External Reviews
In support of UBC’s policy on external reviews, the following schedule and resources are available to all units. UBC Okanagan also undertakes strategic reviews to identify new opportunities for future growth and development.
External Reviews Underway
Site Visit: October 21-23, 2024
Important Documents:
- Updated Memo to Unit – May 28, 2024
- Memo to Unit – February 22, 2024
- Terms of Reference
- Self Study Report
External Review Committee
- Effrosyni (Faye) Diamantoudi, Dean of Graduate Studies, Concordia University
- Paula Wood-Adams, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, University of Northern British Columbia
Site Visit: September 24-26, 2024
Important Documents:
External Review Committee
- Maria DeRosa, Dean of Science, Carleton University
- Marni Mishna, Professor & Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Simon Fraser University
- William Gough, Vice-Principal Academic & Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough
Site Visit: January 20-22, 2025
Important Documents:
External Review Committee
- Anne Bowker, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University
- Lois Harder, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Victoria
- Kriston Rennie, Dean, Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Northern British Columbia
Schedule of Future Reviews
All academic units are externally reviewed once every five to seven years. See the anticipated schedule below for more information about upcoming reviews.
- Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science
- Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- College of Graduate Studies
- School of Health and Exercise Sciences
- Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Economics, Philosophy, Political Science
- Department of History and Sociology
- Department of Languages and World Literatures
- School of Nursing
- School of Social Work
- Department of English and Cultural Studies
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Community, Culture and Global Studies
- School of Engineering
- Faculty of Health and Social Development
- Bachelor of Sustainability
- Department of Biology
- Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
- Okanagan School of Education
- Faculty of Management
- Department of Creative Studies
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies (IGS) program
Guidelines
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic and the Okanagan Planning and Institutional Research (OPAIR) teams support units with their external reviews with guidelines, best practices, and data.
- Guidelines for the review of Faculties or Colleges
- Guidelines for the review of Departments or Schools
- Institutional, Faculty and Department data: Request support through the OPAIR office
Previous Reviews
2016-17 Review
2022-23 Review
- Terms of Reference
- Self-Study Report (Appendices available upon request)
- 2023 External Review Report
- FOM Response to the External Review Report 2023
- Action Plan Timeline
An external review of the Bachelor of Arts program which is offered across two faculties: the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (previously the Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences).