Major Theme: “Open the Place Up”

• Accessibility for people for disabilities; campus maps in Braille, dramatically expand the accessibility architecture
  • Support for its people with disabilities building on the small campus advantages
  • Maybe make this a defining feature of the University
  • Common exam center desirable
• Indigenizing the Institution
  • Support within the institution with resources and in the curriculum
  • Embed it into the structure of the institution
  • Must avoid employ
  • Strong commitment to Indigenizing the institution
• Internationalization will tie into diversity
• Research office
  • Doing well with community connections but need to make more connections with communities
  • Emphasize student research too
• Small class size
  • What is the budgetary problem that MRU faces?
  • Pedagogy must drive the class size
  • It’s a thing we are known for…
• Reputation is important
  • McClean ratings
  • Important also in terms of Indigenous reputation
  • Employment stats should be noted
  • Connect with high school guidance counsellors
• Community Engagement
  • We need to be more connected to the city, to the community
  • Get students involved
  • Use curriculum to build student community engagement
  • Co-curricular record desirable
  • We have to make ourselves more open to community and make it easier
  • Streamline and de-bureaucratize processes