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Strategic Plan

Strategic Plan

Faculty of Health Sciences signage

Strategic Plan

The Faculty of Health Sciences has built a foundation of excellence in education, research, and community engagement. In recent years we have expanded our programs to match demand, strengthened partnerships, and advanced our research to deepen our impact across disciplines and communities.

This Strategic Plan builds on that momentum. We will greaten our impact, create a culture where students, staff, and faculty thrive, and secure our place in the world, all towards our vision of a world where better health and wellbeing are experienced by all.

Vision

A world where better health and wellbeing are experienced by all.

Mission

We drive better health and wellbeing through research and education grounded in diverse perspectives, producing and mobilizing the knowledge to make it possible.

Values

Compassion

Curiosity

Courage

Inclusion

Through a comprehensive consultation and review process, the Faculty determined three strategic directions that will shape our priorities and actions in the years ahead.

Greater Impact

Drive impact through focused investment in learning, research, and scholarship.

• Expand resources and strengthen capacity and infrastructure • Equip our students for the future, positioning them for success • Scale collaborative research that drives real world impact • Build innovative interdisciplinary and interprofessional programming

People, Community & Culture

Create a culture where our students, staff, and faculty thrive, belong, and lead.

• Advance equity, decolonization, and accessibility in how we teach, learn, research, and work together • Strengthen inclusive student, staff, and faculty recruitment and retention • Promote staff and faculty engagement, growth, and recognition • Foster student well-being and exceptional experience

Our Place in the World

Deepen connections and influence locally and globally

• Work alongside local communities to advance shared priorities in health and wellbeing • Realize sustainable partnerships that expand FHS’s international reach • Prepare students for global citizenship • Amplify the FHS voice and narrative, within and beyond Western