What is Fueling the Demand for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing and How Do We Respond? (PDF Presentation)
Tags: 2018, Environmental Health and Safety, Investing, Investment Committees, Presentations, Responsible Investing and Divestment
June 29, 2018
2016 CAUBO Investment Survey / Sondage sur les placements 2016
Tags: Benchmarking, Investing, Investment, Surveys, Treasury and Investment
April 25, 2018
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award
For the third consecutive year, Université de Sherbrooke has received a Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). This highly prestigious designation recognizes the university’s budget and financial approach, which draws on the best practices inventoried and implemented in over 1,612 Canadian and US public organizations. This third yearly recognition shores … Continue reading "Distinguished Budget Presentation Award"
January 26, 2018
SFU Data Centre: Installation of Cedar
Simon Fraser University (SFU), in partnership with Compute Canada and regional partner WestGrid, installed a new, advanced research computing (ARC) system, Cedar, at the SFU Data Centre at SFU’s Burnaby Mountain campus. Named after the Western Red Cedar, British Columbia’s official tree, Cedar is one of four national new supercomputers in Canada that will provide … Continue reading "SFU Data Centre: Installation of Cedar"
January 22, 2018
IT Services Transformation – Review Approach and Outcomes
In 2016, concerned with whether IT investments in a highly decentralized environment were optimized to deliver the university’s strategies, McMaster utilized an innovative approach for a review of its campus-wide Information Technology (“IT”) services to identify opportunities for improvements. A committee of three external University Chief Information Officers and three internal faculty members, supported by a dedicated … Continue reading "IT Services Transformation – Review Approach and Outcomes"
January 15, 2018
Building Career Resiliency for Organizational Success: UBC HR’s Career Navigation and Transition Service
As a world-class university striving for academic excellence, the University of British Columbia (UBC) is continually discovering new ways of teaching, researching, learning, and working. Consequently, business needs change and employee roles are impacted. UBC Human Resources (HR) faces the challenge of retention and engagement during change, and building people’s capacity to successfully respond to … Continue reading "Building Career Resiliency for Organizational Success: UBC HR’s Career Navigation and Transition Service"
January 13, 2018
Addressing Climate Change: U of T’s Utility Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF) – An Innovative Approach to Implementing a Green Revolving Fund
The Utilities Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF), established in 2012, is UofT’s innovative approach to implementing a green revolving fund. This forward-looking project directly satisfies the commitments made by the university in the President’s 2016 report Beyond Divestment: Taking Decisive Action on Climate Change, as well as the mandate of the Committee on the Environment, Climate … Continue reading "Addressing Climate Change: U of T’s Utility Reduction Revolving Fund (URRF) – An Innovative Approach to Implementing a Green Revolving Fund"
January 11, 2018
University Manager 2017 Fall
Tags: Analyse comparative, Benchmarking, Budgets, Comités de placement, Gestion, Gestion universitaire, Investment Committees, Leadership, Management, Modèles, Planification stratégique, Rapports, Reports, Sondages et enquêtes, Strategic Planning, Surveys, Templates, Treasury and Investment, Trésorerie et placement, University Manager
October 31, 2017
Boosting Student Registration Rates at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)
Using the Lean 6 Sigma continuous improvement approach to boost new UQAC student registration rates. Defining the issue: Due to delays in issuing official admission decisions (acceptance/rejection letters) and in taking follow-up action aimed at converting acceptances into registrations, UQAC was losing students to other universities. Not all accepted applicants go on to register. This … Continue reading "Boosting Student Registration Rates at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)"
February 1, 2017
Transforming operations through better communications
UBC’s Building Operations department integrated a new focus on communications to drive operational change and the results were exciting. We know that reliable indicators of engagement and morale are demonstrated in the following: Days Absence per FTE are down from 12 days in 2016 to 11.2 days. This represents $125K of salary per year that … Continue reading "Transforming operations through better communications"
January 20, 2017
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