Promise and Potential: Project Terms of Reference
Project: Increase visibility of Aboriginal culture and symbols on campus
as of November 28, 2013
Description: The role of this project is to increase the visibility of Aboriginal culture and symbols on campus including Aboriginal languages in
publications and web sites.
Commitment Leaders: Ivan Muzychka, associate vice-president, communications
Expected Outcomes for Project: The aim of this project is to develop Aboriginal symbols as part of the University of Saskatchewan’s visual
identity and to find ways of integrating these symbols together with Aboriginal languages into the web site and publications.
Committee members: Joan Greyeyes, Winona Wheeler, Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, John Ogresko, Marie Battiste, Keith Carlson, Kristina
Bidwell, Bob Badger, Randy Skurdal, Brian Kachur, Jeff Drake, Kathy Munroe, Kurt Hofmann, Sakej Henderson and Carrie Gates.
Work to be undertaken:
Task
Stakeholders
Timeframe
Create Stakeholder Committee
Graphic Design personnel, Com & Marketing personnel,
campus Aboriginal stakeholders, Alumni
Graphic Design team
By Jan 31
2013
By Feb 28
2013
By Feb 15
2013
February 28 –
March 4 2013
By March 6
2013
March 8 2013
June 21 2013
August, 2014
August, 2014
Create work group to devise appropriate symbols
Create consultation process to inform graphic
design team
Refine designs
Faculty, staff and students
Consultation with campus elders
Final sign-off
Announcement to campus / roll-out
Implementation
Videos explaining symbols in English, Cree and
other Aboriginal languages
Stakeholders:
Graphic designers around campus
Elders, eMAP video team
Decision-Makers (DM), Consulted (C), Informed (I)
www.usask.ca/plan
Current Status:
Current
status
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
WIP
WIP
Work In Progress (WIP), Stopped (S), Completed (C)
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