Strategic Plan 2012-2017

Laurentian University today launched a new five year strategic plan that sets out its vision, aspirations, and goals by 2017.

 

“It is a bold and ambitious vision that will guide us over the next half decade, driving us forward to new levels as we continue to develop a culture that is inspiring, proactive, student-focused and supportive,” said Laurentian University President and Vice-Chancellor Dominic Giroux.

 

The 2012-2017 Strategic Plan was developed through extensive consultation featuring over 900 inputs from community representatives, students, faculty, staff, alumni, members of the Leadership Group, and members of the Board of Governors.

 

The five-page document was unanimously recommended by a 27-member steering committee after a 10-month process involving over 40 consultation and validation sessions in Sudbury and Barrie. It was subsequently endorsed overwhelmingly by the University’s Senate in November and unanimously approved by the Board of Governors in December.

 

"I am impressed by what Laurentian is doing, and how it's pushing for the best student experience possible," said first-year student Emilie Thibault.  "Personally, I am excited about the opportunity to do more real-world learning, in and out of the classroom, and to further pursue my experience within our community and abroad."

 

Aspirations or results enumerated in the plan include:

 

Be among the top 25% of Canadian universities in student satisfaction and student engagement;

Be known for our world-class expertise in nine specific fields including rural and northern children’s health; stressed watershed systems; mining innovation and exploration;

Raise total annual research dollars from $21.9M in 2010 - which was already in the top 3 in Canada for the last three years in its category - to $30M;

 Increase full-time student enrolment from 7,200 (2011) to 8,300 while increasing the average entry grade from 80.8% to 83%;

Modernize the Sudbury campus, including classrooms designed flexibly to accommodate diverse teaching-learning styles;

Increase the proportion of international students from 6.1% (2011) to 8%;

Launch new programs in occupational health and safety, Indigenous relations, IT security/data centres and management, théâtre et littérature franco-ontariens, integrated approaches to environmental science and environmental studies, northern policy;

Complete a Laurentian campus in downtown Barrie to serve 2,500 FTE students;

 Reintroduce men’s and women’s varsity hockey clubs. 

 

“There will be a lot of work ahead to achieve these results, but we have already built a solid foundation and have a considerable amount of momentum,” said Michael Atkins, Vice Chair of the Laurentian University Board of Governors.  “Faculty and staff are actively working already towards some of these results, such as the new School of Architecture in downtown Sudbury and the establishment of the School of Mines.  We will continue to engage with all of our communities as we strive to meet our goals.”

 

An interactive version of the full strategic plan can be viewed at www.laurentian.ca/strategicplan , or a pdf version atwww.laurentian.ca/downloadable/strategicplan  

 

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