Developing Humber’s Academic Plan

April 29, 2015

Activity already undertaken
As presented at the April 21st 2015 Town Hall, work on the development of Humber’s Academic Plan is already underway and will be taking on momentum over the coming months. 

Over the past few months a group of stakeholders has engaged in preliminary discussions designed to begin answering the following questions:

  • Which individuals or groups have been consulted within the last two years in the context of informing and articulating the Academic Plan? 

  • What documentation exists that can be used to make their feedback available for articulation of the Academic Plan?

  • Which individuals or groups still need to be consulted in order to complete the articulation of the Academic Plan?

  • What is the best method of consultation for those individuals or group(s)?

  • Who is best positioned to lead the consultation and ensure meaningful feedback?

The result of discussions to date has been the generation of a list of internal documents and publications that will provide foundational information for the development of the Academic Plan, as well as a preliminary list of groups to be included in focus group conversations over the coming weeks and months. The discussions also informed the April 21st Town Hall presentation.

I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who has participated in the preliminary discussions and information gathering process.  The members of the group included:
Guillermo Acosta

  • Joe Andrews

  • Bill Angelakos

  • Gina Antonacci

  • Steve Bellamy

  • Alvina Cassiani

  • Kathy Cowan Sahadath

  • Ann Dean

  • Eileen DeCourcy

  • Paula Gouveia

  • Paul Griffin

  • Jason Hunter

  • Susan Kelsall

  • Heather Lowry

  • Patricia Morgan

  • Jen McMillen

  • Elaine Popp

  • MaryAnn Rad

  • Barb Riach

  • Diane Simpson

  • Susan Somerville

  • Karen Tavener

Next steps
Ad Hoc Academic Planning Working Group
An Ad Hoc Academic Planning Working Group has been struck with the mandate of providing input into the academic planning process, participating in the development of presentations and consultation tools to be used throughout the process and providing advice and guidance in the undertaking of the focus group discussions.  The Ad Hoc Academic Planning Group will meet monthly (and additionally on an as-needed basis) until December 2015.

Current members of the working group include:

  • Guillermo Acosta

  • Joe Andrews

  • Bill Angelakos

  • Steve Bellamy

  • Alvina Cassiani

  • Kathy Cowan Sahadath

  • Ann Dean

  • Eileen DeCourcy

  • Susan Kelsall

  • Heather Lowry

  • Paula Gouveia

  • Paul Griffin

  • Jason Hunter

  • Jen McMillen

  • MaryAnn Rad

  • Susan Sommerville

 

  • Opportunities for input

  • Presentations and Focus Group Discussions

  • invitations and updates to follow

  • Online Survey 

  • available late May 2015

  • Individual suggestions and responses via e-mail at academicplan@humber.ca

  • This e-mail address has been set up in order to provide internal stakeholders with a mechanism to ask questions, inquire about possible participation in various academic planning working groups and activities, and provide suggestions regarding the academic planning process.  The e-mails sent to academicplan@humber.ca will come directly to my attention, yet still be organized in a central academic planning location. 

As mentioned at the April 21st Town Hall, I encourage you to communicate with me via the academic plan e-mail address anytime something comes to mind regarding input into the plan or the process.

Progress updates
Bi-monthly progress updates will be provided between now and December 2015 via Humber’s Communique.  Individuals with questions regarding progress between updates are invited to submit inquiries via the academicplan@humber.ca e-mail address.

Warmest regards,
Laurie Rancourt
Senior VP Academic
Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning