University Space

Background

Space is a valuable resource and it must be managed, maintained, allocated and acquired in direct support of and alignment with University priorities, addressing institutional objectives as well as goals at the Faculty, School and Department levels.

In the context of significant growth in undergraduate and graduate enrolment, research intensity and the administrative structures required to support those initiatives, it is recognized that the institution faces competing priorities and must explicitly evaluate and balance inherent trade-offs in the decision-making process for the allocation of space as with all scarce resources.

Committee Members

• Jo-Anne Brady, University Registrar (Chair)
• Ann Browne, Associate Vice-Principal, Facilities
• Bill Bryck, Acting Vice-Principal, Operations and Finance
• John Dixon, Associate Vice-Principal, Academic and International
• Audrey Kaplan, Campus Planning and Development
• Charlotte Liu, Office of  Vice-Principal, Operations and Finance (Secretary)
• John Pierce, Faculty of Arts and Science
• Kim Woodhouse, Dean, Faculty of Applied Science

Objectives

The Task Force on Space was requested to:

• Identify crucial issues;
• Gather appropriate background information, both inside and outside Queen’s;
• Propose a set of broad short-term and longer-term objectives for potential action together with an outline of the implications of pursuing those objectives.