Mandate, Mission, Values & Vision

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Guided By Our Mandate, Mission, Values, and Vision

Our mission and vision are the foundation for Strategy 2030. Together with our shared values, they guide how we teach, learn, work, research, and engage with our communities. 

These commitments guide our everyday decisions, from the programs we offer to how we work with partners and support students and employees. 

Our Mandate

To offer a comprehensive program of career-oriented, post-secondary education and training to assist individuals in finding and keeping employment, to meet the needs of employers and the changing work environment and to support the economic and social development of [their] local and diverse communities.

Source: Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002

Our Mission

We turn learning into opportunity.

Our Vision

To be a polytechnic renowned for its inclusion, excellence, relevance, impact, and leadership.

Land Acknowledgement

Land Acknowledgement

George Brown Polytechnic is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and other Indigenous peoples who have lived here over time. We are grateful to share this land as treaty people who learn, work and live in the community with each other.