Improving Our World Through Science
Throughout 2020, students, faculty, staff and the broader UBC Science community worked together to articulate a renewed strategic vision for the Faculty
Hold the date. Improving Our World Through Science—the Faculty’s renewed strategic plan—will be presented for endorsement during UBC Science's March 4 faculty meeting.
The plan is the culmination of a year of work and consultation with faculty, students, staff, stakeholders and alumni, resulting in over 4,200 interactions--survey responses, town-hall attendance, website visits, video views, and interviews.
About the process
Survey response
We asked members of the UBC Science community to articulate their priorities and vision for the Faculty.
MorePrevious Plans
Advancing Science 2020 will succeed our last strategic plan, developed in 2011 and renewed in 2017. That plan guided the Faculty's collective efforts over two years, and helped shape UBC's strategic plan, Shaping UBC’s Next Century. It focused on four key initiatives—research excellence, teaching excellence, computer and data science, and innovation—while also continuing to renew and build on nine core areas and commitments originally articulated in Advancing Science 2011.
April 2017
Advancing Science: A Renewed Strategic Plan for 2017-2018
Advancing Science: 2017-2018 is designed to guide the Faculty’s collective efforts over the next two years, as well as help shape UBC’s emerging strategic plan. It focuses on four key initiatives—research excellence, teaching excellence, computer and data science, and innovation—while also continuing to renew and build on the nine core areas and commitments originally articulated in Advancing Science 2011.
February 2017
UBC Science Strategic Plan Report: 2011 to 2015 Achievements
Report of key achievements and outcomes, 2011 to 2015.
May 2011
Advancing Science: UBC Faculty of Science Strategic Plan
Articulates our vision and mission, and our distinguishing characteristics as one of Canada’s strongest and most broadly based faculties of Science.
November 2011
External Review Report, Faculty of Science, UBC
Report of the review committee of the UBC Faculty of Science: Ana Mari Cauce (University of Washington), Eugene Fiume (University of Toronto) and Gregory Taylor (University of Alberta).
January 2012
Response to External Review, Faculty of Science, UBC
UBC Science is pleased to present its response to the 2011 external review of the Faculty. The Faculty gratefully acknowledges the review team's praise for UBC Science's innovative undergraduate education programs, highly ranked research programs, and the "atmosphere of inclusion and openness engendered by leadership at both the Faculty and University level".
Engagement schedule |
| November, 2019 Unit leadership retreat |
| January, 2020 Preliminary workshops: Students |
| February, 2020 Launch Initial surveys: Faculty, staff, alumni, graduate students Graduate student workshop |
| March, 2020 Stakeholder interviews |
| April 2020 Survey results analysis |
| May 2020 Survey results released Faculty virtual townhall |
| Summer 2020 Working groups invited |
| September 2020 WGs established |
| October 2020 WGs begin developing components of plan |
| November 2020 WGs finalize draft plan components, metrics |
| December 2020 Debrief working groups to gather input Refine plan components, metrics, roadmap |
| January 2021 Review draft with key external stakeholders Faculty and staff town hall on draft plan overview Review feedback based on January consultations |
| February 2021 Review of full draft plan by faculty and staff Student workshops on draft plan Continued review of draft with external stakeholders |
| March 2021 Plan presented for approval at Faculty meeting Develop first-year action plan with deliverables Develop communication plan for strategy dissemination |
