Case Study: Canadore College achieves real-time data transparency and improved student retention with Informer by Entrinsik

Canadore College Utilizes Informer Dashboards for Increased Data Transparency

Canadore College, a public applied-arts and technology college in North Bay, Ontario serving about 3,500 students across 65+ programs, faced challenges making large provincial and institutional datasets usable for faculty and staff. Key program review, enrollment and KPI data lived in spreadsheets of 100,000+ rows that couldn’t be easily filtered or presented in a digestible way, preventing timely identification of students who needed academic intervention.

By implementing Entrinsik Informer Dashboards (integrated with Ellucian Banner), Canadore created visual, drillable dashboards for applications, program reviews, KPIs and daily enrollment that users access every day. The dashboards increased data transparency and accuracy, shifted the college toward a data‑informed culture, made it easier to flag and support at‑risk students in real time, and improved retention and faculty engagement.

Canadore College

Terry Thomason

Institutional Research and Strategic Analyst