senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #4-2013 held on april 25, 2013

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #4-2013 of april 25, 2013 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes

4.

graduands & medals

4.1

approval of undergraduate degrees and diplomas (ms. brenda winter)

moved that the candidates on the graduands list distributed by the university registrar be awarded the undergraduate degrees or diplomas indicated.

4.2

approval of graduate degrees (ms. brenda winter)

moved that the candidates on the graduands list distributed by the university registrar be awarded the graduate degrees indicated.

4.3

approval of the medals (mrs. marian ryks-szelekovszky)

moved that the 2012-2013 medals indicated on the distributed list be approved.

5.

proposed university operating budget 2013-2014 (dr. todd randall/ mrs. kathy pozihun)

5.1

moved that the senate budget committee report part iii be accepted.

5.2

moved that the senate endorse the proposed 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 operating budget for 2013-2014.

6.

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. richard maundrell)

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

• minor in archaeology (2013-sci-810)
• minor in biological anthropology (2013-sci-811)  
• minor in forensic science (2013-sci-809)

faculty of business administration

• business 3073 (2013-bus-1008)

faculty of natural resources management

• course changes (2013-nat-1007)

faculty of engineering

• engineering regulation changes (2014-2015)_{added kr may 2013}

7.

faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. philip hicks)

moved that the faculty of graduate studies council report be accepted.

8.

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

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

• regulation: allowance for leave of absence in the msc in geology (2014-2015)

faculty of education

• regulation: limiting number of courses in spring & summer term (2014-2015)
• master of education major modifications

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• graduate course changes (history) (2012-soc-158)_{removed kr may 2013}

faculty of engineering

• eng program request (2013-eng-467)_{removed kr may 2013}
• msc mechanical engineering
• phd electrical and computer engineering

9.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

9.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report  (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

9.2

senate budget committee report (dr. todd randall)

9.2.1

moved that the senate budget committee report part i be accepted.

9.2.2

moved that the media studies program (version dated: april 19^th, 2013) be accepted. 

9.2.3

moved that the senate budget committee report part ii be accepted.

9.3

senate academic committee report (dr. andrew p. dean)

9.3.1

moved that the regulation on timely feedback be accepted.

9.3.2

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

10.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of education  

• education changes (2012-edu-350)
• create new course – educ 4827 intermediate curriculum and instruction (additional basic qualification – intermediate division) – family studies (2013-edu-819)  
• women's studies 1100 & religious studies 1100 added to list of eligible courses (2013-2014)
• revise ba/bed and bsc/bed to be inclusive of all concurrent programs (2013-2014)

faculty of engineering

• chemical engineering (2012-eng-101)
• software engineering (2012-eng-102)
• electrical elective additions (2013-eng-469)
• civil 2139 (2013-eng-814)
• civil 3452 (2013-eng-815)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• minor change to physics abms program (2012-sci-171)
• bsc (physics) in biomedical physics (2012-sci-172)
• modification to the physics abms program (2012-sci-312)
• new course – ceramics analysis (2013-sci-812)
• physics 4412 title and description change (2013-sci-823)
• biol 1110 new description (2013-sci-824)
• adding detail to biology course descriptions (2013-sci-825)
• gsci 1010 renamed gsci 2010 (2013-2014)
• addition and rewording of notes relevant to biology undregraduate programs (2013-2014)_{added kr may 2013}

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• ba.wome (2012-soc-112)
• women's studies 4xxx (2012-soc-113)
• women's studies 1100 (2012-soc-115)
• women's studies 2113 (2012-soc-116)
• women's studies 3030 (2012-soc-117)
• women's studies 3213 (2012-soc-118)
• women's studies 3214 (2012-soc-119)
• women's studies 4110 (2012-soc-120)
• women's studies 4112 (2012-soc-121)
• women's studies 4113 (2012-soc-122)
• women's studies 4114 (2012-soc-123)
• women's studies 2112 (2012-soc-124)
• women's studies 2317 (2012-soc-125)
• women's studies 3010 (2012-soc-126)
• women's studies 3131 (2012-soc-127)
• women's studies 4115 (2012-soc-128)
• women's studies 2xxx-3 (2012-soc-129)
• women's studies 3xxx (2012-soc-130)
• women's studies 3xxx-2 (2012-soc-131)
• women's studies 4010 (2012-soc-132)
• women's studies 3360 (2012-soc-133)
• women's studies 2xxx (2012-soc-135)
• women's studies 2xxx-1 (2012-soc-136)
• women's studies 2xxx-1 (2012-soc-137)
• women's studies 3xxx-1 (2012-soc-138)
• women's studies 3xxx-3 (2012-soc-139)
• women's studies 3819 (2012-soc-142)
• hba.englwome (2012-soc-143)
• hba.histwome (2012-soc-144)
• hba.indiwome (2012-soc-145)
• hba.pshw (2012-soc-146)
• hba.psycwome (2012-soc-147)
• hba.sociwome (2012-soc-148)
• hba.wome (2012-soc-149)
• hborhba.wome (2012-soc-150)
• philosophy changes (2013-2014)
• add a second year course sociology (2013-2014)

faculty of natural resources management

• change to wood science stream (2013-nat-461)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• split psyc 2002 into two half courses (2012-2014)

faculty of law

• law 1535 aboriginal perspectives (2012-2013)
• regulations to the faculty of law (2013-2014)_{addded kr may 2013}

department of interdisciplinary studies_{added kr may 2013}

• course code change - inqu to intd (2013-2014)
• hbasc media studies major - admission requirements (2013-2014)
• hbasc anthropology major - regulations (2013-2014)
• hbasc criminology major - housekeeping changes (2013-2014)
• inquiry housekeeping changes (2013-2014)
• is inquiry changes (2013-2014)
• articulation agreement proposal (gaas into hbasc)
• terms of agreement (environmental sustainability program)

11.

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. philip hicks)

moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of health and behavioural sciences  

• psychology 6812 (9812) (2012-hbs-099)
• psychology changes (2013-2014)
• graduate program changes - areas of study (2013-2014)_{added kr may 2013}
• mph calendar changes (2013-2014)_{added kr may 2013}

faculty of business administration

• business 5116 (2013-bus-462)
• mba program change (2013-bus-813)
• gre test score - admission to mba & msc (mgmt) programs (2013-2014)  
• waiver of gmat/gre requirement for graduates of lakehead (2013-2014)

faculty of engineering

• eng grad courses (2013-eng-466)
• msc mechanical engineering (2013-2014)
• phd electrical and computer engineering (2013-2014)_{added kr may 2013}

_{faculty of science and environmental studies}

• wording change re: phd (chemistry & material science) (2013-2014)_{added kr may 2013}

12.

senate nominations committee report (dr. antony puddephatt)

12.1

moved that the attached list of faculty members be appointed to senate standing committees for the terms listed.

12.2

moved that the senate nominations committee report be accepted.

13.

lusu recommendations for student representatives on senate standing committees for 2013-2014 (ms. marian ryks-szelekovszky)

moved that the lusu recommendations for student representatives on senate standing committees for 2013-2014 be approved.

14.

senate executive committee recommendations (dr. rod hanley)

moved that the following faculty representatives be appointed to the senate nominations committee:

• dr. cheryl lousely (2013-2015)
• dr. joey farrell (2013-2014)
• dr. christine gottardo (2013-2015)
• dr. zubairu wai (2013-2015)
• dr. hope arlene fennell (2013-2015)

15.

joint senate committee for nosm report (dr. michel beaulieu)

15.1

quality assurance: cyclical review – information only

• quality assurance: cyclical program review -northern ontario school of medicine md program

• quality assurance: cyclical program review - final assessment report and implementation plan

15.2

moved that joint senate committee for nosm report be accepted.

16.

senate research committee report (dr. azim mallik)

16.1

moved that the centre for research on safe driving (crsd) be approved for an additional 5 (five) years.

16.2

moved that the senate research committee report be accepted.

17.

senate organization committee report (dr. aris carastathis)

moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

18.

senate by-laws (dr. aris carastathis)

moved that the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 revised senate by-laws be adopted.

19.

policies review (dr. aris carastathis)

moved that the following policies be rescinded:

• election of faculty representation to the board of governors (2006)
• senate faculty representative to board of governors – term (2007)
• senate composition (amc) (2000)
• absenteeism on standing committees (2007)
• election of faculty to senate (2000)

20.

approval of adjunct professor (dr. andrew p. dean)

faculty of science and environmental studies

20.1

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of science and environmental studies be approved:

• ­­­­­­­­­­­dr. julie berashevich be appointed as an ­­­­­external adjunct professor to the department of physics for the term july 1, 2013  through june 30, 2017.

items for discussion

21.

athletics annual report (mr. tom warden)

items for information

22.

adjunct professor renewals (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• dr. oleg rubel appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the department of physics for the term commencing july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017.  

• dr. ingeborg zehbe appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the department of biology for the term commencing july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017.  

23.

removal of courses not offered within the past 5 years (ms. brenda winter)

24.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

24.1

professor emeriti-ae to be conferred

25.

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

26.

report of nosm (dr. william mccready)

27.

report of the senate representative to the board of governors (dr. carney matheson)  

 report of the ogimaawin – aboriginal governance council (dr. sandra wolf) removed kr may 2013