Chief Dale Harry Appointed as Quest’s Next Chancellor

Quest’s longest serving board member, Hereditary Chief Pekultn Siyam (Dale Harry), has been appointed as the university’s fifth Chancellor. The succession ceremony was woven into this year’s graduation ceremony, wherein Chief Dale took over the role from Peter W. Webster, who had served as Chancellor since 2017. Chief Dale was born and raised in Squamish. […]

All together! A Quest Graduation unlike any other.

Quest University celebrated its first in-person graduation with graduates from the past three years after a long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With graduating classes from the past three years crossing the stage, the atmosphere was full of joy and accomplishment with grads having completed their education both on campus and online throughout the […]

Art Unveiling Event Raises $10K for Biodiversity Resilience Scholarship

The elusive white-haired Kermode bear—also known as the “Spirit Bear”—resides in the lush temperate rainforest of coastal British Columbia, rarely observed by human eyes despite its bright pelt. The rare white coat of the Kermode—antithetically still a subspecies of the normally dark-furred American black bear—contrasts starkly with the myriad shades of green found throughout the […]

Corsa Cycles Comes to Campus

Exciting news is rolling onto campus this week, and it’s coming in on two wheels. Quest’s favorite cycle shop, Corsa Cycles, is coming to campus. Renovations have already begun to create a space for the satellite shop, which will be known as Corsa Cycle’s ‘Pit Stop’. The little shop will bring several exciting benefits to […]

How Quest Prepared Me to Start My Own Business

In 2021, record numbers of businesses were started in both Canada and the United States. Millions quit their jobs in what has been referred to as The Great Replacement. Inflation rose to the highest levels since the 1980s, while wages remained relatively stagnant. The New Deal era model, in which a college education provides a […]

Student and Athlete: Quest’s Mollie Jepsen Headed to the 2022 Beijing Paralympics

Quest University’s student body has always been comprised of exceptional individuals. Mollie Jepsen makes it clear that’s true both in academics and athletics. Jepsen, now 22, has been skiing since she was two years old—and it shows. As a Para Alpine skier, she gravitates towards high speed events like downhill and super-G, often racing at […]

Halia Valladares Montemayor to Receive Mujer Tec Award

On March 1, 2022, Quest University’s Academic Dean, Halia Valladeres Montemayor, will be receiving a Mujer Tec Award from Tec de Monterrey. Montemayor’s gratitude for this award is multi-faceted; receiving recognition from her alma mater, receiving this award for the sciences category, and being nominated for this award by a PhD candidate that she had […]

Student Keystone Published in Scientific Journal

Scientific journals don’t make a habit of publishing undergraduate student’s work — in fact, it’s quite uncommon. However, Will Sherwin (a Quest Alumni) recently proved it’s not impossible. His Keystone research project was recognized in the journal Evolution.  “Evolution is a high ranking journal in the field of evolutionary biology and it is rare that […]

Students Relaunch Quest’s Recording Studio

Students at Quest have a history of building out their campus in very unique ways. In the past, the university has seen such student projects as the construction of the Bouldering Gym, the organizing of the Strangway archives, and the creation of the “Insect Hotel” (not to mention many other projects). With the return to […]

Dr. Eric Gorham: Creating the Academic Program at Quest

Quest University celebrated the years of hard work put in by Dr. Eric Gorham this summer as he officially stepped back from his teaching duties and entered into retirement. As the very first faculty member ever hired at Quest and the last of the founding faculty, his role in the formation of the university’s curriculum […]

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