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Five-Year Plan 2020-2025

TRIUMF's core operations revolve around a five-year planning cycle. This is articulated in a Five-Year Plan (5YP), a report that defines TRIUMF’s mission and vision, communicates the lab’s goals and priorities, and lays out an action plan for the specified planning cycle and beyond. The 2015-2020 5YP started April 1, 2015, and ends March 31, 2020.

It is now time to proceed along the path to envisioning, developing, and sharing the next 5YP for 2020-2025. This webpage serves as the primary online resource for information about the 2020-2025 5YP development process and the various consultations with stakeholders.

Ultimately, the proposed 5YP is transmitted to the Government of Canada by the Director of TRIUMF on behalf of laboratory's member universities. It is TRIUMF's commitment that the plan be developed in a transparent, open, deliberative process that puts forward the strongest possible program for Canada under realistic resource constraints.

The Five-Year Plan 2020-25 Executive Committee and Steering Committee are accountable for the formulation and preparation of the Five-Year Plan. The Executive Committee drives the planning while the Steering Committee oversees the process.

Ultimately, the responsibility for the Five-Year Plan rests with the TRIUMF Director and the content of the plan is subject to approval by the TRIUMF Board of Management.

April 17, 2018

Update on the TRIUMF Five-Year Plan process

Dear Colleagues,

We are reaching out today to update you on the status of the development of TRIUMF's 5-year plan. 

The Policy and Planning Advisory Committee (PPAC) process elicited a strong response from the community, with 83 proposals submitted to the committee. 

PPAC evaluated the proposals and submitted its report to the TRIUMF Board of Management.

In January, we summarized the high-level takeaways from the PPAC report as follows:

  • Prioritize ARIEL and IAMI as foundational for the future of TRIUMF

  • Focus on the existing multi-disciplinary, high-impact science portfolio, including strong on-site and off-site components

  • Make balanced investments into core infrastructure, science support, and selected new opportunities, to maximize the benefit from ARIEL and IAMI

  • Position TRIUMF for its long-term future by further developing particularly promising new ideas without affecting the efforts on ARIEL and IAMI

With these recommendations in mind, we are continuing to consult, both with the Five-Year Plan Steering Committee, the TRIUMF Board, and the TRIUMF community. 

Preliminary high-level goals are being developed as we speak.  In broad terms, they include

  • Delivering ground-breaking discoveries across TRIUMF’s diverse and multi-disciplinary portfolio (to extend the frontiers of knowledge)

  • Reinforcing TRIUMF as Canada’s globally leading particle accelerator centre (to advance Canada’s international standing in science and innovation)

  • Increasing national and international collaboration (to strengthen Canada's global competitiveness in discovery and innovation)

  • Translating science and technology into innovation (to improve the lives of Canadians)

  • Empowering the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs (to ensure access and opportunity)

  • Inspiring Canadians to discover and innovate (to build a more sustainable and inclusive society)

These goals are supported by a number of strategies that support the high-level priorities, for example

  • Completing ARIEL and ramp science program up to full capacity (triple RIB production and associated science)

  • Completing IAMI and start medical isotope production and radiopharmaceutical research

  • Supporting high-impact science programs, including

    • On site:  ISAC/ARIEL, UCN, CMMS, Theory

    • In Canada:  DEAP, SuperCDMS, and nEXO at SNOLAB

    • Abroad:  ATLAS, ALPHA, long-baseline neutrinos

  • Making balanced investments into core infrastructure, science support, and selected new opportunities to maximize the benefit from ARIEL and IAMI, including

    • Refurbishments and upgrades to ISAC and the 520 MeV Cyclotron to allow for highest operational reliability

    • Modernization of Beamline 1A as backbone of the multi-disciplinary program on Quantum Materials, Precision Physics, Medical Isotope Production, and Irradiation Services

    • Invest in upgrades of the Detector Facilities to develop next-generation international detector initiatives

    • Investing into facilities and spaces, develop a talented and diverse workforce, and establish a continuous improvement culture

  • Positioning TRIUMF for its long-term future by developing particularly promising new ideas without affecting the efforts on ARIEL and IAMI.

    • PPAC has identified a number of promising initiatives that have the potential to contribute significantly to the long-term future of TRIUMF. Which of those ideas come to fruition will depend on external context (external project approval, funding or timeline), more in-depth assessment of scientific opportunities and resource needs, and community support for future CFI competitions. 

  • Establishing TRIUMF Innovations as hub for linking science and business by streamlining access to TRIUMF’s world-class expertise and infrastructure. 

    • Increase Canadian competitiveness by connecting TRIUMF researchers and technologies to market through start-ups, industry partnerships, licensing, and business development

    • Expanding education and outreach programs across Canada through the TRIUMF network

The goals and priorities are continuing to be developed, so please continue to join the consultative process.  There are several ways to do so.

  1. The Five-Year Plan Steering Committee represents the broad stakeholder community and we encourage you to approach the members of the Committee to provide feedback.

  1. The Five-Year Plan is owned by the TRIUMF Board of Management, so you can also provide feedback directly to Board members. 

  2. You will also be able to engage directly, namely at the joint IPP/CINP session at the forthcoming CAP congress in Halifax [Thursday, June 14, 2018], as well as the TRIUMF User Group Annual General Meeting [Thursday, July 19, 2108] during the TRIUMF Science Week in July.  At these events, the high-level goals and strategies, as well as the main priorities and initiatives, will be presented for further discussion.

We are looking forward to your continued engagement and support.

Reiner Kruecken

Deputy Director Research, TRIUMF

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