Overview

Project Sponsor: President's Office

As Memorial’s current strategic plan, Transforming our Horizons, concludes in 2026, Memorial is reflecting on who we are, where we want to go, and how we can build on our strengths to meet the opportunities and challenges ahead. Together, through the strategic planning process, we will establish a clear institutional vision and priorities to guide Memorial’s future. 

The planning process is expected to unfold over multiple phases including environmental scans and research, consultation, and the development of the strategic plan itself, which will be complemented with an implementation and evaluation framework. The process will include opportunities for broad participation from students, faculty, staff, alumni, Indigenous communities and external partners.

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Why This is Important

Through Memorial Evolve and in conversations across campuses, students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners have emphasized the importance of establishing longer-term priorities and a roadmap for advancing them. This work is responsive to those requests and will propel our university towards a more integrated planning environment. 

A strategic plan provides us with a university-wide framework that will establish priorities, strengthen accountability, support decision-making and help Memorial respond to an increasingly complex post-secondary landscape.  

Key outcomes include strengthening student success, supporting research excellence and innovation, advancing equity, accessibility, anti-racism and belonging, enhancing financial resilience, improving organizational effectiveness and accountability, and fostering stronger connections across the university and beyond.

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Updates

• To support engagement and planning activities, Memorial issued a Request for Proposals (RFP-052-26) on October 27, 2026 for consultancy services.