Message from the President: Share your thoughts on UBC’s vision for the future

This message was sent to faculty, staff and students in Vancouver and the Okanagan.

In September, UBC launched a process to refresh its strategic plan in order to better define the university’s long-term vision and establish priorities and actions, focusing on our academic and research mission, for the next three to five years.

Throughout the fall, we invited students, faculty, staff and alumni to share their thoughts in a series of surveys, workshops, pop ups and other events and activities. More than 1,600 participants took part, contributing over 5,900 ideas.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the fall engagement phase. Since then, the project team has carefully analyzed the feedback and identified a number of recurring themes that were seen as critical to our shared long-term vision.

To ensure these emerging themes align with our community’s vision for UBC’s future, we are now inviting students, faculty and staff to participate in a short survey. Your input will help ensure that the themes identified in last year’s engagement truly reflect the diverse perspectives of our UBC community.

We would ask that you please complete the survey by February 7, 2025. You can access it at https://president.ubc.ca/strategic-plan-refresh-survey.

Data from the survey will be used to validate and refine the themes that emerged from our consultation on the university’s long-term vision. Responses will remain anonymous and will be analyzed in aggregate.

In the next phase of the project, we will work with the academic community to define the priorities and metrics for the next three to five years, together with specific initial actions. The community will be invited to comment on priorities later in the term, and we are aiming to complete the final document by June 2025. If you would like to learn more, please visit https://president.ubc.ca/strategic-plan-refresh.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey and for continuing to support this important process. The world is changing and we are continuing to adapt. The future is bright for UBC!

Benoit-Antoine Bacon
President and Vice-Chancellor