Review Committees are established for each review, with membership depending on the type of review being conducted.
Each time an individual unit/program is reviewed, a unique committee (with no duplication from previous reviews) is established.
- See committee membership for reviews conducted at McGill.
- Read more about committee composition and roles and responsibilities (Procedures)
Composition guidelines
| Member | Full | Streamlined |
|---|---|---|
| Chair, usually a senior McGill academic from a different Faculty | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| Faculty member from the same faculty, but a different unit, who is not a member of the Faculty Administration | ✔️ | ✔️ |
| External Reviewer, chosen from a ranked list provided by the unit/program under review | ✔️ | |
| External Reviewer, chosen from a list provided by OAR | ✔️ |
External Reviewers
External reviewers are from peer institutions, hold relevant expertise, and are senior members of the academic staff in their institution. It is recommended that external reviewers are chosen from the following list of peer institutions.
Peer institutions
Canada - U15
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
Dalhousie University
Université Laval
University of Manitoba
McMaster University
Université de Montréal
University of Ottawa
Queen’s University
University of Saskatchewan
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
Western University
USA - AAU Public
Arizona State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Indiana University
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA - AAU Private
Brown University
Cornell University
Duke University
Harvard University
Princeton University
Stanford University
UK - Russell Group
University of Cambridge
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
Imperial College London
King’s College London
University of Manchester
University of Oxford
University College London
Australia - Group of Eight
Australian National University
University of Melbourne
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia