Ministry Objectives

1. Align post-secondary education training and programs with labour market demand to achieve a highly skilled workforce
2. Respond and adapt to the diverse and changing educational needs of students
3. Increase participation and successful completion of all students

UBC Select Strategies

• Periodic department and curriculum reviews are part of ongoing planning
• Curriculum theory, design and evaluation, teacher education, digital media and learning technologies are taken into consideration with curriculum and program development
• With advances in how people learn , technology and a desire for flexibility and life-long learning, UBC continues to develop its Flexible Learning initiative
• An initiative to address student health and wellbeing is underway, including a mental health and wellbeing strategy to support students in succeeding at UBC
• A program for triage and early identification of students at risk of not completing was implemented, with over 1,000 staff and faculty trained
• Broad based admissions are in place in all of UBC’s undergraduate programs
• Each incoming student is assigned an Enrolment Services Specialist who will stay with them throughout their time at UBC
• Continue to expand experiential learning opportunities for students (international learning opportunities, internships, co-ops, service learning, research based experiences, leadership opportunities)
• An integrated Centre for Student Involvement and Careers is being implemented, bringing together career development support with student leadership and professional skills development

Ministry Objectives

1. Achieve a shared vision across our world class system
2. Develop a highly internationalized educational system
3. Build on current strengths to enhance the quality of post-secondary education
4. Increase collaboration, innovation, and partnerships

UBC Select Strategies

• UBC collaborates across the system through leadership in the Research Universities Council of BC, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the U15 group of research universities
• Collaborations are also built through partnerships with other universities, government and the private sector. Examples include:
• • Extractive industries (UBC/SFU)
  • IIC Impacts (UBC, University of Toronto, University of Alberta)
  • Fraunhofer Institute
  • Cultural Evolution of Regional Research Consortium (UBC, SFU, Oxford, Aarhus University)
• Examples of collaboration include UBC, SFU, BCIT and Emily Carr awarding joint degrees in the Masters of Digital Media Program at Great Northern Way; and the UBC Langara Aboriginal Transfer Program to provide Aboriginal learners a pathway from college to university
• UBC has joined Coursera, to provide on line open learning courses, with the first course being a collaboration with Stanford to deliver a non-credit course in gaming theory; this seven week course started in January and attracted over 100,000 students in Continuing Studies
• The Vancouver School of Economics has launched its Bachelor of International Economics, explicitly targeted at enabling students to navigate the global economy
• International students at UBC come form over 150 countries and represent 14% of the undergraduates at the Vancouver campus and 8% at the Okanagan campus
• Continue to work with other post-secondary institutions to support international mobility. Last year, UBC added 19 new partnerships and now has 261 student mobility partnerships in 41 countries
• An international college was approved to prepare first-year international students, from domestic school systems in emerging countries for university

Ministry Objectives

1. Celebrate BC’s rich diversity as a source of innovation and global networking
2. Collaborate with our communities to challenge racism and barriers to inclusivity
3. Leverage partnerships to encourage a culture of inclusivity

UBC Select Strategies

• UBC has made Intercultural Understanding one of its six supporting commitments in Place and Promise: The UBC Plan
• Continuing Studies offers programs in intercultural competencies
• UBC offers student-directed and experiential learning in intercultural understanding, for example:
• • Tandem Language Exchange
  • UBC Community Learning Initiative
• UBC’s Access and Diversity departments foster an inclusive and welcoming learning and living environment
• The Equipment Accommodation Fund and Equity Enhancement Fund support the university in attaining educational and employment equity goals
• Public dialogues are held on a variety of sensitive and complex topics

Ministry Objectives

1. Support the creation of new ideas and solutions to a range of economic, social, scientific, and environmental issues
2. Foster knowledge development and commercialization
3. Lead a post-secondary education system that is strong, accountable, transparent, and delivers value
4. Use and provide quality information for decision making and better societal outcomes

UBC Select Strategies

• The University attracted over $527 m in research funds to develop new ideas and solutions
• There were 8,158 research projects, 63 patents issued, 124 invention disclosures and 4 new spin offs (cumulative 153)
• Knowledge was shared through scholarly outputs including 5,889 published (from West of Science, YTD) and 43% UBC papers with international co-author (from Scimago data)
• UBC is developing and implementing an Innovation Strategy to maximize economic and societal benefits through knowledge transfer beyond the core academic mission
• UBC presented a ten year planning budget and all financial reports are available on line
• 16 industry and community partnerships are underway through the ‘University as a living laboratory’ initiative
• Integrated Reporting initiative is underway to provide measurements at all levels of the organization; see elsewhere in this report for metrics related to Place and Promise: The UBC Plan
• Continue to contribute to the BC economy, estimated to be roughly $10 billion, through programs to attract and retain faculty and students at both the local, national and international levels
• UBC was awarded 2 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) in quantum material and digital media research, valued at $20 million over 7 years
• The UBC Community Learning Initiative supports student and faculty engagement with over 200 community organizations including non-profits, schools and small businesses

Ministry

A supportive environment and a sense of shared purpose that builds on our strengths and transcends change

UBC Select Strategies

• Focus on People: Workplace Practices at UBC is a contributing framework towards the realization of the University’s values, setting out strategies and corresponding initiatives to create an outstanding work environment for staff and faculty members
• A workplace experiences survey is conducted every three years and informs actions to achieving our outstanding workplace environment commitment
• UBC fosters a learning environment and provides training through leadership and management programs and professional development opportunities
• UBC was named one of BC’s top employers for the 7^th year in a row
• UBC has a robust framework in place to support people through change initiatives