I’m Maureen J. MacDonald, McMaster’s Provost and Vice-President (Academic). As the university’s Chief Academic and Budgetary Officer, I work closely with colleagues across campus to champion academic excellence, strengthen student supports and grow McMaster’s research impact. My role spans oversight of teaching and learning, faculty development, student experience, and strategic budgeting and planning. With a deep commitment to inclusive excellence, I strive to create an academic environment where our students, faculty, staff, researchers and other community members can thrive. That means investing in programs that expand access, foster innovation, and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.
As Chief Academic Officer, the Provost oversees all six Faculties, working with Deans, Associate Deans and instructors to challenge norms in the classroom and inspire students to build a better future.
As Chief Budgetary Officer, the Provost oversees the strategic allocation of the university’s budget towards operations that support the five priorities in McMaster’s Strategic Plan.
Graduate student funding is an important and complicated issue. In February 2023, a task force of graduate students and Faculty representatives from across McMaster was approved by Graduate Council.
The Strategic Excellence and Equity in Recruitment and Retention (STEER/R) Program launched in November 2020 to advance the pursuit of inclusive excellence by making seed funding available for transformative initiatives that benefit equity-deserving groups at McMaster University.
The SAFs support excellence, innovation and renewal in all areas of the university through short-term projects with the intention that successful innovations will be funded permanently by different means.
This quickly evolving technology offers promising new avenues for enhancing pedagogical approaches and advancing research. News, events, resources and updates on generative AI at McMaster University.
The Provost oversees the academic, student experience, finance, budget and planning areas of the University.
Provost MacDonald's newsletter provides news, updates, celebratory posts and introduces working groups that you may have heard of, but may not know who members are or what they do.
News and stories about the work being done to advance Truth and Reconciliation at our university and to promote opportunities for campus-wide learning
Read the Provost’s Leadership Performance Goals, look through her expenses, and learn about her membership in academic committees and councils.
The Provost is focused on advancing the Academy by championing teaching, learning and research, fostering community and inclusion, strengthening operational excellence and elevating McMaster’s reputation.
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Strategic reviews identify new opportunities for future growth and development and are an important means of promoting transparency across the university as it pursues excellence.
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