CIRPA Day Two

See my post on the first day of the CIRPA conference.

Today was the second day of the 2025 Virtual CIRPA conference. There were some stand out highlights of the portions of the conference I was able to attend.

I think the biggest highlight was all the discussion at our Annual General Meeting. CIRPA is doing a pilot project for institutional membership where a Canadian Post-Secondary institution can pay one fee to cover all staff memberships. To do this even for one year requires approval from the membership.

There were a lot of thoughtful questions and discussion. The motion passed, so CIRPA will test out the institutional membership.

The other highlight for me was the pair of interactive sessions from Thompson Rivers University on a game to help with strategic foresight. When we started planning the conference, we called for creative submissions -- something a bit different from the regular session format. It makes a big difference and lets the attendees really interact with each other.

I'm looking forward to today's sessions.

Posted on October 23, 2025.