Georgian College

Georgian College.ca 11 STRATEGIC PLAN | STRONG FOUNDATIONS Exceptional people STRATEGIES • Engage, value and invest in all Georgian employees (faculty, support staff and admin) to support teaching excellence, delivery of quality services and provision of extraordinary experiences for our students • Enhance opportunities for professional development, building excellence in contemporary teaching and leading practices in higher education • Focus on mental health and well-being • Implement criteria-based protocol to enable flex work arrangements; evaluate and adjust over 2-year period SUCCESS OUTCOMES • Achieved employee engagement survey completion rates of 75% for full-time and 50% for regular part-time employees • Assessed link between employee engagement and student satisfaction scores and department action plans developed as appropriate • Established benchmarks and annually measured for college investment in employee professional development • Continued implementation of mental health and well-being strategic plan • Evaluated flex work arrangements impact on departmental employee engagement and student satisfaction and adjusted as appropriate Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging STRATEGIES • Foster a learning and working environment where everyone feels seen, heard and knows they belong through demonstrable, accountable and system-wide commitments to diversity, de-colonization, anti-racism, equity and inclusion SUCCESS OUTCOMES • Established equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) baseline index and results reported annually • Established equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) centre • Completed extensive environmental scan, documenting the status of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (EDIB) and opportunities at the college and established strategic priorities with measureable deliverables and timelines Deepened and expanded Indigenization STRATEGIES • Action the principles of the Indigenous Education Protocol, informed by the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to transform the college community • Expand and enrich curriculum to reflect Indigenous perspectives, increasing reciprocity among Indigenous and non- Indigenous people SUCCESS OUTCOMES • Established baseline of self-identified Indigenous students and employees with targets to increase representation • Full-time Indigenous faculty lead in place by spring 2022 • Increased number of programs with enriched curriculum to reflect Indigenous perspective

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