5 PRIORITIES F OR 2 0 1 9 2 0 Sault C ollege has had gr e at suc c es s in achieving the number 1 r anking in emplo y er satisf action and the number 2 r anking in gr aduat e satisf action as r at ed b y st udents this past y e ar Sault C ollege will r emain f ocused on le arning and st udent suc c es s while striving t o achiev e the f ollo wing goals during the 2 0 192 0 fsc al y e ar Es tablish a pr ogr es siv e and inclusiv e le arning en vir onment f or Indigenous and int ernational s tudents Indigenous p artners and o ther pos t s e c ondary e duc ational s tak eholders will be c onsult e d t o identify and implement bes t practic es in Indigenous pe dagogy pr ogram deliv ery and support s ervic es Pr o f es sional de v elopment will be pr o vide d f or f aculty and s taf t o c ontinually impr o v e the inclusivity o f the le arning en vir onment T his pr o f es sional de v elop ment will help t o incr e as e the in vitational atmospher e f or int ernational and Indigenous s tudents T he C olle ge will support initiativ es that further inf orm our practic es thr ough an incr e as e d unders tanding o f the div ers e c ont e xts and challenges as s ociat e d with Indigenous e duc ation A t e am o f curr ent s tudents domes tic and int ernational will be es tablishe d t o be c ome activ e le aders in pr earriv al orientation c ommunic ation and ongoing cultural support f or ne w int ernational s tudents Ne w and updat e d Library datab as e ac quisitions will c ontinue t o be support e d that f ocus on the Indigenous e xperienc e and c oloniz ation Fr ontiers o f the P as t language datab as e T ransp ar ent Language that helps s tudents le arn ano ther language including 6 Indigenous languages and diale cts Hindi Mandarin V iet names e Fr ench T hai T agalog along with ar ound 1 00 o ther languages C ollaborativ ely the Library and Indigenous S tudies will c ontinue t o o f er a Book Club in the 2 0 192 0 ac ademic y e ar t o pr omo t e Indigenous cultur e le arning and his t ory As a p ath t o r e c onciliation our Book Club o f ers a saf e sp ac e f or r e ading dis cus sion and engagement betw e en Indigenous and nonIndigenous s tudents s taf and f aculty T he library will c ontinue t o pr o vide s tudent ac c es s t o Pr es s R e ader a ne wsp aper and magazine datab as e that sho ws t oda ys p aper fr om Bomb a y Shanghai Cape T o wn or Me xic o City T her e ar e o v er 7 000 public ations in this datab as e S tudent Servic es s taf will pr omo t e the us e o f the Equity R oom as a saf e sp ac e f or all s tudents Pr omo tion o f e quity inclusion and r espe ct f or all s tudents will oc cur during pr ogramming e v ents R e cr e ation pr ogramming will be planne d in which gym time and sp ac e f or sports f amiliar t o our int ernational s tudents and Indigenous s tudents oc curs S TUDENT EXPERIENCE Sault C olle ge will c ontinue t o f os t er the highes t quality e xperienc e that has our s tudents and appr entic es de claring that the y r e c eiv e d the e duc ation the y w ant her e and mor e that it w as w orth it t o c ome her e and that the e xperienc e change d their liv es f or the bet er Sault C olle ge is c ommit e d t o c ontinue t o le ad the w a y in s tudent satis f action and be c ome the des tination c olle ge in northern Ontario Ov er ar ching Goals 2 0 192 0 Depar tmental Initiativ es