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University outreach

Mandate

This working group is tasked with leading the reflection on how Concordia can enhance its engagement with external communities and partners locally and globally in a context where traditional practices and approaches are being reassessed.

Recommendations

The future of outreach for Concordia should be re-imagined as a revolving door, with all efforts from within and outside being equally important.

Additional consultations

  • Further discussions are required with a larger group of key personnel as well with members from community groups/citizens, municipality/government, industry and academia.

Additional analysis

  • Need to better understand the common ground, wishes, and needs of stakeholder groups and initiatives to co-create a shared vision and several missions more deeply.

Vision development

  • Develop Concordia’s DNA further and co-create a vision for outreach focusing on the next generations of urban thought leaders.

Framework development

  • Develop a community engagement framework that is based on the DNA and vision of Concordia to attract, engage, and, most important, build and maintain trust.

Strategy development

  • Create a Concordia-wide strategy that entails a more thorough analysis of existing initiatives to better understand how they complement one another as an aggregate picture.

Working group members

  • Co-Chair: Shauna Janssen, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Faculty of Fine Arts
  • Co-Chair: Kristina Ramsay, Alumni Officer, Global Networks, University Advancement
  • Co-Chair: Michael Bossert, Manager, Research Innovation & Business Development, Next-Generation Cities Institute
  • Perry Calce, Coordinator, Academic Program and Curriculum, School of Community and Public Affairs
  • Elisabeth Cramer, Project Coordinator, Social Innovation, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
  • Carole El Ayoubi, Lecturer, MECH & AERO Undergraduate Program Director, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Gina Cody School
  • Anna Ehrhardt, Director of Administration, District 3
  • David McKenzie, Coordinator MBA Community Service Initiative, John Molson School of Business
  • Allan Vicaire, Project Coordinator, Indigenous Directions, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic

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