senate
date:
friday, january 26, 2007 - 12:00am
location:
senate chambers
agenda:
阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
senate meeting #2007-1
to be held on friday, january 26, 2007
4:30 p.m. - senate chambers
1.approval of agenda
2.minutes of senate meeting #2006-9 held on december 1, 2006
moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2006-9 be approved as circulated.
copy is attached and posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
3.business arising from the minutes
items for decision
4.late additions to the fall 2006 graduands list (ms a. foshay)
ms. meghan gaudette - babed, engl, pj
mr. muhammed abushah - beng.civi, engdip.civi
5.proposed 2007/08 calendar changes for referral
5.1 faculty of social sciences & humanities (senate undergraduate studies committee, senate budget committee)
sociology - undergraduate
music - undergraduate
moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate senate committees.
5.2 faculty of engineering (graduate studies council, senate budget committee)
moved that the proposed graduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate senate committees.
5.3 faculty of education regulation change (senate academic committee)
moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate senate committees.
proposed calendar changes are posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
6.reports of the senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes to undergraduate programs (dr. m. leitch, senate undergraduate studies committee, dr. n. sayed, senate budget committee)
moved that the recommendations in the reports of the undergraduate studies committee and the senate budget committee, with respect to proposed calendar changes in geography, mathematical sciences, applied biomolecular science program, computer science, philosophy, political science, psychology and forestry and the forest environment be approved.
reports are posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
7.reports of the senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes to graduate programs (dr. r. pulkki, faculty of graduate studies council, dr. n. sayed, senate budget committee)
moved that the recommendations in the reports of the faculty of graduate studies council and the senate budget committee, with respect to proposed calendar changes in the master of public health, md/master of public health, type iii graduate diploma in kinesiology, kinesiology - msc, english, history and psychology be approved.
reports are posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
8.report of the senate organization committee (dr. m. c. courtland)
report is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
moved that the recommendations for revised terms of reference of the senate research committee be approved as outlined in the report of the senate organization committee of january 17, 2007.
moved that the recommendations for revised terms of reference of the senate undergraduate studies committee be approved as outlined in the report of the senate organization committee of january 17, 2007.
moved that the policy on absenteeism be revised as recommended in the report of the senate organization committee of january 17, 2007.
9. report of the senate committee on teaching and learning - course evaluation policy (dr. m. mcpherson)
moved that the revised policy on course evaluations be approved as recommended in the report of the senate committee on teaching and learning.
report is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
10.report of the joint committee for nosm (dr. j. farrell)
moved that the nosm academic calendar of events for 2007-08 be approved.
moved that the nosm curriculum preamble be approved.
moved that the course descriptions for year 3 be approved.
report is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
11.academic schedule for 2007-2008 and tentative schedule for 2008- 2009 including report of senate academic committee re academic schedule (dr. d. west and ms. a. foshay)
moved that the academic schedule for 2007-2008 and the tentative schedule for 2008-2009 be approved.
report of the academic committee is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca. the proposed schedules will be posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca.
12.proposed schedule of senate meetings for 2007/08 (ms. p. merriman)
moved that the proposed schedule of senate meetings for 2007/08 be approved as posted.
proposed schedule is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
13.adjunct professors (dr. f. gilbert)
moved that dr. gary boire be approved as adjunct professor in the department of sociology in the faculty of social sciences and humanities from july 1, 2006 to june 30, 2010, and that dr.
geoffrey lewis hudson be approved as adjunct professor in the master of public health program in the faculty of professional schools, effectively immediately to jun 30, 2010.
curriculum vitae are available in the office of the registrar
items for information
14. report of the senate honorary degrees committee (dr. r. warburton)
15. report of the senate information systems committee (dr. m. uddin)
16. president's report
17. report of the vice-president (academic) & provost
18. report of nosm (dr r. strasser or dr. d. hunt)
19. report of the senate representatives on the board of governors (dr. k. brown)
report will be posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
20. report on student appeals (dr. gilbert)
minutes:
lakehead university
minutes of senate meeting
#2007 - 1
friday, january 26, 2007
4:30 p.m. - senate chambers
present:
dr. f. gilbert, chair
dr. s. agbo
dr. f. allaire
ms.
s. badio
dr.
a. bartley
ms.
t. beck
dr.
j. birkholz
dr.
m. boyd
dr.
k. brown
dr.
a. carastathis
dr.
m. c. courtland
dr.
k. crowe
dr.
b. dadgostar
mr.
k. dahl
dr.
q.l. dang
mr.
f. dawood
dr. a. dean
mrs. a. deighton
dr. r. dilley
mr. s. esarik
dr. j. farrell
dr. m. gallagher
dr.
e. gardner
dr. a. gilbert
dr. a. gillies
dr. c. gottardo
dr. l. hayes
dr. g. hayman
mr. n. hewitson
dr. m.l. hill
dr. d. hunt
dr. s. islam
prof. b. isotalo
dr. p. jasen
mr. b. johnson
dr. m. johnston
dr. m.l. kelley
professor t. king
dr.
j. leggatt
dr.
m. leitch
dr. l. lovett-doust
dr. h. malik
dr. r. maundrell
dr. m. mcpherson
ms p. merriman, acting
secretary
dr. l. meyer
prof. a. nabarra
dr. k. natarajan
dr. i. newhouse
prof. m. nisenholt
ms. m. norton
dr. j. o'meara
mr.
a. pan
prof.
g. phillips
prof. k. poole
dr.
r. pulkki
dr.
r. robson
dr. u. runesson
dr. h. saliba
dr. s. siddiqui
dr. b. strang
dr. m. uddin
dr. r. warburton
dr. r. warkentin
dr. d. west
dr. k. yu
dr. m. zahaf
regrets:
dr. g. boire
dr. t. dufresne
dr. j. epp
dr. p. fralick
mr. c. goodwin
dr. a. kajander
dr. j. lamphear
dr. p. lee
dr. s. mansour
dr. j. o'sullivan
mr. t. pile
dr. m. richardson
dr. n. sayed
dr. m. shannon
dr. c. southcott
mrs. b. stefureak
dr. s. stone
dr. d. tranter
dr. p. wakewich
dr. r. wang
observers:
mrs. m. anderson
ms k. l. clarke
ms h. doyle
ms a. foshay
ms f. harding
mr. j. smith
ms g. wojda
1.approval of agenda
the
chair requested that agenda item 6 be divided to allow for separate
consideration
of recommendations coming forward from the faculty of
graduate
studies council. a new #7 was proposed
for that purpose and
the
remaining items were renumbered accordingly.
moved by mr. dawood, seconded by mr.
hewitson that the agenda be approved as amended.
carried.
2.minutes of senate meeting
#2006 - 9 held on december 1, 2006
mr. johnson questioned the wording
in the minutes regarding the requested day of academic amnesty. he stated that it was his understanding that
amnesty extended to labs and seminar classes.
dr. hayes informed mr. johnson that a notice had been circulated to faculty
from deans' council stating that attendance in some lab classes, clinical
placements and practicums was mandatory, and 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
in these courses should
be advised that they were required to attend labs, clinical placements and
practicums on that day. it was suggested
that the minutes be amended as follows: "mr. johnson responded that 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
would be informed via the on-line calendar, communication bulletins, bulletins
from lusu and the argus that the amnesty did not extend to certain labs and other
required classes."
moved by mr. johnson, seconded by
dr. saliba that the minutes of senate meeting #2006 - 9 be approved as amended.
carried.
3.business arising from the
minutes
there was
no business arising from the minutes.
items for decision
4. late additions to the
fall 2006 graduands' list
moved by dr. dadgostar, seconded by mr. johnson that
senate approve for graduation ms. meghan gaudette - babed, engl, pj, and mr.
muhammed abushah - beng.civi, engdip.civi.
carried.
5. proposed 2007/08 calendar changes for referral
the proposed 2007/2008 calendar changes had been
posted to the senate website.
5.1 faculty of social sciences &
humanities
moved by dr. strang, seconded by dr. carastathis that
the proposed undergraduate calendar changes in sociology and music be referred
to the senate undergraduate studies committee and the senate budget committee.
carried.
5.2 faculty of engineering
moved by dr. saliba, seconded by dr. dadgostar that
the proposed graduate calendar changes in engineering be referred to the
faculty of graduate studies council and the senate budget committee.
carried.
5.3 faculty of education regulation change
moved by dr. o'meara, seconded by mr. hewitson that
the proposed undergraduate regulation changes in education be referred to the
senate academic committee.
carried.
6. reports
of the senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes to undergraduate
programs
moved by dr.
leitch, seconded by dr. yu that the recommendations in the reports of the senate
undergraduate studies committee and the senate budget committee, with respect
to proposed calendar changes in mechanical engineering (referred at the
november 3, 2006 senate meeting), geography, mathematical sciences, applied
biomolecular science program, computer science, philosophy, psychology, and
forestry and the forest environment be approved.
carried.
the senate
budget committee had recommended for approval the political science calendar
changes, but the senate undergraduate studies committee had deferred final consideration
due to lack of quorum.
the
senate budget committee and the senate undergraduate studies committee had deferred
the faculty of education hbed (aboriginal education) (referred november 3,
2006).
7. reports of the senate standing committees on proposed calendar
changes to graduate programs
moved
by dr. pulkki, seconded by dr. yu that the recommendations in the reports of
the faculty of graduate studies council and the senate budget committee with
respect to proposed calendar changes in the master of public health (mph),
kinesiology, msc, and psychology (ma and msc) be approved.
carried.
moved
by dr. pulkki, seconded by dr. yu that the recommendations in the reports of
the faculty of graduate studies council and the senate budget committee with respect
to proposed new phd in history and the proposed new type iii graduate diploma
in kinesiology be approved in principle, to be submitted to the ontario council
of graduate studies (ocgs) for appraisal with final calendar entries to be
submitted to graduate council after ocgs approval of the programs.
carried.
the
faculty of graduate studies council had recommended for approval the md/mph and
english calendar changes, but the senate budget committee had deferred final
consideration due to lack of information
from the academic units.
the
senate budget committee had recommended for approval the forest sciences phd
calendar changes, but the faculty of graduate studies council had deferred
final consideration until its february meeting.
7. 1 proposed 2007/08 calendar changes for referral from the faculty of
graduate studies council
moved
by dr. pulkki, seconded by dr. yu that the recommendations in the report of the
faculty of graduate studies council on proposed calendar changes with respect
to time extension regulation, leave of absence regulation, and master's thesis
examination be referred to the senate academic committee and the senate budget
committee.
carried.
8. report of the senate organization
committee
dr. courtland, chair of the senate organization
committee, reviewed the report which had been posted on the senate
website.
moved
by dr. courtland, seconded by mr. dawood that the recommendations for revised
terms of reference of the senate research committee be approved as outlined in
the report of the senate organization committee of january 17, 2007.
carried.
moved
by dr. courtland, seconded by dr. west that the recommendations for revised
terms of reference of the senate undergraduate studies committee be approved as
outlined in the report of the senate organization committee of january 17,
2007.
carried.
moved
by dr. courtland, seconded by dr. dadgostar that the policy on absenteeism on
standing committees be revised as recommended in the report of the senate
organization committee of january 17, 2007.
carried.
9. report of the
senate committee on teaching and learning re course evaluation policy
dr. mcpherson introduced the report of the senate
committee on teaching and learning (sctl) which had been posted on the
senate website. dr. mcpherson noted that a sub-committee of
the senate committee on teaching and learning had worked over the past
two months
to review and revise the policy on course evaluations at lakehead
university. dr. mcpherson reported that, upon initiating
the review of the course evaluation policy, a number of issues had been
raised
such as: some faculty would like the
committee to revisit how evaluations are used at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
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summative
vs. formative evaluation; the instrument itself; the use of other
methods of
collecting information; and, how 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
could access the results to
make
decisions related to course selection. she
stated that these were complex issues and, to address these concerns,
the
committee needed to devote the time necessary.
dr. mcpherson continued by informing senators that the committee was in
the
process of gathering the course evaluation policies for all ontario
universities and for fourteen other universities across canada.
the committee was currently analyzing and
summarizing the information as a starting point for more discussion on
these
topics, but in the meantime dr. mcpherson indicated that the committee
had produced
a policy that clearly reflected what was currently taking place at
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. dr. mcpherson noted that the policy also
summarized
the major responsibilities of those groups who would participate in the
activities outlined.
dr. mcpherson advised senators that the vice-president
(academic) & provost had put in place the procedures to conduct course
evaluations this term using the traditional distribution of paper. she noted that the
policy presented for approval neither supported the
continuation of the distribution and collection of paper course evaluations nor
the potential change to an on-line method in the future. it focused on the guiding principles that
reflect what had been taking place at lakehead.
finally, dr. mcpherson mentioned that the policy had been reviewed by
the office of institutional analysis and government relations, the interim
secretary of senate, the deans, the instructional development centre, lufa, and
a student representative and senator who had worked with the committee
throughout the process.
dr. mcpherson concluded her report by informing
senators of the following two amendments to the revised policy on course
evaluations: addition of the first
sentence under item 3.4 "the transmission and storage of the survey data will
be undertaken in a manner to protect the confidentiality of the instructors'
results." and under item 3.5, the deletion of "and academic unit".
moved by dr. mcpherson, seconded by mr. hewitson that
the policy on course evaluations be approved as amended above.
prof. king voiced her concern
that anonymity of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
was extremely important and some assurance needed to
be given so that 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
would only evaluate once.
dr. mcpherson had been
requested to provide senate with an understanding of what changes were
reflected in the new course evaluation policy.
she stated that the new policy included the current practice of course
evaluations at lakehead as well as designation of responsibility. dr. mcpherson informed senate that item 3.5
noted that the summary of evaluations by faculty shall be provided to the deans
and the heads of each of the academic units, and to the sctl, followed by posting
of the aggregate data on the lakehead
university website. dr. mcpherson reported that the old policy
did not state what happened to the aggregate data. dr. mcpherson commented further that item 4
was a new section which stated the responsibilities of the sctl.
professor phillips
expressed concerns with item 4.1. he
noted that the approval process for procedures to administer and analyse the
data needed to be retained by senate, not by the sctl and the office of
institutional analysis and government relations.
dr. mcpherson stated that
the sctl was the body that represented senate and it was responsible for
matters relating to teaching at lakehead.
it was her understanding that the sctl would report to senate following
committee meetings; therefore, senate would have the final approval.
moved by professor phillips, seconded by mr. hewitson
that item 4.1 of the revised course evaluation policy be amended to read as
follows: "the procedures to collect, administer
and analyse the data will be developed by the senate committee on teaching and
learning and brought to senate for approval.
the office of institutional analysis and government relations will
collect the data and compile the results."
carried.
moved by dr. leggatt, seconded by dr. newhouse that
the first sentence of item 3.2 of the revised course evaluation policy be
amended to read: "evaluations will take
place near the end of the course preferably during the second or third last
week of each course given over one or two terms."
carried.
mcpherson/hewiston motion was
carried as amended.
10. report of the
joint senate committee for nosm
dr. farrell, chair of the joint senate committee for nosm,
reviewed the report which had been posted to the senate website.
moved by dr. farrell, seconded by dr. leitch that the nosm
academic calendar of events for 2007-08 be approved.
carried.
moved by dr. farrell, seconded by dr. leitch that the nosm
curriculum preamble be approved.
carried.
moved by dr. farrell, seconded by dr. leitch that the
course descriptions for year 3 be approved.
carried.
dr. farrell noted that the md/mph
calendar changes which were referred to the joint committee for nosm had been deferred for further consideration.
11. academic schedule for 2007-2008 including report of senate academic
committee re academic schedule
dr. west, chair of the senate academic committee,
reviewed the committee's report which had been posted to the senate
website. he noted that the committee had
agreed to accept the academic schedule for 2007/08, as presented at the
december 1, 2006 senate meeting, with the exception that the winter classes
would begin on monday, january 7, 2008.
dr. west reported that the regulation sub-committee would work with the
registrar to prepare an academic schedule for two or three years in advance.
moved by dr. west, seconded by mr. johnson that the
academic schedule for 2007-2008 be approved.
concern by a number of senators continued to revolve around
the thursday, september 6th start date. ms. foshay advised members that if the thursday,
september 6th start date did not remain class schedules would back
up into the exam timetable.
dr. west reiterated that the regulation sub-committee
would work in conjunction with the registrar to prepare an academic schedule
for two or three years in advance.
west/johnson motion was carried.
12.proposed schedule of senate
meetings for 2007/08
the proposed schedule of senate meetings had been
posted to the senate website.
moved by dr. saliba, seconded by dr. dadgostar that
the proposed schedule of senate meetings for 2007/08 be approved as posted.
dr. strang informed senators that the faculty of
sciences and humanities had passed a motion requesting senate to consider an
earlier friday start time for senate meetings.
dr. gilbert reported that if senate began at 2:30
p.m. on fridays, three senators would be unable to join the meeting; if the meetings
were to begin at 3:30 p.m., two senators would be unable to attend; and one senator
would be unable to join at 4:30 p.m. (not available until 5:30 p.m.).
saliba/dadgostar motion was carried.
13. adjunct
professors
moved by mr. johnson, seconded by dr. pulkki that dr. gary
boire be approved as adjunct professor in the department of sociology in the
faculty of social sciences and humanities from july 1, 2006 to june 30, 2010,
and that dr. geoffrey lewis hudson be approved as adjunct professor in the
master of public health program in the faculty of professional schools, effectively
immediately to june 30, 2010.
carried.
items for information
14. report of the senate honorary degrees committee
dr. warburton advised
senators that the following honorary degree recipients would be addressing the
2007 convocation:
friday- goyce
kakegamic - doctor of letters;
saturday morning
-richard (dick) pound - doctor of laws; and,
saturday afternoon - dr.
david strangway - doctor of science.
mr. dawood mentioned that
lusu had requested student representation on the senate honorary degrees
committee. dr. warburton reported that
the committee would be meeting to discuss this issue.
15. report of the
senate information systems committee
dr.
uddin indicated that he
had been out of the country for the past 6 months and had just resumed
the
chair position. he stated that the
committee met on december 6, 2006, but he was not in attendance.
dr. uddin indicated that at the december
meeting, the committee had discussed legal representation regarding the
e-mail policy. the committee recommended to administration the
name of a lawyer, but administration did not approve; therefore, mr.
pawlowski had
been requested to put forward a preferred lawyer in hopes that this
particular
lawyer would be acceptable to both parties.
dr. uddin concluded by reporting that the next committee meeting was
scheduled for february 5, 2007.
16. president's report
dr. gilbert reported that the senate academic appeals
committee (saac) had reviewed an appeal, noting that the original decision of
the committee was upheld. dr. gilbert
suggested that saac could review the idea of the committee presenting a summary
of appeals for the year, instead of the president reporting on individual
appeals.
dr. gilbert informed senate that mtcu had approved
lakehead's multi-year agreement.
he commented briefly on the ministry of research and
innovation (mri) draft strategic plan, noting that hearings had been held
throughout the province, including thunder
bay, and that representatives of the university had
attended that hearing and submitted a brief.
he advised members that a copy of the brief would be made available to
senate posted to the web with the documentation for this meeting.
dr. gilbert reported that he had just returned from
toronto where he had been requested to be a panel member at the 'wireless
cities' summit", noting that his presentation had dealt with the exposure to
electric and magnetic fields and assessment of the risk associated with the
usage of wifi networks. he also reported
that he had given the same presentation at the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
board of
governors' retreat last weekend and he would+++++ be presenting to the thunder
bay regional health sciences centre board in april.
a member asked for an update regarding the special
advisory committee for the law
school. dr. gilbert reported that three applications
had been received, noting that the deadline for applications was the end of
january.
17. report of the
vice-president (academic) & provost
dr. hayes began her report by informing senators that
on january 20th the deans and she were in attendance at the board of
governors' retreat. dr. hayes added that
discussion took place regarding the progress of the academic plan, noting that
susc, sbc, and sac were working through the outline of the plan and recommendations
from the committees were due march 1, 2007.
dr. hayes referred to the 2005-06 annual report of
the ombudsperson which had been circulated at the beginning of the meeting,
adding that mr. colosimo was away from campus.
dr. hayes commended mr. brendon johnson for his dedication to the
ombudsperson committee. she noted that
the report included caseload statistics and selected student issues and
recommendations. a question arose
regarding issue 3 - 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
' rights to view final exams. dr. brown reported that last year the senate
academic appeals committee had received an appeal where the student involved
had requested to see one of his exams.
the sessional lecturer who taught the class had not had his contract
renewed; therefore, he had destroyed all past exams. the senate academic appeals committee
recommended to senate that the policy on 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
' rights to view final examinations
be reviewed to possibly include the direction that professors who were retiring
or sessional lecturers who did not have their contracts renewed should be
required to submit all past exams to the faculty/department involved. dr. brown reported that this recommendation had
been tabled at the may 2006 senate meeting, noting that no action had been
taken regarding the policy.
dr. hayes updated senators on the interview process
for the dean of social sciences and humanities, adding that one candidate had
been interviewed this week and two additional candidates would be on campus
next week. she also mentioned that the
vice-provost (aboriginal initiatives) position had been posted and she was
hopeful that the position would be filled quickly.
she concluded by providing the following dates of
interest: occupational health and safety
training sessions for all deans, department chairs and directors - february 8th
and 12th; research & innovation week - february 28th
to march 2nd; and undergraduate
program review audit committee (uprac) visit - march
12th to 14th.
18. report of nosm
dr. hunt began by thanking
dr. joey farrell for her leadership of the joint senate committee. dr. hunt noted to senators that there were only
5 courses approved for year 3. he
indicated that the design of the curriculum was totally integrated and all of
the information that a medical student needed to learn in their third year was
incorporated in these year-long courses.
the setting of the learning was in 10 communities across northern ontario where the 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
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months. during this period, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛
would be experiencing issues on topics of relevance to the northern
ontario community in which they would be living as they learned
the basics of the clinical care of patients.
dr. hunt added that there were both advantages and disadvantages of this
model. the advantages were continuing
relationship with patients, stronger relationship with preceptor, and
relationship with the community. the
disadvantages could be the need for the student to move and the potential for
isolation.
finally, dr. hunt reported that the northern ontario school of
medicine (nosm) and the northern ontario school of medicine's faculty
association (nosmfa) had its first collective agreement.
19. report of the
senate representatives on the board of governors
dr. brown referred to the
report which had been posted to the senate website.
20. report
on student appeals
dr.
gilbert had addressed this issue under item 16.
the meeting adjourned on a motion by mrs. deighton, seconded by mr.
dawood at 6:10 p.m.
____________________________ __________________________
p. merriman,
acting
secretary
dr. f. gilbert, chair