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About the Strategic Analysis Office (SAO)

SAO Mission: Working with partners within the University of Alberta community, and with external agencies and universities, the Strategic Analysis Office facilitates outstanding planning and decision-making for students, faculty members, staff, administrators and executive officers of the University and for public and private stakeholders by:
• discovering, assessing and presenting relevant information about the University and its national and international peers;
• contributing insight and data for comparative data collection and analysis projects with partner government agencies and university groups;
• clarifying and illuminating critical factors for the achievement of University objectives; and
• facilitating access to current and historical University and comparative data.
 
For general inquiries, please contact:     
Strategic Analysis Office
306 Campus Tower
8625 – 112 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1K8
Phone: 780-492-7478 
 
Strategic Analysis Office Staff:
 
Mary Persson
Associate Vice-President (Audit & Analysis)
Phone: (780) 492-4762
Email: mary.persson@ualberta.ca
Deborah Williams
Director, Strategic Analysis Office
Phone: (780) 492-9063
Email: deborah.williams@ualberta.ca
Laura Stewart
Manager, Institutional Data Warehouse
Phone: (780) 492-5295
Email: laura.stewart@ualberta.ca
Jim Doran
Research Systems Analyst
Phone: (780) 492-7753
Email: jim.doran@ualberta.ca
Especially student data, student retention/completion, student surveys support
Steve Nicely
Academic Analyst
Phone: (780) 492-3631
Email: steve.nicely@ualberta.ca
Especially student data, enrolment growth, program data, academic unit data, building space data
Dale Olausen
Senior Research Analyst
Phone: (780) 492-0254
Email: dale.olausen@ualberta.ca 
Especially faculty & staff data, survey analysis, graduate student financial support, demographic trends