Canadore VP Shawn Chorney has won the Leadership Excellence Award from Colleges and Institutes Canada ( CICan ).
Shorney is vice-president of enrolment management, Indigenous and student services.
"He has spearheaded pilot projects to reduce poverty levels and dependency on social programs, strengthened Indigenous partnerships through education and reconciliation, empowered community building on many levels, forged a unique postsecondary partnership with social enterprise mogul ME to WE, revolutionized how quickly and efficiently students receive tailored supports and grown student enrolment substantively despite a downturn in system-wide trends and a pool of shrinking demographics," says a college news release.
"He is honoured to have the occasion to volunteer with the Nipissing Parry Sound Business Centre as president, Team Nunavut 2015 alumnus and member of the organizing team for northern Ontario 2017 tour Governor General’s Leadership Conference, as past co-chair of North Bay Downtown Inc. and for the United Way of Nipissing-Sudbury."
The award was presented at the CICan 2018 Conference in Victoria, B.C. yesterday.
