A Guide to the Changing Academic Landscape through 2014

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We cannot rest on prior accomplishments. In order to continue to be relevant and reactive in a dramatically changing landscape, we need to plot out a roadmap that will define our future and allow us to meet the changing needs of students and employers.

Our environment has, and is, continuing to change dramatically. We no longer have the luxury of being the sole provider of college programs in northwestern Ontario – students can choose from a wide variety of online learning resources, other colleges, national and international opportunities etc. Students can, and do, choose to go where they feel they can get the best education possible to meet the career goals that they have.

Two significant changes are requiring immediate response by us – our changing student demographics and our ability to meet the challenge of rapidly advancing technologies.

Technology is a facet of the new learning landscape that cannot be ignored. We realize that technology changes can provide excellent learning tools as evidenced by our expanding use of “smart” classroom environments and enhanced distributed learning models. New software challenges us to rethink how we deliver lesson plans and how we communicate with our students. Students themselves bring their own technology to the learning environment including laptops, smartphones, iPads and tablets. All of these tools can vividly enhance the classroom experience – on the less positive side, they can also result in information overload as well as an unwanted distraction from faculty facilitated activity.

It falls to us to be proactive in exploring the possibilities – to take advantage of these tools both to provide the best learning environment and to allow us to access students who would not formerly have been able to participate in an educational experience at Confederation.

We have collectively chosen teaching because of our desire to pass along our knowledge. How exciting that we can now choose new teaching tools and incorporate technology in ways that create even more meaningful learning opportunities.

Despite the rapid pace of change required, there is one constant

Judi Maundrell Vice President Academic

Rarely do academic plans need to address such radical shifts and challenges in the educational landscape as this one does.Confederation College has a proud history of offering accredited diploma and certificate programs enhanced by hands-on, applied learning.

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that is at the heart of the learning experience: the student-teacher relationship. This is an extremely important point to underline in the face of radical change. The introduction of the printing press and the enhanced access to books did not eliminate the need for the classroom and neither will today’s technology. The principles of good teaching and effective facilitation will remain the same regardless of the tools and systems utilized.

The ability of our faculty to establish meaningful connections with students, and potential students, is key to our ability to grow and thrive as an institution. We face major challenges related to a shrinking population and decreased enrolment numbers. We also must meet the requirements of a changing student profile – our classes are no longer filled with the traditional high school graduate. Instead we must meet the needs of mature

learners, students with major family responsibilities, students dealing with major social issues and pressures and increasing numbers of Aboriginal students who look to us for help in ensuring a bright and rewarding future.

Complacency and continuing to look backwards instead of rising to the challenges of our future, would be a dangerous place to sit. It is incumbent upon us, as educators, to integrate new and varied approaches in order to meet the demands of our students. We will be continually challenged to address the increasingly broad spectrum of individual learners’ motivations and capabilities.

Our task as we move forward is to ensure that we continue to be the preferred choice of students in northwestern Ontario and to look at ways to increase the participation of residents of the rest of this province. We

need to build on our existing strengths and look at creative ways to ensure beneficial, interactive learning experiences for students whether they learn in a classroom setting or they participate via alternate delivery techniques. We must ensure that our programs continue to provide our graduates with relevant pathways to rewarding employment. This Academic Plan outlines how we can do just that.

My sincere thanks to Academic Council, for their vision and insight in the preparation of this document and plan.

Judi Maundrell Vice President Academic

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Confederation College is an agency of the province of Ontario, established by legislation. The people of northwestern Ontario are the moral owners of Confederation College.

Confederation College inspires learners to succeed in their lives and careers in northwestern Ontario and beyond.

Mission

Diversity• We celebrate our learners, communities, and

college employees in all their diversity.

Respect, Caring, and Openness• We value each other as individuals and we act

with integrity. We expect active and honest sharing of information and ideas, listening carefully, and respecting the opinions of others.

• Working together, we achieve our mission through our values, attitudes, and actions.

Learning and Leading• We prepare our learners to live, work, and

lead in northwestern Ontario and beyond.

Excellence• We strive for excellence in all elements of our

work including our consultative, collaborative, and responsible decision-making processes. We build on our historical strengths of innovation, reasoned risk-taking, and responsiveness.

Values

VisionConfederation College will enrich lives through learning.

ENDS POLICIESFurther, Confederation College exists to ensure the following:

ENDS POLICY 1 Diverse learners acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes for success.

E1.1 – Learners access pathways that are supportive, flexible and meet their individual learning needs.

E1.2 – Graduates exceed recognized performance indicators of knowledge, skills, and attitudes.

ENDS POLICY 2Aboriginal learners experience success in their learning journeys.

E2.1 – Aboriginal learners increase their participation in Confederation College education and training, and achieve increased program completion.

ENDS POLICY 3Diverse communities have access to a skilled and knowledgeable workforce.

E3.1 – Education and training meets the identified employment needs of northwestern Ontario communities and beyond.

E3.2 – Learners and communities benefit from applied research.

AS CONFEDERATION COLLEGE EMPLOYEES, COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE IN EVERYTHING WE DO, WE:

• Are empowered and engaged;

• Work collaboratively, celebrating each other’s achievements; and

• Contribute to a healthy and safe work environment.

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Since it was founded in 1967, Confederation College has emerged as a premier college in Ontario. We are recognized for our excellence in education by students, employers, and other colleges, and that reputation continues to grow with the launch of new facilities like the REACH building, and in efforts that enhance student life. i.e Environmental Action Plan. This recognition is evident, among other ways, in the number of awards our staff, programs, and graduates continue to garner for their work.

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Academic Plan in context

REACH - Regional Education Alliance for Community Health

This Academic Plan addresses those and other challenges, and lays out strategies to guide us as we tackle them from four perspectives:

Learner PerspectiveThe learner is central to everything we do – students are the sole reason that Confederation College exists. Everything we do should focus directly or indirectly on enhancing the learner experience.

Internal Process PerspectiveStudents today face a wide variety of barriers (real and perceived) to education, from lack of academic preparation and finances to cultural issues and family responsibilities. We need to help students overcome these barriers to make their experience at Confederation College productive and successful.

Employee Learning and Growth Perspective

Although the learner is central to all we do, the faculty represents the area that affects student learning the most. We are committed to maintaining Confederation College’s high level of teaching excellence by continuous learning and by adapting to our changing roles.

Financial Perspective Confederation College’s costs are continually increasing while our available budget decreases. Throughout these difficult economic times, our goal must be to reduce costs without impacting the quality of our educational experiences.

Perhaps one of the most unique factors of our College is the size of the region we serve. Despite our moniker of being a “smaller” college in Ontario, our catchment area stretches from Wawa to the Manitoba border and all points north. We face very specific challenges when it comes to delivering quality education in rural and remote communities and we are committed to continued growth in these areas.

This year, we added two new campuses (Red Lake and Wawa) to our existing campuses in Dryden, Fort Frances, Geraldton, Kenora, Marathon, Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay.

However the real strength of our College is not new buildings, new technology or new campuses. Arguably important, our real strength has been to adapt, and even customize, our programming to the needs of our students, communities and employers.

An Academic Plan is a roadmap that will help us continue to meet the needs of all our stakeholders in northwestern Ontario. This Plan also allows us to define specific targets and milestones to measure our progress. Implementing these goals and measures is the responsibility of the Vice President Academic and the Student Services and Academic Leadership Team (SSALT) along with all faculty members, Academic Council, and staff at Confederation College.

Attaining – and maintaining – a high level of excellence doesn’t just happen. It takes work to become a respected learning institution, especially when we face the new challenges presented by technology and changing student demographics. We must meet those challenges if we are to keep, and grow, our reputation as an excellent learning institution.

Most importantly, this Academic Plan will keep us on track to realizing our “big picture” goals.

Technology, budgets, and even students change. What remains constant is our commitment to providing quality learning experiences, maintaining our status as one of the finest learning institutions in Ontario, and most importantly, enriching lives through learning.

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1: Aboriginal Learners

LEARNER PERSPECTIVE

Confederation College’s main focus is the student in particular and the learning experience in general. It’s an experience that starts even before the student is enrolled and continues well beyond graduation.Confederation College connects with the student in many different ways including traditional classes. Equally important are financial support, academic advising, library services, residence, the International Education Centre, technological support, Student Union (SUCCI) participation, and other college programs.

Extracurricular and off-campus experiences also contribute to a student’s personal, social, and academic development, and are important for student success.

Confederation College is a leader in providing educational opportunities for Aboriginal learners in Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario. We recognize that Aboriginal learners tend to have specific challenges and barriers to education. Part of our responsibility is to improve accessibility for Aboriginal students in all ways possible, building upon a long history of supporting Aboriginal learner’s academic success through Negahneewin, Aboriginal-focused programs and curricula, financial awards, Oshki Anishnawbeg Student Association (OASA), and specialized student support services.

In addition to meeting the needs of our Aboriginal learners, we are also improving accessibility for immigrants, visible minorities, and those from low income backgrounds. Fulfilling these responsibilities will be one step along the road of meeting the needs of a vital and diverse student population.

We have identified opportunities to improve the learning experience in the following four areas:

1: Aboriginal Learners 2: Community Needs 3: International Education 4: Applied Research

Although Confederation College is often viewed as a regional college, we draw an increasing number of international students from around the world. Not only does this allow us to provide a “Truly Canadian Experience” for international students, it helps broaden our own horizons, internationalizing the college and therefore enhancing the learner experience.

The International Education Centre (IEC) provides support for these international students including english as a second language (ESL) programs and international project work. It also promotes Confederation College around the world as a high-quality post-secondary institution, and develops partnerships with colleges and universities in several regions of the world.

Confederation College values the contribution that international education makes to the overall college experience for its students, staff, and faculty. Our Academic Plan will focus on expanding these opportunities.

Hands-on learning is one of the hallmarks of Confederation College, and one prime example is the number of applied research opportunities we offer. Under the supervision of faculty, students have the opportunity to solve practical, real-world challenges in the workplace, enabling them to apply their learning in a real-world context.

Confederation College will foster innovative research activities that:

Enhance student programs and the learning environment

Advance the curriculum

Foster faculty and student development and learning

Promote problem solving skills that can be applied in the workplace

Develop commercialization strategies for technologies and products

Provide benefits to our partner and client groups

Contribute to the local, regional, provincial, national, and international economic development and social well-being

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We have identified opportunities to improve the learning experience in the following four areas:

The “traditional” model of full-time post-secondary studies doesn’t necessarily fit the need of a growing number of students. In fact, more than half of our current student body are what we might consider to be non-traditional students, including adult and displaced workers.

Here again we are ahead of the curve, creating industrial training initiatives and community-based programs tailored to specific community and industry needs. These programs address a number of challenges in our region including a shifting job market (for example, in single-industry towns experiencing downsizing and closure), or filling labour gaps for industries experiencing rapid growth. i.e. mining/healthcare.

We must continue to provide these types of tailored learning opportunities and explore others. Not only will this approach help students, it will help the companies that employ them, the communities in which they live and support productivity and economic prosperity across northwestern Ontario.

Confederation College is, and will continue to be, an educational leader in this critical process.

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LEARNER PERSPECTIVE Initiatives and Strategies

• Ensure all post-secondary certificate and diploma programs will focus on high quality, experiential, field and/or co-op education in career focused programs

• Ensure that our faculty and staff focus on increasing student success

• Provide opportunities for learner feedback

• Celebrate the success(es) of our learners and alumni

• Use evidence-based decision-making to inform and support improvement of the learning experience

• Promote life-long relationships with our learners and alumni

Graduates exceed recognized performance indicators of knowledge, skills and attitudes

• Partner with Aboriginal communities to implement transition-centred services to support academic preparedness

• Engage Aboriginal youth in a dialogue about the benefits and opportunities of higher education

• Provide the specific, pro-active support services needed by Aboriginal learners in consultation with students and community

• Engage the college community in the Canadian-Aboriginal dialogue

• Infuse Aboriginal Learning Outcomes across curricula

• Nurture our relations as Canadians

• Provide increased opportunities for Aboriginal learners to give back to their communities through field and/or co-op education

Aboriginal learners increase their participation in Confederation College education and training and achieve increased program completion

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• Develop new learn-abroad and work-abroad opportunities and international articulation agreements

• Grow our international student body on-campus

• Continue to develop and foster our international partnerships

• Ensure quality assurance practices and academic integrity in all aspects of program delivery abroad

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• Engage and support learners and faculty in applied research opportunities in Canada and abroad

• Include research and innovation activities in specific areas of curriculum

• Incubate innovation through collaborative research with other institutions, businesses, communities and government

• Develop internal support systems and structures for Applied Research

• Build relationships with industry and government

• Enhance the relevancy of College curricula through Applied Research

• Establish collaborative partnerships with other institutions in Canada and abroad

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• Respond to the needs of our non-traditional learners through regional campus delivery, community-based training, and on-line/hybrid delivery models

• Develop strategies to foster professional attitudes in our learners

• Support the growth of innovative, ethical, and empowered citizens

• Assist our learners in becoming partners in a sustainable community

• Encourage learners to participate in leadership opportunities and/or community citizenship

• Raise our learners’ cultural intelligence and global world view

• Ensure that community partner input is sought and utilized in decision making

• Develop new programs and training opportunities to meet community needs

• Promote the internationalization of our campuses

Education and training meets the identified employment needs of northwestern Ontario communities and beyond

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INTERNAL PROCESS

PERSPECTIVE

Confederation College is committed to the elimination of all barriers, real or perceived. Education – and Confederation College in particular – needs to be accessible to every student regardless of race, colour, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, intellectual capacity, body shape, disability, age, family background, parental status, and socio-economic background.

Students are also faced with a variety of other barriers including lack of academic preparation, lack of finances, social and cultural issues, and overwhelming family responsibilities. Our goal is to identify these barriers and help learners overcome them.

If we continue to create opportunities that eliminate barriers for our students, we can help them have a positive, productive, and successful experience at Confederation College.

The workplace is never static – and neither is academic programming at Confederation College. This means ensuring our students are taught the latest technologies and best practices, but it also means adding new teaching approaches to keep our academic programming vibrant and innovative as well as relevant. This ongoing quality improvement in our programming is one of the prevailing themes of this Academic Plan.

One of the challenges of serving the educational needs in this vast area is reaching the students. Not everyone can come to Thunder Bay for classes, and not every community can host a campus. It is natural then to look at innovative distance education opportunities via the Internet.

In fact, Confederation College is already a leader in online course delivery, and we will continue to invest in this area. Online delivery will support our expanding reach and satisfy the demand of the 21st century student.

• Infusing specific Aboriginal Outcomes throughout all of our programming. This project will be directed by the academic leadership team and will permeate across all schools and training opportunities. Negahneewin College and Negahneewin Council have already identified several key Aboriginal learning outcomes. Negahneewin will continue to provide resources and expertise throughout the implementation.

• Developing Inter-Professional Education (IPE) learning programs within the School of Health and Community Services. IPE allows students from different disciplines to train together, sharing their different perspectives in the process. Not only does it enhance their own knowledge and skills now, it will help prepare them for working in an increasingly multi-disciplinary workplace after graduation.

Our online courses and programs reflect rigorous quality assurance standards and will focus on increasing student engagement with their curricula, their peers, and their facilitators.

• We help our faculty and instructors develop the skills and confidence required for alternate delivery formats.

• We explore the increased use of blended learning and begin to integrate experiential and online learning opportunities.

• We develop online opportunities that respond to the demand of students in apprenticeship training.

Examples of initiatives include:

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As a College, we will ensure that:

Relevant Curricula

Innovative Delivery

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• Encourage accessibility (diversity, physical, intellectual, geographical, international) throughout college programs

• Respond to the scheduling needs of our learners

• Respond to different learning styles

• Class sizes will be supported at a level that is conducive to quality instruction and personalized learning

• Provide relevant, proactive student support services that support student success in both traditional and distance settings

• Ensure that appropriate technology and equipment are available for our learners

• Strengthen and increase Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) process

• Capitalize on Strategic Enrolment Management

• Improve retention strategies and ensure we are monitoring and assessing levels of student retention

• Expand identification, assessment, advisement and ongoing support of at-risk and underprepared students

• Create more effective pathways for students to migrate between programs, transfer course credits and access degree-completion opportunities

• Expand and develop new scholarship and bursary opportunities for students

• Commit to continuous quality improvement

• Enhance our Annual Program Review and Renewal processes

• Exceed Program Quality Assurance Process Audit (PQAPA) requirements

• Ensure that program mapping is completed for each program

• Infuse Aboriginal learning outcomes across all programs

• Maintain and develop new external accreditation partnerships

• Foster the development of curricula through recommendations by Program Advisory Committees

• Increase opportunities for project-based or inter-professional learning and practice

• Promote environmentally responsible and sustainable practices in each field of study

Learners access pathways that are supportive, flexible and meet their individual learning needs

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StrategiesInitiatives

• Be leaders in building and delivering innovative and accessible learning options (online, hybrid, compressed, part-time, modular, international, scenario-based, etc.)

• Ensure that every course uses the college-designated Learning Management System (LMS)

Innovative delivery

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EMPLOYEE LEARNING

& GROWTH PERSPECTIVE

When we talk about the “learning environment”, we usually think about the classrooms and labs, and perhaps the campus as a whole. But the teacher is the most important part of that environment. Nothing has a larger impact on the learner experience and student success than faculty.

This is why it is so important that we develop and nurture the student-teacher relationship at Confederation College. New buildings and new technology are great tools, but it’s how the teachers use those tools that counts. To date, we’ve been very successful: we have had a history of excellent teaching, and many of our faculty have won prestigious awards. What really tells the story is that we have above-average scores for student satisfaction.

To ensure that this is always the case, we must accept that student needs are changing. We will have to adapt with them at both a faculty and on an administrative level if we are going to continue to meet these changing needs.

To that end, we will continue to learn and grow in innovative teaching methods, research opportunities, and in our approach to education in general. Confederation College will continue to develop learning tools and supports for faculty and staff so that we can provide the best learning environment possible.

We remain committed to creating personalized learning experiences and opportunities for student-faculty interaction, both inside and outside the classroom.

Helping faculty develop and maintain the skills necessary to provide students with high-quality educational experiences leading to success

Facilitating the ongoing development of faculty to enrich teaching and learning

Providing consistent development and renewal processes to ensure current, relevant curricula, and viable programs

The Instructional Skills Workshop professional development series, in particular, offers new and long-time faculty members alike, a way to enhance their teaching skills in a safe, supportive, and collegial environment.

The Teaching and Learning CentreThe Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) is one of the most significant supports for faculty. More than just an orientation method for new staff, the TLC provides ongoing learning and support to all faculty members including information on library resources, student engagement, research, and professional development opportunities.

Perhaps one of the most pressing topics in the world of teaching today is the way technology – smart phones, iPads, WiFi, and more – are impacting the classroom. What do we need to know about them? What policies do we need to make in our classroom about their use? Are there opportunities to use this technology to enhance learning? The answers to these questions start at the TLC.

We will do this by:• Creating and disseminating relevant information and analysis on a timely basis

• Scanning the local, provincial, national, and global environments to identify key issues and their implications to Confederation College

• Measuring and reporting institutional performance as required by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

• Working closely with Senior Management both at the College and at other organizations to identify trends and opportunities to maximize value for the College

• Supporting the continuing development of Scorecard indicators

Simplify Processes and Information for Decision Making

The mandate of the TLC includes:

We need to determine where we are before we can decide where we are going to go. However the map is shifting beneath us as changes in technology, student demographics, the economy, and other factors transform our place in the academic and economic world.

Our goal is to continually evaluate our position and our impact to keep Confederation College relevant for our students.

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& GROWTH PERSPECTIVE

Respect Each OtherConfederation College’s “It’s About Respect” campaign started as a grassroots movement in June 2006, and has grown into a campus-wide culture. It is comprised of a number of programs and strategies meant to raise awareness about how people should treat one another and to make civility a topic of discussion. Fostering the belief that respect is a human right, is a critical part of our mandate as a post-secondary institution.

Are empowered and engaged• Create an environment where employees can feel

empowered and engaged

• Recruit highly qualified, experienced faculty and staff dedicated to the promotion of student success

• Require faculty-driven annual professional development plans

• Expect faculty to maintain currency and competency in their field of expertise

• Promote the use and ongoing development of the Teaching and Learning Centre

• Encourage completion of the Instructional Skills Workshop Certificate by all faculty

• Increase flexibility in professional development

• Ensure that faculty are informed of Aboriginal perspectives

• Ensure that decisions regarding new and revised policies and procedures are communicated effectively

• Educate employees and learners on what Applied Research is and how they can be involved

• Support employee involvement in Applied Research projects

• Continue to support and develop our Institutional Research capacity

• Make information easily accessible

Work collaboratively, celebrating each other’s achievements

• Encourage and recognize innovative teaching and learning strategies in academic programs

• Celebrate faculty achievements and success

• Nurture leaders and potential leaders through mentorship and leadership building opportunities

• Encourage employees in their ongoing professional development

• Support employees in research initiatives

Contribute to a healthy and safe environment• Enhance workplace wellness, health and safety

• Ensure that facilities are comfortable, clean, accessible and safe for learners

• Create a culture of inclusivity through personal responsibility

• Take steps to eliminate racism on campus

• Stop harassment, bullying and discrimination on campus

• Continue to embrace and build on the principles of the RESPECT campaign

We will continue to evolve and grow the “Respect” campaign to meet the changing needs of our institution and community.

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FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE

An Academic Plan needs to be fiscally responsible. That is especially true in our current economic climate with rising delivery costs and a shrinking budget. Our goal is to put our financial resources to the best use without having to compromise the quality of our students’ education. Innovation has been the key for Confederation College, and we will continue to invest in applied research, international education, faculty development, and contract training initiatives that will provide our students the best learning opportunities as efficiently as possible.

Carbon-Neutral Confederation College has made a commitment to become carbon-neutral, and in the process,

ours will become one of the first campuses in Canada to do so. Already, Confederation College has cut over $5 million in energy costs while working to achieve this goal. The next phase will begin with the development of a Biomass Plant, which will replace 80% of our natural gas usage. This space will also be used by students in the School of Engineering Technology and Trades as a learning lab.

Confederation College has launched, and is committed to, a comprehensive Environmental Action Plan to address the changing landscape and to ensure we provide for best practice as stewards of our environment.

Technology

Every new technology brought onto campus comes at a cost, both in terms of purchasing

the technology, and in ongoing support costs like training and staffing. We need to create a way to centralize the decision-making process so that we can understand our long-term commitment to new technology before we purchase, and ensure the benefits justify the costs. Banner, our Enterprise Resource Planning system, is one of the tools that will help us weigh costs and plan for new technology.

Quality AssuranceQuality assurance is vital to ensuring the quality of our programming, but it also helps us make

certain that our financial resources are being used in the best ways possible.

Honour the stewardship of College resources

• Identify and track resource requirements for all programs

• Develop a framework for validating new opportunities

• Ensure that our current programs and courses are financially viable

• Encourage fiscal responsibility

• Optimize the use of information technology

• Actively monitor the implementation of our Strategic Enrolment Management plan

• Develop and implement clear principles and criteria to ensure resource allocations to programs are aligned with strategic priorities

• Make significant strides towards carbon-neutrality

Pursue new sources of money

• Create flexible delivery models of programs and courses

• Encourage innovative revenue generation locally, provincially, nationally and internationally

• Increase current capital resources through Applied Research

• Create and enhance industry partnerships

• Support and encourage the development of active, program-specific, alumni chapters of the College

Provide learners with value for time and money

• Strive for good value for learner investment

• Enable our learners to contribute to the development of local, regional, provincial, national and international economies

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Our MissionConfederation College,

inspires learners to succeed in their lives and careers in

northwestern Ontario

• Graduates exceed recognized performance indicators of knowledge, skills and attitudes

• Aboriginal learners increase their participation in Confederation College education and training and achieve increased program completion

• Education and training meets the identifi ed employment needs of northwestern Ontario communities and beyond

• Learners and communities benefi t from Applied Research

• Are empowered and engaged

• Work collaboratively, celebrating each other’s achievements

• Contribute to a healthy and safe work environment

• Learners access pathways that are supportive, fl exible and meet their individual learning needs

• Honour the stewardship of College resources

• Pursue new sources of money

• Provide learners with value for time and money

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Strategy Map

Strategy Map

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