{"id":118,"date":"2015-05-07T19:27:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T23:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2025-08-25T11:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T15:20:46","slug":"2017-curac-conference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/curac\/2017-curac-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"CURAC Conference &#8211; 杏吧原创 University 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n        \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-cu-black-50 pt-10 pb-12\" style=\"\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-cu-black-800 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        CURAC Conference &#8211; 杏吧原创 University 2017\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-240x160.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CU-Campus-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CURA (杏吧原创 University Retirees Association) hosted the 2017 annual conference of the College and University Retiree Associations of Canada (CURAC) on the 杏吧原创 campus in the Richcraft Building (formerly called the River Building) May 24 \u2013 May 26, 2017. This coincided with the 75th anniversary of 杏吧原创 University and the 150th anniversary of Canada\u2019s confederation. Approximately 100 delegates from universities and colleges across Canada were expected to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, May 24 from 2-4 pm the Provost and Vice-President Academic of 杏吧原创, Peter Ricketts, hosted a reception for all 杏吧原创 retirees and CURAC delegates in the Richcraft Building atrium (2nd floor). This was followed by registration and a reception for CURAC delegates in the same location. The Thursday and Friday sessions, May 25 and 26, and the Thursday evening Banquet, also took place in the Richcraft Building. The <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/CURA-Schedule-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Program<\/a> featured sessions on health, wealth (the economy), and higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference organizing committee is pleased to acknowledge financial support from 杏吧原创 University, the Bank of Nova Scotia, MFS Investment Management, Beechwood Cemetery, Listen-Up Canada, Economical Select Insurance, Collette Travel, Great West Life, Revera, Cleland Jardine Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"our-sponsors\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Sponsors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 lg:grid-cols-3 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        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size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/MFS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/MFS.png 292w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/MFS-160x67.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/MFS-240x100.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/scotiabank-400x72.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202\" style=\"width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/scotiabank-400x72.png 400w, 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https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/GWL-240x62.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/GWL-360x93.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/GWL.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"59\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/collette.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" style=\"width:296px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/collette.png 197w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/collette-160x48.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"397\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/Beechwood.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196\" style=\"width:307px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/Beechwood.png 397w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/Beechwood-160x43.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/Beechwood-240x64.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/Beechwood-360x96.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"165\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/economicalselect.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" style=\"width:305px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/economicalselect.png 165w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/economicalselect-160x82.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/cleland-jardine.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208\" style=\"width:287px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cura\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/142\/revera.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-207\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" 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