Confederation College Project Summary

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Confederation College Project Summary
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Projects

• Northwestern Ontario Infrastructure Proposal
• Regional Education Alliance for Community Health
  (REACH)
• Bio-Mass Learning and Research Centre
• Expanded Technology and Trades (TNT)
• Water Operator Training Centre

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• Northwestern Ontario Infrastructure Proposal
  (NWOIP)

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NWOIP Vision

• To transform the health and economy of northern
  communities through integrated health research,
  learning/education, innovation and partnerships

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Needs and Trends

• Aging Population (patient and workforce), leading
  to growing demands on health and community
  services sector
• Culturally diverse population, particularly
  Aboriginals, resulting in unique challenges and
  opportunities
• Diverse learners have knowledge, skills and
  attitudes
• Increasing awareness of wellness and disease
  prevention

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Needs and Trends (continued)

• Geographically dispersed population, resulting in
  greater need for inter-professional care and use
  of long distance technologies
• New technologies are being developed and utilized
  across health sector
• Learners have access to flexible delivery
  models

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Needs and Trends (continued)

• Recent North Superior Training Board Report
  identifies significant current and future
  shortage of allied health professionals
• Growing health research sector
• organizations have a productive workforce
  enabling them to compete

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NWOIP will

• Improve the quality of care, wellness and social
  services for people of northwestern Ontario
  through integrated research and education
  component
• Provide a much needed living lab and real-life
  learning environment for learners
• Offer First in Patient Clinical studies to the
  people of northwestern Ontario
• Northwestern Ontario is sustainable and healthy

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NWOIP will

• Ensure cost effectiveness is achieved through the
  joint operation of the facility
• Allow learners to gain important hands on
  experience in new techniques and technologies
  available through the integrated research
  component

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The Project

• Partnership among Confederation College, the
  Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and
  the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute
• Integrates REACH into a collaborative partnership
  where learners and researchers will work
  alongside one another

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The Project (continued)

• Construction of a new facility on the TBRHSC
  campus as well as new and renewed space on the
  Confederation College campus
• 51.3 million infrastructure proposal
• Building phase August 2009 to March 2011
• College values innovation, reasoned
  risk-taking, and responsiveness

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In line with Government Priorities

• Supports HealthForceOntario, the Government of
  Ontarios strategy to deliver effective health
  care
• Supports federal Science and Technology agenda by
  collaborating with local partners and developing
  a skilled workforce

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• Where are we now?
• Preliminary architectural schematics complete
• Consultant engaged for functional plan
• Working with Federal Departments and Provincial
  Ministries to secure infrastructure funding

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Regional Education Alliance for Community Health
(REACH)
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• REACH Vision
• A centre for academic, laboratory, simulation
  and clinical/fieldwork education to meet the
  needs of students in the School of Health and
  Community Services locally and regionally within
  an interprofessional, intergenerational and
  intercultural education framework.

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REACH will

• Integrate Inter-professional, Intergenerational,
  Intercultural care theory and practice into
  curriculum
• Expand learning programs and spaces
• Utilize community based learning and leading edge
  distance learning technologies, resulting in
  increased accessibility to education throughout
  the region

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REACH will (continued)

• Infuse health and wellness theory and practice
  into curriculum
• Ensure learners experience new technologies and
  new methodologies
• Augment curriculum to ensure geographic and
  contextual relevance

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REACH will (continued)

• Attract displaced workers and Aboriginals
• Provide potential to house active family health
  clinic, providing potential new revenue and
  learning opportunities
• Our diverse communities experience
  socio-economic well-being

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• What is Interprofessional?
• Health and community services workers are
  trained to be knowledgeable about one anothers
  roles, to work collaboratively to provide quality
  care, and to share a common professional language

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• What is Intergenerational?
• Health and community services workers are
  prepared with skills to ensure seamless health
  and wellness support during all stages of life
  from birth to end of life. Course offerings will
  include focus on aging population and learners
  will have the skills necessary to address the
  unique needs associated with this demographic
  shift.

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• What is Intercultural?
• Health and community service workers are trained
  to be aware and sensitive to spiritual and
  cultural differences such as language barriers.
  Aboriginal medicine and healing practices will be
  infused into the curriculum.
• Diverse learners have knowledge, skills and
  attitudes for life-long learning and career
  success

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Proposed New Programs

• Confederation College is targeting the following
  16 programs to be phased in at a minimum of
• 1 program per year commencing the academic year
  2009/2010
• Medical Laboratory Assistant January 2009
• Pharmacy Technician
• Mental Health and Addictions September 2010
• Occupational Therapy Assistant
• Health Informatics/GIS
• Post RN Education - Critical Care Nursing,
  Operating Room, Obstetrics, Emergency Nursing
• Community-Based Collaborative Nursing
• Ultrasound Certificate
• Cross Cultural Medical Interpreter
• Nutrition Counsellor
• Imaging Informatics
• Fitness and Health Promotion
• Pre-Service Firefighter Education and Training
• Physiotherapy Assistant
• Respiratory Therapy Assistant
• MRI Graduate Diploma

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The Project

• Infrastructure/Building 10.5M (40,000 sq. ft)
• Equipment 9.96M
• Building phase June 2009 to December 2011
• 400 new graduates from expanded and new programs
  in next 5 years

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• Where are we now?
• Preliminary architectural schematics complete
• Consultant engaged for functional plan
• Working with Federal and Provincial contacts to
  pursue infrastructure funds.

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Biomass Learning and Research Centre
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Biomass Learning and Research Centre Vision To
be a leader across northwestern Ontario and
create a very efficient cleantech plant providing
opportunity for learning and research about
integrated renewable solutions and innovative
technologies. Northwestern Ontario is
sustainable and healthy
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Needs and Trends

• Shift towards renewable fuels and green
  technology, resulting in new skills being
  required for the future workforce
• Increasing concern about the environment among
  students and general population
• Increasing cost of fuel/utilities

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Biomass will

• Attract students concerned about the environment
• Improve learner experience and education for
  green collar jobs by providing living lab and
  an improved learning environment
• Provide research opportunities for businesses and
  organizations throughout northwestern Ontario to
  test different bio fuels

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Biomass will (continued)

• Be a model to other institutions to reduce or
  eliminate carbon footprint
• Help ensure northwestern Ontario is sustainable
  and healthy by supporting Confederation Colleges
  commitment to become climate neutral by 2015
• Reduce deferred maintenance and ongoing utility
  costs

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Biomass will (continued)

• Provide opportunity for aboriginal communities to
  be engaged in the development of environmentally
  sound products that are compatible and consistent
  with their traditional way of life
• Indigenous communities are autonomous and
  self-reliant

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The Project

• Six integrated sustainable solutions, all
  controlled by a state of the art automation
  system
• Conversion of wood waste to energy
• Solar thermal wall
• Biomass CO2 sequestration by the green roof and
  forestry Greenhouse Gas management
• Solar photovoltaic and daylighting
• Minimal amount of ash generated will be reused in
  agriculture

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The Project

• Integrated learning and research centre,
  providing students with a living lab and
  northwestern Ontario with a small-scale bio-mass
  research facility
• Biomass plant and learning research centre
  infrastructure 5.2M
• Construction phase May, 2009, to March, 2010

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Where are we now?

• Honeywell Energy Solutions has been engaged as a
  project partner
• Preliminary design work has been completed by
  Kuch Stephenson Gibson Malo (KSGM)
• Seeking government funding to secure the full
  vision

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Expanded Technology and Trades Renewal
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TNT Renewal Vision

• TNT will provide an explosion in Technology and
  Trades education throughout northwestern Ontario.
  Students will have the knowledge, skills and
  abilities, including in green technology and
  sustainable practices, required to excel in the
  future economy.
• Businesses, industries and organizations have a
  productive,
• adaptable, ethical workforce enabling them to
  compete in a
• rapidly changing environment.

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Needs and Trends

• Expected short-term and long-term shortages of
  skilled labour due to aging population,
  significant stimulus spending on infrastructure
  and eventual recovery in economy
• Move to green technologies and sustainable
  practices (ie internationally recognized LEED),
  requiring a workforce with new skills
• Note LEED is a suite of standards for
  environmentally sustainable construction

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Needs and Trends (continued)

• Shifting economy of region resulting in demand
  for workforce with different skill set
• Aging facilities pose health and safety concerns
• Outdated technologies and equipment need to be
  replaced to improve learning experience

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TNT will

• Infuse green technology and sustainability theory
  and practice into curriculum, including
  internationally recognized LEED
• Increase learning spaces in technology and trades
  programming
• Expand course and program offerings into the
  region utilizing community based learning and
  long distance learning technologies
• Learners have access to personal learning
  pathways with appropriate support

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TNT will (continued)

• Attract youth, displaced workers and Aboriginals
  into enhanced programming mix
• Improve learning environment as well as health
  and safety through modernized facilities and
  equipment
• Increase supply of skilled labour with the
  knowledge, skills and abilities needed to compete
  in the future economy

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The Project

• Infrastructure construction/renovation 12.4M
• Equipment 6.4M
• Construction/Renovation phase April 2009 to
  December 2010
• 150 to 170 additional learning spaces
• Note This project is only being submitted to the
  Government of Canada Knowledge Infrastructure
  Project (KIP) as MTCU committed 9.5M in May, 2008

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Where are we now?

• Ongoing consultation is taking place with various
  stakeholders, including students and industry, to
  fine tune investments
• A fundraising campaign to achieve a broader
  transformation is underway

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Where are we now? (continued)

• Architects have been hired and preliminary design
  work has been completed
• The tendering process has been completed and a
  general contractor engaged for work in the Dorion
  building. Renovations are scheduled to begin
  May, 2009
• Most renovations in the McIntyre Building are
  scheduled to take place in 2010

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• Water/Wastewater Education and Training (WET)
• akaFirst Nations Water and Wastewater and
  Operator Training Initiative (WOTI)
• Or
• Cleantech Water Operator Training Centre
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• Confederation College Water Training Centre

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Needs and Trends

• Significant number of high-risk drinking water
  systems identified in Aboriginal communities
  across Canada and northwestern Ontario
• Shortage of certified water operators in
  Aboriginal communities due to a lack of grade 12
  or GED
• Many operators who are currently certified lack
  the grade 12 or equivalency required to
  re-certify

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Needs and Trends (continued)

• The Government of Canada is currently
  implementing the First Nations Water and
  Wastewater Action Plan
• Significant resources are being committed to
  improve water and wastewater infrastructure and
  operator training and certification in Aboriginal
  communities

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WET will

• Ensure sustainable and healthy communities by
  training certified water operators to provide
  clean, safe water in 90 rural and remote
  communities
• Ensure learners have access to flexible delivery
  models and can remain in their home communities
  by utilizing a range of methodologies and
  technologies

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WOTC will (continued)

• Provide learners with diverse entry pathways,
  such as grade 12 equivalency, where required
• Provide comprehensive model of training,
  utilizing culturally specific methodologies, to
  ensure learning success

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The Project

• Partnership among Confederation College, Northern
  College, Northern Waterworks and Sandy Lake First
  Nation
• Construction of a training facility in Red Lake,
  Ontario
• Construction of a 3 stage water filtration plant
  and training lab on campus in Thunder Bay

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The Project (continued)

• Infrastructure Funding required to complete
  2.17M
• Construction phase May 2009 to September 2010

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