About GWFO
Strategic Plan
In consultation with the Users Advisory Panel (UAP), the GWFO Strategic Management Committee (SMC), partner institutions and the Board, GWFO has developed its GWFO Strategic Plan, 2023–2029, which outlines the vision and mission of GWFO and the approach to realize this vision. The Strategic Plan describes what GWFO aims to achieve and its priority research support directions along with the strategies that will be employed to deliver its overarching goals. It is thus a framework to establish a set of specific short-term plans and broader long-term plans, to guide activities and establish a pathway to functioning optimally as a national freshwater research facility. The Strategic Plan describes how GWFO measures success, how its operations, management, and governance function, and how it approaches knowledge mobilization, outreach, data management, and EDI.
The Strategic Plan was discussed, reviewed and approved by GWFO’s Board after development by GWFO, with guidance, edits and direction from its SMC of institutional representatives and subject area experts and UAP that represents a diverse range of users. It has been informed through formal consultations with users, where GWFO actively sought user needs and priorities, advice on approaches and on the use and access of research facilities and data, and suggestions for further developing the facility and its components across Canada. Through this, GWFO defined the national scope, value proposition and unified research support mission that makes it unique as a national facility.