From Doug Peers, Dean of Arts

Welcome to the Strategic Planning webpages.  Here we intend to document the development of a Strategic Plan for Arts -- one that will be designed through extensive consultations and will have meaning for our Faculty and the University.

In addition to identifying our priorities and guiding principles, it is my intention that the Strategic Plan will provide the foundation for a series of more operationally-focused planning documents.  Collectively, such plans will chart a course forward and assist in articulating a distinctive profile of Waterloo Arts.

I look forward to working with the Strategic Planning Task Force as we listen to your thoughts on where you want us to be in five years. We hope to identify our key strategic priorities for approval by the Arts Faculty Council by the end of the academic year.  This will give us the summer to work out action plans and a strategic statement for the Faculty of Arts.

From David DeVidi and Theresa Libby,
Strategic Planning Task Force chairs

This an important time for Arts to have a strategic plan. The University as a whole is in the midst of the Mid-cycle Review. With several new senior administrators coming aboard, it is a time of opportunity for Arts. But the signals are clear that a sense of direction and strategy are necessary preconditions for Arts to receive the support (and resources) it needs from the University.

We believe a crucial first step in the planning process is to hear from the people who are keenly interested in the success of the Faculty of Arts. With the help of the Dean's office, we have assembled a team of people who understand the issues important to key constituencies in Arts including faculty, staff and students.  

The aim of the Task Force is to meet with faculty, staff, and students from all academic units, as well as Arts-affiliated academic librarians and the members of our support units. And there is much to learn from our alumni, supporters in the private and non-profit sectors, and other interested groups.  We look forward to hearing from you! Please feel free to contact us, or a member of the task force, at any time during the planning process.

David DeVidi (Department of Philosophy)
ddevidi [at] uwaterloo [dot] ca | x 35701

Theresa Libby (School of Accounting and Finance)
talibby [at] uwaterloo [dot] ca | x 31088