How We Engaged

From September to January, we engaged with students, employees, the Board of Governors, alumni, donors, and community and industry partners about how we could address the evolving needs and shifts in higher education.

• Hosted seven Town Halls with 156 students and employees, to encourage discussion and gather insights and ideas to uncover common themes that reflect our shared vision for the future.
• Gathered more than 1,000 pieces of input at 26 pop-ups held all over the Whitby and Oshawa campuses (and even at the Tribute Community Centre at Convocation!) inviting students, employees and community members to answer Big Questions.
• Conducted more than 35 consultations with external stakeholders.
• Engaged in more than 350 formal and informal conversations with colleagues, committees and networks.
• Conducted an online survey, which garnered 390 responses.
• Hosted six Visioning Sessions around the key themes that emerged from the broad engagement efforts in the fall.
  • Stepping Fully into Our Role as Durham’s College – two sessions, 94 attendees.
  • Embedding Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging into All We Do – one session, 44 attendees.
  • Attracting and Catering to the Learners of Tomorrow – one session, 46 attendees.
  • Fulfilling the DC Promise – one session, 35 attendees.
  • High-Performance Sustainable Workplace – one session, 60 attendees.

Together these voices and perspectives will inform the roadmap for DC's future, ensuring it is sustainable, future-proof, equity-driven, people-focused and community-connected.