Work Plan and Schedule

July – August 2024 – Finalize work plan and initial consultation questions; circulate initial survey and work plan. Survey deadline of September 30^th

October 2024– committee meetings to discuss survey results, visit Faculty Councils and other public consultations, construct second survey, circulate second survey by end of the month. Determine further data requirements based on first survey. Survey deadline of November 30^th

December 2024– discuss and collate second survey results. Produce a Draft Interim Plan and circulate for further consultation by beginning of Winter term. Feedback deadline of January 30^th.

1^st two weeks of February 2025– discuss final consultation results, and finalize plan.

By end of February 2025 – send plan to CAP for discussion and for endorsement to Senate. CAP forwards plan to Senate. Senate votes on plan, and if accepted, decides on the date on which the plan becomes operational.

Consultations

• Brandon University Alumni
• Brandon University Donors
• Brandon City Council
• Community-Based Education (CBE) Partners 
• School Guidance Counsellors (local & rural)
• School Counsellors/Social Workers (local & rural)
• Westman-based School Divisions, Manitoba Association of School Superintendents (MASS), and Manitoba Association of School Trustees (MAST) 
• School principals/Council of School Leaders (COSL) 
• Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) 
• Manitoba Rural Learning Consortium (mRLC) 
• Parent Teacher Associations
• Prairie Mountain Health Authority
• Brandon Research Centre
• Manitoba Agriculture
• Manitoba Conservation Districts Association
• Ducks Unlimited (Brandon)
• Nature Conservancy Canada (Brandon)
• A Representative Selection of Local Businesses & Industry
• Brandon Friendship Centre
• Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples’ Council
• Indigenous Community Organizations
• Members of Parliament (Manitoba)
• Members of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba