1. Build additional opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation and cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset across campus
  2. Expand collaboration and development opportunities for faculty, staff and students

Build additional opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation and cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset across campus

  • Implement strategies for innovation and commercialization consistent with the provincial intellectual property strategy
  • Expand First-year Seminar offerings that deal with problem-based interdisciplinary topics
  • Provide leadership in university-wide collaborative initiatives, such as CU@Kanata, holistic integrated partnerships, the Global Talent Initiative, City-University Observatory, and the Innovation Hub

Expand collaboration and development opportunities for faculty, staff and students

  • Provide a variety of professional development opportunities and communities of practice to support instructors and teaching assistants regarding pedagogy, collaboration, and community-engaged teaching and research
  • Use the Vice-Presidents’ Academic and Research Committee (VPARC) as an avenue through which academic and research initiatives can be endorsed and prioritized at the Vice-Presidential level in order to establish Innovation Project Teams that would mobilize and operationalize innovative initiatives in close collaboration with all relevant divisions and units on campus

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