President’s Message
It is our conviction that publicly supported institutions such as the
University of Waterloo should have transparency and accountability as top
priorities, both in decision-making and in performance evaluation.
On this page you will find links to our plan for Waterloo’s sixth decade, “Pursuing Global Excellence: Seizing Opportunities for Canada,” which presents a number of bold initiatives and measurable goals. We are committed to report publicly on our progress toward these goals.
I invite you to browse:
- our institution’s performance indicators, prepared by UW’s Office of Institutional Analysis and Planning, that report on a wide range of data about students, faculty, research, staff, co-operative education, resources, and fundraising;
- the results of Waterloo’s participation in the most recent National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE);
- agreements and other submissions to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities;
- our contribution to the Common University Dataset Ontario (CUDO), which includes information on degrees, enrolment by program, library collections, transfer admissions, admission procedures, and instructional faculty and class size, among other items;
- enrolment statistics, presented in “Cognos Cubes” that can be organized and viewed in variable ways on the topics of international student registration, student registration, class information and degrees granted;
- and other relevant documents, listed at right.
The University of Waterloo has a long tradition of providing information to the public, government, students and parents, and this web site is intended to act as an important clearinghouse for our public accountability.
David Johnston
President & Vice-Chancellor
A Message from the Chair of the Board of Governors
Openness and transparency are hallmarks of successful universities, and early on in its history the University of Waterloo established a tradition of demonstrating accountability to all stakeholders. We started by giving our internal stakeholders a voice – the University of Waterloo was the first higher education institution in Canada to include faculty, staff and students on its governing bodies. We then opened the meetings of our Board of Governors to the public to ensure that the community was included in our decision-making process.
This web site is a way to make it easier for members of the public to find the information that forms the basis for our decisions and strategic direction and the measures by which we hold ourselves accountable.
Robert Harding
Chair, University of Waterloo Board of Governors
Important links
News
October 20, 2009 Town hall meeting videos
More news from the President and Provost
Strategic Plans
- Pursuing Excellence: Seizing Opportunities for Canada; The Sixth Decade Plan 2007-2017 (passed by UW’s governing bodies in 2006)
- Seizing Opportunities (a publication about the Sixth Decade Plan)
- Building on Accomplishment: The Fifth Decade Plan (passed in 1997)
Governance
- Board of Governors: current membership, governance principles, conflict of interest declarations, code of conduct, schedule of meetings, agendas, and minutes
- Senate: current membership, meeting schedule, agendas, and minutes
- UW’s Act of Incorporation: The University of Waterloo Act
Finance
- Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP)
- 2009-10 operating budget (pdf)
- 2009-10 supplementary data (pdf; known as the Senate Finance Package)
- 2008-9 operating budget (pdf)
- 2008-9 supplementary data (pdf; known as the Senate Finance Package)
- 2007-8 operating budget (pdf)
- 2007-8 supplementary data (pdf)
- 2006-7 operating budget (pdf)
- 2006-7 supplementary data (pdf)
- Audited financial statements
Academic
- Information for sessional appointments (pdf)
- course outline requirements (pdf) (word doc)
- course outline template (pdf) (word doc)
- Institutional-required statements for undergraduate course outlines (pdf)
- Guidelines for Academic Program Reviews at UW (pdf)
- Co-operative Education and Career Services Feasibility Checklist (pdf)
Other reports and indicators
- Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Key Performance Indicators, 2006 and 2005: Includes graduate employment rates, degree completion rates, and OSAP default rates.
- Ministry Multi-Year Accountability Agreement: UW’s response to Reaching Higher: The McGuinty Plan for Post Secondary Education
- UW 2006-07 Report -Back re: Multi-Year Accountability Agreement
- Annual Salary list
- Undergraduate Student Financial Support (pdf)
- Co-operative Education and Career Services Feasibility Studies Framework (pdf)
Questions?
For more information, email analysis@uwaterloo.ca
To report a web site issue, email kjjack@uwaterloo.ca
