A new Strategic Plan for 2010 and beyond

As our external environment continues to change dramatically, we need current, focused goals to rally and coordinate our energies so that Douglas College can thrive in the coming decade. The new Strategic Plan will identify priority goals and activities for Douglas College in the medium to long term.

This website presents data and issues that are vital to our planning process and it will be updated regularly. In addition, the President's blog gives all College employees an opportunity to contribute electronically to an open discussion.

Planning process and status reports

Strategic Plan 2010 (pdf) - information about the planning process

Themed discussion group questions (December 2009, pdf) -  seven items on which we need a thorough discussion from a cross-section of employees; discusson groups started in the third week of January 2010 and were completed in the second week of February. Summaries of each of the 14 discussion events are posted for viewing and discussion on the President's blog.

Town hall meetings (summary report, PDF) - in January and February 2010, community partners' breakfast events were held in New Westminster, Coquitlam and Maple Ridge. We gathered ideas from community leaders, educators, business people, healthcare and human services professionals, and others. An online survey was also used to gather feedback from community members with a connection to Douglas College.

Student feedback: we asked for ideas from Douglas College students and we got them. Earlier this year, 248 students filled out an online survey. A summary report will be published soon. As well, a face-to-face discussion event is planned for this spring.

Environmental scan and other background information

Context for the development of the Douglas College Strategic Plan (September 2009, pdf) - remarks from the President's inaugural address to the College community

Census data for enrolment planning (pdf) - changing demographics that could affect enrolment demand

Analysis of the environment (December 2009, pdf) - identifies important ways that our landscape is changing rapidly

History of BC post-secondary education (pdf) - helps contextualize the College's development and its niche in the post-secondary system

2009 Douglas College Fact Book - a statistical compendium about all aspects of Douglas

BC Colleges summary (pdf) - overview of how colleges are preparing BC for the future

Projections of the Diversity of the Canadian Population (pdf) - new Statistics Canada study showing how the population of our region and the country is changing, with increases in the proportion of persons born abroad, persons whose mother tongue is neither English nor French, and persons belonging to visible minority groups (published March 2010)

Input from the College community

Employee survey results (November 2009, pdf) - overview and links to summary and full report

President's blog -  the place to contribute electronically to an open discussion of the themed discussion group topics

Draft plan

A draft plan will be posted in late Spring 2010.