May 2, 2023 - The 4th annual Access Connections Day (ACD) forum brought together faculty, staff, students, and community partners to reflect on the “new normal” of access programming post-pandemic; to share experiences and promising practices.

ACD 2023 was held in-person (Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Studies & Public Policy) and online via Zoom.

Agenda
0:00 Land Acknowledgement - Dawn Britton, Associate Director, Engineering Outreach
4:41 Welcome and Ancestral Acknowledgement - Professor Ann Lopez, Provostial Advisor, Access Programs
12:44 Opening Remarks - Professor Cheryl Regehr, Vice-President & Provost
23:24 Opening Remarks - Professor Sandy Welsh, Vice-Provost, Students

35:34 Introduction of Keynote Speaker - Professor Mike DeGagné, Department of Sociology, UTSC; Special Advisor to the Vice-President and Principal (UTSC) on Indigenous Initiatives; President and CEO of the Indigenous charity Indspire **NOTE: The keynote has not been included upon request

41:27 Panel #1 – Access in Current Times – A Research Perspective
Panelists: Ken Chatoor, Elizabeth Coulson, Kelly Gallagher-Mackay
1:45:58 Performance: spoken word poetry - Bianca Modi
1:52:54 Panel #2 - Access in Current Times – Practitioners' Point of View
Panelists: Phiona Lloyd-Henry, Neil Price, Oluwatobi "Tobi" Mohammed, Christina Alexiou
3:07:38 Closing Remarks - Helen Tewolde, Director, Access Strategy & Partnerships Office