About

Noor Jehan Kabani, Ph.D.

Director, Program Quality Assurance and Research Administration

Noor Kabani brings with her an extensive knowledge of best practices in research and scholarship along with the experience in authentic teaching methods and program quality assurance. An international student from Pakistan, Noor completed her graduate studies in Neuroscience at McGill University. She has since been a scientist in brain imaging at the Montreal Neurological Institute & Lady Davis Institute of Aging in Montreal and at the Sunnybrook Hospital & Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. Noor has held faculty appointments at major universities where she developed/delivered courses for cross-disciplinary audience in natural sciences, social sciences and medicine across Canada, US and the Caribbean. Over the course of her career, Noor secured research funding from several sources and served on granting agencies including Tri-Council Canada. Prior to her tenure at Yorkville University in April 2022, Noor was coordinator of the undergraduate program at the School of Early Childhood and conducted comprehensive program reviews for the Office of Academic Excellence at George Brown College, while representing the academic faculty on the board of governors. As the chair of the Research Ethics Board, she led her team to launch the Course-based Research Consortium of Ontario. In her current role, Noor is committed to support the quality of academic programs and the culture of research & scholarship at Yorkville. She heads the Office of Research & Scholarship and is the chair of the associated committees, including the Research Ethics Board and the Support for Scholarly Activities Fund.