athabasca university
Athabasca University, Canada's Open University, is dedicated to the removal of
barriers that restrict access to and success in university-level study and to
increasing equality of educational opportunity for adult learners worldwide. We
will help you to understand our mission, how we go about accomplishing it and
how, in the process of doing so, we help thousands of learners every year to
accomplish their personal goals and realize their dreams. Please take a few
minutes to get to know us better. Athabasca University governs itself through a
bicameral governance structure, as set out in the Alberta Post-Secondary
Learning Act and the Athabasca University Regulations. The Board of Governors is
the senior governing body, but shares academic governance with the General
Faculties Council (GFC), the academic governing body. The University Secretariat
provides support for all areas of the Board and GFC, enabling both bodies (and
their respective standing committees) to govern the institution in an efficient
and effective manner.