Dean of The Collegiate

**About the University**

The University of Winnipeg resides on Treaty One Territory, the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Ininiwak/Nehethowuk, Oceti Sakowin/Dakota Oyate and Michif (Métis) Peoples. The University acknowledges that our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation to serve its campuses. Located in the heart of the city, The University of Winnipeg is a diverse, multicultural campus committed to academic excellence, community engagement, and social and environmental sustainability. The University of Winnipeg is home to a faculty and staff of approximately 1,000 and more than 10,000 learners. As a student-centered research institution, the University combines a strong tradition of outstanding scholarship in teaching, research, and creative work with a unique sense of engagement with its community partners. The University of Winnipeg places special importance upon liberal arts education, research excellence, and student access. The University fosters academic excellence by promoting student-centred programs, innovative research, and interdisciplinary collaborations, thereby enhancing the University’s intellectual capacity and socio-cultural and economic impact.

**About the Collegiate**

The Collegiate at the University of Winnipeg is a funded, independent school offering programs for students in Grades 9 through 12. The Collegiate is embedded within the University of Winnipeg Act as an official High School at the University. The Collegiate tradition is one of academic excellence and accessibility, in an environment of critical thinking and community spirit. Continuing in its worthy traditions, the Collegiate at The University of Winnipeg is committed to offering Grade 9 to Grade 12 students high school programs that provide a transition to post-secondary education-including both domestic and international students. The Collegiate philosophy emphasizes the need for students to become mature individuals within an atmosphere of self-generated discipline, where students can discover freedom, and its complement, responsibility.

To foster our mission, the Collegiate strives to provide an environment of academic freedom, mutual trust, and support, and on-going professional development for Faculty. In a world of continuing change, the Collegiate Faculty strives to engage students in a rigorous curriculum that will prepare and encourage them to pursue a lifelong love of learning. We seek to enable our students to reflect upon moral and ethical issues, and to develop their concern for the welfare of others. The faculty is committed to providing guidance and structure which results in our students' intellectual, social, and personal development: in short, the education of the total person. We view accessibility as an important goal, compatible with our commitment to academic excellence. We strive to draw forth the best from our students.

Reporting to the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, the Dean of the Collegiate provides strategic leadership for the growth and development of the Collegiate at The University of Winnipeg. The Dean’s responsibilities include the following:

- Strategic planning and development.
- Representing the interests of the Collegiate and those students, staff, faculty, and departments involved in the Collegiate.
- Human resources and financial management inside the Collegiate.
- Working with other officials within and outside of The University of Winnipeg to foster financial accountability, growth, delivery, and academic integrity of Collegiate programming, including its global and residential components.
- Acting as the key public representative and advocate of the Collegiate to the general public and international education partners; and
- Setting recruitment goals and priorities, including strategies for both domestic and international student enrolment.

**Current Priorities include**:

- The Dean of the Collegiate will be responsible for ensuring that all the requirements are met as outlined in the Public Schools Act and Educational Administration Act. The Dean is responsible for meeting all the statutory, operational, and reporting obligations for a Funded Independent School in Manitoba.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with partners such as Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning, other post-secondary institutions, Manitoba Federation of Independent Schools, provincial school divisions, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, The Board of Regents and Senate, The University of Winnipeg Senior Executive Group and Deans, University of Winnipeg Faculty Association (UWFA - Collegiate) and The University of Winnipeg Association of Employees Supporting Education Services (AESES), Campus Living (for Collegiate students residing in on-campus boarding), and the Collegiate Alumni Association
- Develop strategic and innovative plans that are congruent with The University of Winnipeg Strategic Plan, faculty, student and provincial requirements for growth an