Harris Centre Five-year Plan 2011 12 2015 16 December

Harris Centre Five-year Plan (2011/12 – 2015/16) December 12, 2011

Overview • What Have we Done? Programs & Initiatives • Consultations and Inputs • Changing Context • What should we be like 5 years from now? • Vision, Mission, Principles, Goals, Objectives

Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 • Public Presentations Ø 7 Galbraith Lectures Ø 38 “Memorial Presents” public forums • • 15 Conferences / Workshops 68 in-camera “Synergy Sessions” 24 Newfoundland Quarterly articles 6 Research Funds: Ø Ø Ø Applied Research Fund Strategic Partnership MMSB Solid Waste Management RBC Rural & Remote Drinking Water ACOA Standing Offer DFO Marine Protected Areas

Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 (cont’d) • Research Funds: projects and $$s Ø 86 research projects supported Ø $1. 7 M allocated to research projects Ø leveraging $ ? ? : ARF evaluation showed $313, 000 leveraged $ 5. 4 M • Major Research Projects Ø OECD Role of Higher Education Institutions in Regional Development Ø Social Foundations of Innovation in City Regions Ø Rural-Urban Interaction: Understanding and Managing Functional Regions in NL

Harris Centre Programs / Activities: 2004/5 – 2010/11 (cont’d) • • 16 Regional Workshops Project Brokering Yaffle. ca Funding leveraged for projects, outreach and research over $ 5. 9 M Ø Memorial funds (project and operating) leveraged 3: 1

a ‘marketplace’ for information!

Yaffle Today • Over 75, 000 searches since public launch (Feb. 2009) • Accessed from 177 countries over 6 continents • Average of 100 users per day • Graduate Students using Yaffle for thesis topics and supervisors • MITACS Identification of Internships • Government, Community and Media constant users • 2010 – 18 new brokered projects • Formalized communications w/ Office of Research and School of Graduate Studies to automatically communicate research awards

Some one-pager successes • • Over 75 faculty connected; New ferry design for Strait of Belle Isle; Theatre training with youth in Lab West; Studying Boom and Bust in Northern Mining Towns (SSHRC); Alternate energy in two northern Labrador communities; Studying male underachievement in the education system; Four seminars on e-marketing, approx. 200 businesses; SIFE student team working with aboriginal youth on financial sustainability of a cultural museum; • Dialogues (e. g. , regional cooperation, historical significance, evolution of Newfoundland English language); • Feasibility studies (bottled water, bacon-wrapped scallops); • KT: (e. g. , agriculture in Stephenville; coyote management for Placentia sheep farmers)

Consultations Held • • • SWGC / Corner Brook Community, May 6, 2009 CNA Corporate Stephenville, May 7, 2009 Stephenville Community, May 7, 2009 HC Champions, May 22, 2009 Fed. & Prov. Gov’ts, June 2 & 10, 2009 St. John’s and region, June 11, 2009 MUN Senior Administrators, June 24 & 25, 2009 HC Staff, June 29, 2009 MUN Faculty, Nov. 23, 2009 MUN Students, 2 individual web site responses

Other Inputs • • HC Advisory Board, Oct. 15, 2008; Nov. 25, 2009; Nov. 18, 2010 HC Management Team, Greg Cochlan, Oct. 20, 2008 Knowledge In Motion Conference, Oct. 15 -18, 2008 Harris Centre Program Evaluations Ø Applied Research Fund Ø Knowledge Impact in Society Project Ø Regional Workshops Ø Public Policy Wade Locke OECD Project Lessons Learned Report Alternative Forms of Scholarship Workshop, May 2009 Rural Development Centre Workshop, Norris Point, Nov. 9 -10, 2010 MUN Research Plan

Last slide in consultations: Where to from here? ! • 5 -year plan focus for the future Ø confirm core; re-focus where needed Ø new directions? • Yaffle as a NL/Canadian knowledge utility? • Meeting national and international demand to learn Harris Centre model? • Increase “honest broker” activity? • Other? • Funding Limitations • Evaluation Framework; Results-Based Management • What do you think? !

Changing Context • HC Organizational Development ØOperations Manager / Project Management Office Ø Secretary Duties Re-organized; Greater Budget Management Capacity • Communications Coordinator • MUN Research Plan • New President July 1, 2010 • Office of Engagement; Engagement Framework • Move to President’s Portfolio

What should we be like 5 years from now? (1) • Greater MUN capacity and enhanced culture of community / regional engagement • Greater MUN capacity in regional policy and development

What should we be like 5 years from now? (2) • Greater organizational awareness within NL of Harris Centre / MUN resources AND of all other partner resources Ø “Receptor Capacity” of partners is a critical issue (NGOs, SMEs/Industry Associations, Government) Ø MUN and NL Knowledge Mobilization Network a way of doing business Ø “Powered by Yaffle” Ø Delivered on the ground through multiple partners (MUN a resource, not a development organization)

What should we be like 5 years from now? (3) • Shift from “running with champions” to extending reach – within and outside MUN Ø Harris Centre “known” by all faculty and Newfoundland Labrador citizens • Globally recognized and connected; locally focused • Independent funding for proactive research and initiatives on priority themes Ø Not a think tank; not doing research in-house Ø Independence, Integrity, Honest Broker / Moderator Ø Research Programs, Conferences • “Go-to resource” for applied research funding in regional policy and development

What should we be like 5 years from now? (4) • HC entrepreneurial, flexible, nimble, client-focused (internal and external) AND delivers through rigorous stage-gate decision making, project management, knowledge mobilization scalable systems • HC Team combined core and project staff, with capacity, processes and culture for sustainability

Mandate: no change • Coordinate and facilitate the University’s activities relating to regional policy and development • Advise on building the University’s capacity in the area of regional policy and development • Identify priority themes and projects relating to: ØTeaching ØResearch ØOutreach

Vision: no change The Harris Centre’s vision for Newfoundland Labrador is of a vibrant democracy with informed citizens actively engaged in realizing a prosperous and sustainable society which values individual and collective responsibility for decision-making and development true to our unique culture and identity.

Draft Mission: new! The Mission of the Harris Centre is to encourage informed public policy and regional development in Newfoundland Labrador by supporting communication and collaboration between Memorial University and the people of this province.

Values: One new one! The Harris Centre aspires to live up to the reputation of Dr. Leslie Harris, in whose honour the Centre is named: Integrity Independence Transparency Collaboration Inclusivity* Practical Application *The Harris Centre values and respects difference, and strives to include varying perspectives in its activities and programs.

2011/12 -2015/16 Strategic Goals: One revised Goal 1: Research Stimulate more research in regional policy and development Goal 2: Education Stimulate education in regional policy and development at Memorial University Goal 3: Community Engagement [was Outreach] Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities Goal 4: Capacity Establish Memorial University as a recognized centre of excellence in regional policy and development Goal 5: Operations Establish Harris Centre operations for long-term success

Goal 1: Stimulate more research in regional policy and development (1) Objective 1. 1 Develop and Maintain Suite of Applied Research Funding Programs Objective 1. 2 Establish Population Project Applied Research Funding Program Objective 1. 3 Advance Annual Applied Research Funds and/or Research Projects, Related to MUN Research Plan Strategic Themes

Goal 1: Stimulate more research in regional policy & development (2) Objective 1. 4 Establish source of independent funding for proactive research and initiatives Objective 1. 5 Establish research synthesis program to inform regional policy and development

Goal 2: Stimulate education in regional policy and development at Memorial University Objective 2. 1 Advance Regional Policy and Development in the curriculum of graduate and undergraduate programs Objective 2. 2 Advance Knowledge Mobilization / Community Engagement in the curriculum of graduate and undergraduate programs Objective 2. 3 Support the establishment of undergraduate and graduate degrees in Regional Policy and Development

Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (1) Objective 3. 1 Organize Regional Workshops to communicate current activity and identify new opportunities and needs Objective 3. 2 Organize Knowledge Exchange / Transfer processes and sessions to allow sharing of expertise Objective 3. 3 Broker new opportunities for collaboration Objective 3. 4 Facilitate the establishment of Memorial and N&L Knowledge Mobilization/Community Engagement Networks

Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (2) Objective 3. 5 Increase adoption of Yaffle in NL Objective 3. 6 Expand Yaffle to more institutional partners in NL and beyond Objective 3. 7 Facilitate MUN Research Plan “Community, Regional and Enterprise Development” and “Governance and Public Policy” Themes external partner engagement Objective 3. 8 Formalize collaboration with CNA

Goal 3: Generate greater interaction of Memorial University faculty, students and staff with stakeholder needs and opportunities (3) Objective 3. 9 Advance informed public policy debate and discussion through Galbraith Lectureship, Memorial Presents Public Policy Forums and Synergy Sessions Objective 3. 10 Lead, Partner or Support conferences relating to Regional Policy and Development, subject to strategic fit and availability of resources

Goal 4: Establish Memorial University as a recognized leader in regional policy and development (1) Objective 4. 1 Support the establishment of Research Chairs relating to Regional Policy and Development Objective 4. 2 Facilitate MUN Research Plan “Community, Regional and Enterprise Development” and “Governance and Public Policy” Themes within Memorial Objective 4. 3 Support recognition of Alternative Forms of Scholarship in University promotion and tenure processes

Goal 4: Establish Memorial University as a recognized leader in regional policy and development (2) Objective 4. 4 Respond to requests to present and collaborate nationally and internationally, where benefits for NL mandate and mission are demonstrated, resources are provided and capacity allows

Goal 5: Establish Harris Centre operations for long-term success (1) Objective 5. 1 Establish physical and technical infrastructure to meet needs Objective 5. 2 Establish the Harris Centre as an exemplar of best practices in governance and operations Objective 5. 3 Establish sustainable funding for public policy staffing and programing Objective 5. 4 Develop mechanisms to engage associates, visiting fellows, retired faculty and other expert supports

What have we missed? • Other inputs? • Other options? • What is the Harris Centre in 5 years?

The Harris Centre Model for Connecting Knowledge and Ideas Province-wide – and beyond!