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C. Progress Towards Achieving Board Ends and College Strategic Directions<br />

C.1 Vision and Mission (Policy A-05) (cont’d)<br />

Counselling and Accessibility Services (C&AS) staff will be encouraged to participate in<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional development and continuing education opportunities to ensure that the<br />

department continues to develop and innovate to meet the needs <strong>of</strong> the diverse population it<br />

serves. All C&AS staff will receive suicide risk identification and intervention training to<br />

increase the department’s capacity to appropriately respond to high risk student mental<br />

health issues.<br />

All Office <strong>of</strong> the Registrar quality <strong>of</strong> service projects and facility renovations will support the<br />

shifting roles <strong>of</strong> our staff from transactional-based services provision to an advising and<br />

relationship management approach to service provision. To support this service evolution,<br />

staff will meet on a weekly basis to provide information, seek input and interact with each<br />

other, all in support <strong>of</strong> enhancing internal communication. All significant changes and<br />

projects will include change management and training plans to support staff during and after<br />

the development and implementation <strong>of</strong> significant projects and initiatives.<br />

In the rapidly changing environment <strong>of</strong> information access, effective searching and critical<br />

evaluation it is crucial that staff stay up to date with new technologies. Library and Media<br />

Services staff will actively pursue training opportunities <strong>of</strong>fered both internally by<br />

Organizational Development and Learning, and by external agencies, for example,<br />

University <strong>of</strong> Toronto’s iSchool, the Ontario Library Association’s Education Institute, and<br />

Webinars by vendors and others.<br />

C.1.3 Engage in applied research and scholarly activity<br />

The College will continue, through its Centre for Sustainable Energy and the Environment<br />

(CSEE), to strive toward completion <strong>of</strong> all deliverables contained in a $2.3 million grant<br />

agreement with the CCI/NSERC Innovation Enhancement Program. An enhanced virtual<br />

institute model will be added to the current project model to ensure that the CSEE projects<br />

are successfully implemented. The virtual institute model will also act as a foundation to<br />

support the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Technology’s longer-term vision for innovation in practice.<br />

Students from the Computer Programmer Analyst program in the School <strong>of</strong> Information<br />

Technology will work as part <strong>of</strong> a team on a federal NSERC research grant to further<br />

develop the real-time trading cloud computing infrastructure <strong>of</strong> Cyborg Trading Inc.<br />

The College continues to expand its research capabilities. Twenty-five student projects from<br />

across the College were selected from forty submitted projects for presentation at this year’s<br />

inaugural Student Research and Innovation Day (SRID), held in April 2012. Future events<br />

will focus on increasing the awareness <strong>of</strong> innovative activities conducted by Fanshawe<br />

students to potential students, existing students, industry and the human services<br />

community.<br />

The School <strong>of</strong> Contemporary Media supported by a Colleges Ontario Network for Industry<br />

Innovation (CONII) grant, will develop JAMii - a physical fitness motivation application for<br />

mobile devices.<br />

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