Work Plan and Schedule (updated January 2025)

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

December 2024 – Committee meetings to discuss survey results.

January – early February 2025 – Produce and circulate revised draft of plan objectives for comments.

February – early March 2025 – Visit Faculty Councils. Determine further data requirements based on those consultations.

March 2025 – meet to discuss consultation results, and produce revised draft of the plan, for feedback by the end of March.

April 2025 – produce a penultimate Draft Plan and circulate for further community feedback – discuss final consultation results and finalize plan.

May 2025 – forward plan to Senate for discussion at its June meeting. 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