Priorities & Measures
Our Culture
Students are at the centre of all our decisions and practices, a commitment brought to life through our Student Success Plan. We are a diverse, inclusive, and resilient community of students and engaged employees, well supported for growth, change, and success. We celebrate our place on unceded traditional Musqueam territory and our intercultural mosaic, and work to advance our Internationalization Plan and Indigenization strategy.
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Develop and implement a talent management strategy.
Participation of regular employees in personal and professional development
2021 Progress
Sessions included: educational benefits (e.g., tuition waivers, tuition reimbursements); new hire orientation; social wellness events (holiday breakfast, department decoration contests); physical wellness programs (virtual fitness classes); emotional wellness supports (Back-to-Campus Support, Balance & Burnout Workshop); Payroll information sessions (Form T2200, pension plans).
2020 Baseline
2025 Target
Engagement survey
2021 Progress
Determine baseline by 2022.
2020 Baseline
Determine baseline by 2022.
2025 Target
Improvement on the baseline.
Workday Talent Management implemented
2021 Progress
In progress.
2020 Baseline
2025 Target
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Provide effective emotional, physical, and mental well-being supports for students and employees.
Feasibility assessment, government relations strategy and consider industry engagement on student housing on or off campus
2021 Progress
- Developing Community Relations Plan in consultation with key stakeholders, including Board of Governors.
- Hired an agency to support communications for the Community Relations Plan, including reaching out to key stakeholders: donors, alumni, government, industry, and community partners, as well as Musqueam and other Indigenous groups.
- April - July: planning and strategy formation.
- Hired students and community to rebuild the homestay program and supports.
2020 Baseline
Consultations with Musqueam, City of Vancouver, Ministry, and potential partners.
2025 Target
Feasibility assessment complete; Government relations strategy implemented; role of industry (if any) determined.
Connections to community resources that provide housing support
2021 Progress
- Our in-house Homestay Program has successfully accommodated students who have been able to travel to Canada for their international studies during the pandemic.
- A quarantine support program was established to assist students navigating the complex requirements related to traveling to Canada and the mandatory 14-day quarantine period.
- Conducted daily wellness checks to ensure students had access to resources and support during their 14-day isolation upon arrival to Canada.
- In 2021, 2308 students were provided with this type of support.
2020 Baseline
Homestay program provides housing opportunities for students with local families.
2025 Target
Key community resources identified and services delivered to students.
Develop intercultural competency programming
2021 Progress
Ongoing: the Centre for Intercultural Engagement hosted and participated in multiple events, webinars, and information sessions including National Congress of Black Women Foundation Webinar Panel, Collaborative Online Intercultural Learning, and Indigenization.
2020 Baseline
Under development.
2025 Target
Created and implementation underway.
Number of students and employees per year that have enhanced intercultural competency through a program of study or experience in intercultural engagement
2021 Progress
375 students, 243 employees
2020 Baseline
40 students, 40 employees
2025 Target
350 students, 100 employees
Extent students and employees feel included
2021 Progress
2020 Baseline
2025 Target
Improvement on current (2020) baseline.
Number of employees who have participated in wellness programs related to three or more dimensions of wellness per year
2021 Progress
- 1,377 employees (70%) participated in at least one dimension of our wellness programs.
- 118 employees (6%) participated in programs spanning three or more dimensions.
- We plan to expand our wellness offerings once public health restrictions are lifted.
2020 Baseline
Baseline will be set based on 2021 results.
2025 Target
Growth over the baseline.
Satisfaction rate of students with College wellness supports
2021 Progress
2020 Baseline
2025 Target
Maintain or increase.
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Embark on a collaborative process to develop a justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) strategy to guide the College’s policies and practices reflecting the communities we serve.
Strategy in place
2021 Progress
Preliminary planning underway.
Hiring underway for Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion to support Langara community.
2020 Baseline
Initiate development of strategy.
2025 Target
Created and implementation underway.
