: Room G213, Gordon Willey Building, Oshawa Campus

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Embedding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in All We Do

What should we prioritize in our quest to make Durham College (DC) a place where everyone belongs and has the opportunity to thrive? Additionally, what actions should we prioritize to address reconciliation and create spaces where Indigenous students and employees can excel?

At DC, we strive to create an environment that is fully inclusive and where everyone belongs and can thrive. As we listened to voices across our community, we heard a desire for authentic equity and inclusion to be reflected at all levels of the college, including increasing representation amongst students and teams from diverse groups and more accessibility considerations for students and employees.

Indigenization is a continuous process requiring each member of our campus community to actively commit to building respectful, reciprocal relationships that contribute to better educational outcomes for all students.

In this visioning session, we will set priorities for the next evolution of EDIB and Indigeneity work at DC and the actions we should take next to continue our journey to create safe, inclusive and accessible spaces for all.

Date Wednesday, January 15

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Oshawa Campus, CIR 102

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Attracting and Catering to the Learners of Tomorrow

Where could we expand our thinking about the kinds of learners we can serve at Durham College (DC) in the future?  What do we need to innovate to make DC attractive for both the students of today and the full range of learners of tomorrow?

DC already does a great job educating post-secondary students from our region and around the world. We are a key access point for a wide array of credentials and training that prepare people for future success. We also play a role in continuing education, supporting people to upskill and re-skill throughout their lives.

As we plan for the future, we know we will need to attract a wider array of students to sustain our success. There is more that we can do as an educational institution and more people we could serve. In this visioning session, we will explore the kinds of learners we might want to attract here in the future, and innovative ways we could structure our education offerings and supports to make DC attractive to an even wider range of learners across a comprehensive mix of career needs. Together we will explore who are the learners of tomorrow and what bold moves we could make as an institution to make us the college of choice for learners today and in the future.

Date: Tuesday, January 21

Time: 9 a.m. to noon

Location: Oshawa Campus, CIR 102

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Fulfilling the DC Promise

What are our biggest opportunities to supercharge the promise of the Durham College (DC) experience? What could we do to pave pathways to career success and create an even more vibrant student experience and campus life?

People come to DC with high hopes for their careers and lives. Student Success Matters deeply to us, and so does the experience we create for students every day on campus.

Throughout our consultations to date, we have heard amazing stories about how much people value their experience at DC and the impact of the teaching and supports we provide. At the same time, we also heard stories of where we could do better to ensure that every student in every program has the kind of experience that matches our promises.

Join us for this visioning session where we will explore how we can build on our strengths to ensure that our promises come to life consistently across all our programs, courses and through the campus experience we create. Together, we will define how we can support everyone to deliver teaching excellence and the best possible experience, every time, ensuring that every student has access to opportunities to connect and thrive on campus while preparing for future careers.

Date: Tuesday, January 21

Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Oshawa Campus, CIR 102

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High performance sustainable workplace

Where should we focus to streamline our processes, embrace innovation, and minimize environmental impact? What could we be doing to better support our teams to deliver on our mission and foster an environment that helps our employees learn, grow and reach their full potential?

Throughout our consultation, we heard how much our teams care about supporting the success of students. There are countless stories of our teams going above and beyond to meet needs and ensure students can thrive. But we also heard many wishes about how we could make it easier for our teams to meet student needs.

Join us for this visioning session, where we will explore where we could use innovative approaches to make it easier and more efficient for our teams to focus their time and energy on what matters most. We will look for solutions that better connect our teams, simplify our work, and reduce environmental impact. We will also explore ways to enrich our culture of caring where we support employees to learn, grow and reach their full potential, while still sustaining the collegiality that makes DC so special.

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 22, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Location: Oshawa Campus, Gordon Willey building, Room G213

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