senate

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

2.1

minutes of senate meeting #5-2011 held on may 13, 2011

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #5-2011 of may 13, 2011 be approved.

2.2

2.3

minutes of the special senate meeting #6-2011 of june 1, 2011

moved that the minutes of the senate meeting #6-2011 of june 1, 2011 be approved.

decisions made on behalf of senate by the senate executive committee on august 25, 2011:

that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

? criminology (2012-2013) - major - specialization

? media studies (2012-2013)

a request was made that, in the future, new program proposals include a detailed budget of forecasted expenses.

3.

business arising from the minutes

4.

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

·psychology academic regulations

· social work replace sw4405 with sw3401 and sw3401 with sw4405

faculty of social sciences and humanities

·english restriction note to english 3417 and 3418

·english changes to ba/bed english

· english changes to requirements for ba and hba english

faculty of business administration

· change in elective courses for minor in human resource management/industrial relations

faculty of engineering

· electrical engineering change comp 0411 wa to comp 1411 wa

· electrical & mechanical engineering engi 3558 instead of math 3050

5.

proposed graduate calendar changes for referral (dr. philip hicks)

moved the proposed graduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

· mph nursing - phcnp

· psychology changes to psychology msc and phd

6.

senate budget committee report (dr. laure paquette)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.

7.

senate academic committee report (dr. gillian siddall)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

8.

joint senate committee for nosm report (dr. joey farrell)

moved that senate approves the proposed changes to the northern ontario school of medicine academic constitution

· section membership 4. b) vi) and

· section membership 4. c. election procedure and terms of office of elected members iv).

9.

senate organization committee report (dr. mark gallagher)

9.1

moved that the revised terms of reference for senate undergraduate studies committee be approved.

9.2

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate honorary degrees committee be approved.

9.3

moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate nominations committee be approved.

10.

revisions to may 2011 credentials (ms. brenda winter)

moved that the changes to the may credentials be approved.

items for information

11.

report of the secretary of senate (ms. karen roche)

an interest to serve notice was sent out on august 23, 2011 to fill vacancies for faculty representatives on senate for the term 2011-2014.

12.

late additions to the list of graduands (ms. brenda winter)

graduate list

undergraduate list

the senate's "enabling motion graduands on record" empowers the dean of the faculty and registrar to approve late additions to the graduands' list who had not appeared on the convocation list. no motion is necessary. the list will be distributed at the meeting.

13.

president's report (dr. brian stevenson)

14.

report of the provost & vice-president (academic) (dr. rod hanley)

· marks report for fall/winter 2010/11 included in the report

15.

report of nosm (dr. roger strasser)

16.

report of the dean orillia campus (dr. kim fedderson)

17.

report of senate representative on the board of governors

18.

ogimaawin - aboriginal governance council report (dr. sandra wolf)

19.

senate teaching and learning report (dr. craig mackinnon)

moved that the senate teaching and learning report be accepted