Quest University

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Quest University Canada
Established	2002
Type	private, four year
President	David Strangway
Location	Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Colours	green, white, black
Website	Quest University Canada

Quest University Canada (formerly Sea to Sky University) is a new private non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It will open its doors in September 2007 with a planned enrollment of 160 students growing to 640 by 2010. It was created May 29, 2002, following the passing of the Sea to Sky University Act by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, and adopted its current name in October, 2005. The University has adopted "intimate, integrated, international" as a fundamental theme. The University was founded by Dr. David Strangway, former President of the University of British Columbia. Quest has established 18 partnerships with universities around the world including Colorado College, McGill University and the University of Hong Kong and has signed an agreement with the Vancouver Olympic Committee which will see its campus utilized during the 2010 Winter Games^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Campus 2 Academics 3 Senior administration and founding faculty members 4 External links

[edit] Campus

The campus, which is being built on a 77-hectare (190-acre) site, will include academic buildings, a library, recreation centre, student residences, a significant concern for the environment including geo-thermal heating and cooling, and commercial facilities. Additionally, 960 market-housing units will be constructed adjacent to the campus, which will provide a revenue stream for the University. Construction on the units began in October 2006.

[edit] Academics

Quest's approach to academics is rooted in the liberal arts tradition, emphasizing breadth as well as depth. During the first half of the program, students will be required to take 16 "Foundation" courses, which are tied to four "signature themes": life and the natural environment; self, communities and the world; science, technology, and societies; and imagination and expression. The second half of the program is devoted to concentration (major) courses, and experiential learning, which emphasizes non-classroom-based learning, including work experience, study abroad, and a research project.

[edit] Senior administration and founding faculty members

In addition to President David Strangway, the senior leadership team includes Larry Sproul, vice-president external relations, Mark Campbell, Dean of Enrollment Management, and Lyndon Scott, Chief Financial Officer.

As of January 2007, Quest University Canada has Nine Founding Faculty Members including five co-ordinators. Paul Burns, James Cohn, Co-ordinator, Arts and Humanities, Eric Gorham, Co-ordinator, Social Sciences, David Helfand, Visiting tutor, Christopher Pearson, Annie Prud'homme-Genereux, Co-ordinator, Life Sciences, David Strangway, Physics, Christopher Studnicki-Gizbert, Co-ordinator, Physical Sciences, and Glen Van Brummelen, Co-ordinator, Mathematics.

As a private institution with no direct subsidy from government, a Quest education is more expensive than all publicly funded institutions in Canada. The Vancouver Sun notes, "tuition of $24,000 a year might seem high by Canadian standards, but it's a bargain compared with similar schools in the U.S." [1]

• Tuition, Room and Board: $35,000

[edit] External links

• Quest University Canada
• The Vancouver Sun "Alternative university offers students adventures in learning"

	B.C. universities
Public universities
UBC | UNBC | Royal Roads | Simon Fraser | Thompson Rivers | Victoria
Private universities
Canada West | Quest | Trinity Western