The Strategic Integrated Plan (SIP) outlines Carleton’s aspirational statement:
Carleton University will leverage the power of higher education to be a force for good.
We will pursue, mobilize, and share knowledge in a reciprocal and responsible way.
We will embed community engagement and partnership in our actions and culture.
We will work to enhance the wellness of our people and our communities, and to play a leadership role in the wellness of our country and planet.
In alignment with the SIP, the Carleton Academic Plan:
Crystalizes and articulates our institutional vision of our research and pedagogical activities;- Describes specific objectives that we will action in order to improve our teaching and research activities with intention;
- Describes how the university can provide support to Faculties and services to support students, researchers, and instructors in their goals of attaining high-quality, relevant, and inspiring educational experiences, and innovative and valuable research advancements; and,
- Seeks to inspire colleagues across the university to be deliberate, creative, and grounded in their approaches to teaching and research.
Major Themes
The list below describes the major themes detailed in the Carleton Academic Plan as they relate to the three strategic directions from our overarching Strategic Integrated Plan.
Share Knowledge, Shape the Future
- Create, facilitate, interrogate, and share knowledge
- Increase our research capacity
- Focus on student academic success
- Expand entrepreneurial opportunities and experiential learning
- Increase collaboration, partnerships and interdisciplinarity in research and teaching
- Explore flexible and innovative program options
Serve Ottawa, Serve the World
- Help students develop transversal skills, such as critical thinking, research innovation and problem-solving, ethical leadership, and cultural awareness
- Focus on community engagement opportunities
- Recognize and support Carleton’s commitment in research, teaching and learning to advance the international Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Strive for Wellness, Strive for Sustainability
- Build and foster environments where scholars at all levels can pursue knowledge
- Support Indigenous teaching, learning, and research
- Promote and foster research that addresses:
- Sustainability (the health and growth of the natural and built environment);
- Wellness (the social, economic, cultural, mental, and physical health of humankind); and
- Connectivity (the critical inter-relatedness of individuals and communities and how they communicate).