{"id":262118,"date":"2019-03-13T20:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T00:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/?p=262118"},"modified":"2025-04-03T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:39:17","slug":"provost-seeks-input-on-york-universitys-multi-year-complement-renewal-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2019\/03\/13\/provost-seeks-input-on-york-universitys-multi-year-complement-renewal-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Provost seeks input on York University's multi-year Complement Renewal Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lisa Philipps, provost and vice-president academic, issues the following announcement to the York University community:<\/em><\/p>\n

In October 2018, my office launched an initiative to develop a multi-year Complement Renewal Strategy for the University, with the goal of clarifying how we can best build the complement needed to achieve academic priorities as expressed in key planning documents including the University Academic Plan and Strategic Research Plan.\u00a0York has been making steady progress over several years toward renewing, diversifying and modestly growing our tenure-stream faculty complement.\u00a0This year, we are undertaking 160 searches, a more than 50 per cent increase over last year\u2019s authorized appointments. This was just a first step as we developed our longer-term strategy.<\/p>\n

Since our launch, Alan Harris, a former provost at three Canadian universities and former dean of social sciences at McMaster University with a wealth of experience with complement planning, has assisted us with the research and analysis that will ground this initiative.<\/p>\n

I am now pleased to share with you documents intended to serve as a reference point to inform consultations with the University community this spring. Included are:<\/p>\n