Quest University is a private, not-for-profit, secular liberal arts and sciences university.
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17 Facts About Quest University
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Quest University Canada is fully accredited and approved by the Degree Quality Assessment Board under the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education.
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Quest University is registered as a British Columbia Education Quality Assurance approved post-secondary institution.
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Quest University Canada was originally created as the Sea to Sky University in May 2002, when the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia passed the Sea to Sky University Act.
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Quest University served until 8 May 2017 when he was removed by the university's Board of Governors.
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In September 2017 Quest named its newest chancellor, Peter Webster, president of the R Howard Webster Foundation.
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In February 2018 the University cancelled its athletics program, the Quest Kermodes, citing the need to cut costs to reduce its high debt load.
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On October 29,2020, Quest University announced that an agreement had been signed with Primacorp Ventures, an investment company which owns and manages commercial and educational real estate.
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Under the agreement, Quest University will sell their campus lands to Primacorp and then lease them back in order to continue operations.
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Quest University operates on the Block Plan, where students take one course at a time, meeting every weekday for 3.
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Quest University Canada has historically posted at or near the top of Canada's foremost poll of student opinion, the National Survey of Student Engagement.
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Quest University's campus includes an academic building, a library building, a "RecPlex" which contains a full gymnasium facility, and a services building that includes a cafeteria.
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Quest University is private, it receives no government funding at any level.
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Quest University offers substantial scholarships through its LEAP program.
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Quest University is an approved post-secondary institution to administer certain programs out of the US.
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