How the Hub started
Over the past year, the External Relations, and portfolios have been exploring how to better collaborate to enable and support the university鈥檚 external partnerships.
Partnerships are part of 911吃瓜鈥檚 mission as an engaged university but, at times, challenges have arisen from siloed activities. Sometimes, this has resulted in duplicated efforts between teams, complicated or unclear processes or many 鈥渉ops鈥� to find the right support at 911吃瓜.
The Partnership Hub aims to address that coordination challenge. We are breaking down silos between departments, while deploying existing portfolio resources, to improve partnership support for the university.
This three-year initiative aims to make support more accessible and improve coordination by:
Facilitating connections to the right expert, resource or process
Strengthening collaboration and information sharing across teams
Building capacity and shared resources to support partnerships at different stages
Taking a collaborative approach enables 911吃瓜 to increase its partnership momentum and better capitalize on opportunities with external partners. Together, we can help advance society, address social and economic challenges and grow our reputation as Canada鈥檚 engaged university.