Current initiatives and priorities

In its academic leadership role, the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) leads and participates in a wide range of strategic initiatives that advance academic success and ensure a supportive and welcoming environment for our entire UM community.

Current initiatives

Strategic plan

The world has changed significantly since we created "Taking Our Place, Strategic Plan 2015-2020". UM has taken time to come together to ask ourselves how we best focus our attention and resources toward shared goals, and we are now working to finalize the university's new strategic plan. Before the Strategic Plan Committee moves forward with presenting a final plan to Senate and the Board of Governors for approval, community members are invited to share feedback on the draft strategic plan, "Momentum: Leading Change Together, University of Manitoba Draft Strategic Plan, 2024-29."
Strategic enrolment management

The University of Manitoba operates in an environment characterized by considerable change. With limited resources, we must be strategic to realize our objectives of providing both high quality programs and an exceptional student experience.

Strategic enrolment management (SEM) provides an opportunity to reflect on who we are and enables us to plan the size and composition of our student body, to enhance the student experience, and to support student success. UM has begun the consultation process to develop a new SEM.
Budget model review

In 2018/19, the university implemented a redesigned budget model with the objective of forming better linkages between planning and resource allocation in support of the university’s mission and priorities. A comprehensive consultation was conducted in the fall of 2022 to assess our success in meeting or moving toward the goals outlined in our guiding principles.

The Budget Model and Budget Process Review Steering Committee has reviewed the recommendations that emerged, and several sub-committees have been established to evaluate specific recommendations and work to operationalize specific changes to the budget model.
Academic hiring improvement

Academic hiring is a complex and extensive process that involves various administrative units. The Academic Hiring Improvement Project aims to enhance academic hiring at UM by providing clarity and efficiency to the hiring process. Developing a common framework and standardized training will improve collaboration and ensure that best practices and core principles, such as EDI, are considered at all levels of hiring.
Digital strategy

The University of Manitoba is developing a digital strategy to ensure appropriate use of technology that will enhance our learning and teaching, increase student success, facilitate innovative research, and increase efficacy in our administrative activities. Enhancing our digital capability will impact our equity, diversity, inclusion and anti-racism goals and improve our communication and external relations.

Overall, a digital framework will transform our digital capability to support the mission of UM and deliver excellence in the experiences that matter to staff, students, and the UM community.
Entrepreneurial and innovative thinking

Entrepreneurship is one of the twelve types of Experiential Learning recognized at the University of Manitoba. Not only a business construct, entrepreneurial thinking is also about the mindset and methods to develop solutions to real world problems. Rooted within our strong commitment to EL, UM provides faculty, staff and students opportunities to learn for, about, and through entrepreneurship.

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Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
Room 208 Administration Building
66 Chancellor's Circle
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

provost@umanitoba.ca

204-480-1408

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