Strategic Academic Planning Process
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The Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing is embarking on a strategic academic planning process to inform the future direction of the Faculty and shape how we continue to be a leader in nursing education, research and practice. This process is part of the University of Toronto’s quality assurance practices or UTQAP.
Our goal is to ensure a transparent and collaborative consultation process with our community of students, faculty, alumni, staff, and external partners to inform Bloomberg Nursing’s vision, priorities and implementation plan consistent with the University’s aims, and which covers the full scope of our divisional activities across teaching, research, enrolment, government advocacy, financial resource development and capital plans.
Below you will find key details about the process, resources on academic planning, and opportunities to provide feedback.
The Strategic Academic Planning Survey is now closed.
Timeline for Planning Process
Phase 1
Launch (March 2025)
Development of the Core Engagement Team. Focus Group Invitations.
Phase 2
Initial Consultations (April 2025)
Interviews conducted by Core Engagement Team. Focus Group Sessions. Feedback Survey.
Phase 3
Strategy Hives (May 2025)
Focus group sessions on key themes and topics that emerge from Phase 2.
Phase 4
Review and Consolidation (June – August 2025)
Development of strategic academic plan
Phase 5
Launch of Strategic Academic Plan (September – December 2025)
Strategy Hives – Help us Co-Create our Visionary Priorities
From June 3 -11, Bloomberg Nursing will be hosting a series of intensive planning sessions called Strategy Hives to help us explore big strategic questions that will shape the future of the Faculty. Unlike the conversations during “pollination,” each Hive is focused on a specific topic, bringing together diverse participants, with the goal of envisioning priorities and objectives. \ \ The Hives will be highly interactive, with a mix of in person and virtual sessions. We encourage everyone to attend at least one or more!
Hive 1: What could Bloomberg Nursing do to shape the future for nursing and health?
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 9:00am – 11:30am \ Location: Hart House, East Common Room
- What does the world need from Bloomberg Nursing as a leader, knowledge generator and mobilizer, and influential voice?
- Where can we build on and amplify our impact on population health and on shaping a sustainable health system?
- What are the future roles and potential for the field of nursing that we can shape or accelerate?
Hive 2: How do we advance the learner experience at Bloomberg Nursing?
Date and Time: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 from 2:00pm – 4:30pm \ Location: Hart House, East Common Room
- What should the learner experience of the future look and feel like?
- Where could we evolve technology, simulation, AI and other innovative practices to enhance learning and experiences?
- What do we want our graduates to demonstrate that distinguishes them as having learned here?
- How can we become more accessible to a more diverse population of learners, and how do we create the most inclusive environment?
- How do our programs foster resilience, leadership, critical thinking, interprofessionalism and the other qualities nurses of the future will need?
- How do we create stronger, fruitful connections across all of our programs?
- What is the next evolution for the connection between learning and practice?
- What learning principles can guide all of our programs?
Hive 3: How do we create even stronger connections between Bloomberg Nursing and practice environments?
Date and Time: Monday, June 9, 2025 from 1:00pm – 3:30pm \ Location: Virtual, Zoom
- How do we strengthen reciprocal relationships with practitioners for even greater integration between research, learning, and practice?
- How do we ensure our reach encompasses all of the spaces where nurses practice (community, primary care, acute, rural, remote…)?
- How do we enhance Bloomberg Nursing’s role as a “lifeline” for ongoing learning, professional development, and collaboration?
- How could we leverage technology to foster stronger connections?
Hive 4: What is the next horizon for research growth and impact?
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 1:00pm – 3:30pm \ Location: Hart House, East Common Room
- How can we build on our research strength to grow our impact in areas that matter most in our health systems and communities?
- How do we sustain and grow our research as the global landscape for science shifts? What innovation and technologies could we embrace to amplify our research impact?
- How do we continue to evolve knowledge mobilization for integration of new knowledge into practice, and how do we bring practice questions more fully into research?
- How should we look at the opportunity of this unique moment in time in the global research landscape?
Relevant Resources
UTQAP 2024 – Dean’s Response
2023 Self-Study
2017-2022 Academic Plan
Guidelines on Divisional Academic Planning
Your Voice Matters
We value your feedback. Help us shape the strategic academic plan by participating.