Reports

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An important component of our three-year plan to move towards financial sustainability is an effort to reduce duplication and improve efficiency of our administrative services. To support this effort, we have begun a process of reviewing campus-wide administrative functional areas, with reviews of our communications and marketing, finance, and IT functions.

Looking ahead, there are additional administrative functions that we believe will benefit from review to help us become more efficient and strategic. Updates on future functional reviews will be provided as areas are selected.  

Functional Review Reports

Reports on the first three functional reviews have been shared by University leaders with the employees in each functional area. The reports include an analysis of the current state of operations, how À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ’s organizational structures and expenditures in these areas compare to other universities in Canada, and proposed recommendations on how to become more efficient and cost-effective. 

 The reviews took an end-to-end, University-wide view of the three functions, so the reports should not be read as an assessment of the performance of central administrative service units. Rather, the results of this analysis reflect the feedback of employees, and are the outcomes of decades of decision making, influenced by social, economic, and political factors that affected the University over the years. 

We think differently, act with purpose, and work together — these are the values that resonate across our institution because they are the values we were founded upon. When you review the report, think about the results through this lens. We’ve experienced rapid growth because of rapid success, and with that growth has come some areas for improvement that were highlighted in the report. 

Thank you to all who have participated in the functional reviews, and to the entire University community for your efforts in helping the institution return to a balanced budget. 

The report is available for viewing by employees of the University. Â