The following initiatives are currently underway in the Queen’s Renew Program:
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Queen’s Renew Finance Initiative, which aims to improve processes and structures related to finance and budget work that occurs in faculties, schools, and shared service units.
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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Renew Human Resources Initiative, which aims to improve key HR processes and structures in faculties, schools, and shared service units that support the university’s daily operations.
Finance, Budget and Human Resource Process Improvements
The first phase of the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Renew Finance and HR Initiatives has focused on identifying process improvements to enhance efficiency, consistency, and support staff in their day-to-day responsibilities. This includes assessing some of the key HR and financial processes in faculties, schools, and shared service units, as well as in central HR, the Budget Office, and Financial Services.  
Consultations with more than 70 staff members have highlighted opportunities to make processes more consistent, reduce reliance on manual tasks, and improve access to modern tools and systems.  
Based on employee feedback, several process improvements have been recommended that can be implemented quickly, such as making better use of existing technology to track casual hires or developing standardized financial templates and real-time dashboards. Longer-term improvements were also recommended, including implementing a modern budgeting tool, establishing a centralized HR query intake solution, streamlining the number of procurement contracts for routine purchases, and increasing automation in invoicing processing. Some of the smaller scale process improvement recommendations will be implemented over the coming year, while others will require more time, consultation, and planning to put into place.
Upcoming Initiatives
The next set of initiatives under the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Renew Program will focus on:
- advancement
- marketing and communications, and
- facilities