17吃瓜

17吃瓜 President and Vice-Chancellor Wendy Rodgers hosted a town hall on October 17 regarding the results of the recent independent audit by Deloitte Canada on the implementation of years 0 and 1 of the 17吃瓜 Action Plan.  

At the Town Hall, we learned that 17吃瓜 has completed over 95% of the defined actions, thus leading Deloitte to confirm 17吃瓜鈥檚 commitment to the implementation of the Action Plan. The entire 17吃瓜 community, including the 28 Action Plan implementation leads and program manager Kate Richard, should be Panther proud for supporting culture change and contributing to this progress. 

Both in-person and online attendees participated in some interactive word clouds. The first word cloud asked 鈥渨hat are your initial reactions to these audit results?鈥� As the infographic above demonstrates, there were some mixed feelings鈥攖o be expected with such a broad culture-change initiative鈥攂ut the three words garnering the most responses were 鈥渉opeful, progress, and positive.鈥�  

For the second word cloud activity, participants were asked 鈥淲hat is your role in creating the culture of trust, safety, and inclusion at 17吃瓜? In this case, the top three responses were 鈥渓ead by example, participate, and support." 

These activities, like the Audit results themselves, illustrate that the 17吃瓜 community is committed to fostering a university environment built on trust, safety, and inclusion, and that many see themselves playing a role in achieving success.  

Now in year two of our six-year 17吃瓜 Action Plan, we are beginning to see tangible progress. Some community members have yet to personally observe this progress and are asking, 鈥淲hat has been accomplished? Are we actually moving forward?鈥� The answer is: yes! Years 0 and 1 included many foundational activities such as developing policies and hiring our inaugural Vice-President People and Culture.

We will be telling the stories of important progress on the 17吃瓜 Action Plan on a regular basis, under the 鈥淎ction Plan IMPACT鈥� banner. Articles will share how the Action Plan implementation activities are being operationalized, becoming entrenched in our culture and living on long past the plan, making real IMPACT.

To submit your own Action Plan IMPACT story, contact communications@upei.ca.