Centre for Teaching and Learning


DC QA Program Lifecycle

The Academic Quality team manages and provides guidance to the college community to support DC's commitment to offering quality programs to its students ensuring established quality assurance processes and initiatives are successfully implemented. Our team works collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that we are meeting our internal policies and standards, requirements from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU), industry, and external accrediting bodies.

Academic Quality processes assess the entire program life-cycle using evidence-based decision-making principles throughout the program development phase from internal and Ministry approval, program launch, annual and comprehensive renewal, to ongoing program success or cancellation. We are committed to continuously improving academic quality to support academic excellence and a successful student experience.

DC QA Program Lifecycle

  • DC Program Life Cycle

    Program Development, Internal Quality Assurance, External Quality Assurance, External Program Approval, MCU Funding Approval, Program Implementation...

  • Curriculum Development

    Good teaching and learning begins with a well thought-out curriculum. A strong infrastructure supports faculty with delivery and creating the learning and assessment opportunities...

  • Institutional Audit

    DC successfully completed the 2022-2023 Ontario College Quality Assurance Service (OCQAS) College Quality Assurance Audit Process (CQAAP), receiving an exemplary report and being awarded...

  • New Program Development

    The identification of new programs for development is a strategic initiative facilitated by a collaborative and consultative process with expertise, input and support from...

  • Program Review and Renewal

    As an integral component of quality assurance, DC utilizes a program performance framework to review and renew postsecondary academic programs. Annual Program Review (APR),...

  • WebCOT

    The following content has been automatically added to the second page of your Course Outline as of Fall 2020: Campus Closure Notice: In the...