History of Strategic Initiatives

The 2020-2025 strategic planning process began in August 2019, with the selection of the facilitation team chair and 13 volunteers. With the assistance of Deloitte, an external consulting firm, the team crafted an engagement strategy to incorporate the views and ideas from the University’s many stakeholders – students, faculty, alums, local communities, Indigenous Elders, industry partners, and government representatives. From October 2019 to January 2020, more than 1,300 individuals participated in town halls, focus groups, world cafés, and one-on-one consultations. The team’s goal was to include anyone interested in participating, and they tried to do so with humility and integrity. The plan’s initial draft was then presented to more than 45 internal and external councils, deliberative bodies, and informal working groups to fine-tune and balance the diverse and sometimes contradictory interests embodied in the University’s many supporters. We believe that this 5-year plan - All Our Relations: kahkiyaw kiwâhkômâkaninawak (PDF) - is the culmination of that dialogue and will contribute to the University of Regina’s success over the next 50 years.

Consultations involving more than 100 meetings with faculty, staff, students, alums, retirees, administrators, government officials, professional organizations, and educational partners, as well as more than 40 written submissions and over 1,100 responses to a series of online surveys, fed the creation of the strategic Plan, mâmawohkamâtowin: Our Work, Our People, Our Communities (PDF), which the University’s Board approved of Governors on July 16, 2009.

The implementation of this Plan strengthened the University in several key areas.

In February 2002, following several years of discussion and internal consultation regarding the University of Regina's mission and future directions, a strategic plan, Reaching Our Potential: Planning For Progress 2002-2006 (PDF), was adopted.

This plan was refreshed in November 2004 with the approval of the Board of Governors of Building on Progress: The Plan for 2004-2009 (PDF). For the first time, a performance measurement framework (PMF), a form of balanced scorecard Regina uses to monitor its progress toward the plan, was featured in the updated plan. The PMF is included in the University of Regina's planning and is a prominent component of the University's annual reports.