Motto |
Intimate, integrated, international. Question Everything. |
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Type | Private, non-profit university |
Established | 2007 |
Chancellor | Daniel R. Birch |
President | Peter Englert |
Location | Squamish, British Columbia, Canada |
Campus | 24.3-hectare (60-acre) site |
Colours | Green , silver , and white |
Nickname | Quest, QuestU |
Mascot | Kermodes |
Affiliations | CBIE, CUP |
Website | www |
Coordinates: 49°44′24.64″N 123°6′29.75″W / 49.7401778°N 123.1082639°W
Intimate, integrated, international.
Quest University Canada is a private secular non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. The university opened in September 2007 with an enrollment of 74 students; its current enrollment is 700. Quest is located on a 60-acre (24.3 ha) hill-top campus on the edge of Garibaldi Provincial Park. It is approximately 73 km (45 miles) from Vancouver and 57 km (35 miles) from Whistler. Quest University Canada is approved by the Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB) under the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education. Quest University Canada is registered as a British Columbia Education Quality Assurance (EQA) approved post-secondary institution. (EQA is a quality assurance designation that identifies BC public and private post-secondary institutions that have met or exceeded provincial government recognized quality assurance standards and offer consumer protection.)
Quest University Canada is a private, secular, non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It was created as "Sea to Sky University" on May 29, 2002, by the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia's passage of the Sea to Sky University Act, which had been introduced as a private member's bill by MLA Ralph Sultan. The act's aim was to create a university that would "offer a rigorous and well-rounded university education in the arts and sciences with a global focus".