Guidelines for Integrating Social Purpose into Institutional Strategic Plans
Re-Code has developed practical and comprehensive guidelines for integrating social infrastructure into university and college strategic plans.
This resource was developed based on a review of nearly twenty strategic documents from Canadian post-secondary institutes (and one American). The guidelines were then refined and tested by a group of University Presidents from across Canada.
We hope this sparks ideas and creates pathways for the change you hope to see.
We welcome your feedback! Please contact Kelly Hodgins at khodgins@mcconnellfoundation.ca or Coro Strandberg at coro@corostrandberg.com for more information.
To see case studies from universities that used these guidelines, click here:
Update:
The pandemic revealed an opportunity and imperative for universities and colleges to rethink their use of space and place to further their academic and societal mission.
With the rise in remote work, accelerated societal challenges, and an increased desire on the part of postsecondary institutions to act as anchor institutions, the pandemic created a new opportunity to reimagine and retrofit campus spaces for greater social good.
Responding to increasing interest in this topic, we created a two-pager that helps prompt thinking around how to best utilize campus infrastructure to create social impact.
We are also writing a report on this topic, to be released September 2021. Stay tuned.