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In November 2022, the Board of Governors approved the Policy on University Policy Documents (previously the Policy on University Policies and Procedures), which establishes a systematic and integrated process for the development and review of policy documents at Â鶹ԭ´´.

This policy and its associated procedure and supporting documents came into effect in January 2023 and can now be found in our online Policy Manual.

What has changed?

• New Policy Document Framework, which outlines the policy document approval pathways.
• Designated Executive Officers will be renamed Policy Owners.
• Procedural Authorities and Procedural Officers will be removed from policy documents. Policy Owners can now designate a Policy Developer(s) to develop and review policy documents.
• New Policy Document Action Plan, which is used to propose an action to a policy document.
• New templates for university policies, procedures, and standards.
• The Policy Coordination Committee reviews all policy documents prior to their approval and provides feedback based on a standard Policy Document Checklist.
• New resources will be available in our Policy Developers’ Toolkit (coming soon).
• Changes to our external policy web pages and Policy Manual (coming soon).

To read more about the new development and review process, please visit in Â鶹ԭ´´ Connect.

Coming up! In response to , our office has committed to providing regular updates so Â鶹ԭ´´ members are informed about changes to university policy documents. Please feel free to send any questions to policy@concordia.ab.ca.