Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board

Board Members

The Board consists of:

a Chair appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council;

a Vice-chair; and

not more than nine other members appointed by the Minister.

Chair

Dale Patterson, Chair of Postsecondary Education Quality
Assessment Board Dale Patterson (25-Apr-2001 to 24-Apr-2011), a business and community leader, is the first Chair of the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board. Mr. Patterson, a graduate of York University, is Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund. Currently Mr. Patterson serves on the Board of Directors of several professional, private and non-profit organizations, including the Toronto Biotechnology Initiative, the Canadian Venture Capital Association and is the founding Chair of the Biotechnology Council of Ontario. In 2006, he received the Toronto Biotechnology Initiative Volunteer Recognition Award. Mr. Patterson was elected in 2009 as a Director of the Board of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE).

Vice-chair

Maureen J. Morton (01-Jul-2001 to 31-May-2013), obtained her LL.B from the University of Toronto in 1989. She is a business law lawyer specializing in Technology Law since her call to the Ontario Bar in 1991. She practised with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP until 1994 when she joined Lerners LLP where she practised until her appointment by Autodata Solutions Company in February 2000 as Vice President, Legal Affairs followed by her appointment as Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs of Autodata Solutions Company in 2008. Ms. Morton has sat on the Board of Directors for several not-for-profit organizations and is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chair of the TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario.

Members of the Board

Richard Barham (01-Jul-2007 to 30-Jun-2013) retired, has an M.A. from the University of Otago (NZ) and Ph.D. from the University of Alberta. He has held academic appointments at the University of Otago, the University of Alberta, and the University of Guelph where he was a former Department Chair and subsequently Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Studies. He has served two terms as an Auditor of the undergraduate program reviews conducted by the Council of Ontario Universities, and was a Member of the COU Quality Assurance Transition / Implementation Task Force from May 2008 to October 2009.

Jane Blackwell (01-Nov-2005 to 30-June-2011) has a Masters of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and a Masters of Business Administration from Athabasca University. As of May 2008, Jane retired after 35 years as a faculty and project leader at Northern College in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. As a leader in community development, Jane has facilitated workshops and meetings for groups within the college, from the local and regional communities, from across the province and in international settings. She has served as college program review agent, program co-ordinator, evaluator for the Association of Canadian Community Colleges and project officer at the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Materials Joining Innovation Centre (a not-for-profit organization helping industry solve welding and material joining problems) and of the Kirkland and District Community Development Corporation (one of 24 Community Futures Development Corporations in Northern Ontario funded by FedNor and Industry Canada).

Ashok Dalvi (01-Jun-2003 to 30-Jun-2011) Ph.D. (Metallurgy and Materials Sc) from McMaster University, is a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum as well as the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario. Until recently, he served as the Director of Process Engineering and Strategic Studies at Vale Inco Limited, a major base metal company based in Canada. Currently, he is President of Dalvi Associates Inc. an independent company based in Ontario, consulting in base metals strategies. He has worked internationally in the fields of process R & D, project management and strategic studies.

Dianne Kieren (04-June-2010 to 03-June-2013 ), Dr. Dianne K. Kieren is Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta, where she served as the Chair of the Department of Family Studies, and the Associate Vice President (Academic). She received her PhD and MSc degrees from the University of Minnesota. She was the Chair of the Alberta Private Colleges Accreditation Board and also served two terms on the Alberta Campus Alberta Quality Council. She has sat on the Board of Directors for several post- secondary institutions, a hospital board, the Vanier Institute of the Family, a provincial regional social services board and many not-for-profit associations and is a current member of the Good Samaritan Society and Good Samaritan Canada Boards.

Robert (Squee) Gordon,
Member of the Board

Robert (Squee) Gordon (23-Nov-2010 to 22-Nov-2012) has spent more than 45 years in public education, including seven as President of Dawson College in Montreal, and 25 as President of Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto. He holds an Honours BA in History; a Master’s Degree in Modern British History; a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration; a Master’s Degree in Public Administration; a Doctorate in Educational Administration; and several honorary doctorates. As well as having a long history of service to numerous boards and committees, including Chair of the Ontario Technology Fund; President of the Association of Canadian Community Colleges; President of League for Innovation in the Community College; Chair of the Committee of Presidents of Ontario; President and Chair of the Board of the Corporation of Bishop’s University ; Leader-in-Residence of the Council for Emerging Leaders of the Conference Board of Canada; Dr. Gordon is also a recipient of the Order of Ontario.

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