Check out gpop.ca for time-sensitive information on GPOP’s $500 grant, created to help a member who otherwise may not have had the opportunity or sufficient resources to attend GPOP’s AGM and Conference. GPOP also offers two awards for members to recognize Distinguished Service and Professional Achievement. Please take a few minutes to review the criteria and consider applying or nominating a deserving colleague. Deadlines are in place!
One of the priorities of the Governance and President’s Office Professionals (GPOP) is to raise awareness of our organization by encouraging participation through Board or Committee work, on-line networking, sharing of best practices or attendance at our AGM and session at the annual CICan Conference.
Recognizing the challenges that can be associated with conference travel, the GPOP Board of Directors is once again offering an annual $500 grant to be awarded to a colleague (payable to their institution) attending GPOP’s AGM and Conference session, to be held prior to the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) annual conference in Ottawa, from April 30 to May 2, 2017.
The grant will provide financial assistance to enable a member who otherwise may not have had the opportunity or sufficient resources to attend GPOP’s AGM and Conference. In addition, CICan has generously agreed to waive the GPOP Registration fee to supplement this $500 award for the recipient.
Attached you will find the application that can be completed and submitted by Friday, February 10, 2017.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact one of the committee members:
* Sandi White (Chair), Holland College: swhite@hollandcollege.com 902-629-4225
* Suzannah DiMarco, Algonquin College: dimarcs@algonquincollege.com 613 727 4723 x 7702
* Dianne Marcellus-Kerr, Lethbridge College: dianne.marcellus-kerr@lethbridgecollege.ca 403-320-3335
* Christabell Pinchin, Nova Scotia Community College: christabell.pinchin@nscc.ca 902-491-6701
Watch for future posts with details of GPOP’s upcoming AGM and conference in Ottawa!
Earlier this year, the GPOP membership was surveyed, in part, to inform discussions at the May 2016 AGM and conference. The four online polls sought input on GPOP matters, specifically an annual conference grant, membership fees, the listserv and interest in serving on a committee. For your convenience, the results have been compiled into one comprehensive report by Past Chair, Shelagh Donnelly. Check out the results of the polls and comments from your colleagues here.
Congratulations to Dianne Marcellus-Kerr, Board Secretary and External Relations Coordinator at Lethbridge College, on receiving GPOP’s Award for Professional Achievement, presented at the May 2016 annual conference in Quebec City. The award recognizes current and past members who have made significant contributions to the realm of higher education or who have achieved professional success. Dianne was also recognised on Lethbridge College’s website and you can read about Dianne’s professional journey and accomplishments here. Congratulations Dianne!
Congratulations to the 2016 GPOP Conference Committee – Nicole Blanchette, Gen Clement, Jenny Forestell, Joanne O’Neill and Lori Robert – for organizing a stellar networking reception and one-day conference for members in Que
bec City. Keynote speaker Bryn MacPherson, Assistant Vice-President, Office of the President & Chief of Protocol at the University of Toronto, spoke about “The Backroom: Lessons from the trenches of academic administrative leadership and why your role matters”. Check out her presentation here, complete with recommended written and online resources (note that the pdf is password protected with the same password used for the GPOP website). Watch for further posts and results of the recent polls in the weeks ahead!
Welcome! to all members who have arrived in Québec City. We look forward to welcoming CICan President & CEO Denise Amyot to help launch our 2016 conference this morning, and to a great day ahead.
Thank you to our 2015-16 Conference and PD Committee for all your thoughtful planning leading to today’s event. From left to right, we have Committee Chair Jenny Forestell and fellow members Nicole Blanchette, Lori Brown and Joanne O’Neill, seen at last night’s reception.
Please take a moment to let your incoming Board know how you may wish to contribute in the year ahead.
Be sure to click the “Vote” option for each question.
The agenda package for our May 29th Annual General Meeting has now been posted! Members may download the agenda package by clicking here. As mentioned by email to the listserve, this is a password protected document. Please take a few
minutes to review the package and let us know of any feedback you may have. Regardless of whether you are able to attend in person in Quebec City or not, your voice can still be heard! Simply direct any comments you have to any of your Board members and they will raise your ideas or comments for discussion during the meeting. Looking forward to seeing many of you in Quebec City!
We established our national listserv at Douglas College in 2010 and have since transitioned it to Langara College, where GPOP Director Diana Falcon and her colleagues manage it on members’ behalf.
If you and your Chair or President are thinking it would be helpful to learn how another institution approached a certain undertaking, ask your peers. Looking for a template? Rather than reinventing the wheel, turn to your listserv. Members will naturally exercise discretion in what they share and communicate, but you will find them to be as generous with information as is appropriate.
You can use the GPOP listserv to connect with other members and ask questions, seek the benefit of experience and share best practices.
We recommend that members insert “Governance Query” or “President’s Office Query” in email subject lines, to reflect the focus of a query.
This is the third of our 2016 pre-conference polls, and it’s important to have members’ input.
To complete the first two polls, scroll through this site’s home page or just click here for the Members’ Poll on Conference Grants and here for the poll on whether we should introduce membership fees. Please also complete the poll below to help inform discussions at our May 29/16 AGM.
Be sure to click the “Vote” option for each question.
As your national professional association, GPOP strives to support individual members and also their respective colleges, cégeps and institutions.
Members have ready access to peer expertise through the listserv and professional development resources provided on this website.
Each year, GPOP’s Conference and Professional Development Committee strives to present content-rich programmes with development opportunities that meet members’ specific needs. Keynote speakers and facilitators are drawn to our conferences in the spirit of professional colalboration. While we incur expenses to attract such expertise, costs are typically limited to travel costs and a token of appreciation.
This year, the Board of Directors established a $500 AGM and Conference Grant. Yesterday, we encouraged your feedback, in GPOP’s pre-conference poll #1, on the future of conference grants. To complete that poll, just click here.
Your Board of Directors is inviting discussion of implementing membership fee to support our capacity to do more for members. We will have our AGM agenda package published before week’s end, and members will have access to the Secretary-Treasurer’s report. In the meantime, please complete the poll below to help inform discussions at our May 29/16 AGM.
Be sure to click the “Vote” option for each question.
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