This award recognizes individuals or teams that have moved a project or initiative beyond best practices to create “next practices” (tomorrow’s innovations) with bold thinking and game changing ideas.

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2022

Rella Ng (Douglas College)

Rella joined Douglas College in 2017 from Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia) where she was Associate Registrar, Information, Records, and Registration. Rella also previously held multiple roles at the University of British Columbia in Financial Assistance, Awards, and Registration. Through innovation and collaboration, Rella Ng has led Enrolment Services at Douglas College through transformational growth in service, registrarial best practice, and strategic enrolment management and visioning.

Beth Cann (Dalhousie University)

Vivian Howard (Dalhousie University)

The creation of a holistic, student-centred GPA-neutral grading option at Dalhousie, which includes a robust suite of supporting materials (e.g., guiding principles, process maps, advising frameworks, etc.), that has been used as a tool for supporting students whose grades have been impacted by serious extenuating circumstances.

Past Next Best Practice & Innovation Award Winners

2021

Université de Montréal

• Jolaine Frigault
• Colette Côté
• Cindy Mailloux Charpentier
• Michel Carrier

University of Lethbridge

• Natasha Buis-Deering
• Kendra Fuglerud
• Marlene Taylor
• Val Siljak-Kissick
• Jnig Zhu

Ryerson University

• Paula Doyle
• Carolyn Posa
• Kate Liss
• Julie Zahab
• Deanne Wright
• Hongbo He