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Faculty of Fine Arts

Faculty of Fine Arts

Implementation of the Learning for Impact strategic plan

This implementation plan outlines the goals developed by the Faculty of Fine Arts which are derived from the four commitments set out in the Learning for Impact strategic plan.

Two coordinated focus areas for the Faculty in the next two years (2025-2027) include dedicated efforts to decolonize curriculum and build more inclusive, accessible pedagogy, and enhance the structures supporting the vast array of experiential learning opportunities already active across the Faculty. The focus on these two initiatives will help our students develop as more impactful, experienced, and culturally sensitive artists creators and researchers.

Teach for impact 

  1. Update and renew curriculum and pedagogy, with focus on decolonizing content and approaches.
  2. Review processes and increase support for student-as-partners initiative.
  3. Build structures to increase engagement with work-integrated & experiential learning opportunities (e.g. creation of handbook for students or other resources).

Learner well-being and success

  1. Focus on inclusive learning environments through pedagogical and course design in foundational courses for all BFA students.
  2. Formalise and continue to develop the graduate student pedagogical and professional training program for our foundational courses. Increase support for the Infusing Black Scholarship project of the University.
  3. With the School of Graduate Studies, Student Success Centre & Career Advising and Professional Success, make post-graduation possibilities for undergraduate programs better known.

Value teaching

  1. Increase support for professional development focus on part-time faculty.
  2. Departmental retreats to focus on strengthening communities of practice and stewarding curriculum. 
  3. Leverage expertise related to sustainability in the arts among faculty to infuse into curriculum and pedagogy.

Promote human-centred systems

  1. Enhance the Faculty-wide Curriculab initiative to better integrate student voices and develop best practices at Concordia. 
    1. Build out student-as-partner initiative.
    2. Create opportunities for discussion, collaboration and resource-sharing across the Faculty.
    3. Engage with action plans from both the Faculty and the University’s Strategic Plan (on sustainability, anti-racism, decolonization, Indigenization, equity and accessibility among others).
    4. Share successful practices University-wide.
  2. Participate with the Provost’s office in streamlining curriculum change processes.
  3. Participate in Moodle enhancement project with expertise and feedback.
  4. Offer feedback on transparency efforts with IITS.
 
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