Effective, and Creative Leaders And ProfessionalsBusinessforLifeMISSION
Advancing and IntegratingKnowledgeManagementand Practice Towards a More Prosperous, Inclusive, and Sustainable Society VISION CORE VALUES Mokakit – Practice wisdom, apply your Kanaitsowapiiknowledge - Beauty, balance, harmony Kanowaanapii - Everything that is new Kanitapiiwahsini - Coming together as a Manistaihtsiiisiniwhole - Harmonious continuity Sao'ohkoomaimohsini - Achievement Inakootsiiyssini – Respect
The University of Lethbridge is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Aboriginal peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community. In the spirit of reconciliation and in respect for being on traditional Blackfoot lands, the Dhillon School of Business includes Blackfoot words and translations used to describe our core values.
CREATIVE EFFECTIVE INCLUSIVE SUSTAINABILITY RESPONSIBLEINNOVATION PROFESSIONALS PRACTICE
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The School's revised mission-driven strategic initiatives will guide the School in emphasizing engagement, innovation and impact. For example, initiative one advances the School's aspiration to improve equity, diversity and inclusion across the current curriculum and immerse these principles in any new programming. When fully achieved, this initiative will have added a rich dimension of diversity to our curriculum, engaged disadvantaged communities, and reduced barriers for underrepresented populations. CAMPUS, 10 MAJORS, ONE SCHOOL
During a year-long consultative process, the School assessed the
The School’s revised mission, vision and values are intended to expand the DSB traditions of internationalization, engagement indigenization, and developing a shared understanding of the importance of reconciliation in professionals of tomorrow.
• Goal 1: Increase curricular content related to innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership and sustainable business practices • Goal 2: Develop flexible and supportive learner pathways to meet the needs of diverse student demographic profiles: high school, mature, Indigenous and international students • Goal 3: Review all program admission requirements to remove barriers to acceptance of capable candidates STRATEGIC INITIATIVE01 STRATEGIC INITIATIVE02 Integrate experiential learning and professional development opportunities throughout the curriculum in the DSB • Goal 1: Increase experiential opportunities for students • Goal 2: Optimize professional development opportunities for students “I recognized that I’m going to graduate soon and with COVID and the economy being so uncertain, I needed to gain that experience to look attractive on my resume…I wanted to really learn and develop my career as a professional”—Lionel Migrino, (BMgt ’22) CEWIL Student of the Year
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE03 STRATEGIC INITIATIVE04 Advance research and increase community engagement in areas related to our values and strategic importance. • Goal 1: Increase scholarship in the areas of innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership, and sustainable business practices. • Goal 2: Increase community involvement in our research areas of innovation, inclusion, insightful leadership, and sustainable business practices. • Goal 3: Encourage reporting of societal impact activities by all members of the School. Increase student enrolments on both Calgary and Lethbridge Campuses • Goal 1: Increase brand awareness Goal 2: Improve student recruitment Caption
STRATEGIC INITIATIVE Strengthen organizational sustainability and Scaleability • Goal 1: Optimize course offerings • Goal 2: Improve DSB Internal Processes • Goal 3: Improve workload equity • Goal 4: Enable faculty to more effectively meet teaching, research, and service responsibilities • Goal 5: Acquire additional resources to support curriculum and teaching
2022 2023 2024 2025 BANA Business Analytics introduced at graduate level Expansion of classroomshyflexExpandexperientialopportunitiesforstudents tocontentcurricularIncreaserelatedinclusion partnershipsExpand with communitiesbusiness Include more curricular content related to Innovation Increase awareness of DSB research Develop flexible entry and exit options studentsfor STRATEGIC PLAN TIMELINE Expand EDI opportunitiestraining Integrate Indigenous content Build curricularSustainabilitycontent 2026
One of our objectives is to focus new programming on business practices that support sustainability and address climate change in support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The Dhillon School of Business was an early adopter of corporate social responsibility. The foundational education around these systemic corporate values has been intrinsic to my leadership style, growth and development.”Angela Thompson (BMgt '12), Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women recipient https://qrco.de/DSBPlan
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