Toward a better world
" Whether it’s a scientific breakthrough, a prestigious award, a call to regulate AI, a public awareness campaign on emerging contaminants, an innovative student project that inspires the entire university network, a professor shaping public policy, or a sports victory that brings glory to our colours, every member of our community contributes to increasing the University of Montreal’s capacity for action and influence in the world. " - Daniel Jutras, Rector’s Annual Address, fall 2025 |
Three main objectives
- Share our expertise locally, nationally and globally to help address major societal challenges.
- Provide students with experiences that align with their aspirations in order to help them become change agents in their spheres.
- Enhance the University's adaptive capacities to accelerate its development.
Dare to changeEnsure that the university community responds responsibly and creatively to the needs of a changing world.
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Fully live our pluralismFoster the full development of our community’s members by embracing a multiplicity of backgrounds, experiences and points of view. |
Unite our effortsPrioritize collaborative, cross-cutting initiatives that have a measurable positive impact on major social challenges.
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Nine strategies
1. Encourage scientific production and the incubation of large-scale collaborative projects
2. Promote expertise and science in French
3. Launch initiatives to increase our visibility and strengthen our presence
4. Offer an interdisciplinary education
5. Offer experiential and international learning opportunities
6. Create friendly and responsible physical and digital environments
7. Improve the University’s agility and performance
8. Promote and embody the University’s diversity of identities and range of expertise
9. Strengthen support for and pride in the University’s vision and values
Values
Passion
A passion for learning unites the students who attend the University of Montreal. A passion for transmitting knowledge motivates its faculty members. Passion drives its researchers and spurs them to explore the mysteries of the Universe, to participate in the big social debates and to do creative work. And passion motivates the University’s administrative staff and support staff to help accomplish its core missions, day after day.
Responsibility
In an era of disinformation, the climate crisis and technological advances on many fronts, the University of Montreal and its community cannot remain indifferent to the impact of their actions on society. The University assumes the responsibility of helping the members of its student community improve their critical thinking skills and of supporting reliance on evidence-based knowledge in public discourse. This value of responsibility underpins our interactions with our partners and informs our relationship to the facts and the content of our educational programs.
Courage
The members of the University of Montreal community know that courage is one of the core values that unite them in their quest to expand the frontiers of thought and creation. The University encourages its members to go where no one has gone before and do what has never been done. Demonstrating courage is therefore a commitment that the University makes to itself and to society.
Openness
The University of Montreal – and of the world. This is a value that is manifest in the respect and civility with which the members of our community treat one another. It is apparent in the way the University cares for its community, in its concern for its members’ well-being and for maintaining a spirit of collegiality between them. Finally, it is evidenced in the University of Montreal’s commitment to inclusion and its concrete actions to embrace diversity in all aspects of the life of the University.
Freedom
The University of Montreal values its members’ freedom to be. It guarantees their freedom of conscience, as well as freedom of thought, research and expression, without constraint or censorship, but while respecting others and their freedom. Recognizing that inequality can prevent the full exercise of these freedoms, the University understands that it must play a role in helping the members of its community overcome pre-existing inequalities and it calls on everyone to work together towards this end.
The Office of Strategic Integration
A team led by Assistant Senior Vice-Rector Chantal Pharand and Director Céline Martinez is responsible for supporting the strategic plan’s implementation.
