{"id":11969,"date":"2020-06-22T15:27:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpa.apps01.yorku.ca\/?page_id=11969"},"modified":"2025-10-22T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:19:10","slug":"mission-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/about\/mission-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission and Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mission of York University is the pursuit, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. We promise excellence in research and teaching in pure, applied, and professional fields. We test the boundaries and structures of knowledge. We cultivate the critical intellect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

York University is part of Toronto: we are dynamic, metropolitan, and multi-cultural. York University is part of Canada: we encourage bilingual study, we value diversity. York University is open to the world: we explore global concerns. A community of faculty, students, staff, alumni, and volunteers committed to academic freedom, social justice, accessible education, and collegial self-governance. York University makes innovation its tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

York\u2019s vision is to provide a broad sociodemographic of students with access to a high quality education at a research intensive University that is committed to enhancing the well-being of the communities we serve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We strive for Excellence<\/strong> in fulfilling all aspects of our mission<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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We are Progressive<\/strong>, encouraging open minded inquiry, innovative approaches, and forward looking
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We uphold Sustainability<\/strong> - environmental, social, and fiscal - as a vital compass for decisions
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We are passionate about advancing Social Justice and Equity<\/strong> through critical insight, creative
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We champion Diversity and Inclusivity<\/strong>, embracing differing perspectives, peoples, and ways of
knowing, and fostering global fluencies and cross-cultural knowledges<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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