Audits

An audit is the main monitoring mechanism Council, in cooperation with the four CARUs, that CAQC uses

• to ensure that criteria and processes are in place at each institution for the rigourous examination of programs, and
• to provide external assurance that those criteria and processes are being rigourously applied.

The audit process, which is an outcome of the Quality Assurance Audit Pilot Project Task Force (see below), was agreed to by the CARIs, Council, and the Ministry and is more fully described in Appendix N of the Handbook.

Quality Assurance Audit Pilot Project Task Force (2013)

The Quality Assurance Audit Pilot Project Task Force: Final Report summarizes the findings of a two-year pilot project to audit the internal quality assurance processes at Alberta’s Comprehensive Academic Research Institutions – the University of Alberta, the University of Lethbridge, the University of Calgary and Athabasca University – and contains recommendations for future audits.

CAQC-CARI Quality Assurance Audit Process Second Audit (2019)

The CAQC-CARI Quality Assurance Audit Process Second Audit: Final Report summarizes the findings of the second audit designed to audit the internal quality assurance processes at Alberta’s Comprehensive Academic Research Institutions – the University of Alberta, the University of Lethbridge, the University of Calgary and Athabasca University – and contains recommendations for future audits.