This is the first in a series of articles profiling the different working groups that make up Future Concordia. Want to know how you can contribute? Visit the project’s Get involved page and take part in a survey on the future of work.
Questions about the future of work abound at the moment as employees and employers seek to adapt and transform their ways of doing things.
What do employees need to thrive in new contexts? What are the trends and opportunities that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic that allow institutions to improve their services to their community and provide more fulfilling work for their employees? How can employers sustain a sense of community in the midst of changing digital and societal environments?
At Concordia, Linda Campione and Téo L. Blackburn are co-leading a working group to reflect on these topics and evaluate what the future of work might entail at the university.
The group is one of six that make up Future Concordia. The project is leading a reflection on how best to fulfill the university’s academic and research mission, provide an enhanced student experience and deliver outstanding administrative and operational services in a post-pandemic environment.
“It’s so exciting to be working on a project that will help define our future,” says Campione, who is also the project director of Future Concordia. “We want our faculty and staff to be proud of where they work and what they do.”
Blackburn shares this sentiment. The director of Concordia International was thrilled and honoured to be invited to co-lead the working group focusing on work, workplace and workforce.
“One of the things that’s always impressed me about Concordia is how relatively young people are entrusted with positions of influence,” Blackburn says, adding how faculty and staff often work on mandates that affect change at the university.”