Monthly Archives: October 2019

The Community Colleges Australia (CCA) Brisbane conference in November will feature three recent recipients of the Order of Australia. In the last 18 months, three CCA member CEOs have received the Medal in the Order of Australia (General Division) for their work in community education and other community service: Rodney Wangman OAM,...

An international community engagement specialist will speak at CCA’s annual conference in November. Dr Wendy Sarkissian (pictured), who is based in Vancouver, Canada, will travel to Brisbane to speak at the conference on the topic of “The Fearless Community Engagement Practitioner”. Dr Sarkissian spent many years working in Australia, including running...

A French-Canadian community college leader will give a keynote speech and workshop on how to encourage innovation in post-secondary education at CCA’s upcoming annual conference in Brisbane in November. André Gobeil (pictured), Director General of Cegep de Chicoutimi in Quebec Canada, has worked in the field of innovation for several years, facilitating events at...