CANHEIT 2023
Strength in community
June 19 – 21
CANHEIT 2023
Strength in community
June 19 – 21
The 2023 Canadian Higher Education Information Technology (CANHEIT) Conference will be hosted at the University of Toronto’s St. George campus, with an option to attend virtually.
Overseen by CUCCIO (the Canadian University Council of CIOs), CANHEIT is the only national conference that brings together IT professionals from across the post-secondary sector (universities, colleges and polytechnics) to share ideas, showcase best practices and learn from each other.
Speaker spotlight
Pete Bombaci, Founder, The GenWell Project, will open CANHEIT 2023 on June 19 with a keynote address about the power of human connection beyond the crisis. In 2016, Pete launched The GenWell Project to address the issues of social isolation, disconnection and loneliness through human connection.
Volunteer
Virtual and in-person volunteer roles for CANHEIT 2023 are available, including:
- Moderating in-person or virtual sessions
- Acting as way finders and greeters on-site
- Staffing the registration desk onsite
- Staffing the virtual help desk
- Assisting at evening social events
To get involved, please contact us and indicate which role(s) you’re interested in.
CANHEIT 2023 conference chair
Bo Wandschneider
Chief Information Officer, University of Toronto
A respected IT veteran, Bo has spent 30 years in higher education information technology, first at the University of Guelph and more recently as CIO and Associate Vice Principal, Information Technology at Queen’s University. His early years included a decade in an academic unit where Bo was embedded in the research enterprise and actively engaged in teaching and learning. These experiences have allowed him to develop a deep appreciation and understanding of the needs of the academic community.
During his career, Bo has been through two institution-wide email migrations, introduced an Administrative Systems Steering Committee to oversee the prioritization of enterprise administrative projects and developed an ITS Strategic Plan. He has led and developed several partnerships around research data management, discovery and analysis, including a lead role in the formation of the Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure project through Scholars Portal. Bo also has experience reorganizing an ITS leadership team, starting what Bo refers to as a “cultural change process”.
A truly collaborative leader, Bo is well known across Canada for the breadth and depth of his knowledge, his desire to build partnerships and his openness and willingness to share information and expertise with colleagues and staff. A frequent presenter at various professional forums such as Educause and CANHEIT, Bo is known as a visionary thinker and an effective strategist.
Contact
If you have questions about CANHEIT 2023, contact us.
Presented by
Statement of Land Acknowledgement
We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land. Read about U of T’s Statement of Land Acknowledgement.