National Data Benchmarking Standing Committee

This CASFAA Standing Committee has helped guide the National Data Benchmarking Survey since project inception.  The work of this group is both strategic and hands-on, with bi-weekly conference calls during peak periods of activity.  The Committee’s mandate ensures that CASFAA can optimize its investment, and includes the following activities:

• From refinement of survey instrument questions
• Working with the CASFAA Board on the communications plan to increase membership engagement and to optimize survey completion.
• Preliminary findings/conclusions resulting from the data analysis
• Review of draft publication for both 2018/19 and 2019/20 National Reports
• Leveraging results to create information pieces, further research opportunities and explorations, and proposed Association priorities.

This Committee has completed two mandates, after evolving from our original Benchmarking Task Force.  We wish to acknowledge the following members from the beginning to present for their enthusiasm and support.  Thank you for donating your time and expert contributions in support of this effort.

National Data Benchmarking Standing Committee 2023/24

• Necia Martins, Wilfred Laurier University ON, Committee Co-Chair
• Elizabeth Way, McMaster University, ON, Committee Co-Chair
• Claudia Byers, Fleming College, ON
• Shelley Clayton, University of New Brunswick, NB
• Matt Currie, Nova Scotia Community College, NS
• Andra Drinkwater, Ontario Tech, ON
• Anna Hudlin, Toronto Metropolitan University, ON
• Emily-Rose Lam, Capilano University, BC
• Asmin Mohammad, George Brown College, ON
• Valerie Olver, Athabasca University, AB
• Donna Wall, University of Toronto, ON

National Data Benchmarking Standing Committee 2019/20

• Stephanie Sarik, Concordia University, QC, Committee Chair
• Cara Piperni, McGill University, QC, CASFAA Past President
• Shelley Clayton, University of New Brunswick, NB, CASFAA NB/NF/LB Regional Director
• Fiona Halbert, University of Alberta, AB
• Emily-Rose Lam, Capilano University, BC
• Betsy Maus, Bow Valley College, AB
• Christopher Rooney, Trent University, ON
• Donna Wall, University of Toronto, ON
• Chrstina Warren, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, NS

National Data Benchmarking Standing Committee 2018/19

• Stephanie Sarik, Concordia University QC, Committee Chair
• Cara Piperni, McGill University QC, Board representative/CASFAA Past President
• Donna Wall, University of Toronto ON
• Shelley Clayton, University of New Brunswick NB
• Susan Allward, University of Ontario Institute of Technology ON
• Heather Mitchell, University of British Columbia BC
• Necia Martins, Wilfred Laurier University ON
• Fiona Halbert, University of Alberta AB
• Krista Marsden, Algonquin College ON
• Jane Lastra, University of Manitoba MB, CASFAA Vice-President (Executive)
• Christina Warren, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University NS
• Sirina Hamilton, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology AB
• Pamela Goodwin, Dalhousie University NS
• Valerie Sarkany, Western University ON

We wish to express our thanks to the members of the Standing Committee who donate their time and contributed their expertise in support of this project.

Survey Task Force

Our Task Force members were:

• Stephanie Sarik – Chair, Concordia University, QC
• Cara Piperni – CASFAA Past President, McGill University, QC
• Susan Allward – University of Ontario Institute of Technology, ON
• Shelley Clayton – University of New Brunswick, NB
• Necia Martins – Wilfrid Laurier University, ON
• Heather Mitchell – University of British Columbia, BC
• Donna Wall – University of Toronto, ON

We wish to express our thanks to the members of the Task Force who donated their time and contributed their expertise in support of this project.