Confederation College Report to Community Highlights Significant Student and Community Impacts

THUNDER BAY, ON, May 26, 2021 – Confederation College shared its annual Report to Community Wednesday with a microsite and video, marking an end to the first year of its 2020-2025 Strategic Plan, Kaa-anokaatekin (“work that is now carried”).

“This year has been very challenging, but also exciting. We launched our new Strategic Plan and in doing so, have been able to achieve some important successes in support of our vision to enrich lives through learning,” said Kathleen Lynch, President. “I am pleased to virtually share the progress we have made with our College and broader communities.”

The Report to Community highlights accomplishments within the four strategic pillars of the Strategic Plan: Access and Success, Indigenous Learning, Institutional Excellence and Community Prosperity. What is clear from the Report is that the direction of the Strategic Plan is solid, as the College has been able to stay true to that direction despite the pandemic.

Chair of the College’s Board of Governors, Kristen Oliver congratulates the entire College community for its success. “The staff, students and entire College community have demonstrated incredible resiliency and impressive optimism throughout this past year,” she said. “The accomplishments featured in the Report to Community are badges of honour for everyone to be proud of, and affirm that Confederation College is on the right path.”

Among the achievements of note are a comprehensive COVID-19 response, a 39% increase in Distance Education learning, expanded programming for students, and a strong economic impact of $707.3 million added to northwestern Ontario’s economy by Confederation College.

Other highlights include:

• the launch of several new software solutions and programs to keep students, alumni and employees connected and supported in their activities
• the TEC Campaign reaching $5 million in funds raised
• a continued emphasis on decolonization and reconciliation
• progression in the College’s commitment to sustainability
• and many more

Lynch is pleased to celebrate the past year and to look ahead with anticipation for what’s next. “We're looking forward to the future because things will get back to normal and we will be able to have more people on campus, and that will be great,” she said. “But in the meantime, we know we can do it, and we know that our students can be successful. My deepest gratitude goes out to everyone who has supported the College in making this year a success.”

To view the digital Report to Community and video, visit www.confederationcollege.ca/ReportToCommunity.

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Confederation College has been serving the citizens of northwestern Ontario since 1967 meeting the educational needs of students in a catchment area of some 550,000 square kilometres. Along with its main campus in Thunder Bay, Confederation College has eight regional sites located in Dryden, Fort Frances, Greenstone, Kenora, Marathon, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake and Wawa, as well as a growing Distance Education division. 

Confederation College delivers exceptional education and training to an average of 7,000 combined full- and part-time students per year and currently has a total of 600 full- and part-time employees. Confederation’s regional economic impact and contribution is valued at $707.3 million annually.

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Katherine Brooks, Communications Officer
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