October 14th 2015
Contact: Christopher Chinapoo
Phone: 18683469665
Email: cchinapoo@gmail.com
CANQATE ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM at its 12th Annual Conference in St Kitts and Nevis
The Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education (CANQATE) has appointed a
new Board of Management led by Dr. Ronald Brunton, the Director, Qualifications & Recognition of the
Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago.
The Team includes:
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Vice President- Adrian Leiva, Academic Dean at Muffles Junior College, Belize;
Treasurer- Sharon Alleyne, Accreditation Officer, Barbados Accreditation Council
Secretary- Christopher Chinapoo, Quality Assurance Manager, Emergency Training
Institute of Trinidad and Tobago
Board Member- Lisa Henlin, Accreditation Officer, University Council of Jamaica
Board Member- Deborah Jack, Executive Director, Guyana National Accreditation
Council
Board Member- Lyndon Abdool, Manager, Quality Assurance, Research and
Effectiveness , Council of Legal Education, Hugh Wooding Law School
The Board also comprises ex officio member, Dr. Ruby S. Alleyne, The University of Trinidad and
Tobago, Immediate Past President of CANQATE, and will be supported by three Regional Coordinators,
Dr. Angela Penny, University Council of Jamaica, Ms. Pamela Dottin, The University of the West Indies,
and Ms Sherma Joseph, the Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago. The Regional Coordinators
are appointed as members of the Board of Management of CANQATE.
The new Board is committed to providing strategic leadership that will facilitate the growth of a quality
culture and improved student experiences at tertiary institutions across the region. In this context, the new
Board of Management will work towards the realisation of CANQATE’s vision, mission and stated
purpose of being a high performing Centre of Excellence in Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education with
a strong membership base that influences positive outcomes from the tertiary education sector in the
Caribbean. To this end, CANQATE will continue to pursue progressive approaches and innovations
aimed at increasing its membership base, improving stakeholder relations and support, enhancing
institutional sustainability, and building institutional capacity to develop a pervasive quality culture in
regional tertiary education.
The new Board is also committed to continuing the Quality Footprint Initiative (QFI) which was launched
this year and is the brainchild of the Immediate Past President; improving communication flows;
enhancing revenue streams; implementing initiatives to increase membership value; grow membership;
and developing meaningful collaborations and partnerships that advance the mission and vision of
CANQATE. The Board also accepted the proposal made by the Guyana National Accreditation Council
at the recently concluded CANQATE Annual Conference in St. Kitts and Nevis to host the conference in
2016. The theme of the next year’s Conference will be “Sustaining a Culture of Quality Assurance in
Tertiary Education for National and Regional Development”.
As is the norm, the CANQATE Secretariat moves with the President and will now be located at the
Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago. The new Board looks forward to its term of Office and
pledges to continue to enhance the culture of quality in tertiary education throughout the region.
Front Row: From left Sharon Alleyne (Tresurer), Dr. Ronald Brunon (President), Dr. Ruby Alleyne (Immediate Past
President), Adrian Leiva (Vice President)
Back Row: From left Lyndon Abdool (Board Member), Lisa Henlin (Board Member), Pamela Dottin (Regional
Representative Central), Christopher Chinapoo (Secretary), Dr. Angela Penny (Regional Representative, North), Sherma
Joseph (Regional Representative, South), Dr. Deborah Jack (Board Member)