Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Northern is proud to host our 4th annual learning symposium on May 14th, 2024 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm called Inspiring Collaboration ‘24: Moving the NORTH Forward.
The success of previous events has motivated Northern College to extend an invitation to our community partners to join us (virtually and/or in-person), for this year’s offering which will provide personal and professional development opportunities in Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity, Indigenous Culture and Awareness, Corporate Training, Teaching and Mental Health and Wellness. The program will consist of a morning and afternoon keynote address, each followed by engaging and interactive workshops, focused on building, and strengthening workplace skills in these key areas.
In 2023, we had 299 participants, 18 workshops, 16 presenters, and 2 Keynote Speakers!
Symposium Overview
Workshops are offered at each campus locations. Some workshops are available in-person or by Zoom. Remote feed will be presented at campus locations. You can also attend remotely. Room numbers and Zoom links will be available at a later date.
Please note, there are capacity limits for in-person workshops.
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity (EDI)
- Indigenous Culture and Awareness
- Corporate Training
- Teaching/Education
- Mental Health and Wellness
Agendas/Workshops
keynote Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Angela Sterritt
Journalist, Author, and Host of CBC podcast “Land Back”
Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist and national bestselling author from the Wilp Wiik’aax of the Gitanmaax community within the Gitxsan Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell Island Newfoundland on her maternal side. Sterritt has worked as a television, radio, and digital journalist for more than a decade. She is currently the host of the CBC original podcast Land Back, which won a Radio Television Digital News Association award for best podcast in 2023. Her book Unbroken, a work that is part memoir and part investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women published by Greystone Books became a national instant bestseller in May of 2023.
Closing Speaker: Adam Shoalts
Adventurer and Author
Adam Shoalts is a professional adventurer and Westaway Explorer-in-Residence at the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, as well as an ambassador for Outward Bound. His expeditions range from mapping rivers to archaeological projects, but Shoalts is best known for his long solo journeys, including crossing alone nearly 4,000 km of Canada’s Arctic. Named one of the “greatest living explorers” by CBC and even declared “Canada’s Indiana Jones” by the Toronto Star, Shoalts’s latest adventure was a 3,400 km solo journey from Lake Erie to the Arctic, the subject of his new national bestselling book Where the Falcon Flies. His other books include Alone Against the North, A History of Canada in 10 Maps, and Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada’s Arctic, and The Whisper on the Night Wind, all of them national bestsellers. He has a PhD from McMaster University in history, and in his free time, enjoys long walks in the woods.
Workshop Presenters
Henry Luyombya: Speaker, Coach and Consultant
Navigating Wellness: Strategies for Managing Mental Health in the Workplace
Moy Fung, Speaker, Coach, and Consultant
Building Bridges: The Power of Allyship in the Workplace
Community Partnership Opportunities
Northern College would like to offer our community partners the opportunity to participate in and sponsor our learning symposium, through the following sponsorship framework:
Platinum Sponsor - $10,000
- Advance, online registration for fifty (50) in-person participants (unlimited online participants) *
- Sponsor recognition in promotional materials
- Provide a preferred rate plan for Timmins Campus conference facilities for one (1) year (based on availability)
- Provide a preferential rate for up to thirty (30) employees at the Timmins Campus Wellness Centre
Gold Sponsor - $5,000
- Advance, online registration for twenty-five (25) in-person participants from your organization (unlimited online participants) *
- Sponsor recognition in promotional materials
- Provide a preferred rate plan for Timmins Campus conference facilities for one (1) year (based on availability)
- Provide a preferential rate for up to ten (10) employees at the Timmins Campus Wellness Centre
Silver Sponsor - $1,000
- Advance, online registration for twenty-five (15) in-person participants from your organization (unlimited online participants) *
- Sponsor recognition in promotional materials
Bronze Sponsor - $500
- Advance, online registration for 5 in-person participants from your organization (unlimited online participants) *
- Sponsor recognition in promotional materials
* Advanced in-person seating/registration will depend on when registration occurs and seating capacity of keynote session rooms and workshops. Live stream access to keynote addresses is available when seating is at capacity.
Thank you to our community partners
