Vision, Goals & Values

Our new strategic vision celebrates our past and looks forward 25 years, with goals and actions crafted to ensure we continue to deliver life-changing education—creating leaders who change the world.

Our Vision

Inspiring people with the courage to transform the world.

Our Goals

• Any age, any stage, any place: We’re an engine of lifelong learning for students no matter where they are in the world, their careers and their lives. 
• Explore, share, advance: We support interdisciplinary research that pushes boundaries, removes barriers and finds solutions to today’s critical issues. 
• Invite in, venture out: We engage communities locally, nationally and globally—leaning into partnerships, learning from others and warmly welcoming all people.
• Vibrant and sustainable: We champion a sustainable campus with leading-edge infrastructure and online platforms—one that is a top workplace in Canada and takes action on reconciliation, diversity, equity and inclusion.

Our Values

CARING A diverse and supportive community for our students, faculty and staff.

CREATIVE Innovation in all we do; we continually seek new and better ways to do things.

COURAGEOUS Bold in our actions; we welcome challenges and take thoughtful risks.

Our Commitments

• Build on strengths in applied and professional programming, inter-and transdisciplinary and innovative delivery.
• Grow our innovative and entrepreneurial culture, and respond quickly to changes in the workplace and society.
• Enhance the inclusion and engagement of people of diverse backgrounds and ideas in all aspects of university life.
• Implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and honour the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• Advance sustainability in all our academic programs and operations, with a focus on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Promote research and education to tackle the climate crisis, rapid advances in technology and interconnected social, economic and political challenges.