Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Strategic plan 2024-2029


 

An exterior view of the Bannatyne Campus.

Strategic plan 2024-2029

Message from the dean Envisioning our future

  • Profile of Peter Nickerson.

  • Starting in the fall of 2022, we undertook a significant consultation process to review and refresh the Rady Faculty strategic plan. Stakeholders were invited to engage in different ways to provide input: through anonymous surveys, focus groups, one-on-one interviews, town halls and larger planning sessions. 

    These contributions were vital to creating an effective and operational strategic plan that focuses our efforts and actions now and in the coming years to achieve key faculty strategic priorities.

    Working together, we have created a new plan that defines the Rady Faculty’s strategic priorities and aligns closely with the  University of Manitoba’s new strategic plan.

    I look forward to working together to advance the Rady Faculty.

    Dr. Peter Nickerson
    Dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences & Vice-Provost (Health Sciences)
     

Traditional territorial acknowledgement

  • The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Ininewuk, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline and Nehethowuk peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. 

    UM respects the Treaties that were made on these territories, acknowledges the harms and mistakes of the past and present, and dedicates itself to move forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in a spirit of Reconciliation and collaboration.
     
    UM recognizes that this acknowledgment only holds meaning when reflected in the actions taken to address the injustices and barriers that have disproportionally affected Indigenous Peoples and communities, systemically preventing them from accessing and benefitting from education. Grateful for the territories and lands on which the university community learns, conducts research, and engages with external partners, UM is guided by this acknowledgment in carrying out the core work of its mission, the priorities it sets, and the decisions made to move forward as an institution.

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Foundation of our path forward Vision, mission, values

The University of Manitoba is Manitoba’s research-intensive (medical-doctoral) university, and the Rady Faculty aligns with the mission, vision and values of the University of Manitoba.

Vision

The University of Manitoba will be a vibrant and thriving community, enriched by Indigenous knowledges and perspectives. We will lead change for a better Manitoba and world.

Mission

We advance learning by creating, sharing, preserving and applying knowledge in partnership with diverse communities to promote the cultural, social, and economic well-being and health of Manitoba, Canada and the world.

Core values

Belonging

We foster trust, acceptance and mutual respect, rooted in human rights and dignity of all. We strive to create the conditions for all to be their authentic selves. We change systems and structures that exclude. We empower success through our dedication to Reconciliation, Indigenization, and to a university community that centers equity, accessibility, diversity and inclusion.

Curiosity

We value the pursuit of knowledge and uphold academic freedom. We celebrate curiosity and its essential role in learning, research, scholarly work and creative activity. We empower the creation and sharing of knowledge in all its forms, including Indigenous knowledges and ways of knowing, to foster deeper understanding, create new connections and address society's most pressing issues. 

Impact

We partner to find solutions to societal, cultural, economic and environmental issues. Through collaboration, inclusivity, empathy, and valuing diverse ways of knowing, we create global citizens. We centre community as we participate in the process of Reconciliation, and contribute to positive and meaningful change in Manitoba, Canada and the world.

Integrity

We maintain high ethical standards and ensure ethical stewardship. We share a commitment to human dignity, open dialogue, transparency, professionalism, accountability and collegial governance.

Well-being

We advance the personal and professional growth and academic success of our community members. Grounded in respect and compassion for each other and our community, we cultivate a supportive environment that embraces the values of mino-pimatisiwin (good life) and mino-ayawin (good health).

Guiding our faculty Mandate

The Rady Faculty has a distinct role in delivering the University of Manitoba mission and vision related to health education and research. As such the Rady Faculty has developed a Faculty-wide mandate, shared across the Rady Faculty and its constituent Colleges:

To advance excellence in collaborative health care through innovative, socially accountable and just scholarship, education and service, improving the health of people and communities.
  • An infographic that highlights the importance of interdisciplinary scholarship and community partnerships in healthcare education.

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Shared priorities Strategic plan

The Rady Faculty’s strategic themes align with the work of the University of Manitoba. We will focus on:

Empowering learners – Interprofessional education

  • Expand sustainable and cohesive interprofessional education and clinical opportunities.
  • Advance distributive models of education reaching rural, northern and remote communities.
  • Focus on educational excellence in all core programs, meeting the needs of the provincial health workforce.

Creating knowledge that matters – Interdisciplinary scholarship

  • Increase interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship that is highly competitive and impactful.
  • Advance health system and person-centered research, informed by authentic reciprocal engagement.
  • Enhance core platforms that advance all research pillars (i.e. NSERC/CIHR I, II, III, IV).

Reimagining engagement – Community partnership

  • Advance and contribute to health system partnerships, informing policy and practice.
  • Improve reciprocal community engagement through new and existing outreach programs.
  • Increase efforts to support, coordinate and expand pathway programs.

Three fundamental commitments drive the work of the Rady Faculty and span all strategic themes:

Fostering a vibrant community

  • Ensure common core competencies in social justice, anti-racism, ableism and anti-oppressive practices for all.
  • Achieve equity, access and participation at all levels within the Rady Faculty.
  • Ensure culturally safe and inclusive work and learning environments that invite participation by everyone.

Advancing reconciliation for transformative change

  • Implement the revised Rady Reconciliation Action Plan.
  • Embed Indigenous initiatives and Indigenization of curricula in all programs.
  • Increase recruitment of, and support for, Indigenous learners that remove barriers.

Increasing well-being and personal advancement

  • Adopt the principles of the Okanagan Charter.
  • Establish work and learning environments that promote balance and wellness.
  • Increase and formalize mentorship and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff.
  • Students having a group discussion.

Additionally, to build a sustainable future, the Rady Faculty will apply a sustainability lens to its actions and operations, through ethical decision-making, continuous improvement and the integration of sustainable practices in everything done across the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences.

Our strategic roadmap Implementation

The Rady Faculty has identified the following measures and indicators to assess progress in implementing its strategic plan.

Empowering learners – Interprofessional education (IPE)

Expand sustainable and cohesive interprofessional education and clinical opportunities

Number of high-quality IPE environments for modeling team-based practice.

Percentage of class having a high-quality IPE experience.
Advance distributive models of education reaching rural, northern and remote communities

Percentage of learners having a rural/remote education experience during training.

Percentage of learner satisfaction with rural/remote exposure.

Percentage of community satisfaction with rural/remote exposure.
Focus on educational excellence in all core programs, meeting the needs of the provincial health workforce

Percentage of programs with accreditation/academic program approvals (track number of citations).

Performance on national exams (aggregate score, %pass).

Percentage of retained in province in next phase of career.

 

Creating knowledge that matters – Interdisciplinary scholarship

Increase interdisciplinary and collaborative scholarship that is highly competitive and impactful

Number of policies, guidelines and/or practice change citing scholarship.

Number of Faculty with tri-agency and other team grant program funding.
Advance health system and person-centered research, informed by authentic reciprocal engagement

Number of grants that have patient advocate/community reps on research teams.

Evaluate/measure community experience in their engagement and its impact (community survey).
Enhance core platforms that advance all research pillars (i.e. NSERC/CIHR I, II, III, IV)

Core platforms evaluation by research community to demonstrate impact on scholarship.

Number and distribution of research chairs and professorships.

 

Reimagining engagement – Community partnership

Advance and contribute to health system partnerships, informing policy and practice

Number of academic faculty (UMFA/GFT) involved in projects contributing to the learning health system (e.g. CQI projects/policy development) to impact patient or system outcomes.

Number of clinician-investigator faculty – Dentistry; Medicine; Nursing; Pharmacy; and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Improve reciprocal community engagement through new and existing outreach programs

Survey to determine community needs.

Track how community needs are being addressed.

Survey to determine community satisfaction.
Increase efforts to support, coordinate and expand pathway programs

Number of contacts (track number of repeat contacts) with pre-university students that correlate with enrollment in university (identify faculty and program.

Percentage of Indigenous students in IHP programs and professional programs.

 

Fostering a vibrant community

Ensure common core competencies in social justice, anti-racism, ableism and anti-oppressive practices for all

Percentage of staff/faculty that have completed core modules.

Percentage of learners that complete core competency modules.

Number of Speak Up Reports.
Achieve equity, access and participation at all levels within the Rady Faculty

Learner Diversity Survey results across all colleges.

Diversity Survey of staff, faculty across all colleges.

Track diversity of search committees and candidates.
Ensure culturally safe and inclusive work and learning environments that invite participation by everyone

Percentage of faculty completing ISME courses (or equivalent) – constructive evaluation / feedback, receiving feedback.

Percentage of students completing courses – constructive feedback, receiving feedback. 

Climate survey for colleges.

Advancing reconciliation for transformative change

Implement the revised Rady reconciliation action plan (RAP)

Percentage of faculty and staff completing cultural safety training.

Percentage of completion of the five (5) milestones of the RAP.

Percentage of Indigenous faculty and staff.
Embed Indigenous initiatives and indigenization of curricula in all programs

Percentage of units with program leads for oversight.

Percentage of course or module objectives that contribute explicitly to the graduating core competencies in Indigenous health.

Percentage of units/students meeting requirement for a pre-entry Indigenous course.
Increase recruitment of, and support for, Indigenous learners that remove barriers

Percentage of professional programs with pre-entry pathways for Indigenous students.

Percentage of Indigenous students in professional programs.

Indigenous student survey evaluating support/belonging/cultural safety.

Increasing well-being and personal advancement

Adopt the principles of the Okanagan Charter

Survey results of understanding/awareness of the Okanagan Charter. 
Establish work and learning environments that promote balance and wellness

Baseline/Follow-up survey results on wellness.

Number of initiatives promoting wellness.

Percentage of compliance with national standard of Canada for mental health and well-being of post-secondary students.
Increase and formalize mentorship and professional development opportunities for faculty and staff

Percentage of new faculty assigned a mentor(s).

Number of faculty annually participating in leadership development programs.

Percentage of leaders with a defined succession plan.

Percentage of staff accessing leadership and professional development.

Contact us

Dean's Office
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
A101B Chown Building, 753 McDermot Avenue
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6

204-789-3485