Campus Talent Checkpoint: Insights, Connections, and Impact

Join your colleagues this Spring at the Smith School of Business in Downtown Toronto to exchange ideas, build connections, and debrief the 2024-25 campus recruitment season!

Date, Time, and Venue -

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025 | 1:00 - 5:30 pm
Smith School of Business - Queen's University (Toronto Campus)
200 Front Street West - 30th Floor | Toronto, ON | M5V 2X3

This gorgeous venue is conveniently located in the Financial District and is just a short distance away from Union Station (both Subway and Train) and the Billy Bishop Airport.

Map and Directions

CACEE wishes to recognize our Host Sponsor and Lead Programming Partner for their generous support of this event:

Why Attend? - 

Through an expert panel, small group discussions, peer-to-peer learning, and networking, you’ll gain practical takeaways to enhance your student engagement and campus recruitment strategy for 2025-26—all for one budget-friendly price!

Together, we will:

• Build connections and collaborate to inform talent strategies
• Unpack key trends, policies, and issues that have shaped campus recuirtment and student engagement in 2024-25
• Engage in focused discussions to identify best practices, troubleshoot challeges, and optimize strategies for 2025-26
• Learn from and share practical approaches for navigating the evolving campus recruitment landscape
• Explore ways to connect with top and diverse talent, leverage partnerships to support skills and leadership development, and thrive in the face of tighter budgets and a challenging talent climate
• Network with pur campus recruitment, career education, and experiential learning peers

Who Will Be There? -

This event is targeted to campus recruitment and employer relations specialists - Whether you are a talent acquisition professional, work-integrated or experiential learning coordinator, hiring manager, career educator or a senior leader, there will be concrete takeaways, along with actions you can take, in your day-to-day and planning for future campus recruitment cycles!

Key Themes -

The program for this event centres around these 4-key themes:

• Navigating Student Engagement & Career Success in an Uncertain Labour Market
• Beyond the Job Offer: What Post-Secondary Talent Wants & What Employers Need
• Scaling Student Engagement & Recruitment: AI, Technology & Creative Programming in Action
• Measuring Impact: Strengthening Partnerships, Programming & Resource Optimization for a Sustainable Talent Pipeline

You will have the chance to explore these through thought leadership, reflection, collaborative problem solving, and interactive discussion - so, lots of opportunity to get exactly what you need to take back and apply in your day-to-day!

Featured Speakers -

Daniel Booth
Canada’s Campus Recruiting Leader | Global Markets Inclusion Liaison
RSM Canada

Shalise Goffe
Senior Manager, Campus Strategy & Recruitment
CIBC

Melissa Simbhudas
Manager, Talent Acquisition, Early Careers
Sunlife

Mary Stefanidis
Assistant Director, Employer Recruitment & Engagement
University of Toronto - Centre for Career Exploration & Education

Agenda -

Here is a summary of the agenda for the Campus Talent Checkpoint - Insights, Connections, and Impact:

1:00 pm - Arrival, Registration + Refreshments
1:10 pm - Land Acknowledgement + Words of Welcome
1:15 pm - Interactive Panel Discussion feat. Employers and Employer Relations Leaders
2:30 pm - Networking Break + Refreshments
2:45 pm - Round # 1 - Small Group Discussion
3:05 pm - Transition Time
3:10 pm - Round # 2 - Small Group Discussion 
3:30 pm - Networking Break + Refreshments + Collaborative Problem Solving
4:00 pm - Insight Sharing & Exploring Key Themes
4:30 pm - Employer | Career Centre Connections Networking Reception
5:30 pm - Event Closing

Pricing and Key Dates -

CACEE is committed to keeping this event as financially accessible as possible. The current pricing is:

• Standard Rate (April 1st - April 14th) - CACEE Members - $89 | Non-Members - $105

* Pricing includes the full event program, refreshments and on-site networking reception.

Please Note: Groups of 3 or more are eligible for a special discounted rate. E-mail events@cacee.com for additional details.

Cancellations, Transfers, and Event Policies -

CACEE understands that from time to time work and life commitments may emerge that will result in your inability to attend the event. Should you need to make an adjustment to or cancel your registration, please e-mail the CACEE National Office at events@cacee.com We ask that you also please kindly note the following policies:

Transfer of Registration

CACEE is able to transfer your registration to another professional from your organization up until the time the registration opens on the day of the event. 

Cancellations

Cancellation requests received:

• Up to March 15th are eligible for a refund minus a $25 administration fee
• up to March 31st are eligible for a 50% refund
• No refunds will be issued after March 31st

In lieu of refunds, you are able to transfer your registration at no cost to another professional from your organization up until registration opens on the day of event in accordance with CACEE's transfer policy and procedures.

Other Event Policies 

• If payment is not received  72-hours prior to the event, CACEE reserves the right to cancel an attendee's/attendees' registration(s) without prejudice or liability.
• CACEE reserves the right at any time to change the event venue, topics or speakers, and to cancel the event without prejudice or liability, other than, except where a force majeure (which will have the same meaning as in the applicable contracts with the third party suppliers in connection with the event) event applies, a refund of the registration fees paid. If, because of a force majeure event(s), the CACEE National Board of Directors determines that the event needs to be cancelled, CACEE may deduct fees (determined by reference to the amounts which CACEE is required to pay to third parties under contracts entered into in connection with the event) to any and all refunds issued. Copies of the contractual arrangements with third parties, including the force majeure provisions of those contracts, can be made available to members on request.
• CACEE follows the guidance of local public health authorities and event venues in relation to health protocols and event policies.  This includes but is not limited to any public health orders or venue requirements (e..g. masking, vaccination) in place prior to or that take effect during the event.