The Auditor General of Ontario (AGO) has completed its “value-for-money” audit of four universities across the province, including the University of Windsor.

As shared with the campus community back in June, the University welcomed staff from the office of the AGO over the summer, providing a tour of campus and introductions to a number of campus departments, programs, services, and stakeholders to support their information collection.

The audit report was released via the AGO’s website on Nov. 30. The University of Windsor would like to thank the AGO for its thorough review and resulting recommendations as part of the audit.

As a publicly funded institution, the University of Windsor welcomed the opportunity to help identify areas where we are most successful and areas requiring improvement through the comprehensive review by the AGO.

A total of 14 recommendations were identified in the report. The University of Windsor is fully committed to responding to these recommendations in a timely manner and has already embarked on a number of policy and process changes and initiatives that allow for greater transparency, accountability, and performance as it relates to our governance structure, financial reporting, and diversification of our international student recruitment complement. A workplan is presently being developed by senior administration and we will be reporting back to the AGO in two years. We will be sure to share updates with our campus community as we move forward.

The AGO’s findings allow us to better strengthen our position as a regionally focused, globally relevant, post-secondary institution, with a continued focus on academic and research excellence and exceptional student experiences.