senate meeting
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senate meeting #4-2013
thursday, april 25, 2013
2:30 p.m. – senate chambers
agenda
presentation: mr. david tamblyn, chair of board learning & research committeeremoved kr april 2013
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approval of agenda
moved that the agenda be approved. |
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approval of minutes
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minutes of senate meeting #3-2013 held on march 22, 2013
moved that the minutes of the senate meeting #3-2013 of march 22, 2013 be approved. |
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business arising from the minutes |
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proposed graduate calendar changes for referral (dr. philip hicks)added kr april 19, 2013 |
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moved that the proposed graduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees: |
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faculty of engineering
faculty of social sciences and humanities |
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reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes |
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senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. richard maundrell) |
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moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted. |
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moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted. |
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5.3.1 |
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5.3.3 |
quality assurance: cyclical review – information only |
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moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted. |
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moved that the senate approve the proposal for the new msc in civil engineering program (version dated: march 15th, 2013).added kr april 19, 2013 |
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approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. richard maundrell)
moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:
faculty of social sciences and humanities
faculty of science and environmental studies
faculty of engineering
faculty of health and behavioural sciences
faculty of business administration
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faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. philip hicks)added kr april 2013
moved that the faculty of graduate studies report be accepted. |
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approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. philip hicks) |
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moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved: |
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faculty of health and behavioural sciences
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9.1 |
moved that the revisions to the nosm undergraduate general academic medical education regulations be accepted. |
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moved that the revised terms of reference for the joint senate committee for nosm be referred to the senate organization committee. |
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moved that the joint senate committee for nosm report be accepted. |
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senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. jane nicholas) |
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10.1 |
moved that the procedures for administering the existing instrument for student evaluation of teaching be conducted online through the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 website using myinfo with faculty members having the option to continue to use paper-based evaluations by annually opting out of the online process. |
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moved that the senate teaching and learning committee’s proposed transition plan be accepted. |
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moved that the proposed regulation on timely feedback be referred to the senate academic committee. |
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moved that the senate teaching and learning committee report be accepted. |
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moved that the senate library committee report be accepted. |
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senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report (dr. changquan jiao) |
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moved that senate approve the awarding of major medals, the governor general’s silver medal, the governor general’s college bronze medal, chancellor’s medal, vice-chancellor’s medal on the basis of cumulative average instead of “the required work of the final year.” |
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moved that the senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report be accepted. |
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13.1 |
moved that the revised terms of reference for the senate library committee be accepted. |
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moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted. |
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14.1 |
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14.2 |
moved that the senate nominations committee report be accepted. |
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senate meeting schedule for 2013-2014 (ms. karen roche)added kr april 19, 2013 |
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moved that the senate meeting schedule for 2013-2014 be approved. |
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approval of adjunct professor |
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moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of social sciences and humanities be approved: |
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16.2 |
moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of science and environmental studies be approved: |
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16.3 |
moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of education be approved: |
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nominations for the three (3) faculty representatives on senate
an interest to serve was posted to fill three vacancies for faculty representatives on senate for the term july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2016. the faculty representaives on senate are:
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items for information |
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report of the provost & vice-president (academic) (dr. rod hanley) |
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report of nosm (dr. william mccready) |
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report of the ogimaawin – aboriginal governance council (dr. sandra wolf) |
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notice of motion by-law revisions |
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a motion to approve the revised senate by-laws will be brought forward to the senate at the may 14th, 2013 senate meeting. |
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adjourn