Dear Carleton community,

I am pleased to provide you with an update on Towards Carleton@100, our long-term strategic visioning process. The five working groups we announced in the spring have been hard at work on in-depth environmental scans to establish a clearer picture of where Carleton stands today, including the realities we have to contend with, our strengths, areas where we can grow and opportunities that can advance our aspirations.

With this important work under our belt, we have entered a significant and consequential phase of the visioning process — seeking your input through broad-based community engagement. The consultations have already begun in a number of settings with various groups — including students, faculty, staff and governance bodies. Opportunities for many more members of our community to participate and to be heard will be announced in the coming weeks.

I strongly urge you to engage with the process because sharing your thoughts and aspirations is critical to shaping and enabling the Carleton that we want. Every voice matters to ensure that we are drawing on a range of excellent ideas to inform, test and refine the strategic directions necessary for a strong and sustainable future for the institution we care about. The strength of this work lies in our ability to imagine what is possible together. By bringing diverse perspectives to the table and looking beyond today’s challenges, we can create new possibilities for our university and the many communities we serve.

Once the consultation phase is completed over the course of the fall, we will begin drafting the strategic vision and related plan in the new year, bringing together what we have learned, and setting the framework for achieving the aspirations shared through this process.

An ambitious vision of the kind we are pursuing to elevate Carleton to global prominence as a leader in driving inclusive impact requires the perspectives and participation of our whole community. I encourage you to visit the Towards Carleton@100 website to learn more about the process and how you can get involved. 

Thank you to everyone who has already contributed to this important work. I look forward to seeing what we can create together.

Sincerely, 

Wisdom Tettey
President and Vice-Chancellor