2025 BCIRP November Meeting

We look forward to seeing you online for the November 2025 BCIRP meeting!

The schedule for the entire conference (along with details on sessions) is available here. Please contact us if you need to be added to this space (a free CIRPA account is required).

For the November 2025 BC Institutional Research and Planning (BCIRP) Meeting, please see the details below:

Thursday Nov. 20 from 9:00-12:00pm, (via Teams); the link is available on the BCIRP workspace.

9:00-9:05  Welcome from BCIRP Executive

9:05-9:45  Breakout discussion rooms

• AI governance
• Enrolment management with AI
• AI applications in research
• Pitfalls and limitations of AI
• General discussion

9:45-10:00 Dr. Minjeong Park, Researcher, University Canada West – Integrating AI in Survey Research: Student Personas and Preliminary Analysis of Open-Ended Responses

10:00-10:15 Charles Boname, Associate Director of Cybersecurity, Langara College – AI and Security Guardrails

10:15-10:30  Dr. Francois Lachapelle, Research Analyst, UBC – Leveraging AI for Information Retrieval

10:30-11:00 IR Wrapped – Inspired by Spotify Wrapped, a quick-fire round of updates from member institutions

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-11:55  BCIRP Business/AGM

• Chair report
• Treasurer report
• Voting on new executive committee members
• General discussion

11:55-12:00  Closing remarks