1. UW Senate President’s Report October 17, 2011

2. Ontario Election – October 6, 2011 Liberal minority government – the first since 1985 Record low turnout – 49.2 per cent Cabinet to be introduced October 20 Premier McGuinty has signaled he will govern on issue-by-issue basis rather than seek accord with another party Election Promises: Create 60,000 post-secondary spaces by 2015 Build 3 new satellite campuses by 2015 Introduce a 30 per cent tuition cut for undergraduates Context – fiscal realities (provincial and international) as significant constraint $16 Billion budget deficit Fall Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review Drummond Commission Budget likely in March 2012 Advocacy strategy Maintain engagement with all parties “Every vote counts” – connections with MPPs a priority

3. International Rankings Times Higher Education 2011-2012 World University Rankings University of Waterloo placed in the 201-225 category, along with the University of Western Ontario 9 Canadian schools made it into the top 200 –University of Toronto (19) –UBC (22) –McGill (28) –McMaster (65) –Alberta (100) –Montréal (104) –Queen’s (173) –Victoria (177) –Ottawa (185)

4. Institution20112010 University of Toronto1917 UBC2230 McGill2835 McMaster6593 Alberta100127 Montréal104138 Queen’s173201+ Victoria177130 Ottawa185201+ Dalhousie201+193 Simon Fraser201+199 University of Waterloo201-225201+ Western201-225201+ Source: THE World University Ranking Oct 2011

5. SchoolTeaching- The Learning Environment (30%) Research – Volume, Income and Reputation (30%) Citations – Research influence (30%) Industry Income – Innovation (2.5%) International Outlook – Staff and Students (7.5%) Toronto76.987.486.544.969.0 UBC68.678.685.240.688.7 McGill72.878.477.135.181.4 McMaster41.949.985.597.572.0 Alberta50.654.451.753.771.9 Montréal54.547.048.781.379.5 Queen’s39.736.149.387.565.0 Victoria16.831.579.226.870.5 Ottawa38.934.854.836.949.6 Waterloo35.844.232.532.762.1 Western38.834.338.541.955.7

6. Mid-Cycle Review update Total number of planned sessions: 42 (September 12 – December 6) Total number of sessions completed: 23 (as of October 14) Number of participants so far: 55 students Over 500 faculty/staff 25 alumni/donors Online survey being sent to all students, faculty, staff and 67,000 alumni Over 300 survey responses to date

7. 2011 Performance Indicators http://analysis.uwaterloo.ca/pubs/uwpi.php

8. Operating Revenue by Source

9. Total Sponsored Research Awards by Source

10. Count of Full-time Faculty by Gender and Percentage Female

11. FTE Enrolment – Undergraduate and Graduate

12. Registered Students with Disabilities –Full-Time students - 1,250 –Part-Time students – 227 Self-Declared First Generation Students –1,100 or 5% Self-Declared Aboriginal Students –105 Enrolment – Under-Represented Students (2010/11)

13. Top-5 Source Countries for uWaterloo (2010/11) Total International Enrolment (2010/11): 3,512

14. International Students as % of their Respective Populations

15. Full-time Student to Full-time Tenure and Tenure-stream Faculty Ratio as Compared to U15 Universities 2009/10

16. 2010/11 University of Waterloo Class Size

17. 2011 NSSE: How would you evaluate your entire educational experience at this institution?