​UCN’s Academic Specialist works directly with UCN Deans, Directors, faculty and others to provide professional-level consultation and collaborative support for the development of innovative and engaging instructional materials, including quality control initiatives such as Program Advisory Committees and Program Reviews. In addition, the Academic Specialist supports UCN-wide curricular initiatives that are consistent with Aboriginal and Northern philosophies, values, traditions, languages and teaching methodologies.

      Amy Warnar-Brown, the Academic Specialist may be reached at:
      Thompson Campus - 
      Telephone: 204-677-6591
      Email: abrown@ucn.ca

The Faculty Handbook is a resource produced by Research & Academic Excellence to help staff and faculty become familiar with UCN. Additionally, the Handbook contains information and links to help faculty navigate the rules, practices, and policy of teaching at UCN. Consider the handbook your "go-to" reference. You may access the 2018-2019 Faculty Handbook at: Faculty Handbook 2018-2019

Indigenous Curriculum Specialist  will be the primary academic resource within UCN to assist faculty to incorporate Indigenous epistemologies into their professional practice in a variety of ways, including:

• supporting the inclusion of Indigenous content and context, as well as teaching and learning methods and perspectives;
  
• mentoring teaching, learning, and research in Indigenous andragogy and related areas, and 
• supporting faculty as they integrate Indigenous worldviews with Western perspectives.                                                                              

​In addition, the Indigenous Curriculum Specialist will recommend academic structures and processes by which students can experience their post-secondary education in alignment with their own lives, worldviews, and goals.

Josephine McKay, the Indigenous Curriculum Specialist may be reached at:

The Pas Campus - B35
Telephone: 204-627-8539
Email: jomckay@ucn.ca​

UCN's Quality Assurance Coordinator works to provide Campus and Regional Centre supports regarding Student Course Evaluations, Student Entrance Surveys, and Student Exit Interviews. The Quality Assurance Coordinator also schedules and/or facilitates classroom visits with tablets to ensure high response rates for form fill-out of their online evaluations and troubleshoots UCN’s online student course evaluation software, eXplorance Blue. Projects pertaining to the evaluations, surveys and interviews are also created and reports are generated in eXplorance Blue to retrieve data used for internal quality assurance purposes.

      Carole Reid, the Quality Assurance Coordinator, may be reached at
      The Pas Campus - B35
      Telephone: 204-627-8243
      Email: creid@ucn.ca​

 

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