Implementation Plans
Any strategy is only as good as our follow-through. As part of the strategic plan, four implementation plans have been created to cover shorter time periods. These three-year plans expand on how the university will deliver approved initiatives, meet set goals and build out roadmaps of enabling activities that are needed to deliver on Ahead of Tomorrow.
This Operations Plan addresses the operations strategy in Ahead of Tomorrow. Activities and initiatives in this Operations Plan are integrated with approaches described in the Academic Plan, Research and Innovation Plan, and Community Plan.
As with all University activity, the Operations Plan should be considered and interpreted through our foundational commitments to: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; Indigenous Engagement; Mental Health; Global Engagement; and Sustainability.
Universities exist to educate, to discover and to enrich the societies they both serve and lead.
University operations, in turn, exist to support that mission by creating, running and sustaining best-in-class processes and services that enable students, postdocs, faculty and staff to reach their goals and achieve their ambitions.
Operations Ahead of Tomorrow
As established by Ahead of Tomorrow, a goal of the University of Calgary is to make it simpler and faster to set ideas in motion here than at any other University.
Three objectives have been set for 2030:
- #1 in U15, ease, speed, and availability of services and supports.
- #1 in U15, in investment in professional development for postdocs, faculty and staff.
- 90% of students, postdocs, faculty, and staff agree they have the tools and services necessary to manage their education or accomplish tasks.
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Research and Innovation Plan
The University of Calgary is one of Canada’s top comprehensive research universities, with a mission to produce new knowledge and to translate knowledge into impact.
Academic Innovation Plan
The University of Calgary, driven by its academic mission, seeks to innovate, create, and contribute to society through excellence in teaching, student experience, research, and service.
Community Plan
The university commits to addressing shared concerns and seizing opportunities, exceeding future expectations through entrepreneurialism, inclusivity, and prosperity for all.
Ahead of Tomorrow | Strategic Plan 2023-30
The University of Calgary’s remarkable trajectory reflects audacious growth and entrepreneurial spirit. Our students, postdocs, faculty, staff, and community have built a bold university in less than 60 years.
What is next? How do we look beyond tomorrow?
This Strategic Plan shapes our journey toward 2030, considered through long-term, foundational commitments to: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; Indigenous Engagement; Mental Health; Global Engagement; and Sustainability.