University outreach

This working group is tasked with leading the reflection on how Concordia can enhance its engagement with external communities and partners locally and globally in a context where traditional practices and approaches are being reassessed.

The future of outreach for Concordia should be re-imagined as a revolving door, with all efforts from within and outside being equally important.

• Need to better understand the common ground, wishes, and needs of stakeholder groups and initiatives to co-create a shared vision and several missions more deeply.

• Develop Concordia’s DNA further and co-create a vision for outreach focusing on the next generations of urban thought leaders.

• Develop a community engagement framework that is based on the DNA and vision of Concordia to attract, engage, and, most important, build and maintain trust.

• Create a Concordia-wide strategy that entails a more thorough analysis of existing initiatives to better understand how they complement one another as an aggregate picture.

• Co-Chair: Shauna Janssen, Assistant Professor, Department of Theatre, Faculty of Fine Arts
• Co-Chair: Kristina Ramsay, Alumni Officer, Global Networks, University Advancement
• Co-Chair: Michael Bossert, Manager, Research Innovation & Business Development, Next-Generation Cities Institute
• Perry Calce, Coordinator, Academic Program and Curriculum, School of Community and Public Affairs
• Elisabeth Cramer, Project Coordinator, Social Innovation, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic
• Carole El Ayoubi, Lecturer, MECH & AERO Undergraduate Program Director, Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering, Gina Cody School
• Anna Ehrhardt, Director of Administration, District 3
• David McKenzie, Coordinator MBA Community Service Initiative, John Molson School of Business
• Allan Vicaire, Project Coordinator, Indigenous Directions, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic