Faculty of Arts and Science Strategic Plan 2019-2024TABLE OF Contents 4 Guiding Principles 5 Vision and Strategic Priorities 6 Strengthen our Research Prominence 8 Enrich the Student Experience 10 Transform our Spaces 12 Support our People 14 Initiatives LAND Acknowledgement The Faculty of Arts and Science sits on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. We are grateful to be able to work, study, learn, and teach on these lands. Our land acknowledgement is extended in the many more personalized and detailed acknowledgements given by the people in our Faculty on a daily basis in both formal and informal settings, on our lands and beyond. 2 | Faculty of Arts and Science Strategic Plan 2019-2024MESSAGE FROM The Dean FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE Arts and Science is the largest Faculty at Queen’s University and one of a dozen Arts and Science Faculties in the country. Its range and scope are critical to excellence in the academic, student and staff experience. This strategic plan, the first for Arts and Science at Queen’s, sets out clearly articulated pathways to strengthening and expanding our vision in the 21st century. In the Fall of 2018, the Faculty began development of a strategic plan through a series of consultations involving online surveys, formal submissions from academic departments and student associations, as well as focus groups and town halls involving staff, undergraduate and graduate students, new faculty members, program coordinators and department heads, Faculty Board members, and alumni. Two working groups were established, Strategic Planning and Equity Advisory, to review and synthesize these wide-ranging submissions. As a result of everyone’s work, we have a clear vision and a set of principles, priorities, initiatives and metrics reflecting your significant input. I would like to thank my colleagues for their acumen, time, and care. We have much to do as we embark on this thoughtful and ambitious vision for our Faculty. Barbara Crow, PhD Dean Faculty of Arts and Science | 3GUIDING Principles As a unified Faculty of Arts and Science with a strong sense of shared purpose, we are committed to the following principles: • Equity, diversity, and inclusion including anti-racism, decolonization and Indigenous resurgence • Excellence in teaching, research and service • Transparency, accountability and fairness • Continuous learning, professional development and global engagement 4 |STRATEGIC Priorities OUR Vision The Faculty of Arts and Science aspires to be a thriving, equitable and inclusive scholarly community committed to innovative disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and teaching. Our goal is to inspire curiosity and to collaboratively engage with multiple forms of knowledge that span local and global contexts. TRANSFORM Our Spaces ENRICH The Student Experience SUPPORT Our People STRENGTHEN Our Research Prominence | 56 | Faculty of Arts and Science Strategic Plan 2019-2024Support original, innovative and impactful research and scholarship that promotes curiosity, creativity and social engagement Enable a dynamic research environment and the development of exceptional scholarship through the active recruitment of, and support for, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty including those who reflect traditionally excluded groups and knowledges Provide students at all stages with access to a wide variety of research opportunities to enable them to experience fully the excitement of investigation and knowledge sharing Stimulate a culture of research through enhanced support and the celebration and promotion of our achievements Increase in research funding applications Increase in funding success Increase in high quality research outputs Metrics To advance this priority we will: Metrics in place: STRENGTHEN Our Research Prominence Increase in knowledge mobilization activities Inclusion of students in research Number of activities/programs aimed at enhancing EDI in our research community Metrics under development: | 78 | Faculty of Arts and Science Strategic Plan 2019-2024Offer a unique learning environment that fosters a culture of intellectual enquiry and that is open to questioning received knowledge inside and outside the classroom Foster inclusive and culturally diverse communities that provide mentorship, support and enhanced opportunities for students to engage with each other, staff and faculty Offer programs that engage intellectual curiosity within and beyond Western knowledge frameworks while developing foundational and professional skills through curricular and co-curricular experiences Promote opportunities for students to explore how different disciplines address common challenges as a means to broaden perspectives and facilitate interdisciplinary thinking Metrics To advance this priority we will: Improved student satisfaction with FAS Student Services Increased participation in experiential learning Increased access to interdisciplinary courses and/or programs ENRICH The Student Experience Metrics in place:Metrics under development: Increase in High Impact Teaching Practices Graduate student satisfaction Diversity of curriculum | 9Next >