[Advisors] CAP futures workshop - new leads

[Marita Moll]

Hello all.  I had a chat with Karen Parusel the other day.  Karen is 
in the N.S. department of education and CAP programs in N.S. flow 
through her department.  I was very pleased to hear that there would 
be a substantial contingent of CAP administrators/practitioners from 
Atlantic Canada (incl. PEI and NFLD) at the B.C. Summit -- possibly 
up to 20 people!!  So, this is going to be a rare opportunity to 
connect with our colleagues from coast to coast to coast and we 
really need to make the best of it.

Karen and the Atlantic contingent has offered to take the lead on the 
CAP futures workshop.  They have, in the past few years, studied and 
experimented with various new forms of working in groups toward a 
common solution to problems and will be bringing some of this 
experience to the workshop.  God knows, we need some new thinking on 
all of this.

The topic as was outlined here is a good starting point: Advancing 
Community Access in Canada: Toward a Better Strategy

This round table session will examine access strategies built around 
fostering community leadership and investment.  It will specifically 
seek input on how to reposition the CAP program to meet current 
policy objectives which center on community economic 
development.  Participants will also share stories and consider best 
ways to sell such a vision to elected representatives at various 
levels.  Discussion will be led by CAP administrators from Nova 
Scotia, Nunavut, B.C. and Alberta.

But I'm happy to hand it over to the Atlantic contingent for further 
refinement and submission to the Summit for approval and looking 
forward to participating in the session.

Marita