The Academic Quality and Excellence (AQE) Department is integral to advancing UCN’s mission, vision and mandate. AQE works with staff and faculty to foster a culture of academic rigor, research excellence, and innovative and responsive teaching.
AQE is one component of a larger interconnecting environment supporting research at UCN that also includes the Research, Education and Learning (REAL) committee of UCN’s Learning Council, the UCN Research Ethics Board (REB) and the UCN Animal Care Committee (UCN ACC). All research-related activity falls under the authority of the Vice-President, Academic & Research, as well as the Associate Vice-President of Academic Quality and Excellence.
AQE is dedicated to fostering continuous improvement through comprehensive quality assurance practices and a strong emphasis on scholarly inquiry.
AQE is instrumental in managing UCN’s quality assurance framework, which encompasses overseeing program reviews and renewals, as well as supporting faculty in their teaching endeavors. The division also ensures the quality, accessibility, and effectiveness of academic resources, including library services, the learning management system, and instructional support systems.
Through these initiatives, AQE reinforces UCN’s commitment to academic excellence, student success, and scholarly inquiry.
UCN acknowledges that we are on the traditional territories and homelands of many Indigenous peoples, who have existed here since time immemorial. The First Nations in the area that UCN serves entered into treaty relationships with the Crown and the territory has also become home to other Indigenous peoples. We uphold the treaties and collaborate with all Indigenous peoples to share truth, reconciliation and learning.
For a more comprehensive statement go to UCN Traditional Territorial Acknowledgement.