1. UW Senate President’s Report June 20, 2011
Welcome to the June meeting of Senate

2. Significant changes in PSE in Canada over the past Fifteen Years
55 % growth in student enrolment
6,000 new faculty
Operating cost/funding increased from $5.4 b to 11.1 b
Research funding from $1.2 b to 4.2 b

3. Nationally, full-time enrolment will continue to grow under any scenario that projects increased participation rates

4. Forecast of total global demand for international student places

5. What is ahead…
There will be a growing need for different type of infrastructure:
Education
Health Care and Long Term care
Financial System,
Commodities: Water, Agri-food
Clean Technologies

6. Receptiveness to change
New Partnerships, increased collaboration
Thinking beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries.
International scale
Innovation everywhere: inside and outside classrooms
There is a growing need to pursue collaborations with multidisciplinary teams of experts across multiple fields

7. We are aging.. By 2050 the number of people60+ will double Canada will move from being 41st oldest to 11th
Source: McKinsey GI

8. The Global Water Gap will Grow to 40%
Source: Water 2030 Report

9. EC Retreat – 6th Decade Plan Progress Report
Student Success
Student Success Office to be physically established in SCH by early Fall 2011
Transition program being offered this summer for applicants and parents
New course, UNIV 101, being developed for fall term 2012 for at-risk students
Retention
Retention rate between year 1 and year 2 has increased 0.4% to 89.4%
Undergraduate Enrolment
Targets for first year Fall 2011 are close or above: AHS 109%, Arts 104%, ENG 102%, Math 112%, Science 123%
6% more applicants have been granted President’s and Merit Scholarships compared to last year

10. EC Retreat – 6th Decade Plan Progress Report
Research
Sponsored research awards increased 12.3% from 2009/10 to 2010/2011
Research revenue is currently 34% of operating budget (40% is 6th Decade goal for 2012)
Currently 13th in Canada in terms of per capita research intensity (Top 8 is 6th Decade goal for 2012)
Currently 1st in Canada in terms of NSERC grants per FTE faculty (Top 4 is 2012 goal)
Currently 10th in Canada in terms of SSHRC grants per FTE faculty (Top 14 is 2012 goal)
CIHR grants at $5 million, doubled from $2.5 million at start of plan ($12.5M is 2017 goal)
5 research centres/institutes recognized by peer evaluation as among several of the best in the world (6th Decade goal is to have 6 such centres or institutes)
10 research centres/institutes recognized as among the best in the country (20 is the goal for 2017)
Internationalization
31.3% of full-time graduate student population is international

11. EC Retreat – 6th Decade Plan Progress Report
Graduate Studies

12. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2011 – Arts and Humanities
Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge claim top three spots for almost every category
Subject Highlights:
English – Waterloo in the category
Modern Languages – Waterloo did not place in top 200
History – Waterloo did not place in top 200
Philosophy – Waterloo in the category
Geography – Waterloo in the category
Linguistics – Waterloo did not place in top 200
Source: 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject

13. Medicine – Waterloo not in top 200
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2011 – Medicine and Life Sciences
Subject Highlights
Medicine – Waterloo not in top 200
Biological Sciences – Waterloo not in top 200
Psychology – Waterloo in category
Waterloo’s Psychology faculty did crack the top 200 in the Medicine and Life Sciences rankings.
Source: 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject

14. QS World University Rankings by Subject 2011 – Natural Sciences
Subject Highlights
Chemistry– Waterloo in category
Physics – Waterloo in category
Metallurgy – Waterloo in category
Mathematics – Waterloo in category
Environmental Sciences – Waterloo in category
Earth Sciences – Waterloo in category
Source: 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject

15. Other News David Johnston Research + Technology Park Renaming – June 5
Waterloo Global Science Initiative – Equinox Summit June 5-9
Undergraduate Enrollment: 108% over target
Chanchlani India Policy Centre opening
102nd Convocation – June 15-18
We celebrated the David Johnston Research + Technology Park Renaming event on June 5.
Some of the world’s brightest minds were in Waterloo for the Equinox Summit, put on by the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, a partnership between UW and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. This conference featured an opening address by His Excellency David Johnston, and deals with future energy issues surrounding the generation of electricity.
Protocol dictated that I had to officially greet the Governor General at the Tech Park Renaming event, then get in my car and drive ahead of him to the Perimeter Institute so I could formally greet him once again.