This booklet provides the program and abstracts of presentations given at the Fourth Canadian-American Conference on the First-Year Experience. It includes a list of the goals of the conference, sponsoring institutions, staff, and general information about the conference. The booklet then provides brief descriptions of the 51 sessions held over the course of 2 days. Sessions focused on the evolution of the first-year experience in Canada, orientation programs, surveys of the first-year experience, student retention, first-year courses, transition programs, student needs, academic support, student empowerment, faculty development, enrollment management, advising, undecided students, student resiliency, student tutoring, teaching methods, and inclusive curriculum. The bulk of the text contains one- and two-page abstracts of the presentations. (MDM)