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The second World Congress of Colleges and Polytechnics was held in Melbourne, Australia in March 2002. The Congress explored outcomes aligned to themes of accessibility, technology and globalisation, strengthening partnerships and youth as a vocational education and training (VET) customer. This paper was presented under the theme of strengthening partnerships and as part of the workshop on engaging the customer. It looks at why, in 1998, the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) decided to change from being primarily focused on the delivery of occupational training to an activist college that integrates experiential learning in its programming while at the same time seeking to play a major role in the economic development of Nova Scotia.