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2013–2014ANNUALREPORTMEMORIAL UNIVERSIT Y OF NEWFOUNDL AND
1TABLE OF CONTENTSLetter from the Chairman, Board of Regents . .3Institutional Overview . 5Mandate . . 9Primary Clients . . 11Lines of Business . . 11Core Values, Vision and Mission . . 13Report on Strategic IssuesIssue 1: Students and the Teaching and Learning Environment . 17Issue 2: Research, Creative Activity and Scholarship . . . 31Issue 3: Needs of the Province . . . 40Issue 4: Conditions for Success . . . . 56Conclusion . . . . 61APPENDIX:Memorial University of Newfoundland Consolidated FinancialStatements with Supplementary Schedules March 31, 2014
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Board of RegentsSt. John's, NL Canada A1C 5S7Tel: 709 864 8281regents@mun.ca www.mun.ca/regentsSeptember 25, 2014Honourable Kevin O'Brien, MHAMinister of Advanced Education and SkillsGovernment of Newfoundland and LabradorConfederation BuildingSt. John's, NL A1B 4J6Dear Minister O'Brien:In accordance with the Board of Regents' responsibilities under the Transparency andAccountability Act, I present the 2013-14 annual report for Memorial University ofNewfoundland.The activities in this report coincide with initiatives outlined in the document MemorialUniversity of Newfoundland Strategic Plan, April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2014 that was tabled inthe House of Assembly.The main strategic issues include: Students and the teaching and learning environmentResearch, creative activity and scholarshipNeeds of the provinceConditions for successThe report covers the University's annual objectives for April 1, 2013 to March 31, 2014 andthe goals in the 2011-14 plan. My signature below is indicative of the Board of Regents'accountability for the results reported.Sincerely yours,Iris PettenChair, Board of Regents
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5INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEWFounded in 1925 to honour those who served Newfoundland in World War I, MemorialUniversity began as a small college in St. John’s with an initial enrollment of 55 studentsand a full-time teaching staff of six. Following confederation with Canada in 1949, thecollege was granted university status by the first provincial government ofNewfoundland and Labrador. The university began with a simple purpose of providinguniversity education and its benefits to the province and its people. By 1961,Memorial’s enrollment had reached 1,925 and the St. John’s campus moved to itscurrent location on Elizabeth Avenue.In 1975, the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College was established in Corner Brook to address theeducational needs of the west coast of the province and in 2010 the college wasrestructured to become Grenfell campus. The Marine Institute merged with theuniversity in 1992, bringing the number of campuses in the province to three. Theuniversity also has a presence in Labrador, and operates a small campus in Harlow,England to provide students with the opportunity to have an international educationalexperience. Currently, Memorial has a total enrollment over 18,000, making it one ofthe largest educational institutions in eastern Canada.Over time, Memorial has evolved to become a comprehensive, academically excellentuniversity, that has remained true to its original goal of providing access to universityeducation for the people of the province and to contribute to the social, cultural,scientific and economic development of Newfoundland and Labrador and beyond. Theuniversity has also developed a national and international presence as evidenced by therapidly increasing enrollment of students from other provinces and countries, whichnow make up about 29.0 percent of the total graduate and undergraduate population.Today, Memorial University is a multi-campus, multi-disciplinary, public universitycommitted to excellence in teaching and learning, research, scholarship, creativeactivity, service and public engagement with the people of the province and beyond.Memorial fulfills its commitments with highly-regarded and specialized programs,services and facilities in such diverse areas as business, music, education, linguistics, finearts, folklore, earth sciences, cold-ocean engineering, maritime studies, rural health careand archaeology. The university also offers extensive on-line courses and programs,which makes the institution even more accessible to the people that it serves.
6Memorial’s enrollment in the first year after receiving university status stood at only 307students. The university is currently home to 18,444 undergraduate and graduatestudents. The table below provides detailed enrollment information for fall 2013 byprovincial campus, program level, gender and enrollment status.Undergraduate/DiplomaFemale 64503,4222,1041,31814,46912,5971,872Grenfell 70761862151231,3621,28973Marine Institute . John’s CampusFull-timePart-timeTotalAs of March 31, 2014, Memorial employed approximately 5,000 faculty and staff acrossits three campuses in the province as shown in the table talSt. John’s 1,064Grenfell 10580252221843833628848Marine Institute 5Total
7The Memorial University Act specifies the role, responsibilities, structure and othergovernance and administrative aspects of the university. The university is governed by aBoard of Regents, including: ex-officio members, members appointed by theLieutenant-Governor in Council, members elected by the Memorial University AlumniAssociation, and student members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council.Members of the Board of Regents as of March 31, 2014 are listed in the following table.Ex-officio Dr. Susan DyerKnight,ChancellorDr. GaryKachanoski,President andVice-ChancellorDr. DavidWardlaw, VicePresident(Academic) andPro ViceChancellorAppointed by LieutenantGovernor in Council Iris Petten, Chair,Board of RegentsEleanor Swanson,Vice-Chair, Board ofRegentsSheila AshtonSteve BelangerGilbert BennettPat Coish-SnowMary CormierMichelle DayeJim KeatingBill MatthewsVinod PatelTony RocheKathleen RoulDonna StoneElected byStudents AppointedMemorialby LieutenantUniversity AlumniGovernor in CouncilAssociation Margaret (Pegi) Asan MohideenEarle Candace Simms Rex Gibbons Edmund Walsh Kim Keating Susan Murray Luke Pike George TuckerThe following appointments were made to senior administrative positions during 20132014.Ann Browne was appointed Associate Vice-President (Facilities) effective September,2013. Ms. Browne comes to Memorial from Queen’s University where she served asAssociate Vice-Principal, (Facilities, Physical Plant Services) since 2006. During that timeshe led a number of significant capital projects. Previous to that she was Vice-President(Corporate Real Estate) for CIBC. Her background in strategic real estate managementwill support Memorial’s own strategic infrastructure activities, including the coresciences facilities.Morgan Cooper was appointed Associate Vice-President Academic (Faculty Affairs) April,2013. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Cooper held the position of director of FacultyRelations at Memorial from April 2008. His core responsibilities in that role included
8leadership in managing all academic collective agreements and providing advice toacademic administrators on all matters involving the recruitment, appointment,promotion and tenure of faculty members. Mr. Cooper has also been active in the localcommunity throughout his career and he has held positions related to all aspects ofemployment and labour law.St. John’s CampusThe St. John’s campus is Memorial’s largest campus with more than 40 buildings thathouse the teaching and research facilities of six faculties and six schools. The campusoffers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in a comprehensive range ofdisciplines. Research facilities support the diversity of disciplines and reflect theuniversity’s mid-North Atlantic location and unique cultural heritage. The campus alsohouses central administrative services for the entire system and the Queen Elizabeth IILibrary, which has one of the strongest library collections in Atlantic Canada. Otherfacilities, such as The Works and the university Student Centre, offer recreational andsocial opportunities to students, faculty, staff and the public.Grenfell CampusGrenfell campus is Memorial’s west coast location in Newfoundland. Initially created toprovide students with an opportunity to complete the first two years of their programon the west coast, the campus has evolved to offer a host of undergraduate degreeprograms in arts, sciences, environmental studies and fine arts, among others. Grenfellnow offers a graduate program in Environmental Policy as well. The campus is anattractive alternative to the larger-campus experience while providing an educationalexperience that is second to none. Grenfell campus is responsible for developing itsvision and strategic direction.Marine Institute CampusThe Marine Institute (MI) was established as the College of Fisheries, Navigation, MarineEngineering and Electronics in 1964 and merged with Memorial University in 1992. TheInstitute’s main campus is located in St. John’s, with facilities in Foxtrap, Holyrood,Stephenville, Lewisporte and the southside of St. John’s harbour. Having one of themost advanced and comprehensive collections of marine research and educationalfacilities, MI is recognized globally as a leader in marine education and applied research.MI offers a variety of graduate, undergraduate, diploma, and certificate programs inareas related to fisheries and oceans along with a vast array of industrial responsecourses and other outreach activities. Recognized for its uniqueness within theuniversity and for its relevance and contribution to the international marinemarketplace, the Institute develops and implements its own strategic vision for deliveryof its programs and initiatives.
9Labrador InstituteThe keystone of Memorial University’s presence in Labrador is the Labrador Institute.Established in 1977, the Labrador Institute is mandated to stimulate, coordinate, andsupport major university projects and programs and to expand the Labrador knowledgebase. The goal is that the activities of the Labrador Institute will facilitate theeducational aspirations, research requirements, and the socio-cultural well-being of thepeople of Labrador. The institute has an advisory board made up of residents fromvarious parts of Labrador. It has offices in three locations: Happy Valley-Goose Bay;Labrador City; and North West River. All offices are co-located with the College of theNorth Atlantic.Harlow CampusMemorial University’s Harlow Campus is located abroad in Old Harlow, Essex,UK. Harlow is used by a subset of the academic units of campuses in Newfoundland andLabrador to offer programs and deliver credit courses in the UK. The campus alsohouses a limited number of interns of professional programs including SocialWork, Pharmacy, Business, and Engineering. The campus is also available as a base forfaculty members and graduate students conducting research or further study in the UK.The Harlow residence facilities accommodate 51 students and have several apartmentsfor Memorial faculty members serving as instructors.MANDATEMemorial University was formally established by the Memorial University Act. Itsmandate is described in Section 8 as follows:The university shall, where and to the full extent which its resources permit provide:a. instruction in all branches of liberal education that enables students to becomeproficient in and qualify for degrees, diplomas and certificates in science,commerce, arts, literature, law, medicine and all other branches of knowledge;b. instruction, whether theoretical, technical, artistic or otherwise that is of specialservice to persons engaged or about to be engaged in the fisheries,manufacturing or the mining, engineering, agricultural and industrial pursuits ofthe province;c. facilities for the prosecution of original research in science, literature, arts,medicine, law, and especially the application of science to the study of fisheriesand forestry;
10d. fellowships, scholarships, exhibitions, prizes and monetary and other aids thatfacilitate or encourage proficiency in the subjects taught in the university as wellas original research in every branch; ande. extra-collegiate and extra-university instruction and teaching and publiclecturing, whether by radio or otherwise, that may be recommended by theSenate.The legislation also defines the governance structure of the institution and the powersand responsibilities vested in it. The governance system is bicameral in nature and iscomprised of a Board of Regents and Senate. The Board of Regents is generally chargedwith the “management, administration and control of the property, revenue, businessand affairs of the university”. Among others, the Board has the specific power to: make rules and regulations concerning the meetings of the Board and itstransactions;exercise, in the name and for the benefit of the university and as the act anddeed of the university, any or all powers, authorities and privileges conferredupon the university as a corporation by this Act;acquire, maintain and keep in proper order real property;lay out and spend sums that may be considered necessary for the support andmaintenance of the university;appoint the leadership, faculty and staff of the university;establish faculty councils and other bodies within the university; andfix, determine and collect all fees and charges to be paid to the university.The Senate has “general charge of all matters of an academic character”. Some of itskey powers include: determining the degrees, including honourary degrees, diplomas and certificatesof proficiency to be granted by the university and the persons to whom theyshall be granted;determining the conditions of matriculation and entrance, the standing to beallowed students entering the university and all related matters;considering and determining all courses of study and all matters relating tocourses of study;regulating instruction and determining the methods and limits of instructions;preparing the calendar of the university for publication; andexercising disciplinary jurisdiction with respect to students in attendance at theuniversity by way of appeal of the faculty council.In addition, the Act also addresses a number of other issues such as exemption fromtaxation, protection from liability, audit, annual reporting, parking and the appointmentof the president.
11Subsection 36(2) of the Act mandates that the university cannot incur liability or makean expenditure, without the consent of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, thatexceeds one-quarter of one percent of the total of a grant made to the university by theLegislature and estimated revenue of the university from other sources for the currentyear. Section 38.1 of the Act is intended to preserve the autonomy of the institution,ensuring that the merits of decisions or actions of the Board or the Senate taken incontemplation of work customarily associated with a university is not questioned by theAuditor General and stating that the university is not an agency of the Crown for thepurpose of the Auditor General Act, or any other purpose. The university is subject tothe Transparency and Accountability Act, though there are sections in the Act intendedto protect the autonomy of the institution.PRIMARY CLIENTSMemorial University has four groups of primary clients. They are:1. Studentsa. undergraduateb. graduatec. certificated. diploma2. Alumni3. Fundersa. provincial governmentb. federal government (research)c. other4. The Public (includes special obligation to the people of Newfoundland andLabrador)LINES OF BUSINESSMemorial is a very diverse institution that has three major lines of business, including:teaching and learning; research, scholarship and creative activity; and publicengagement. It also has an administrative function that supports the work of theuniversity in its main lines of business. Each line of business is guided by a strategicframework developed with extensive stakeholder consultation.Teaching and LearningMemorial offers a vast array of certificate, diploma, and undergraduate and graduatedegree programs in multiple modes and settings. The university is solely responsible for
12the following: the development and delivery of program curriculum; the evaluation ofstudents; and the academic policies and standards that govern programs. Studentsuccess while registered and after graduation is the goal of curriculum design anddelivery at Memorial. To that end, a Teaching and Learning Framework was developedby the university and adopted by Senate in 2011. The framework commits Memorial tofoster a community of creativity, innovation and excellence for current and futureprogram development and delivery.Research, Scholarship and Creative ActivityMemorial’s faculty, students and staff engage in research and creative activity of ascholarly nature. Memorial has a number of research centres and institutes that arefocused on a variety of issues relevant to the province and beyond such as cold oceanengineering, marine science, social and economic development, and many more. In2011, Senate adopted the Research Strategy Framework to foster a more vibrant andexpansive culture of scholarly inquiry at Memorial and face the challenges of the 21stcentury. The framework is designed to encourage cross-disciplinary researchcollaborations and enable the sharing of resources, with a view not only to advancingknowledge but also to having an impact on external communities at local, national andinternational levels.Public EngagementMemorial’s faculty, students and staff have always engaged with the public throughactivities such as cooperative education, sharing of expertise, and conducting appliedresearch that addresses the needs of government, communities, organizations andbusiness. Memorial has built strong community linkages and addresses the needs of theprovince through a number of public engagement entities such as the Gardiner Centre,the Genesis Group, the Labrador Institute and the Harris Centre. In 2012, Senateadopted the Public Engagement Framework to build on the work of the university inNewfoundland and Labrador and beyond. The university hopes to forge strongerlinkages with its traditional partners, seek out new opportunities for collaboration andcontinue to work to bring people together in innovative ways and for our mutualbenefit.AdministrationAn institution the size of Memorial requires a significant central administration toensure it operates efficiently and effectively and achieves its overall goals. Some of themajor functions include registrarial services, human resource management, finance,academic and administrative computing, facilities management, marketing andcommunications, student affairs, risk management/audit, alumni relations anddevelopment, and analysis and planning.
13CORE VALUES, VISION AND MISSIONIn 2013, following an extensive consultation process, Memorial’s Senate and Board ofRegents approved a new statement of val
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