Quality Assurance

National Quality Institute

Northern Lights Canada is a member of the National Quality Institute (NQI), and is certified under NQI’s Progressive Excellence Program.

The National Quality Institute is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to helping Canadian organizations continuously improve performance and results by providing:

  • innovative national criteria
  • progressive implementation programs
  • services
  • certification

We selected NQI for our quality program because, as a human services organization, it provides us with an improvement focus that is balanced between process and relationships/service. There is clear alignment between our own mission and values and NQI’s eight quality principles for organizations:

  • Leadership through involvement
  • Primary focus on stakeholders/customers and the market place
  • Co-operation and teamwork
  • Prevention-based process management
  • Factual approach to decision making
  • Continuous learning and people involvement
  • Focus on continuous improvement and breakthrough thinking
  • Fulfill obligations to all stakeholders and society

To learn more about NLC’s quality program and our pursuit of excellence, contact us at 1-800-361-4642 or fill out our online contact form.