{"id":73967,"date":"2021-02-23T13:31:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=73967"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:26","slug":"pandemic-leadership-praised-tvo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/pandemic-leadership-praised-tvo\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton&#8217;s Pandemic Leadership Praised on TVO"},"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-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton&#039;s Pandemic Leadership Praised on TVO\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>The COVID-19 crisis required all sectors, including universities, to alter their processes virtually overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alex Usher, a post-secondary expert and president of Higher Education Strategy Associates, recently appeared on TVO\u2019s <em>The<\/em> <em>Agenda<\/em> to discuss various approaches to online classes, supporting students and faculty, and communicating to stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the most successful universities have come through the crisis as a community, kept open lines of communications, shared clear expectations and have asked how best to support students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked to think about post-secondary education at the beginning of the pandemic versus today and the biggest lessons to be learned, Usher singled out Carleton for praise.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCarleton is the one that just stands out for me as having had exceptional leadership through a pandemic,\u201d said Usher.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When the pandemic began, Carleton President Benoit-Antoine Bacon began communicating directly with the community through emails, social media and a dedicated web page. For weeks, he shared daily messages that informed and consoled. Bacon continues to share news about decision-making, policy and support, and Carleton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/covid19\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 web page<\/a> is constantly updated with new information as the situation evolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carleton&#039;s Pandemic Leadership Praised on TVO\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ez8BREeiZ9c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvo.org\/video\/ontario-schools-safe-returns-and-financial-woes\">View Usher\u2019s full interview here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 crisis required all sectors, including universities, to alter their processes virtually overnight. Alex Usher, a post-secondary expert and president of Higher Education Strategy Associates, recently appeared on TVO\u2019s The Agenda to discuss various approaches to online classes, supporting students and faculty, and communicating to stakeholders. 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