University Master Plan
Online survey and drop-in event
In a survey and upcoming drop-in event, students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to provide feedback on key ideas for the next University Master Plan, which will shape the buildings, outdoor spaces, infrastructure and the experience of being at McMaster over the next decade.
Here are two ways to participate:
- Fill out a quick survey online. Survey closes on January 15, 2023.
- Attend our drop-in event:
Wednesday, January 11th 2022
Drop by any time between 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Marketplace, First floor, McMaster University Student Centre (MUSC), 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, ON L8S 4S4
The ideas proposed for the next University Master Plan were informed by previous feedback, and include re-imagining key entrances to campus, safe and sustainable transportation, more housing options and green spaces, and the creation of spaces to innovate and collaborate.
About
McMaster’s campus and locations are environments that support teaching and learning, innovation and research, living and working, health and well-being, inclusion and a sense of community.
Our University Master Plan will:
- Evaluate our campus and locations with a fresh perspective and capture opportunities for a changing world.
- Support McMaster’s response to climate change and threats to biodiversity by placing sustainability at the forefront;
- Maintain the beauty that has made McMaster’s campus attractive for decades, such as the central mall, green space and foliage.
- Enhance how McMaster’s campus and locations are reflective of and responsive to diversity in our community.
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A University Master Plan provides a vision for the future development of our campus and locations over the next decade, and a framework that will shape our buildings, outdoor spaces, infrastructure and the experience of being at McMaster.
The planning process will involve evaluating our campus and locations with a fresh pair of eyes in a changing world, placing sustainability at the forefront, maintaining the beauty that make our campus so attractive and reflecting the diversity in our community.
The engagement phase began with McMaster leaders, students, faculty and staff and involved a short online survey and five pop-up events on campus. Students, faculty and staff provided their opinions on what they like about our campus and locations, what they do not like and what they would change to improve our physical spaces. McMaster extended outward to engage our community and partners in land stewardship in the fall of 2022. The ideas proposed for the next University Master Plan were informed by all of feedback gathered. The ideas for the next University Master Plan will be shared with students, faculty, staff and community members for feedback this winter.
The information gathered during the engagement phase will inform master planning options, which will then be narrowed to a preferred master plan. Progress will be shared along the way. Read about the engagement process in the section above.
The new master plan will be the result of a visionary process that gives us a way to explore and prioritize possibilities according to our aspirations and needs.
To help McMaster create the master plan for the next decade, Facility Services is partnering with BDP Quadrangle, a skilled team of architects, designers, engineers and urbanists who have a great track record in creating outstanding university environments from around the globe.
The process of developing the University Master Plan will take the majority of 2022 and launch plans will be developed following the completion of the preferred option.
The University Master Plan is expected to launch in the spring of 2023.