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Festive & Fuzzy!
In Part 3 of our Holiday Special, Ken looks at fuzzy mascots, adorable puppies, and curling up to watch holiday movies!
Season's Eatings!
Our Holiday Special continues with a look at gingerbread baking and decorating, holiday feasts on campus, and s'more!
Midwinter Magic!
In part 1 of our Holiday Special, Ken looks at anxious marketers trying to come up with a great idea for their videos, a new trend in animated presidents, and more!
The Evolving Library
This week, Ken explores Mount Royal University's new $110-million campus library equipped with VR studio, immersion technology, visualization spaces and more!
Let's Talk Science!
Bonnie Schmidt on the importance of keeping young people engaged in STEM fields, and some recommendations for science teaching at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
Radical Ideas
We get a "taste" of social innovation at Simon Fraser University's RADIUS. We learn how innovation requires bureaucratic flexibility, and Ken winds up at a loss for words with his mouth full of crickets!
Industry in our DNA
Larry Rosia describes how SaskPolytech stays relevant by connecting with the labour market.
Moving Mountains
Simon Fraser University created its own college town atop Burnaby Mountain in BC, providing affordable housing, campus services, a sizeable endowment, and raising the bar for environmental sustainability too!
Ken visits the University of Regina to learn more about Dr Shauneen Pete's checklist of 100 Ways to Indigenize a campus.

Ten with Ken

Catch the latest episodes of Ken Steele’s “almost-weekly” ten-minute video webcast, Ten with Ken.

9 Forces for Change in Higher Education

Ken sums up the 9 key external pressures on colleges and universities for the next 2 decades, from demographics and funding challenges to evolving students, and rapid industry and workforce changes. Read more

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The Higher Education Innovation Spectrum

In response to the 9 forces for change, colleges and universities are innovating in a multiplicity of ways: seeking efficiencies and scale, collaborating, generating new revenue streams, adapting teaching methods and student services, partnering with industry and innovating in programs, physical campus, and more. Read more

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10 Ways to Nurture a Culture of Innovation

A dozen Ontario university presidents and senior administrators share their thoughts on how to nurture a culture of innovation on campus, in this 3-part series of Ten with Ken, shot on location at the 2017 Ontario Universities' Fair. Read more

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Waterloo’s Innovation Ecosystem

While the “Ten with Ken” team was at the University of Waterloo to profile the Velocity incubator, we sat down with President & Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur to discuss the overall innovation ecosystem at what has been ranked Canada’s #1 most innovative university for the past 25 years. Read more

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Innovative Thinking

Articles & White Papers

Read some of Ken’s published articles and white papers, including an overview of the Canadian PSE landscape, a defence of marketing in the academy, an introduction to institutional reputation and brand positioning, and thoughts on how colleges should prepare for 2025. Even download Canada’s first book on Strategic Enrolment Management!

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