Reimagining Health for All, Ahead of Tomorrow
Strategic Plan Implementation Update I Cumming School of Medicine
Implementation update
Strategic plan first shared with the CSM community in Nov. 2023
The plan is iterative, change is expected and the plan is continuously evaluated
Leaders in each priority area are making progress; new leaders have been welcomed in key roles
Reporting on our progress in 2025 includes video and web updates and key performance indicators
Supporting our people and our communities
- To be the employer and medical school of choice in Canada
- To be the trusted source for health information and policy in our communities
- To be known by international medical research and education communities as a leading collaborator
Placing education at the core of what we do
- Canadian medical school leader in educational experience
- Value research and teaching faculty equally
- Expand capacity to train medical learners in distributed sites throughout southern Alberta
Enabling world class discovery science, translational and health outcomes research
- Increase capacity for making game-changing discoveries that drive to health impacts
- Create the environment to develop and test innovative precision health approaches
- Foster transdisciplinary research
Commitment to Indigenous Health Dialogue
Implementation highlights
Hosted first annual Decolonizing Health Care Congress
Engagement with community on Indigenous curriculum development through Pathways to Healing Circle
Progress on plans to build capacity in Indigenous faculty and research
CSM leadership participation in traditional events including Bison Harvest
Striving for social justice through action on health equity
- Improve health outcomes for all
- Develop equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism (EDIA-AR) initiatives to create sense of belonging for all
- Commitment to improve Black health, innovation, advancement and recognition of Black excellence
- Promote understanding of planetary health and its interconnectedness with human health outcomes
- Support inclusive faculty development at all career stages while building capacity to influence strategic systems change, advance equity, break down silos, and expand collective impact
- Enhance community engagement, partnerships, and policy advocacy in furtherance of our signed institutional commitments
Transforming health through a learning health system
- Support Alberta’s health system to deliver on the Quintuple Aim
- Become a leading integrated health data analytics centre in Canada
We want your feedback!
In November 2023, the Cumming School of Medicine released Reimagining Health for All, Ahead of Tomorrow,
our new strategic plan detailing our six priorities for the future.
As implementation of the plan gains momentum,
we want your input on how you see yourself in its implementation and your ideas for strengthening our plan moving forward.
We’ve said from the start that the plan is iterative and we expect the plan to evolve to make improvements to it along the journey over time. Let’s do this together.
