UW Senate President’s Report September 19, 2011

Ontario Election – October 6, 2011 Liberal Party Platform 30 per cent tuition grant Students from families with less than $160,000 in income could see up to $1,600 in reductions Grant will cost $485M annually by Funding for 60,000 new undergraduate student spaces over five years $300M for three new satellite campuses proposed (WLU – Milton, Laurentian – Barrie, possible Brampton campus for a Toronto-area university) PC Party Platform Create 60,000 post-secondary spaces Redirect the $30 million Ontario Trillium Scholarships for foreign students to Ontario students New Democratic Party Platform Promises tuition freeze for four years Will remove interest from provincial portion of student loans Source: Waterloo Region Record, September 8, 2011

International Rankings QS Top University Rankings Waterloo is 160 th, down from 145 th in 2010 Waterloo the 9 th highest-ranked Canadian university, down from 7 th in 2010 Faculty Ranking Engineering & Technology 3956 Natural Sciences80116 Life Sciences and Medicine

2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities Waterloo placed in the ranking cluster Same ranking we achieved in 2010, improving from in 2009 Top Canadian Universities: Toronto (26) UBC (37) McGill (64) McMaster (89) Alberta, Montreal ( ) Calgary ( ) Waterloo ranks in range with McGill in Engineering Technology/Computer Sciences category

Seniors Centre of Excellence for Research, Training, and Innovation 192-bed facility located on the North Campus $20M in capital funding from Ontario government + $625,000 in annual operating/curriculum funding Source: Communications and Public Affairs, August 29, 2011 Southern Ontario Water Consortium $52M investment in project from FedDev, Ontario’s Ministry of Research Innovation, IBM Canada and academic consortium partners Development platform for new water technologies in the Grand River Watershed Waterloo the lead university and project headquarters 5 Graduate Students Win Vanier Awards Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships worth up to $50,000/year for 3 years 4 students received NSERC Vanier Awards, 1 received a CIHR Vanier (UW’s first)

Update on leadership searches First Year Intake; Satellite Campus Update

Purpose: Engage students, faculty, staff, alumni Review Sixth Decade Plan Build on EC’s 10 priority areas for Approach: Two-stage consultations: Stage One (September – November) Stakeholder meetings Online survey Stage Two (November to February) Focus Groups Report by March 2012