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Harris Centre Five-year Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16)

Harris Centre Five-year Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16). December 12, 2011. Overview . What Have we Done? Programs & Initiatives Consultations and Inputs Changing Context What should we be like 5 years from now? Vision, Mission, Principles, Goals, Objectives.

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Harris Centre Five-year Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16)

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  1. Harris CentreFive-year Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16) December 12, 2011

  2. Overview • What Have we Done? Programs & Initiatives • Consultations and Inputs • Changing Context • What should we be like 5 years from now? • Vision, Mission, Principles, Goals, Objectives

  3. Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 • Public Presentations • 7 Galbraith Lectures • 38 “Memorial Presents” public forums • 15 Conferences / Workshops • 68 in-camera “Synergy Sessions” • 24 Newfoundland Quarterly articles • 6 Research Funds: • Applied Research Fund • Strategic Partnership • MMSB Solid Waste Management • RBC Rural & Remote Drinking Water • ACOA Standing Offer • DFO Marine Protected Areas

  4. Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 (cont’d) • Research Funds: projects and $$s • 86 research projects supported • $1.7 M allocated to research projects • leveraging $ ??: ARF evaluation showed $313,000 leveraged $ 5.4 M • Major Research Projects • OECD Role of Higher Education Institutions in Regional Development • Social Foundations of Innovation in City Regions • Rural-Urban Interaction: Understanding and Managing Functional Regions in NL

  5. Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 (cont’d) • 16 Regional Workshops • Project Brokering • Yaffle.ca • Funding leveraged for projects, outreach and research over $ 5.9 M • Memorial funds (project and operating) leveraged 3:1

  6. a ‘marketplace’ for information!

  7. Yaffle Today • Over 75,000 searches since public launch (Feb. 2009) • Accessed from 177 countries over 6 continents • Average of 100 users per day • Graduate Students using Yaffle for thesis topics and supervisors • MITACS Identification of Internships • Government, Community and Media constant users • 2010 – 18 new brokered projects • Formalized communications w/ Office of Research and School of Graduate Studies to automatically communicate research awards

  8. Some one-pager successes • Over 75 faculty connected; • New ferry design for Strait of Belle Isle; • Theatre training with youth in Lab West; • Studying Boom and Bust in Northern Mining Towns (SSHRC); • Alternate energy in two northern Labrador communities; • Studying male underachievement in the education system; • Four seminars on e-marketing, approx. 200 businesses; • SIFE student team working with aboriginal youth on financial sustainability of a cultural museum; • Dialogues (e.g., regional cooperation, historical significance, evolution of Newfoundland English language); • Feasibility studies (bottled water, bacon-wrapped scallops); • KT: (e.g., agriculture in Stephenville; coyote management for Placentia sheep farmers)

  9. Consultations Held • SWGC / Corner Brook Community, May 6, 2009 • CNA Corporate Stephenville, May 7, 2009 • Stephenville Community, May 7, 2009 • HC Champions, May 22, 2009 • Fed. & Prov. Gov’ts, June 2 & 10, 2009 • St. John’s and region, June 11, 2009 • MUN Senior Administrators, June 24 & 25, 2009 • HC Staff, June 29, 2009 • MUN Faculty, Nov. 23, 2009 • MUN Students, • 2 individual web site responses

  10. Other Inputs • HC Advisory Board, Oct. 15, 2008; Nov. 25, 2009; Nov. 18, 2010 • HC Management Team, Greg Cochlan, Oct. 20, 2008 • Knowledge In Motion Conference, Oct. 15-18, 2008 • Harris Centre Program Evaluations • Applied Research Fund • Knowledge Impact in Society Project • Regional Workshops • Public Policy • Wade Locke OECD Project Lessons Learned Report • Alternative Forms of Scholarship Workshop, May 2009 • Rural Development Centre Workshop, Norris Point, Nov. 9-10, 2010 • MUN Research Plan

  11. Last slide in consultations: Where to from here?! • 5-year plan focus for the future • confirm core; re-focus where needed • new directions? • Yaffle as a NL/Canadian knowledge utility? • Meeting national and international demand to learn Harris Centre model? • Increase “honest broker” activity? • Other? • Funding Limitations • Evaluation Framework; Results-Based Management • What do you think?!

  12. Changing Context • HC Organizational Development • Operations Manager / Project Management Office • Secretary Duties Re-organized; Greater Budget Management Capacity • Communications Coordinator • MUN Research Plan • New President July 1, 2010 • Office of Engagement; Engagement Framework • Move to President’s Portfolio

  13. What should we be like 5 years from now? (1) • Greater MUN capacity and enhanced culture of community / regional engagement • Greater MUN capacity in regional policy and development

  14. What should we be like 5 years from now? (2) • Greater organizational awareness within NL of Harris Centre / MUN resources AND of all other partner resources • “Receptor Capacity” of partners is a critical issue (NGOs, SMEs/Industry Associations, Government) • MUN and NL Knowledge Mobilization Network  a way of doing business • “Powered by Yaffle” • Delivered on the ground through multiple partners (MUN a resource, not a development organization)

  15. What should we be like 5 years from now? (3) • Shift from “running with champions” to extending reach – within and outside MUN • Harris Centre “known” by all faculty and Newfoundland and Labrador citizens • Globally recognized and connected; locally focused • Independent funding for proactive research and initiatives on priority themes • Not a think tank; not doing research in-house • Independence, Integrity, Honest Broker / Moderator • Research Programs, Conferences • “Go-to resource” for applied research funding in regional policy and development

  16. What should we be like 5 years from now? (4) • HC entrepreneurial, flexible, nimble, client-focused (internal and external) AND delivers through rigorous stage-gate decision making, project management, knowledge mobilization scalable systems • HC Team  combined core and project staff, with capacity, processes and culture for sustainability

  17. Mandate: no change • Coordinate and facilitate the University’s activities relating to regional policy and development • Advise on building the University’s capacity in the area of regional policy and development • Identify priority themes and projects relating to: • Teaching • Research • Outreach

  18. Vision: no change The Harris Centre’s vision for Newfoundland and Labrador is of a vibrant democracy with informed citizens actively engaged in realizing a prosperous and sustainable society which values individual and collective responsibility for decision-making and development true to our unique culture and identity.

  19. Draft Mission: new! The Mission of the Harris Centre is to encourage informed public policy and regional development in Newfoundland and Labrador by supporting communication and collaboration between Memorial University and the people of this province.

  20. The Harris Centre aspires to live up to the reputation of Dr. Leslie Harris, in whose honour the Centre is named: Integrity Independence Transparency Collaboration Inclusivity* Practical Application *The Harris Centre values and respects difference, and strives to include varying perspectives in its activities and programs. Values: One new one!

  21. 2011/12-2015/16 Strategic Goals: One revised Goal 1: Research Stimulate more research in regional policy and development Goal 2: Education Stimulate education in regional policy and development at Memorial University Goal 3: Community Engagement [was Outreach] Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities Goal 4: Capacity Establish Memorial University as a recognized centre of excellence in regional policy and development Goal 5: Operations Establish Harris Centre operations for long-term success

  22. Goal 1: Stimulate more research in regional policy and development (1) Objective 1.1 Develop and Maintain Suite of Applied Research Funding Programs Objective 1.2 Establish Population Project Applied Research Funding Program Objective 1.3 Advance Annual Applied Research Funds and/or Research Projects, Related to MUN Research Plan Strategic Themes

  23. Goal 1: Stimulate more research in regional policy & development (2) Objective 1.4 Establish source of independent funding for proactive research and initiatives Objective 1.5 Establish research synthesis program to inform regional policy and development

  24. Goal 2: Stimulate education in regional policy and development at Memorial University Objective 2.1 Advance Regional Policy and Development in the curriculum of graduate and undergraduate programs Objective 2.2 Advance Knowledge Mobilization / Community Engagement in the curriculum of graduate and undergraduate programs Objective 2.3 Support the establishment of undergraduate and graduate degrees in Regional Policy and Development

  25. Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (1) Objective 3.1 Organize Regional Workshops to communicate current activity and identify new opportunities and needs Objective 3.2 Organize Knowledge Exchange / Transfer processes and sessions to allow sharing of expertise Objective 3.3 Broker new opportunities for collaboration Objective 3.4 Facilitate the establishment of Memorial and N&L Knowledge Mobilization/Community Engagement Networks

  26. Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (2) Objective 3.5 Increase adoption of Yaffle in NL Objective 3.6 Expand Yaffle to more institutional partners in NL and beyond Objective 3.7 Facilitate MUN Research Plan “Community, Regional and Enterprise Development” and “Governance and Public Policy” Themes external partner engagement Objective 3.8 Formalize collaboration with CNA

  27. Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (3) Objective 3.9 Advance informed public policy debate and discussion through Galbraith Lectureship, Memorial Presents Public Policy Forums and Synergy Sessions Objective 3.10 Lead, Partner or Support conferences relating to Regional Policy and Development, subject to strategic fit and availability of resources

  28. Goal 4: Establish Memorial University as a recognized leader in regional policy and development (1) Objective 4.1 Support the establishment of Research Chairs relating to Regional Policy and Development Objective 4.2 Facilitate MUN Research Plan “Community, Regional and Enterprise Development” and “Governance and Public Policy” Themes within Memorial Objective 4.3 Support recognition of Alternative Forms of Scholarship in University promotion and tenure processes

  29. Goal 4: Establish Memorial University as a recognized leader in regional policy and development (2) Objective 4.4 Respond to requests to present and collaborate nationally and internationally, where benefits for NL mandate and mission are demonstrated, resources are provided and capacity allows

  30. Goal 5: Establish Harris Centre operations for long-term success (1) Objective 5.1 Establish physical and technical infrastructure to meet needs Objective 5.2 Establish the Harris Centre as an exemplar of best practices in governance and operations Objective 5.3 Establish sustainable funding for public policy staffing and programing Objective 5.4 Develop mechanisms to engage associates, visiting fellows, retired faculty and other expert supports

  31. What have we missed? • Other inputs? • Other options? • What is the Harris Centre in 5 years?

  32. The Harris Centre Model for Connecting Knowledge and Ideas Province-wide – and beyond!

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