2 EXE CUTIVE SUMMAR Y Sault C ollege has just c omplet ed the thir d y e ar of its S tr at egic Plan Le ading the W ay 2 0 162 0 2 0 T his busines s plan builds on six str at egic priorities and has been designed t o position Sault C ollege as the pr emier st udent c ent er ed post sec ondary instit ution in the Pr o vinc e Sault C ollege is pr oud t o be one of the lar gest emplo y er s in Sault S t e Marie and t ak es pride in its c ontributions t o and pr esenc e in Northern Ont ario W e ar e c ommunity orient ed and gr e atly v alue the support of our c ommunity st ak eholder s who serv e on A dvisory C ommit ees and help t o ensur e that our pr ogr amming and le arning r emains r elev ant and pr ogr es siv e W e ar e also gr at eful t o our partner s who ac c ept our st udents f or plac ements T hese plac ements pr o vide our le arner s with the opport unity t o apply the kno wledge and skills ac quir ed thr oughout their educ ation and obt ain v aluable industry and w orkplac e experienc e nec es sary t o enhanc e their educ ation and pr epar e f or their fut ur e Our c ommitment t o Indigenous educ ation r emains str onger than ev er as w e c ontinue t o f ost er and enc our age an under st anding and appr eciation of the hist ories cult ur e and tr aditions of Indigenous peoples T he C olleges c ommitment t o adv ancing Indigenous educ ation is a priority in our plans Ov er the next sev er al y e ar s Sault C ollege will f ac e unpr ec edent ed challenges in the ar e as of enr olment as the pr o vinc e experienc es inequit able distribution of population gr o wth In the midst of this challenge Sault C ollege r emains c ommit ed t o suc c eeding and supporting the c ommunity b y le ading inno v ativ e changes in post sec ondary educ ation appr entic eship tr aining and applied r ese ar ch T he demogr aphic changes in our ar e a hav e r educ ed the element ary and sec ondary school enr olment and ther ef or e hav e the pot ential t o impact our dir ect entry enr olment A s a r esult the C ollege seeks t o c ontinue t o expand int o new mark ets both domestic and int ernational T his past y e ar Sault C ollege experienc ed a 110 gr o wth int ernational st udent enr olment Int ernational st udents ar e vit ally import ant t o Sault C ollege and t o our c ommunity as a whole W ith declining domestic enr olment int ernational st udents help t o ensur e that our instit ution r emains educ ationally and fnancially viable T heir c ontribution goes w ell bey ond their spending po w er as they help t o str engthen our c ommunitys social and ec onomic ties with the r est of the w orld and help t o fll curr ent and fut ur e labour mark et gaps Int ernational r ecruitment ef orts will c ontinue as w e gr o w our int ernational st udent enr olment thr ough the dev elopment of global partner ships Another gr o wth opport unity f or Sault C ollege is in the ar e a of ELe arning Ov er the past y e ar the C ollege dev eloped a C entr e f or ELe arning and has incr e ased c our se of erings in a v ariety of online f ormats T his busines s plan c ont ains sev er al initiativ es in the ar e a of ELe arning and gr o wth will c ontinue T he Sault C ollege c ampus w as under c onstruction during the past y e ar as w e w ork ed t o w ar ds the c ompletion of the 19 million Instit ut e f or Envir onment Educ ation and Entr epr eneur ship f acility T he iE3 will be a c at alyst f or inno v ation in cle ant ech and IC T enhanc ed envir onment al t echnologies f or estry w at er and wildlif e r esour c e management that will play a r ole in adv ancing Canada s sust ainability goals T he Instit ut e will be a v aluable as set t o v arious loc al industries and will help t o atr act and gr o w new industries pr o viding the physic al r esour c es and human c apit al t o pr omot e industry ac ademiago v ernment partner ships on c ampus It will pr o vide w orldclas s r esour c es and opport unities f or c ollabor ation experiential le arning and dev elopment of adv anc ed skills in these r apidly ev olving felds Sault C ollege has had some tr emendous achiev ements and looks t o c ontinue this suc c es s and gr o w in v arious ar e as that will not only beneft our C ollege but also our c ommunity and our le arner s T his Busines s Plan is pr esent ed in ac c or danc e with Section 8 of O R eg 340 3 under the Ont ario C olleges of Applied Arts and T echnology A ct 2 00 2 and will be post ed on the Sault C ollege w ebsit e at www sault c ollege c a S A UL T C OLLE GE BUSINES S PLAN F O R 20 1 9 2020