The Office of Institutional Accountability provides university-wide decision support for strategic and program planning and is responsible for non-financial accountability and compliance reporting.

Mission
Institutional Accountability (IA) provides leadership and guidance to increase institutional effectiveness, enhance decision-making and improve the education quality and student experience.  

We leverage data and analytics to guide strategic projects, support assessment and accountability activities and promote data quality along with excellence throughout the institution.

We support the Board and Executive team with actionable insights, the students, faculty and staff with meaningful research-based reports and manage the University’s accountability responsibilities for external agencies. 

To find out more about our values and Our Team.

UCW is committed to tracking and publishing various measures of student satisfaction with the quality of services and – through participation in local, national and international studies – providing a measure of relative performance against our peer groups. Please see the Surveys page for the institutional framework for surveys at UCW.

University Canada West ascribes to the principles of quality assurance; the reports of the Vice President’s Academic for the latest Cyclical Program Reviews are published here.

The Office also supports strategic initiatives for Ratings and Awards page, along with compliance with accreditation standards for relevant organizations and Memberships and Designations page