01.
Conversation
Attend one of our upcoming events, email us, or ask us to meet with your group or department.
02.
Evolution
The draft plan will continue to be refined based on community feedback and contributions.
03.
Approval
The Senate and Board of Governors both approved the plan in June 2026.
04.
Implementation
Work together to reach full implementation on July 1, 2027.
Milestones and Discussions
We have engaged with and heard from hundreds of faculty, staff, and students through town halls, working sessions, surveys, emails, and meetings. In total, we held 32 engagement and consultation sessions with the campus community and conducted two surveys that received 214 responses from students, faculty and staff.
We shared our first proposal on April 6. Between April 7 and 16, we held 12 engagement sessions virtually and in person, followed by sessions with departments about the proposed clusters. The second proposal was released on April 21.
We delivered our third proposal on May 20. Between May 21 and the Board of Governors Retreat on June 17, we attended more sessions with faculty, students, staff, the Alumni Association, the Indigenous Education Advisory Committee, the Senate, community, and other groups for further and continued discussion, dialogue, engagement and input. This lead to more refinements that we have labeled version 4.
We also engaged with the Academic Planning Committee (APC) and Academic Program Review Committee (APRC) of Senate. We continued to discuss the proposal with the Senate in May, and the Senate voted to support the proposed academic restructuring on June 17.
We presented the final proposed plan to the Board of Governors on June 18, and they voted unanimously to support it on June 30. Now the work of restructuring of the academic sector begins, and full implementation will not take place until July 1, 2027.