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Learning Connections Conference 2024: Planning Team 

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We would like to thank everyone in the SLC community for submitting their applications for the LCC Program Development Sub-Committee. The selected individuals will join the larger planning team in shaping the learning experiences for our 14th LCC celebration on May 22 and 23. 

This year’s planning team includes a variety of part-time/full-time employees from different departments and campuses. It is within this unique collection of voices that we hope to bring an inspiring conference to the college. 

We invite you to learn more about the conference and the committee as we prepare to unveil the conference in the new year! 

Program Development Sub-Committee 
This committee will provide leadership in reviewing and selecting proposals from the SLC community to build the conference program offerings. Members of this committee were selected from a pool of applications and represent various facets of the College.

  • Ashleigh Fortune, Manager of Employee Development
  • Becky Thomlinson, Learning Specialist
  • Colleen MacDonald, Professor, Practical Nursing Program
  • Krista Dukelow, Nursing Lab Technologist
  • Michael Richards, Student Leadership & Co-Curricular Learning Officer
  • Jessica Rich, Educational Developer
  • John Wright, Digital Learning Technology Administrator 

Strategic Advisors 
These members of the planning team provide strategic insight and guidance to the conference theme, speakers, and programming. The LCC is an opportunity to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, sustainability, planning for our future, and promoting our SLC value of “Belonging” so that we may continue to learn from one another.

  • Mary Ann Lyons, Indigenous Student Advisor
  • Paulina Szlachta, Sustainability Manager
  • Carmen Law, Director of Belonging, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion
  • Janet Greer, Director, Strategic Corporate Planning

Conference Supports 
The conference is also supported by larger departments throughout the planning process as we leverage diverse skillsets from the SLC community.

  • Information & Technology Services
  • Events & Banquet Services
  • Communications Department


Core Planning Team 

All elements of the LCC are pulled together through a strategic partnership between “Belonging, People and Culture (BPC)” and the “School of Contemporary Teaching & Learning (SCTL)”. This partnership is expressed through a shared vision of professional learning as representatives work alongside the larger planning team to provide strategic leadership to the conference.

  • Brian Benn, Associate Director, Talent Management – BPC
  • Francine Desnoyers, Academic Operations Coordinator - SCTL
  • André Léger, Associate Dean – SCTL


Stay Connected with LCC 

Dates: May 22 and May 23, 2024 (Kingston – in-person)  
Website: www.LearnConnectSLC.ca  
Twitter: @LearnConnectSLC  
Social Media Hashtag: #LCCSLC  
Email: LCC@sl.on.ca 


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