Leaders

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• Leaders Forum
• December 22, 2005
• Dialogue on Westerns Strategic PlanYour Views
  on Life at Western for our Diverse University
  Community--For Submission to the Strategic
  Planning Task Force

Dr. Paul Davenport Month/Day, 2005
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AGENDA

• 1215 - Update on the Planning Process
• 1230 - Dialogue in Small Groups
• 120 - Whole Group Commentary Questions
• 200 - Thank You and Close

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Westerns Planning Process
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Key Issues for Strategic Planning

• An Environment of Opportunity
• Pursuing the Mission
• Addressing the Space Constraint
• Measuring Progress

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Our Mission

• To provide the best student experience among
  Canadas leading research-intensive universities.

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The Challenges Ahead

• How do we improve the student experience at the
  Undergraduate level? At the Graduate level?
• How do we improve research performance?
• How do we measure student experience and
  research performance? Media surveys such as
  Macleans and GM are indicators, but we need our
  own measures.

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Improve the Student Experience

• Keep focus on outstanding teaching, student
  services, good relations between students and
  faculty and staff
• Increase service learning, internships,
  counseling
• Increase international emphasisin curriculum, in
  student recruitment, in student exchanges/study
  abroad
• New focus on the graduate student experiencefrom
  recruitment, through career counseling, to
  placement

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Improve research performance

• Challenge Create a highly competitive research
  environment, with more disparity between the
  research-intensive universities and others
• Actions
• recruit and retain faculty who can excel in both
  teaching and research
• encourage a culture of high expectations for
  faculty with regard to research performance
• identify our research strengths relative to other
  universities
• provide high quality space and support services
  for research
• engage students, staff, faculty in the research
  goal

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Address the Space Constraint

• more space to meet our objective to double PhD
  enrolment and remain a leader in research
• use buildings at the centre of campus for
  teaching move a significant part of non-teaching
  operations
• provide space for future large research projects,
  often before knowing the outcome of the grant
  competition (e.g., CFI).
• have a comprehensive space proposal in the
  Provosts February document.

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Planned Capital Projects

• BG Renovations
• Physics Astronomy Renovations
• Althouse Building Renovations
• Westminster College Renovations
• Psychology Research Groups Pre-School
• Consolidation of VP Externals Portfolio
• Biotron CFI funded
• Science Building
• Chemistry, Physics Astronomy
• Graduate Students, labs

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New Projects Being Considered

• Support Services Building
• At Commissary Site
• Physical Plant, ITS, and possibly other Support
  Units
• Consolidation of Student Services
• Possibly in Current Physical Plant Building
• Recreational Field House / Western Athletic
  Centre
• For Campus Recreation, attached to TRAC
• Additional funding could allow for more athletic
  facilities

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Potential Space in Core Campus Released for
Academic Purposes

• Create space in the core of campus for academic
  purposes.

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Other Possible Future Projects

• Replace Bio-Engineering Building
• Renovate Chemistry Addition
• A building or addition to an existing building
  with CFI type space for future research projects
• Ivey additions at Spencer for the MBA program

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Dialogue

• What are some of the IMPACTS these new directions
  will have on the group you are discussing?
• What NEEDS will this group have, as they seek to
  achieve their goals at Western?
• What are some STRATEGIES to address those needs?

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Western Staff Leaders Conference
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Feb. 27, Feb. 28, Mar. 1, 2006
Online Registration opens January 30th, 2006
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Thank you to our Facilitators

• Jennifer Ashenden
• Becca Carroll
• Frank DeGurse
• Sharon Farnell
• Andrew Fuller
• Chantal Gloor
• Nancy Griffiths
• Stephanie Hayne
• Ruth Heard
• Wilma Lagerwerf

• Scott May
• Christine Mellon
• Peggy Roffey
• Malcolm Ruddock
• Harriet Rykse
• Glen Tigert
• Peggy Wakabayashi

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Happy Holidays
Wishing you peace and joy over the holiday and
much success and happiness in the New
Year. See you at the February 9, 2006
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Hiring Talent and Supporting Performance with
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