Land, Learning & Legacy: Our Path to 2040
Together, we're working toward a bold future that honours our deep connections to the land and the people of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions and is grounded in environmental, social and economic resiliency.
Land, Learning & Legacy: Our Path to 2040 will guide us through an evolving landscape of post-secondary learning, workforce demands and advances in technology and help us deliver our mandate to offer high-quality, accessible programming that aligns with labour-market needs.
Our Vision and Mission
Vision
We are Canada’s destination for applied learning and inquiry grounded in a sense of land and place.
Mission
Together, we inspire generations of changemakers through relevant, inventive and sustainable education.
Our Foundational Goal
Positioning Selkirk College for Sustainability
Sustainability is our foundational goal, underpinning all our efforts to create a college that best serves our students and communities. There are four dimensions to our strategy.
Together, they provide the strategic direction to ensure Selkirk College excels—today and well into the future.
Our Four Strategic Dimensions
Sustainability: Seven Generations and Beyond
Sustainability is not a fixed state but a continuous improvement process. It encompasses environmental, social and economic resiliency in a rapidly changing world.
It demands that we ground our efforts in Indigenous ways of knowing that suggest holistic ways of seeing the world and considering the future. It implies responsibilities for reciprocity, co-learning and collaboration.
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1.1 Deepen our relationship with the land and strengthen our commitment to environmental stewardship.
1.2 Nurture our role as a trusted partner.
1.3 Safeguard the college’s long-term fiscal health.
Focus: Transformative, Distinctive Education
As a college with an expansive footprint and legacy, we face wide-ranging expectations and complex challenges.
Meeting these expectations requires careful planning, focus and deliberate action
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2.1 Support regional and community priorities through high demand applied learning, continuing education and research initiatives.
2.2 Expand efforts to Indigenize and decolonize education and campuses.
2.3 Emphasize exceptional teaching and learning experiences across all programs.
Deliver: A High-Performance, High-Support Organization
A healthy workplace culture that advances continuous improvement and accountability requires robust systems and investments in innovation and technology.
We will empower employees through access to robust, adaptable systems and cultivate their potential through a focus on collaboration, support and shared responsibility.
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3.1 Inspire a culture of engagement and accountability, energized by the possibilities of change.
3.2 Advance an informed, vibrant and respectful workplace culture.
3.3 Optimize processes and structures to support efficiency.
Impact: Innovation for Thriving Communities
At Selkirk College, processes, structures and infrastructure are subject to continuous reflection and adaptation. We demonstrate our capabilities through a culture of exploration and problem-solving, offering students and employees a platform to develop innovative and impactful solutions to real-world challenges.
As education and research evolve, Selkirk College will continue to leverage its unique strengths and regional partnerships to deliver learning experiences that set it apart.
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4.1 Prioritize innovative approaches to program and service delivery.
4.2 Create more engaging and memorable student experiences on our campuses and learning centres.
4.3 Cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit.
What We Stand For
Our Values
Our values are what we stand for. Enduring in the face of change, they are our reason for being and doing. They shape our culture. They define us.
- Community
- Access
- Respect
- Excellence
Our Commitments
We aim to embed our commitments in everything we do, including programming, student and employee supports, planning, and operations.
- Equity, diversity and inclusion
- Reconciliation
- Research and innovation
- Sustainability
- Wellness
Charting Our Course
More than 500 people contributed to the development of this plan through interviews, online surveys and regional community consultations. They told us what made them proud to be part of Selkirk College and the West Kootenay and Boundary regions, and they shared their ideas for the future of the college.
Consultation sessions with industry partners and the community
Group and individual engagements with First Nations and Métis people on campus and partners external to the college
Responses to surveys
Engagements with students and employees across all campuses and learning sites