senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved.  

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #8-2013 held on october 21, 2013

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #8-2013 of october 21, 2013 be approved.

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 science and environmental studies

• hbsc comp sci remove apprenticeship & internship options (2013-sci-2719)
• chemistry changes (2013-sci-2717)
• econ 4217 update (2013-sci-2682)
• course add anthropology courses (2013-sci-2870)
• course drop anth 2401 (2013-sci-2871)
• hbsc comp sci coop update (2013-sci-2718)
• college pathway projects for environmental technology and biotechnology diplomas to programs
• water resource science program changes (2013-sci-2852)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• political science (2013-soc-2715)
• discontinue course (2013-soc-2855)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• kinesiology course edits (2013-hbs-2921)
• kinesiology program edits (2013-hsb-2920)

faculty of natural resources management

• course change prerequisite nrmt 2170 (2013-nat-2928)

• changes to engineering regulation

5.

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

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

• econ 5117 update (2013-sci-2683)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• kinesiology graduate program title edit (2013-hbs-2925)

faculty of business administration

• changes in admission requirement for masters of business

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• program - new graduate degree - social justice studies (2013-soc-2932)

faculty of graduate studies

• masters regulations, time extensions, additions re: funding implications and process
• doctoral regulations, time extensions, additions re: funding implications and process
• masters and doctoral regulations, leave of absence, additions re: funding implications, registration restriction and statement re: doctoral

6.

reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes

6.1

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

6.2

senate budget committee report (dr. birbal singh)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.

6.3

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

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

6.4

senate continuing education and distributed learning committee (dr. xuequn wang)

moved that the senate continuing education and distributed learning committee report be accepted.

7.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of business administration

• business 3013 (2013-bus-1500)
• business 3253 (2013-bus-1501)
• certificate in business information technology management (2013-bus-1503)
• minor in information systems (2013-bus-1504)
• honours bachelor of commerce (information systems major) (2013-bus-1505)

faculty of engineering

• common year – english change (2013-eng-1821)
• elec engi 0330 (previously 2013-eng-1822) (2013-eng-2425)

faculty of natural resources management

• term changes to two courses (2013-nat-1157)

faculty of science and environmental studies

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

8.

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

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

9.

senate organization committee report (dr. rachel warburton)

9.1

moved that the senate academic appeals committee terms of reference be approved.

9.2

moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

10.

senate nominations committee report (dr. craig mackinnon)

10.1

moved that the senate nominations committee terms of reference be referred to the senate organization committee.

10.2

moved that dr. pedram fatehi be appointed to the senate research committee for the term commencing immediately through june 30^th, 2013.

10.3

moved that the senate nominations committee report be accepted.

11.

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

12.

recommendations to restructure departments on the orillia campus. (dr. herman van den berg)

12.1

moved that the following recommendation be referred to the senate academic committee and the senate budget committee:

that two new departments be created out of the current department of interdisciplinary studies. one of these departments will retain the name of department of interdisciplinary studies, will have responsibility for the hbasc majors in interdisciplinary studies, media studies, and criminology, and will report to the dean of the faculty of social sciences and humanities. the other department will be named the department of environmental sustainability [or some other name to be chosen by members of this department, approved by faculty council of ses and senate at a later date], will have responsibility for the hbasc major in environmental sustainability, and will report to the dean of the faculty of science and environmental studies.

12.2

moved that the following recommendation be referred to the senate academic committee and the senate budget committee:

that the hbasc majors in anthropology, english, and geography, currently the responsibility of the department of interdisciplinary studies, will become the responsibility of the departments of anthropology, english, and geography, respectively.

13.

approval of adjunct professors

13.1

moved that the following adjunct professors for the faculty of health and behavioural sciences be approved.

• dr. dwight mazmanian be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2016.

• dr. karen mcqueen be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2016.

13.2

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

• dr. sudip rakshit be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of biology for the term september 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017.

items for information

14.

adjunct professor renewals (information only)

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• dr. susan forbes appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the school of kinesiology for the term commencing july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017. 

• dr. marina ulanova appointment renewed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term commencing july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017. 

15.

fall 2013 late additions to graduands list (mrs. andrea huillery)

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. 

16.

cou academic colleague report  (dr. mary louise hill)

17.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

18.

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

19.

report of nosm (dr. william mccready)

20.

report of senate representative on the board of governors (dr. christine gottardo)

21.

ogimaawin – aboriginal governance council report (dr. michelle-marie spadoni)

22.

notice of motion to revise the senate by-laws – articles vi and vii

23.

in-camera session

moved that senate move into an in-camera session to discuss honorary degrees.

adjourn