The purpose of the Technology Council is to:
- Establish the strategic direction for information technology and guide the information technology strategic planning process;
- Establish and oversee a sustainable funding model for information technology infrastructure and services;
- Review and prioritize requests for major information technology initiatives, ensuring that strategies for acquiring adequate resources have been approved;
- Advocate for resources to meet the strategic goals for information technology;
- Review and approve information technology policies, ensuring that policy exists to establish authority, accountability and responsibility relating to information and technology;
- Provide direction regarding opportunities for leveraging technology, optimizing the use of University information technology resources and preventing unnecessary redundancy or non-sustainable service implementations within the context of the University’s mission, goals and priorities;
- Address technology-related risks to achieve practical, sustainable information security policies and procedures to protect the University and comply with applicable laws and regulations;
- Administer the information technology governance framework, establish priorities for the Advisory Committees and consider recommendations they bring forward; and
- Communicate its decisions to the University community.