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Message from David T. Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manitoba
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Dear Students, For almost 135 years, the University of Manitoba has been shaping academic, business and community leaders, enhancing our community and conducting research that changes the world. Throughout our history, we have grown and evolved through a constant process of rethinking, re-evaluating and reassessing where we are, where we want to be and how we'll get there. Many members of the University of Manitoba community have heard me refer to the complex academic structure that exists here. Currently, we have 20 faculties and schools and 78 departments delivering programs to serve over 27,000 students. By comparison, the University of Toronto has the same number of faculties and schools, and only 14 additional departments, to serve 72,000 students. Almost 30,000 students at the University of Calgary are served by 13 faculties and schools encompassing 70 departments. At McMaster University, programs are delivered to its 27,000 students through 6 faculties and 49 departments. In fact, based on available data, no other medical-doctoral institution of our size and scope in Canada has as many free-standing faculties and schools or departments as we do. I believe that this overly elaborated academic structure impedes our academic work in at least three important ways. 1. It affects academic planning and decision making because academic leaders - especially deans and directors - are more removed from these processes than they should be. Put simply, this group is too large to bring together effectively on these and other matters. 2. This structure results in the inefficient use of our most precious resource, namely, our people, who should have the opportunity to use their skills more creatively to advance our learning, discovery and engagement missions. 3. Most importantly, the need to navigate within our highly articulated structure hinders progress on our Strategic Planning Framework priorities, notably, our commitment to providing an outstanding student experience and to enhancing our teaching and research programs in areas of strength and/or strategic importance to our province and nation. Students require more flexible program and course selection, and simpler academic regulations to achieve their educational and career goals; faculty, in turn, require greater opportunities for inter- and multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop and advance their teaching and research programs. I want to begin an important conversation within the University of Manitoba community about how we move forward and enhance our commitment to our students, our faculty and staff, and to the community we serve. It is my vision to see the University of Manitoba's academic structure better reflect our size and scope, enhancing rather than impeding our ability to deliver on our mandate. When the University of Manitoba's Strategic Planning Framework was adopted, I committed to ensuring that it would guide the decisions we make together and that we would use it to pursue our ultimate objective of achieving excellence. Initiatives like ROSE and OARs have been focused on transforming our organizational infrastructure and approaches, in order to improve the way the university conducts its work. It is now time to move forward with a plan to simplify and improve our university's academic structure, so that we can more effectively achieve our strategic vision. Some work designed to address our current academic structure is already underway. Late last year, we began a process where deans and directors of faculties and schools with natural affinities of various sorts began working in clusters to explore some new avenues of collaboration and interaction. Through this process, work on new cross-faculty academic programming, the sharing of administrative resources and facilities, and collaborative outreach activity has already begun. It has shown us that more and closer ties among units can be beneficial - to students, faculty and staff and to our community at large. This cluster mechanism, I believe, can serve as a useful starting point in the development of a plan to simplify and improve our academic structure. To this end, I have asked Dr. Joanne Keselman, Vice President (Academic) and Provost, to work with deans and directors through the cluster groups and they, in turn, with their faculty, staff, students, alumni and external stakeholders, to identify viable options for reducing the number of faculties and schools from the current total of 20 to a number closer to the national average of 13 by 2017. Based on discussions to date, it is clear that there are significant opportunities to improve our academic structure in the health sciences area. The move to interprofessional education and an increasing emphasis on multi-disciplinary research teams, combined with the need to address common issues including clinical education and program accreditation, provide compelling reasons to proceed with this cluster as a first step in the development of a plan. To this end, Dr. Keselman will work with the health sciences cluster to develop a proposal or set of options by December 2012 for consideration by our governing bodies. An interim report on this work will be provided in the spring of 2012. It is clear that other opportunities exist to improve our academic structure. I encourage faculties or departments that see possibilities where closer relationships among themselves would be beneficial to bring their ideas forward for discussion. We remain committed, as the only medical-doctoral institution in Manitoba, to contributing to our communities' and our province's cultural, social and economic well-being. This process will enhance our ability to meet the needs of our students, our faculty and our community as a whole. We want this change to be invigorating and exciting. We want it to be inclusive, and will engage the University of Manitoba in discussions about how this goal will be achieved. Finally, we will only move forward where it makes sense, and proposals will be advanced, discussed, improved and approved through the University of Manitoba's collegial governance processes. This institution will soon be 135 years old. We respect and honour our traditions but must adapt them to ensure a vibrant and prosperous future for the much loved University of Manitoba, its staff and students and the community it serves. David David T. Barnard, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor 202 Administration Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Canada Office: +1-204-474-9345 FAX: +1-204-261-1318 Email: president(a)umanitoba.ca cid:image002.jpg@01CAEBD7.78870110

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Correction Re: Looking for work? Need career info? - No need to register for the Career Fair
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

UM Students.Please see the revised notice below regarding the Annual January Career Fair. There is no need to register for the Fair. You may register to receive the latest info on job postings.. Are you looking for full-time, part-time or summer work? Do you need more info about career options? Get the information you need at the Annual January Career Fair Wednesday, January, 18 9:30 am - 2:30 pm 2nd floor University Centre More information about the Career Fair at: http://umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/2855.html Register to receive job postings and information from Career Services at: www.umanitoba.ca/student/careerservices Student Affairs...Creating Opportunities for Student Success

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Looking for work? Need career info?
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 16 Jan '12

16 Jan '12

UM Students. Are you looking for full-time, part-time or summer work? Do you need more info about career options? Get the information you need at the Annual January Career Fair Wednesday, January, 18 9:30 am - 2:30 pm 2nd floor University Centre Register at: www.umanitoba.ca/student/careerservices More information about the Career Fair at: http://umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/2855.html

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Career Fair: Wednesday, January 18
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

The following message is sent on behalf of the Career Services.

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UM Student Health 101 - January 2012 Issue
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

<http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: http://sh101.ca/imgload/UMANCA.jpg U of M students, January's <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Student Health 101 is now ready! So why should you read <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Student Health 101, the online health and wellness magazine just for U of M students? First, you can enter to win January's $1,000 cash prize for reading U of M's health and wellness magazine, online at <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html. Plus, there are some great articles in <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> January's issue: <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> New Ways to Get Fit The latest fitness fads: Are they for you? Our experts evaluate their effectiveness. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Start Tour Summer Job Hunt Now Use our guide to land the perfect job or internship. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Join In: Helping Yourself While Helping Others How students are volunteering locally and globally and what they're getting out of it. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Social Media Check-Up: Making Smart Connections How to enjoy social networking without sacrificing your grades, relationships, or career. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> UCookbook: Quick and Nutritious Dinners & <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> FitnessU: Weight Training <http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-of-M-Student-Health-101/163129317107687> Description: alt <http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-of-M-Student-Health-101/163129317107687> Don't miss out! Like us on Facebook for the latest on U of M health and wellness. And don't miss these great stories from the <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html?id=6f1b93ac> December issue: What's Your Sexual Health IQ? 7 Ways to Improve Your Nutrition Goals: Find Your Path to Success UCookbook: Lunch on the Run & FitnessU: Calisthenics, Anyone? <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html?id=6f1b93ac> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Read U of M Student Health 101 today - and be sure to enter to win $1,000! Have a healthy 2012, and thanks for your time, Marcia Davies Assistant to the Vice-Provost (Students) Student Affairs, University of Manitoba <mailto:marci_davies@umanitoba.ca> marci_davies(a)umanitoba.ca <http://www.umanitoba.ca/student> http://www.umanitoba.ca/student Marcia Davies Assistant to the Vice-Provost (Students) 204 474 6917 Student Affairs creating opportunities for student success

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Holiday Greeting from David T. Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manitoba
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Season's Greetings! Please click on the link: http://umanitoba.ca/flex/greeting/greetings_2011.html David T. Barnard, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor 202 Administration Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Canada Office: +1-204-474-9345 FAX: +1-204-261-1318 Email: president(a)umanitoba.ca cid:image002.jpg@01CAEBD7.78870110

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IST Important Information: Scheduled Telephone Outage Dec 15
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

> IST would like to inform users that telephone service on campus will > be disrupted on December 15. > This will impact all telephone service on both campuses. > > In the case of an emergency please call 911 from a cell phone. > > For non-emergency assistance please call U of M Security at 269-3363. > > From 10:00 PM. until 12:00 A.M. midnight there will be no phone > service: > > No 911 service > > No 555 service > > No local calls > > No long distance calls > > No voicemail service > > No internal calls on campus > > No elevator emergency phone service > > > > Service to IP phone sets will be unavailable from 10:00 PM. until > 4:00 AM. December 16. > > Code Blue stations will not work during from 10:00 PM. until 12:00 > AM. midnight. > > Panic buttons will have periodic outages between 10:00 PM. and 3:00 > AM. > > ***************************************************************************** > Brian Goodman Information Services & Technology Help and Solutions Centre Manager Phone: (204) 474 9762 Fax: (204) 474 7515 123 Fletcher Argue University of Manitoba Brian_Goodman(a)Umanitoba.ca

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Invitation from David T. Barnard, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Manitoba
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

David T. Barnard, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor 202 Administration Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Canada Office: +1-204-474-9345 FAX: +1-204-261-1318 Email: president(a)umanitoba.ca cid:image002.jpg@01CAEBD7.78870110

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UM Student Health 101 - December Issue
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

<http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: http://sh101.ca/imgload/UMANCA.jpg U of M students, December's <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Student Health 101 is now ready! So why should you spend 10 minutes reading <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Student Health 101, the online health and wellness magazine just for U of M students? First, you can enter to win December's $1,000 cash prize for reading U of M's health and wellness magazine, online at <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html. Plus, there are some great articles in <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> December's issue: <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Description: alt <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Your Guide to Surviving Finals Learn 4 great tips that can help you not just survive but thrive during finals week. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> What Is Your Safer Sex IQ? Take our quiz you do know...and be surprised at what you don't know. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> 7 Ways to Improve Your Nutrition Find out how you can improve your eating habits today. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Goals: Find Your Path to Success How to start 2012 off right by establishing your pathway to success. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> UCookbook: Lunch on the Run + <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> FitnessU: Calisthenics, Anyone? And don't miss these great stories from the <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html?id=28a53b23> November issue: How to Handle a Difficult Roommate Stealing Your Slumber Deskside Fitness Guide: Workouts In Your Room Eating Well...Anywhere You Eat UCookbook: Getting Spicy + FitnessU: The Latest Fitness Equipment <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html?id=28a53b23> Description: alt Don't miss out! Be sure to <http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-of-M-Student-Health-101/163129317107687> like U of M Student Health 101 on Facebook for the latest updates on health and wellness. <http://sh101.ca/umanitoba.html> Start reading today - and be sure to enter to win $1,000! Thanks for your time, Marcia Davies Assistant to the Vice-Provost (Students) Student Affairs, University of Manitoba <mailto:marci_davies@umanitoba.ca> marci_davies(a)umanitoba.ca <http://www.umanitoba.ca/student> http://www.umanitoba.ca/student

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Reminder: President's Town Hall
by all-students＠lists.umanitoba.ca 25 Nov '11

25 Nov '11

David T. Barnard, Ph.D., President and Vice-Chancellor 202 Administration Building, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB R3T 2N2 Canada Office: +1-204-474-9345 FAX: +1-204-261-1318 Email: president(a)umanitoba.ca cid:image002.jpg@01CAEBD7.78870110

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