MacEwan's values inform, and are the basis for, everything that happens here.
They are at the heart of our programming. They motivate our faculty and staff. They are at the core of the way we look at the world and the way we conduct our operations.
They are:
- Learner-Centred: Inside and outside the classroom, through its programs and services, the University serves the needs of its learners. The University is dedicated to improving the learners' critical and creative thinking, ability to integrate knowledge and action, physical and emotional well-being, and motivation for life-long learning.
- Excellence: The University supports the students' educational right to be served by competent instructional, service, and administrative staff. Our classroom and other learning environments are dynamic, supportive, compassionate and collaborative. Special staff and student activities contribute to the continuous development of effective and progressive methods of education.
- Community: We value effective communication and collegiality within and among all sectors of the University. We encourage a sense of co-ownership of the institution by all staff and students and recognize a collective responsibility to achieve our goals.
- Collaboration: The University actively pursues partnerships with diverse communities on the regional, provincial, national and international levels. We believe that collaboration strengthens our educational offerings; fosters innovation through the exposure to new ideas; creates opportunities; and makes the best possible use of the resources available to us.
- Diversity and Individuality: From the institutional to the international level, we are devoted to promoting acceptance of individual and cultural differences. We recognize that all students and staff, full and part-time, make a contribution to the University community, and that the value of a university education is enhanced by a broader cultural perspective. The University is dedicated to creating an institutional culture of mutual respect among all individuals and groups.
- Participation in Decision-Making: University policies affirm the right of all groups and individuals to voice their views before decisions affecting them are made. Students and staff are regularly provided with opportunities to influence matters of importance to them. At all levels of University governance, we value freedom of participation and open communication.
- Innovation and Leadership: The University adapts to changing circumstances and takes a leadership role in creating programs and activities to meet the future needs of the students and communities it serves. The University endorses the democratic rights of University staff and students to take leadership roles by making individual statements on public issues.
- Stewardship of Resources: The University, as an educational institution, a responsible employer, and as a good corporate citizen, must actively contribute to the recognition and resolution of the challenges impacting the Earth's environment and University resources.
- Global University: Grant MacEwan University is committed to fostering the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to live and work effectively in an interconnected world. Faculty, staff, and students integrate an international dimension into the teaching, learning, and service functions of the University.
