CANQATE was established to promote best practices in quality assurance and quality enhancement in the region through the capacity building, sharing of information about the maintenance, evaluation, accreditation and improvement of tertiary/higher education.

It comprises over 135 members from national quality assurance agencies, tertiary institutions, government ministries, regional and extra-regional related bodies and other interested organizations and individuals.

Given its composition, CANQATE provides the networking and learning opportunities for its members to:

1. Share their experiences in the field of quality assurance and quality enhancement;


2. Provide coaching and mentoring for example, by experienced quality assurance agencies and through  study tours/attachments to observations of quality assurance operations,


3. Training for peer reviewers and other capacity-building activities; to present good practices on quality assurance and quality enhancement within agencies and institutions for example, through presentation of papers at its annual Conferences;


4. Listed in its databases as peer reviewers and consultants;


5. Receive discounts for attendance at the annual conferences, amongst other benefits.
    
   

Announcing the Scholarship Winners for 2011

INQAAHE Conference – April, 2011

Six (6) scholarships were initially offered, however, only four (4) were taken up. The recipients were:

• Dr. Ruby Alleyne – University of Trinidad and Tobago
• Mr. Mervyn Extavour – Cipriani College, Trinidad and Tobago
• Dr. Angela Penny – University Council of Jamaica
• Dr. Louis Whittington – University of the West Indies, Open Campus, Barbados

• Mrs Descina Alexander-Hamitton – St. Vincent & the Grenadines
• Ms. Monica Dempster – Church Teachers’ College, Jamaica
• Mr. Maurice Fletcher – Utech, Jamaica
• Ms. Nursita Johnson – HEART-NTA, Trinidad and Tobago
• Ms. Arlene Lawrence – University Council of Jamaica
• Ms. Nicole Manning - HEART-NTA, Jamaica
• Ms. Nadine Nugent – University of Technology(UTech), Jamaica
• Dr. Arthur Potts – COSTAATT/UTT
• Mr. Michael Porter – National Accreditation Council of Guyana
• Mr. Michael Theodore – affiliated through the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT)

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View the President's Report for the period November, 2010 to October, 2011

View the Next Steps Powerpoint Presentation

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 Training Opportunity 

  All powerpoint presentations of the INQAAHE Conference in Madrid can be found online at: http://www.inqaahe.org/madrid-2011/presentations