Loyalist College Annual Report 2019–2020
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LOYALIST COLLEGE ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 APPROVED JUNE 24, 2020 BOARD OF GOVERNORS ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY Contents 01 40 College Profile Financial Health and Analysis of Financial Performance 03 43 A Message from the Board Appendix A: 2019/20 Chair and President Consolidated Financial Statements 05 45 Highlights – Skills and Job Appendix B: 2019/20 Outcome Achievements Board of Governors 08 50 Highlights – Loyalist and Appendix C: College our Community Council Report 09 50 Loyalist College’s Appendix D: Summary of Strategic Directions Advertising and Marketing Complaints 37 COVID-19 and Loyalist College Response i ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY College Profile Loyalist College of Applied Arts & Technology is Ontario’s Destination College, empowering students, faculty, staff, and partners through experiential, industry cluster-based education, training and applied research. The College provides career-ready graduates for, and knowledge transfer to, industry and the community. Loyalist offers more than 70 full-time diploma, certificate and apprenticeship programs in biosciences, building sciences, business, community service, health and wellness, media studies, public safety, and skilled trades. Distance and continuing education options are available through LoyalistFocus.com; including hundreds of online, distance and in-class courses; and through the College’s 100+ university transfer agreements. People and places are the forces that shape our lives. The greatest impact on the Loyalist educational experience is made by the students who learn with us, and the classrooms, labs and workshops where they study. The leading-edge facilities at Loyalist give access to the latest tools and technologies, learning resources, and realistic practice environments that prepare our students to be confident and effective in the workplace. For example: • Updated in 2018, the renovated third floor of the Northumberland Wing in the Kente Building is where Loyalist students in the health, human services, social development and public safety programs collaborate on integrated programming, projects and applied research. This innovative experiential learning space houses interprofessional simulation centres, high-tech classroom environments, and state-of-the-art student spaces. The Wing was officially opened in January 2020. • The Bay of Quinte Skills Centre is a technology and trades training centre of choice for Southeastern Ontario. As a society, we need skilled workers, particularly in emerging labour markets such as architecture and building sciences, automotive, electrical, welding, and manufacturing. In The Bay of Quinte Skills Centre, students train on the latest equipment to prepare for in-demand jobs in these fields. 01 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY • Loyalist’s dynamic Digital Media Centre is a 10,000-square-foot all-platform newsroom that features video editing suites, a television studio, interview booths, audio production booths, and more. This is where Loyalist students produce QNet News, an award-winning community online news service. Students write, report, share photographs, host programs and produce web, social media and video and audio content. Adapting with the changing media landscape, students are on the cutting edge of how the news is gathered and distributed, producing high-quality news coverage for public consumption. Located on more than 200 acres in the beautiful Bay of Quinte region, the College is perfectly positioned between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. As the region’s only post- secondary institution, Loyalist serves a population of 250,000, including the City of Belleville, City of Quinte West, Municipality of Brighton, Prince Edward County, Greater Napanee, and the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Unlike other rural-urban municipalities, the area’s population is growing, through immigration, to meet industry demands. Since 1967, Loyalist has expanded with its region in Eastern Ontario, and today has campuses in Belleville and Bancroft – and a satellite location in Port Hope. As of 2019-20, Loyalist also has a campus in the Greater Toronto Area (Loyalist College in Toronto). The Quinte Economic Development Commission (QEDC) is located at the Belleville campus, which provides further insight to meet the needs of the regional industry. With annual revenues of over $86M, Loyalist is a key driver of social and economic health in Eastern Ontario. It contributes 3.7 percent of the Gross Regional Product, representing $382.2M annually to the regional economy – based on a March 2020 report by Economic Modeling Specialists International (Emsi). This represents the sum of the impact of operations spending, construction spending, student spending, and 40,000+ alumni. Loyalist’s impact supported 5,713 jobs in the service region economy. For more information about Loyalist College, visit YoureGoingPlaces.com. 02 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY A Message from the Board Chair and President In years to come, we will remember 2019-20 for the unprecedented challenges it presented, and the innovative, resolute response of the entire Loyalist College community. In ways we may not yet understand, this year brought change that will resonate in the time to come. It presented challenges, but it also presented opportunities. Loyalist College met the challenge through innovation and dedication, and we are prepared to take advantage of the opportunities. There were positive changes; College enrolment continued a strong pattern of growth, community connections grew deeper with more impact, and we made significant progress implementing the Strategic Plan 2025. This Report speaks to that progress, and to our next steps. The most exciting development was the establishment of Loyalist College in Toronto in partnership with Toronto Business College – more on this later in the Report. Dr. Ann Marie Vaughan, President & CEO There was also change that challenged us to find the positive. In late summer 2019, unprecedented international student enrolments demanded that we develop a comprehensive housing solution. By blending innovation in campus housing with extensive outreach to our community, we succeeded in securing sufficient housing for our growing enrolment. In winter 2020, the novel coronavirus pandemic emerged and compelled us to pivot to a remote and alternative delivery teaching and learning model in approximately two weeks. And we once more had to secure safe housing for students who could not go home when we were required to close our Residences to minimize COVID-19 spread. Loyalist College met these challenges successfully, ensuring student comfort, safety, and security while still delivering high-quality education and training. Some things did not change in 2019-20. Loyalist College continues to excel in our Key Performance Indicator (KPI) results, released September 2019. Loyalist placed above the provincial average for all five annual KPIs, including Bob Forder, Chair of the Board of Governors Graduate Satisfaction, Employer Satisfaction, Student Satisfaction, Graduate Employment, and Graduation Rate. These excellent KPI results reflect graduates’ job readiness and speak to the immediate impact they are making in the workplace. A Loyalist College education provides a direct pathway to employment through 03 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20 LOYALIST COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY engaging, experiential and work-integrated learning, As Ontario’s Destination College, Loyalist is committed centred around emerging industry clusters. to providing advanced educational programming that is responsive to market needs and exceptional experiences Loyalist provides substantial benefits for the business that empower career-ready graduates. Looking to the community in the regional economy, offering exceptional future, we will continue to innovate, to serve our local return on investment to taxpayers and society as a community, whether that be in Quinte West, Bancroft, or whole. During the analysis year, former Loyalist students the Greater Toronto Area. We will nurture an engaged and generated millions of dollars in added income in the supportive culture that will enable all students to succeed. region, equivalent to supporting 5,713 jobs. As an access We will rise to the challenges of a rapidly changing world, College, supporting the local community, Loyalist retains and we will find the opportunity therein, relying upon the a breadth of more than 70 programs to provide options dedication of our skilled faculty and staff. We are proud of to students who are unable to move outside the region what they have accomplished in 2019-20 and thank them for post-secondary education. The College continues to for their significant contributions to Loyalist College. serve a number of underrepresented groups including students with disabilities, Indigenous, lower-income and First Generation students. Its continued focus on student success dovetails with an outcomes-based education philosophy, committed to helping individuals to attain the employability skills needed to thrive in Ontario’s workforce. Aligning with emerging economic clusters allowed the College to continue to leverage its position as a leader within the growing cannabis industry. We became engaged in multiple cannabis-related applied research projects, featuring partnerships with private industry (MediPharm Labs), post-secondary colleagues (Northeastern