{"id":84,"date":"2026-03-06T09:23:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2026-05-04T15:18:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:18:57","slug":"institutional-health-and-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/working-groups\/institutional-health-and-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Institutional Health and Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Institutional Health and Sustainability Working Group\n <\/h1>\n \n \n \n\n

Ensuring long-term viability through resilience and inclusive excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The Institutional Health and Sustainability Working Group will assess and reimagine Carleton’s future as one integrated university and make recommendations that ensure that its resource generation, management and operating models are robust, credible, adaptable and appropriate to sustain its mission; support a healthy working and learning environment; and position the institution for inclusive impact and global prominence far into its second century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • Financial sustainability and budget models<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Workforce planning and capacity<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Inclusion, culture and wellness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Technological and AI-enabled transformation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Real estate and capital planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Infrastructure stewardship<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Environmental sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Governance and policy constraints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The group will recommend directions that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Ensure robust and adaptable operating models<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Sustain a healthy working and learning environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Support inclusive impact and global prominence<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Strengthen institutional resilience well beyond 2042<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Membership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Co-Chairs<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Adrian Chan, <\/strong>Full Professor, Systems and Computer Engineering (Co-Chair Academic) <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • John Clements<\/strong>, Associate Vice-President, Facilities Management and Planning  
        (Co-Chair Administrative)  
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        Members<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Adlan Zaidi<\/strong>, Undergraduate Student <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Sue Bertram<\/strong>, Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs; Professor, Faculty of Science  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Sarah Clarke<\/strong>, Director, Advancement Services <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Leanne Keddie<\/strong>, Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Kevin Mann<\/strong>, Controller, Financial Services  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Valerie Turner<\/strong>, Associate Vice-President and Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services  <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Jacky Twee<\/strong>die<\/strong>, PhD Student, Public Policy\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Liam Young<\/strong>, Co-Director, Journalism and Communications  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The Institutional Health and Sustainability Working Group will assess and reimagine Carleton’s future as one integrated university and make recommendations that ensure that its resource generation, management and operating models are robust, credible, adaptable and appropriate to sustain its mission; support a healthy working and learning environment; and position the institution for inclusive impact and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":93,"parent":72,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84\/revisions\/199"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/strategic-plan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}