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Lambton College

2012-2013

ANNUAL REPORT

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Table of Contents

Page Mission Statement 3 Board of Governors 3

President’s Report 4 Academics 5 Quality 6 Students 7 Facilities 8 Research 9 International Education 9 The Lambton College Foundation 10 Financial Results 11

Appendix A: Multi-Year Accountability Agreement Report Back 12 Appendix B: Audited Financial Statements 12 Appendix C: KPI Performance Report 12 Appendix D: Summary of Advertising and Marketing Complaints Received 12

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MISSION STATEMENT MISSION

Our mission is to promote student and

community success. We achieve our mission

through quality teaching and an innovative

learning environment that:

• Provides relevant, accessible, value added

programs and services that engage and develop

the whole student.

• Proactively addresses the needs of a

constantly changing labour market.

• Supports community & economic

development through innovative partnerships

and applied research initiatives.

VISION

We will be a higher education institution

recognized locally, nationally and globally for

excellence in education, applied research,

technological innovation and sustainability

leadership.

VALUES

In all our interactions, we commit to:

• Fair and equitable treatment of all.

• Open, effective communication.

• Respect for individual perspectives and

diversity.

• An environment that empowers people to be

innovative and caring.

• Responsible global citizenship.

• The sustainable use of environmental, social

and economic resources.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2012-2013

John Girard, Chair

Jim Burns, 1st Vice-Chair

Catherine Creber, 2nd Vice-Chair

Judith Morris, President & CEO

Ray Curran

Susan Doughty

Brian Fairley

Ryan Gibbs

Christine Greydanus

Mark Hiseler (LGIC approval pending)

Henry Kulik

Karen McClughan

Kathryn Raes

Ron Rivait

Sue Roger

Brent Thomas

Vicki Ware

Margaret Dragan, Secretary Treasurer,

ex-Officio

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President’s Report

As I conclude my first full year as President &

CEO of Lambton College, I reflect with gratitude

on the tremendous community support that

this great institution enjoys, as it has since

inception in 1966.

This past year our community partners from

business, industry, health/community service

and all levels of government came together,

along with College staff, to assist the Board of

Governors in development of a new Strategic

Plan 2013-2018. This five year plan builds on

the tremendous success of the last decades,

and charts the course for the College as we

continue to serve our community and our

Province with distinction.

Student success is key to the new Strategic Plan,

as it was during this past year. Once again,

Lambton College led the province in employer

satisfaction, with 97.5% of employers satisfied

or very satisfied with the education received by

our graduates. This success is a direct result of

the hard work of College faculty and staff, who

continue to be recognized provincially and

nationally for their exemplary contributions.

Students and alumni were also major award

winners, in recognition of academic

achievements and community involvement.

Lambton College added to its growing

reputation in applied research, with the naming

of a Lambton College NSERC-funded Industrial

Research Chair, one of the first at a Canadian

community college. A number of major grant

applications to national funding agencies were

compiled during 2012-13. These new research

initiatives will change the face of Lambton

College in the coming years.

Our Mobile Learning project gained

momentum. This ambitious initiative will

transform academic programming at Lambton

College, enabling students to access curriculum

and learning materials from anywhere through

their mobile devices. With a goal of all post-

secondary programs being ‘mobile’ by 2016-17,

this project will contribute greatly to student

success.

Students proudly represented the College in

many different ways throughout the year.

Lambton’s fledgling Enactus team (formerly

Students in Free Enterprise) made a major

contribution to community both at home and

abroad. The Fire Combat Challenge Team again

distinguished itself both provincially and

nationally. Skilled trades students were heavily

involved in a Habitat for Humanity project. Our

student government joined the College in

promoting social responsibility amongst our

students, who were active in support of a

myriad of community causes.

College facilities were renovated and upgraded

to accommodate new programs and Lambton’s

historically strong student enrolment. The

number of international students, in particular,

climbed to record heights, an enriching addition

to the diversity of our campus and community.

A planned new facility received a great deal of

attention over the past year. A new Health

Science facility is a key objective of Strategic

Plan 2013-2018. Potential partnership with

three key local health care delivery agencies

presents the College with a unique opportunity

to integrate our students’ education with the

activities of service providers to develop

innovative research into new practices of

sustainable care. Funding for this facility is

being sought from governments at all levels,

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and an advocacy initiative was launched, aimed

at raising awareness of the benefits to the area

and the Province that would accrue from a new

Health facility at Lambton College.

The wonderful volunteers associated with The

Lambton College Foundation and Alumni

Association continued to serve the College and

its students, raising funds and awareness of the

need for student financial aid and support for

College projects. The Foundation began the

groundwork for a new capital campaign to raise

funds for the planned new Health facility.

The College ended 2012-13 in a positive

financial position, enabling the Board to

increase capital fund reserves for the Mobile

Learning project and to enhance the College’s

commitment in support of the much needed

Health facility.

As we look forward to a new academic year, I

reflect with pride on the accomplishments of

2012-13, and with gratitude for the ongoing

community support for Lambton College, which

enables us to live our mission of student and

community success.

Academics

Substantial progress was made in development

of the Hybrid Learning Plan, which incorporates

a selection of modalities into the delivery of

curriculum. Faculty in a number of programs

were integral to the progress of this plan which

enables online delivery of a portion of course

curriculum.

New programs across the spectrum of

credentials added to the choices for students in

2012-13.

A one-year Certificate program in Fashion

Business was offered.

A two-year Diploma program in Digital

Photography commenced, located in a new

Digital Photography Studio in the Lambton

Residence and Conference Centre.

The Computer Programmer program, a two

year Diploma, was reintroduced.

New Diploma programs in Hairstyling and

Developmental Service Worker were

introduced in a fast-track mode, enabling

students to complete the four-term curriculum

over an intensive twelve month period.

The Diploma program in Esthetics was offered

in a redesigned fast-track model over one

intensive year.

The Sport and Recreation Management

program was redesigned to be delivered in fast-

track format, enabling completion of this

popular six-term Advanced Diploma program

over two intensive years.

Fire Science Technology Advanced Diploma was

also offered in fast-track format for the first

time.

New one year Graduate Certificates in

Therapeutic Recreation and Contemporary Law

Enforcement & Justice commenced in 2012-13.

A number of Board of Governors Certificate

programs were offered through Part-time

Studies, enabling students to gain credential

recognition for specialized study.

Online studies continued to surge as more and

more students took advantage of opportunities

afforded through Lambton College and its

affiliation with OntarioLearn.

The College continued its focus on providing

students with pathways to a variety of

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academic credentials through creation of a new

Centre for Educational Pathways. A number of

new articulation agreements provided students

with credit recognition and transfer to and from

other post-secondary institutions. Lambton

College’s website was upgraded to enable

students to readily identify course equivalencies

for transfer from a number of post-secondary

institutions in Canada and abroad.

Through the Second Career program, with

funding provided by the Provincial government,

the College assisted local citizens affected by

the closure of two major employers in the area.

Significant numbers of mature students

received support from Ministry of Training,

Colleges and Universities staff and Lambton

College personnel as they enrolled in Lambton

programs to assist them to transition to new

careers.

The success of the Lambton College School to

College to Work Initiative prompted the

Ministry of Education to expand the program

across the province. Through collaboration

with local school boards, students attended

Lambton College from a number of

communities in the region, to earn dual high

school and college credits, or apprenticeship

credit through the Ontario Youth

Apprenticeship (OYAP) program, or to complete

an SSD through the highly successful School

Within a College program.

Quality

With a focus on improving student success and

the overall student experience at Lambton

College, a new Student Services organization

was put in place. Priorities included increasing

participation of aboriginal students in post-

secondary education, closer liason with student

government, and improved retention,

graduation and overall student satisfaction.

Lambton’s Quality Assurance process requires a

comprehensive, third-party review to be

conducted on every post-secondary program

every six years. Since inception of the process,

thirty-three reviews have been completed and

six more were in progress at year end. During

the year six program reviews, covering a dozen

programs, completed the recommendation

implementation stage of the review process.

College services are also subject to review. This

past year saw completion of the

implementation phase of the first group of

comprehensive service reviews.

Implementation of recommendations is in

progress.

The Pharmacy Technician program received full

accreditation for 5 years from the Canadian

Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy

Programs.

Students and Alumni

The Lambton College Firefighter Combat Team

continued its winning tradition, piling up medals

at competitions all across the country. At the

Canadian National Scott Firefit Championships,

Team Captain Ian Van Reenen was named

Canadian Rookie Firefighter for 2012, setting a

new World Record for Fire College participants,

just 1 second off the World Men’s Individual

Record. Pre-Service Firefighter Tabitha

Siegfried was the Ladies Individual Firefighter

gold medalist at the Western Quebec Scott

Firefit Regional Championships.

For his exceptional volunteer contribution, both

as a volunteer firefighter in his community and

as long-time Coach of the Lambton College

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Firefighter Combat Team, Professor Ron

Sparling was a very worthy recipient of the

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Enactus Lambton College (formerly SIFE

Lambton) competed against twenty-three other

Canadian colleges and universities at the

Enactus Central Canada Regional

Championships. Although formed just a year

earlier, the team captured gold in both the

entrepreneurship challenge and environmental

challenge and placed second place in the

financial education challenge. The team has

done outstanding work locally, leading a

financial literacy initiative for the Women’s

Interval Home, and in Zambia where they are

working to bring power and improved farming

methods to a poverty-stricken village.

Enactus Lambton student President Amanda da

Silva was named was named the HSBC Central

Canada Woman Leader of Tomorrow,

recognizing female university and college

students who exemplify success and inspire

their peers, community and country through

entrepreneurial leadership. Amanda was also

named Ontario’s Student Entrepreneur of the

Year, winning recognition for her new business

from ACE (Advancing Canadian

Entrepreneurship) Canada. For this

accomplishment Amanda was named a top 10

local newsmaker.

Social Service Worker program students raised

funds and awareness for the Sarnia-Lambton

Youth Suicide Prevention Committee.

Students from Lambton College’s Fire and

Public Safety Centre of Excellence and the

Community Integration through Co-operative

Education (CICE) program collected "Shoes for

El Salvador" on behalf of Support of Lambton

for Latin America, led by Lambton faculty

member Dolores Quintanilla.

Professor Bryan Aitken was awarded the

President’s Award of Excellence for his

outstanding contribution to student and

community success.

Lambton College students and employees

supported the Sarnia-Lambton United Way,

with unique special events and fundraising

activities.

Students in the Renovation Technician and the

Electrical Techniques programs, under the

direction of faculty, gained hands-on experience

as key contributors to a Habitat for Humanity

build project throughout the academic year.

Lambton alumna Bonnie Kearns R.N. was

presented with the prestigious 2012 Premier’s

Award for Health Sciences. A contract disaster

relief worker with the Canadian Red Cross and

recipient of the Order of the Red Cross,

Member Level, the Red Cross' highest honour,

Bonnie has brought assistance following

disasters around the globe, from Ground Zero

following 9/11, to Afghanistan, to Louisiana in

the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

International Education International students attended Lambton

College in record numbers in 2012-13. These

students made a mark at both the College and

across the community and Province, where they

participated in co-op and work placement

opportunities.

Students came from many parts of the world,

including large numbers from India, as a result

of the College’s participation in the Federal

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Student Partner Program, as well as from China,

Nigeria, the Caribbean and elsewhere.

Lambton College also enrolled increasing

numbers of students through partnerships with

other institutions in Canada, and off-shore with

a number of universities across China.

Research

Research funding from three major sources

(Colleges Ontario Network for Industrial

Innovation-CONII, Federal Development-

FEDDEV ARC Extension and Ontario Centres of

Excellence-OCE) resulted in seven highly

successful projects with local Small and

Medium Enterprises (SMEs), including five new

partnerships.

Lambton College was awarded one of only

twelve Canada-wide Chairs granted by the

Natural Science and Engineering Research -

Industrial Research Chair at Colleges (NSERC-

IRCC) program. Activities of the new Chair

focus on Advanced Industrial Control and

Optimization. As part of the Government of

Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy

implemented by the National Research Council,

and under its Digital Technology Adoption Pilot

Program (DTAPP), Lambton College executed a

number of successful projects to improve

productivity of the region’s industries through

adoption of digital technologies.

In 2012-13, a key research focus was in the

preparation of four major funding proposals

with potential award value of $6.65M, including

projects to establish a Lambton Water Centre,

Bluewater Technology Access Centre and a

second IRCC at Lambton College. These

proposals required the support of Lambton

College and its industrial partners, the City of

Sarnia and the County of Lambton. If funding is

granted, these projects will have a profound

impact on Lambton College and the Sarnia-

Lambton area.

A consortium-led project to locate the novel

Atmospheric Vortex Engine (AVE) technology

on the grounds of the College was well

underway by year-end. The Sarnia-based,

highly innovative technology creates value from

low-temperature heat that would otherwise be

wasted. When proven, it could become a

game-changing technology globally by lowering

costs and increasing efficiencies for industries

that have large quantities of low-temperature

waste heat. This innovative structure will serve

as a prototype for further commercialization of

a unique alternative energy source and will

provide students with excellent research

experience.

A project to build a novel, large-scale Bio-

Generator at Lambton College commenced in

collaboration with Western University and a

regional company. Part of a previously awarded

$2.3M grant from NSERC, this project is just one

facet of the umbrella Renewable Energy

Conversion & Storage Research (RECSR) project

which commenced in 2010. Work continued

throughout the year on an array of energy

conversion and storage initiatives under the

RECSR project.

The second Annual Research Day showcased

the successful results of collaborative applied

research conducted jointly by local business,

industry and Lambton College faculty and staff.

Facilities Major information technology improvements

were implemented, as the backbone for the

Mobile Learning project was established.

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Additional servers, server room power

improvements, network and wireless upgrades,

and additional software licences were acquired

and implemented on a phase-in approach to

the project.

A new tutoring space for students in the

Community Integration through Cooperative

Education program was created with funding

provided by a generous donor.

The main Student Study area in the South

Building was given a total makeover, including

addition of thin-client computers for student

use. This transformation was made possible by

a generous donation to the Inspiring the Future

Capital Campaign.

The Welding Shop renewal project was

wrapped up with the construction and

equipping of a covered, fenced-in outdoor area,

outfitted with grinding booths for use with

portable welding equipment.

The Cold Tower at the Fire and Public Safety

Centre of Excellence was retrofitted to enable it

to be used for search and rescue training.

Work was completed in the Technology

Department Hydrogen Lab with addition of

highly specialized equipment provided through

generous donation. The Flow Cell

hardware/software exposes students to real-

time state-of-charge monitoring of

charge/discharge cycling and performance in a

voltage controlled operation.

The students enrolled in the new Digital

Photography program were accommodated in a

newly constructed multi-purpose Digital

Photography / Learning Studio.

A major sustainability project involved

replacement of the College’s out-dated chiller

with a new, more energy-efficient chiller

system, providing students and staff with a

much more comfortable environment in which

to learn and work.

A major Provincial study to identify and quantify

space at Ontario’s colleges was undertaken with

funding from the Province. Lambton College

participated in the Colleges Ontario Facilities

Space Index program, cataloguing all College

facilities by size, type and use. The resultant

report presents a useful roadmap for future

capital improvement.

The Lambton College Foundation

Lambton College, its students and graduates

received tremendous support from The

Lambton College Foundation and the Lambton

College Alumni Association throughout the

past year.

The Lambton College Foundation successfully

concluded the Inspiring the Future $5 Million

Fundraising Campaign in support of capital

improvements for Lambton College. The

campaign surpassed its goal, and the

community celebrated with the College as

students at the Fire and Public Safety Centre of

Excellence raced up the fire training tower with

cards spelling out the $5,087,495 raised. The

outstanding result was due to the hard work and

dedication of community volunteers from small

business, major industry, the financial sector,

service clubs and local government as well as

Lambton College alumni, faculty and staff. The

generosity of all of these partners ensures that

the high quality learning environment at

Lambton College will be maintained into the

future.

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The Foundation unveiled a new Strategic Plan

2012-2016 which charts the course for the

future, and focuses on raising financial support

for the new Centre for Health Education and

Sustainable Care.

Strengthening the relationship between current

students and The Lambton College Alumni

Association was a key objective of the Alumni

Association. A number of key fundraising

activities enabled The Association to continue

to contribute to its endowed scholarship fund

during the year.

The staff of The Lambton College Foundation

and Alumni Association hosted a Colleges

Ontario Advancement Learning Conference.

Professional colleagues in Development from all

across the Ontario College system gathered at

Lambton College to learn and share ideas,

network and extend collaboration as they

support Ontario’s twenty-four colleges.

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Financial Results For the year ended March 31, 2013 Lambton College recorded a surplus of $2,923,512.

Grants and Reimbursements

49%

Student Tuition 38%

Ancillary Operations 7%

Amortization of Deferred

Contributions 2%

Other Income 4%

Lambton College Revenues 2012-13

Total Revenues (including amortization) = $65,625,035

Salaries and Benefits 64%

Academic 14%

Student Services 2%

Ancillary 6%

Administrative 4%

Physical Resources 4%

Depreciation 6%

Lambton College Expenditures 2012-13

Total Expenditures (including amortization) = $62,701,523

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APPENDIX A Multi-Year Accountability Agreement

The Lambton College Multi-Year Accountability Agreement Report Back for 2011-12 can be accessed at http://www.lambton.on.ca/Corporate_Documentation/ A printed copy is available on request.

APPENDIX B Audited Financial Statements Lambton College Audited Financial Statements for the year ended March 31, 2013 can be accessed at http://www.lambton.on.ca/Annual_Report_and Finances/ A printed copy is available on request.

APPENDIX C KPI Report Lambton College report on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) can be accessed at http://www.lambtoncollege.ca/KPI/2012-2013/ A printed copy is available on request.

APPENDIX D

Summary of Advertising and Marketing Complaints Received

Nature of Complaint

Date Received

How Resolved/Addressed

Date Resolution Communicated to Student

# of working days to Resolve

No Complaints Received