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Challenge Accepted: Stronger Together 2022-23 Annual Report

Message from the Board Chair and President

The past year has been a time of excitement, change and rejuvenation at Seneca even though COVID-19 continued to cast a long shadow. Seneca responded with the care and the unwavering commitment to health and safety we have shown throughout the pandemic.  

As case numbers and restrictions lessened, we welcomed more students and employees on campus and proudly celebrated the thousands of graduates who completed their programs over the past two years at our first in-person convocation since the pandemic.   

We also continued to innovate, grow and change. As a polytechnic institution, we offer students the valuable combination of practical and sophisticated skills underpinned by academic rigour. To do this well — to provide a great education that prepares students for great careers — requires constant evolution, deep relationships with industry and community partners, flexibility in program delivery, new technologies and different ways of teaching and learning.  

Challenge Accepted: Stronger Together, the 2022-23 Annual Report, is the story of Seneca thriving, pushing our limits and exceeding expectations. It’s been a year of great accomplishment: 

  • We’ve introduced Seneca’s Strategic Plan – The Next, which will guide our mission over the next three years and includes a rebranding as Seneca Polytechnic 
  • We’ve continued to support our students and remove barriers to education through The Jane Fund and a multi-million-dollar gift received from the Nanji Foundation 
  • We’ve led the system in a new approach to providing services and supports to students through The Service Hub and how students are recruited with our hybrid approach to Open House 
  • And we’ve reaffirmed our Au Large commitments to be the equitable, sustainable and more virtual Seneca; this important work continues 

Along with the many accomplishments from the past year, this annual report includes a collection of inspirational stories from our students, alumni, employees and partners. It is their exceptional contributions that underscore the importance of Seneca’s mission.  

The past year has shown us strength can take many forms, especially when faced with adversity. In a time of constant change, global uncertainties and a climate crisis, one thing is certain: we are stronger together. Our successes as a community are proof of this. 

On to The Next. 

 

Ashif Somani
Chair, Board of Governors

David Agnew
President