University for the future
Our core mission to inspire learning, lead research and develop tomorrow’s citizens will not change. What will change is how we achieve this mission.
The future requires critical thinkers who can examine a problem from all sides and draw on a well-rounded education in terms of ethics, design, technical and social elements.
We are creating professional leaders who can solve complex, wide-ranging challenges; drive economic development locally and nationally; positively impact society, and yield tremendous global impact.
Our Faculty defines and embodies the University for the future throughout its core mission of research, education and community engagement. We are keeping pace with the evolution of disciplines and professions resulting from technology and globalization, as well as the changing expectations around access to knowledge and how it is delivered. Flexible learning options across multiple scales of credentials shape our programs and student experiences to ensure that British Columbia and Canada have the talent, the expertise and the ability to grow and create the jobs of the future.
Demonstrate and promote leading-edge curricula and teaching practice
- Innovative technology in the classroom
- Support learners in developing an eco-systemic awareness
- Environmentally centered curriculum
Innovative technology in the classroom
Support learners in developing an eco-systemic awareness
Environmentally centered curriculum
Amplify the synergies across our disciplines
- Strategic joint hires in emerging areas
- Solutions brought to life through diverse collaborative thinking
- Using our campus as living laboratory
- Focused planetary health research institute
Strategic joint hires in emerging areas
Solutions brought to life through diverse collaborative thinking
Using our campus as living laboratory
Focused planetary health research institute
Leverage the globally connected and technological nature of work
- Global virtual team experiences
- Upgrades for a tech-enabled work environment
Global virtual team experiences
Upgrades for a tech-enabled work environment
Create lifelong value across the career continuum
- Diverse post-graduate educational opportunities
- Enhanced value models for graduates
Diverse post-graduate educational opportunities
Enhanced value models for graduates
Foster a culture which values wellness, balance and joy
- Educated critical thinkers, lifelong learners and global citizens
- Systems, processes & culture to encourage the whole-person at work
- Enhanced leadership & growth opportunities
Educated critical thinkers, lifelong learners and global citizens
Systems, processes & culture to encourage the whole-person at work
Enhanced leadership & growth opportunities
Demonstrate an authentic commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and value traditional ways of knowing
- Co-developed curricula which respects Indigenous traditional knowledge
- Community of trust developed via dialogue and knowledge sharing
- Indigenous partnerships grounded in respect and land-based learnings
- Traditional ecological knowledge supporting environmental health
Co-developed curricula which respects Indigenous traditional knowledge
Community of trust developed via dialogue and knowledge sharing
Indigenous partnerships grounded in respect and land-based learnings
Traditional ecological knowledge supporting environmental health
Build competencies required to be inclusive leaders and create spaces for respectful engagement
Inclusive Respectful Leaders
- Integrated inclusive leadership & respectful engagement principles throughout APSC programs
- Resiliency developed through failing forward
- Insight into power, privilege & cultural context
Integrated inclusive leadership & respectful engagement principles throughout APSC programs
Resiliency developed through failing forward
Insight into power, privilege & cultural context
Nurture the entrepreneurial mindset and venture creation to support innovative and transformational solutions
- Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines
- Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty
- Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence
- Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes
- Clean energy solutions and ventures
Integration of Design Thinking principles within each of our Faculty’s disciplines
Entrepreneurship fellowships for grad students & faculty
Innovation developed by combining creativity with market intelligence
Entrepreneurship supported in communities of all sizes
Clean energy solutions and ventures
Tackle complex local and global challenges with an interdisciplinary and systems-based approach
- Integrated environmental & sustainability lens in programs
- Changes to APSC professions due to projects with disciplinary intersections
- Solutions which bridge the gaps between a person and big systems
- Multidisciplinary problem-solving sessions & workshops
Integrated environmental & sustainability lens in programs
Changes to APSC professions due to projects with disciplinary intersections
Solutions which bridge the gaps between a person and big systems
Multidisciplinary problem-solving sessions & workshops
Connections + context
We are developing and delivering leading-edge teaching (1), including advanced curricula, digital technology and teaching methodology. We are ensuring students have digital collaboration (3) and intercultural fluency skills to work across local and global teams. We inspire entrepreneurial thinking (11) in our students, staff and faculty to build the competencies that drive innovative organizational change, social innovation and new ventures leading to economic prosperity and future jobs.
Our students and researchers use a cross-discipline approach to address local and global complex challenges (13) across society, health and the environment. We are developing new programs that integrate disciplines (2) to bring together teams of students and researchers and support them in applying a systems approach to design thinking to find solutions to our world’s greatest challenges.
“Grades alone don’t tell you the full potential of a learner. If we want our students to reflect the population we serve, we may have to change the way we evaluate people.”
Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity
and Indigenous Engagement Committees
We are invested in providing the competencies and spaces to build and mentor inclusive respectful leaders (9) who understand the importance of truth & reconciliation (8) and a balanced work-life culture (5).
We create lifelong value (4) for students, staff, faculty and alumni through continuous education and by providing expertise, mentorship opportunities and specialized infrastructure for a community that is generational.
Applying the Plan
Taking the lab to the streets
Mechanical Engineering assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainability, Dr. Naomi Zimmerman, supports better environmental planning by quantifying the impact of connected vehicles, solar microgrids and forest management approaches on air and climate. Her interdisciplinary team conducts their research using advanced instrumentation in a mobile laboratory so they can run experiments anywhere a van can go.
iREACH Lab
Applying the Plan
Pushing the boundaries of medicine and engineering
The interdisciplinary School of Biomedical Engineering has access to world-leading researchers and research infrastructure. Its curriculum is based on the philosophy that future leaders will benefit from a rigorous grounding in fundamental biology combined with in-depth engineering and computational foundations.
School of Biomedical Engineering
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