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Committee

The School Quality Committee (SQC) plays a vital role in the School’s quality assurance system.

Committee structure

The SQC shall have a minimum core membership of five, and a maximum of nine (not including ex-officio members).

Members of the SQC can include faculty and management personnel, but the majority should be faculty.

Members must have a commitment to quality and represent a broad range of program areas within the School.

Persons from outside the School may also be part of the core membership.

The chair shall be appointed by the Dean.

Additional members, from inside or outside the School or from industry, may be invited to SQC meetings provided they have appropriate expertise for the program under review. These members may be added to the committee on an ad hoc basis at the discretion of the Chair, and with consultation of the SOHS Leadership Team and SQC committee members.

 

Terms of Reference

  • The SOHS SQC shall consist of:
    • Chair
    • Vice-Chair
    • Members
    • Ex-Officio members
  • Determining the SQC membership:
    • Members of the SQC will be nominated by the School faculty and selected by the School Leadership Team, in consultation with SQC members.
    • The Dean will appoint a faculty member to serve as the Chair.
    • The committee will appoint one of its members to serve as the Vice-chair.
    • The SOHS Leadership Team will call for volunteers, or nominations from the faculty, as required.
    • The committee shall have broad representation from all three major departments in the SOHS (Diagnostics, Laboratory Sciences and Allied Health, as well as Nursing and Specialty Nursing).
  • SQC members should serve a minimum term of two years (beginning either in the Fall or the Winter academic term) to ensure consistency, familiarity, and expertise with common issues.
  • The Chair of the SQC will serve a two-year term and the Vice-chair, a one-year term.
  • In order to provide continuity in the decision-making process:
    • SQC members may serve more than one term; and
    • the SQC will ensure an orderly transition by not having more than half of its membership being new members in any given year.
  • The Chair of the SQC will have the following responsibilities:
    • Chairing committee meetings.
    • Developing meeting agendas and identifying guests.
    • Preparing minutes of the meetings with the assistance of the SQC Coordinator.
    • Identifying and assigning pre-work required for meetings.
    • Preparing the final report(s) with the committee’s recommendations for the Dean.
    • Responding to those submitting questions and proposals to the SQC.
    • Communicating with external groups on issues related to committee activities.
  • The Vice-chair will assume the role of the Chair in his/her absence or as required.
  • All members of the SQC will be responsible for:
    • Attending and participating in all SQC meetings on a regular (typically monthly) basis.
    • Reviewing proposals and supporting documentation submitted to the SQC.
    • Providing input regarding any perceived quality issues related to the submission, including pre-meeting and post-meeting feedback reports as well as the final reports to the Dean.
    • Assessing and streamlining SQC processes to ensure they are useful and relevant to all stakeholders, without compromising standards.
  • The SQC Coordinator, appointed by the SOHS Leadership Team, will be responsible for:
    • Scheduling meetings and making room reservations.
    • Distributing agendas.
    • Preparing and distributing minutes.
    • Sending invitations to guests (e.g. program champion).
    • Distributing pre-meeting and post-meeting feedback reports to committee members, program champion, associate deans and/or LTC consultant.
    • Distributing the committee’s final report to the Dean, SQC members, program champion, associate dean and/or LTC consultant.
    • Keeping a record of SQC’s documents, including the committee’s final reports to the Dean.
    • Updating and distributing SQC and BCIT program review and/or approval timelines, within SOHS.

 

Current Committee Members

Johanne Lamarre
Chair
Faculty, Medical Laboratory Science

Simon Heslup
Member
Instructional Design Consultant, Learning Teaching Centre

Amy Kary
Member
Faculty, Specialty Nursing

Caroline Khazei
Member
Faculty, Medical Radiography

Harroop Sharda
Member
Faculty, Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Megan Murphy
Member
Faculty, SOCAS – Academic Studies