April 15, 2026, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
The 2026 CACEE Campus Talent Checkpoint brings together career educators, employers, and leaders for bold conversations, idea-sharing, and collaboration as we unpack the 2025-26 campus recruitment season and look ahead to the future!
This gorgeous venue is conveniently located (close to the 401 and a variety of transit options) and provides an ideal venue for this dynamic one-day event!
Venue Information & Directions
CACEE wishes to recognize our Host + Venue Sponsor for their generous support of this event:
Through a plenary panel, two rounds of small group discussions, a student panel, insights into national data, a programming showcase, and closing reflection you will gain practical takeaways to inform your campus recruitment, career education, and early talent strategy for 2026-27.
Together, we will:
The program for the Campus Talent Checkpoint centres around four themes:
You will have the opportunity to explore these themes through employer insights, facilitated breakout discussions, national data, student voices, and collaborative reflection.
Get you know your colleagues and fuel-up over refreshments for the day ahead.
Join our hosts and MC for words of welcome and a kick-start to a full day of learning, idea exchange, and collaboration.
A moderated and interactive dialogue with:
Together, we will unpack trends from the 2025-26 campus recruitment season, explore the key themes underpinning the Campus Talent Checkpoint, exchange practices and ideas, and address your top-of-mind questions to inform your work.
Select your first key theme to take a deeper dive into and explore with your colleagues. Golden nuggets and top takeaways from each group will be captured and shared during the plenary debrief.
Choose your second key theme to examine and discuss with your colleagues. Golden nuggets and top takeaways will again be captured and shared before we break for lunch.
Share key insights and takeaways from both the opening plenary and the thematic small group discussions in this debrief with the larger group.
Featuring findings from the 2025 Career Centre Resources, Services, and Metrics: A Pan-Canadian Benchmarking Survey Report
Enjoy a delicious lunch and examine CACEE commissioned national benchmarking data in the context of campus recruitment, employer relations, and post-secondary - industry partnerships.
Hear directly from our primary interest holders, students, in this moderated conversation exploring their needs, challenges, and experiences in the current campus recruitment climate. We will also explore what works to optimize student engagement and in building critical relationships with student groups on campus.
Consider and reflect on your key takeaways from the day so far and keep the conversations going with colleagues throughout your break.
Hear about initiatives and programming underway across the York University career and experiential learning ecosystem. These spotlight sessions will demonstrate practical approaches to addressing the challenges and opportunities connected to our key themes. There will be time to ask questions, share examples from your own context, and engage in some blue-sky thinking together as we close out the formal program.
Foster connections, exchange ideas, further conversations and explore opportunities for collaboration with your colleagues in an informal and relaxed setting.
This event is targeted to campus recruitment, career education and employer relations specialists. Whether you are a talent acquisition professional, leader of an early talent program, hiring manager, work-integrated learning or experiential learning coordinator, career educator, industry partnerships representative, or senior leader, there will be concrete takeaways you can apply in your day-to-day work and future planning cycles.
Participation is capped at 60 attendees to support dialogue and idea exchange. Don't miss out, secure your spot today!
CACEE is committed to keeping this event as financially accessible as possible. The pricing is as follows:
* Pricing includes the full event program, meals and refreshments, and networking throughout the event.
SAVE on registrations for groups of 3 or more - Discounts start at 10% off. E-mail events@cacee.com for additional details and to take advantage of these special rates.
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:
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.
Cancellation requests received:
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.
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