Strategic Plan 2025-2030

For more than 60 years, Cambrian College has been a cornerstone of education, innovation, and community in Northern Ontario. From our beginnings as a small regional institution, we have grown into a leading global college, recognized for academic excellence, strong industry partnerships, and commitment to student success. Our evolution reflects a legacy of adaptability, resilience and ambition — qualities that continue to define us today and that will shape our future.

As we launch our 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, we do so at a pivotal time for the college sector in Canada. Institutions across the country are facing significant pressures: demographic shifts, funding constraints, global market uncertainties, and a need to rethink how education is delivered in a rapidly changing world. At Cambrian, we recognize these challenges — but we also see them as a catalyst for opportunity, creativity, collaboration, and meaningful change.

This plan is a forward-looking response rooted in both optimism and realism. Our first priority is to deliver education that fosters creativity, resilience, and personal growth. We aim to empower our learners not only to launch their careers, but to lead and thrive across a lifetime of opportunity and transformation.

We are equally focused on creating a warm, inclusive experience that strengthens Cambrian’s vibrant and diverse culture. Our campus and community must be places where learners and employees feel valued, and supported — where belonging is more than a goal, but a lived reality.

To extend our impact and unlock even greater potential, we will continue to forge strategic partnerships — regionally and globally — that drive recruitment, enhance learner outcomes, and spark innovation and productivity across industries and sectors.

Underpinning all of this are the values that guide us: academic excellence, global perspective, Indigenous values, innovation, and sustainability. These are not just words on a page; they are the principles we live by, and the lens through which we make every decision.

This process was guided by a diverse group of Cambrian faculty, staff and students who have generously volunteered their time. Thank you to everyone for their tremendous effort in making our Strategic Plan a reality.

• Alison Caruso
• Andrew Dale
• Arthur Pringle
• Autumn Stonier
• Brian Lobban
• Ciara You
• Dan Lessard
• Ernie Boeswald
• Gurkirat Bal
• Jeffrey Green
• Jonathan Duquette
• Kristina Demers
• Krystel Houle
• Laura Killam
• Manan Nimavat
• Mark Collins
• Mary-Liz Warwick
• Mel Young
• Mike Commito
• Mohammad Safavi
• Natasha Condejahnel
• Nicole Dzivy
• Nicole Vizza
• Renée Scott
• Sarah St Michael
• Shawna Partridge
• Shubham Behl
• Stephanie Moncion
• Steve Mantler
• Tara Dumais