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Ontario Association of Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and Canadian Association of Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA)
OASFAA/CASFAA SPRING CONFERENCE STEPPING INTO SUCCESS
Education
Thunder Bay, Ontario
May 24, 2020 - May 27, 2020
https://www.casfaa.ca/Learn_more_about_Stepping_into_Success.html
OASFAA/CASFAA SPRING CONFERENCE
STEPPING INTO SUCCESS

We are looking forward to “Stepping into Success” as a collaborative effort across Canada.

Lakehead University, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and Confederation College in conjunction with the Ministry, Colleges and Universities is hosting this year’s joint Ontario Association of Financial Aid Administrators (OASFAA) and Canadian Association of Financial Aid Administrators (CASFAA) conferences on May 24 – 27, 2020.

CASFAA/OASFAA 2020, titled “Stepping into Success” is focusing on student’s entry and exit into post-secondary and the journey in between. We invite OASFAA/CASFAA and the financial aid community to share their expertise by submitting a proposal to present on a topic of interest at our conference.

We want to ensure we maximize the expertise and experience of the presenters and the participants attending. We will be offering 50 minute and 60 minute sessions and ask that presenters choose one of the following forums that will best suit the goals of their session.

Choose your forum
Round table – facilitate discussions in specific groups

Facilitated discussion – larger group discussion on one topic

Presentation – present on topic of interest

Workshop – present and lead interactive activities

The audience for each session is approximately 25-50 participants.

Content Themes
We aim to offer sessions on the following themes, we are also open to proposals for other related or relevant topics.

Entry

Barriers

Communicating to students

Scholarships, bursaries and awards

Outreach

Start -up – what do we do besides manage lines

Students entering already disadvantaged

Keeping staff engaged

Dealing with changes to funding policy

Customer Service Models – helping or hindering

Technology

Systems – round table

Are systems helping increase our assistance

Keeping the human touch

Managing multiple systems

Best practices – why re-invent the wheel

BSWD

On campus employment

Financial Literacy plans

Procedures

Philanthropy

Exit

Exit interviews for early withdrawal

Are students falling through the cracks

Helping with repayment

Managing debt load

Students who won’t leave

Other

Did we miss something? Did your department just implement something that brought the student experience to the next level? Pitch your idea!

Deadlines and important dates
March 13, 2020 – proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. via our online submission page.

March 27, 2020 – presenters will be notified regarding the status of their submission.

May 24-27, 2020 – conference – presenters please ensure you are available to assist us in scheduling final presentations.

Connect with us
If you have any questions, please connect with us at conference@casfaa.ca

CASFAA represents Financial Aid Administrators and Awards Administrators in post-secondary institutions. To find out more about the missions of the associations visit the OASFAA website and CASFAA website.

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