Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario

The goal of the agency is to provide recommendations for improving quality, accessibility, inter-institutional transfer, system planning, and effectiveness in higher education in Ontario.

The report included a recommendation to change the structure of higher education in Ontario by adding an independent and objective Council on Higher Education to monitor the dynamic changes of postsecondary institutions in order to provide advice to government on the overall system.

[4][5] The provincial government acted on this recommendation and created an independent advisory agency to provide assessment and advice to improve higher education in Ontario.

[9] The following people have served as president and CEO of HEQCO: Janice M. Deakin – August 2020 – [10] David Trick (Interim) – September 2019 – July 2020[11] Harvey P. Weingarten – July 2010 – September 2019 [12] Ken Norrie (Acting) – April 2010 – July 2010 [13] James Downey – January 2007 – March 2010 [14] HEQCO is governed by a board of directors who are responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of the council as well as ensuring that its activities remain aligned with its mandate.

(2006–2012) [26] The Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario employs a multifaceted research approach with a view to developing meaningful policy recommendations and publishing reports and other publications that inform the postsecondary education community in Ontario, Canada and around the world.