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McGill's Strategic Academic Plan

Mapping our progress

The Strategic Academic Plan provides an ambitious roadmap to guide our university as it enters its third century. It serves as a blueprint for strategic planning and implementation of initiatives across the breadth of the Provost's portfolio and has been supported by a plethora of inspiring initiatives within McGill’s units and faculties, across our campuses.

Together we have advanced many of the goals set by the Plan and we continue to work toward realizing its objectives.

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A set of core ideas

Launched in 2017, the Strategic Academic Plan continues to evolve to integrate and support the key priorities of Prof. Deep Saini, McGill's 18th Principal and Vice-Chancellor.

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A 21st century global university

McGill is a world-class university that aspires to global impact and reach, offering an outstanding teaching and learning environment and an innovation-driven research ecosystem.

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A commitment to sustainability

In alignment with our commitment to making sustainability a cornerstone of our operations, research, and teaching, McGill is implementing measures to encourage the development of sustainability-focused research and teaching and promote the decarbonization of the University's activities.

This commitment to sustainability also applies to the well-being of all members of our community. To this end, McGill is expanding the support services available, including mental health services, for students, faculty and staff.

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Be Open to the World

Rooted in Quebec and Canada for 202 years, McGill's global reach ensures our impact continues to transcend borders.

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Expand Diversity

McGill is commited to advance equity, diversity and inclusion, to strengthen its role as a driver of social inclusion, and continues to defend and promote academic freedom and diversity of ideas and intellectual endeavours.

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Lead Innovation

McGill's vibrant research ecosystem supports transformative technological and social innovation and enables our university to address the realities of the 21st century, and contribute to finding solutions to pressing challenges in our communities.

Innovation in teaching and learning allows us to adapt to the changing needs of learners, connect more closely with our communities and promote access to higher education.

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Connect across Disciplines and Sectors

McGill is committed to promoting interdisciplinary teaching and research by reducing administrative barriers and incentivizing collaboration across disciplines. These efforts contribute to the university's overarching commitment to sustainability by fostering innovation to address complex, interconnected challenges.

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Connect with our Communities

Service to the community is central to McGill's mission. Maintaining strong ties to our local and global communities is at the heart of our strategy to optimize our impact.

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Professor Christopher Manfredi

Advancing McGill Together: A Heartfelt Thank You

I would like to acknowledge the exceptional work of countless individuals in the McGill community whose passion, skills and commitment have helped transform our university and made it even more capable of fulfilling its mission of excellence in teaching and research, and better serving our communities.

Efforts across the McGill community have helped create a more open, connected and purposeful university. McGill enters its third century with a firm determination to increase its impact, locally and globally, to foster innovation in all its forms, and to promote equity, diversity and inclusion, notably through access to higher education.

To all of you, my most sincere thanks, and I look forward to continuing the work we have begun.

 

Christopher Manfredi
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic)

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While this website is accessible worldwide, McGill University is on land which has long served and continues to serve as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence and contribution mark this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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