n recent months UBC has made significant strides to improve its policies and practices for addressing and responding to sexual assault.
Recognizing the importance of this issue, I wanted to share some updates around progress and next steps. These include an extension of the consultation process and a series of information sessions.
One of my top priorities over the coming academic year will be the development of a new vision and strategic plan for UBC.
UBC has been extremely well served by Place and Promise, the plan introduced in 2009 by President Stephen Toope; since then, however, the world has changed in many ways, and our university needs to revisit its goals and priorities to reflect those changes.
Professor Santa Ono begins his role as UBC’s 15th President and Vice-Chancellor on Monday, and I would like to extend a warm welcome to him on behalf of the university community. This promises to be an exciting stage in UBC’s history, and we look forward to working with Professor Ono as he prepares to move our university, in his words, “from excellence to eminence.”
I am pleased to share the University of British Columbia’s Connected by Commitment 2015-2016 Annual Report. The report communicates our progress each year through a mix of storytelling and metrics that highlight the achievements of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni as they support the nine commitments of the university’s strategic plan, Place and Promise.
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