Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba Candidate Brief Dean, Faculty of Engineering University of Manitoba January 2020 1 odgersberndtson.com Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba Contents About the University of Manitoba 3 About the Faculty of Engineering 5 Announcing the Opportunity 7 Candidate Qualifications 9 The Appointment 11 Appendix A – University of Manitoba 12 Appendix B – About Winnipeg and Manitoba 13 Appendix C – Presidential Advisory Committee 15 CONTACT INFORMATION Gerri Woodford | Partner, Head, National Academic Odgers Berndtson Practice Suite 3150, Royal Bank Plaza, South [email protected] Tower, 200 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5J 2J3 Krutika Hotwani | Consultant, Canada National Academic Practice [email protected] 2 odgersberndtson.com Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba About the University of Manitoba University of Manitoba campuses are located on the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. Established as Western Canada’s first university, the The University of Manitoba has an allocation of 46 Canada University of Manitoba is the largest university in Manitoba Research Chairs, one Canada 150 Research Chair and one and the only medical-doctoral institution in the province. As Canada Excellence Research Chair laureate. There are a member of Canada’s U15 group of research universities, its currently 39 research centres, institutes and shared facilities, community of 30,000 students, 5,400 academic faculty, and and the University has had more Rhodes scholars than any 3,950 support staff contributes $2.4 billion annually to other institution in Western Canada. Currently, the University Manitoba’s economy. of Manitoba has two faculty members who are appointed Companion, eleven who are Officers, and sixteen who are Members of the Order of Canada. Additionally, 24 individuals have been appointed to the Order of Manitoba, and 45 individuals have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. The University of Manitoba’s mission is: “To create, preserve and communicate knowledge, and thereby, contribute to the cultural, social and economic well-being of the people of Manitoba, Canada and the world.” Attracting talent that is motivated by this mission is a fundamental reason for the university’s success. The University of Manitoba is home to more than 2,500 First Nations, Métis and Inuit students and strives to ensure that A leader in Manitoba’s knowledge economy, the University Indigenous values are acknowledged, embraced and infused of Manitoba is known for its ground-breaking research in a into life on its campuses. Indigenous Achievement is a key variety of areas, including nanotechnology, functional foods component of the university's strategic planning framework. and nutraceuticals, HIV/AIDS and climate change. The University’s current operating budget totals more than $600 million, and its research funding is approximately $136.8 million. The University of Manitoba has two distinct but closely aligned campuses: the Fort Garry Campus, a 233-hectare complex bordering the Red River in south Winnipeg, and the Bannatyne Campus in central Winnipeg. It has four affiliated colleges —St. Andrew’s College (Ukrainian Orthodox), St. John’s College (Anglican), St. Paul’s College (Roman Catholic), and University College (secular)—and the Francophone Université de Saint-Boniface. 3 odgersberndtson.com Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba The University is home to the National Centre for Truth and One part of the Settlement Agreement created the Truth Reconciliation. and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and mandated the Commission to create a permanent archive for all of the The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) was statements, documents and other materials it would gather created to preserve the memory of Canada’s Residential over its years of operation. The University of Manitoba is School system and legacy. Officially opened in the summer honoured to be selected to preserve these important of 2015, the NCTR is the permanent place for all statements, records. documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). The NCTR is a While the life of the NCTR begins with the statements and creation of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement documents from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Agreement, signed in 2007 by representatives of former of Canada, in future, it will house other Indigenous students of the schools, the Government of Canada, collections. It will also encourage dialogue on the many Churches, the Assembly of First Nations, and the Inuit Tapiriit issues that support reconciliation. Kanatami. 4 odgersberndtson.com Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba About the Faculty of Engineering The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba is pathway toward a professional engineering license in the oldest engineering faculty in Western Canada, having Manitoba. celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2007. Over 10,000 For more information about Engineering at the University of engineers have graduated with at least one degree from the Manitoba, visit: Faculty, and 85% of Professional Engineers practising in the Province of Manitoba are graduates of the Faculty of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUhvZQlVPI0&feature Engineering, which speaks to the importance of the Faculty =youtu.be; to the province. https://umanitoba.ca/faculties/engineering/graduate_studie s/index.html The Faculty is home to a diverse and unique mix of faculty members, staff and students across four departments: Located within the Faculty is the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice & Engineering Education, an academic Biosystems Engineering centre which collaborates with departments within the Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering to develop and deliver professional practice and design curricula, drawing on the scholarship of Electrical and Computer Engineering teaching and learning in engineering, and educational Mechanical Engineering collaboration with industry partners. The faculty enjoys The Faculty of Engineering offers a comprehensive array of strong industry partnerships for students to leverage undergraduate engineering degrees fully accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB), and graduate programs delivered by faculty members passionate about teaching, research and innovation. The Faculty is known for strength in the diversity of its programs, with programs designed to specifically focus on engineering education for Indigenous Canadians, and engineers with international qualifications. Of note are the Engineering Access Program (ENGAP) which provides students of Indigenous ancestry opportunities to obtain the prerequisites required to get into, prepare for, and succeed in engineering, the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Program, which is designed to foster outreach to through the Co-operative Education and Industrial increase youth participation in STEM fields, and the Internship Program (IIP), designed to prepare them for Internationally Educated Engineering Qualifications Program excellence in their future careers as Professional Engineers (IEEQ). IEEQ is designed for internationally educated and community leaders. engineers with work experience outside Canada as a Recognized internationally for its research achievements, the Faculty of Engineering is home to seven Canada Research Chairs and three Industrial Research Chairs sponsored by NSERC and private industry; research within the faculty generates external support of approximately $14 million per year from public, private, and government sources. The Faculty headquartered a National Centre of Excellence in Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures, and has 5 odgersberndtson.com Dean, Faculty of Engineering | University of Manitoba participated in three Networks of Centres of Excellence in Mission Statement microelectronics, telecommunications and robotics. The Faculty promotes and stimulates research excellence by The Faculty of Engineering will graduate students ready for fostering a collaborative and supportive environment for all positions of leadership for a world in which engineering is faculty and staff, enabling partnerships with universities central to improving the well-being of society and the across the globe, major research organizations, leading creation of new wealth that benefits society in Manitoba, manufacturers, public and private utilities, and all levels of Canada and globally. Accordingly, we will maintain the government. highest quality professional degree and research programs Earlier this year, the Faculty celebrated the opening of its in Biomedical, Biosystems, Civil, Computer, Electrical, and third facility; the Stanley Pauley Engineering Building, a Mechanical Engineering. 46,000 square-foot building jointly funded by the Government of Canada Post-Secondary Institutions Vision Statement Strategic Investment Fund and the Province of Manitoba. The state-of-the-art building houses a wide complement of We aim to provide engineering programs equal to the best engineering related programs and laboratories, including available anywhere globally, whose participants reflect the Price Innovation and Prototyping Centre used by student societal diversity especially with respect to gender balance, design teams, Co-operative education space,