Strategic Plan Lead Briefs

For strategic-lead review. These briefs are intended to help you review the story of progress in your portfolio before the September reporting cycle is finalized. The Faculty-wide Strategic plan update is still being assembled and will be added here before the end of the week.

About these briefs

Each portfolio brief uses the same format to summarize what advanced since the last major Faculty update, connect that work back to the strategic roadmap, and describe where the work is taking us next. The aim is to provide a concise, community-ready account of work already underway while recognizing that the roadmap and portfolio responsibilities continue to evolve.

Evidence used to prepare the briefs

The briefs were developed from the information available across our strategic-plan reporting and Faculty records. The review included:

Strategic-plan recordsProject monitoring sheets, prior quarterly updates, annual reporting and roadmap materials.

Leadership & Faculty governanceDean's Executive Council, Faculty Council and Academic Staff meeting records.

Committee recordsFaculty Affairs, Curriculum, Research and Graduate Studies committee materials.

Faculty communicationsFaculty and Staff newsletters and related communications that provide concrete examples of the work.

Faculty & Staff engagementMarch 2026 engagement-session materials and subsequent leadership responses.

Project & operational recordsRelevant program, project and operational information contained in the reporting archive.

The full source corpus was reviewed and reconciled against the existing monitoring records. The purpose is to help recover an accurate, current description of work already happening—not to create additional strategic-plan commitments.

Review your portfolio brief

Dean

Faculty direction, growth, partnerships, external relationships and sustainability.

Open brief

Vice Dean

Faculty Affairs, People & Culture, mentorship, development, workload and recognition.

Open brief

Student Academic Affairs

Admissions, student support, academic progress, professionalism and access.

Open brief

Education

Curriculum, educational programs, assessment, instructional support and continuous improvement.

Open brief

Research & Graduate Studies

Research support and visibility, graduate-program quality, funding and research community.

Open brief

Faculty General Manager

Faculty operations, service design, role clarity, communication, safety and Culture of Care.

Open brief

What you will find in each brief

The first part is written as a Faculty and Staff-facing update: what advanced, where the work is taking us, and what we heard through engagement. The More detail behind this update section then switches audience and is included for strategic-lead review. It provides supporting evidence and proposed updates to the underlying project-monitoring record that we can confirm after September reporting.

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Strategic plan update

The Faculty-wide Strategic plan update will bring the six portfolio stories together with the Faculty-level metrics for this reporting cycle. It is not yet ready for review and will be added here before the end of the week.