senate meeting

date:

thursday, may 15, 2014 - 2:30pm

location:

senate chambers

agenda:

revised

senate meeting #5-2014

thursday, may 15, 2014

2:30 p.m. – senate chambers

agenda

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1.		approval of agenda moved that the agenda be approved.

2.		approval of minutes
		minutes of senate meeting #4-2014 held on april 14, 2014 moved that the minutes of senate meeting #4-2014 of april 14, 2014 be approved.

3.		business arising from the minutes

4.		graduands & medals

	4.1	approval of undergraduate degrees and diplomas (ms. andrea tarsitano)

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

	4.2	approval of graduate degrees (ms. andrea tarsitano)

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

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

		moved that the 2014-2015 medals indicated on the distributed list be approved.

5.		proposed university operating budget 2014-2015 (dr. bribal singh/ mrs. kathy pozihun)

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

		5.2	moved that the senate endorse the proposed 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 operating budget for 2014-2015.

6.		proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. wayne melville) moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes be referred to the appropriate committees: faculty of social sciences and humanities visual arts 1170 (2014-soc-3056) faculty of engineering electrical engi major modification (2014-3181) - request number split into two requests and are now (2014-eng-4418) and (2014-eng-4419)^november^{28, 2014 y.r.}

7.		faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. philip hicks) (hesc calendar change - merging hesc to publ info page attached to the report)

		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 education med education for change with specialization in women's studies (2014-edu-3107) request number changed to (2014-edu-4498)^{november 20, 2014 y.r.}

9.		reports of standing committees on proposed calendar changes
	9.1	senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. wayne melville)

		moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

	9.2	senate budget committee report part ii (dr. birbal singh)

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

	9.3	senate academic committee report part i (dr. andrew p. dean)

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

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

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

10.		approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. wayne melville) moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved: faculty of health and behavioural sciences psychology course creation (2014-hbs-3069) social work course updates (2014-hbs-3067) kine undergraduate (removal of notes from kinesiology courses) sowk academic regulation changes hbsw calendar changes (2014-hbs-3066) hbsw with major concentration in indigenous learning (2014-hbs-3065) psyc undergraduate (academic regulation changes) kine undergraduate (academic regulations revision) kine courses (important information revisions) psyc undergraduate (calendar alignment hba) nurs academic regulation changes faculty of social sciences and humanities course change notes french 1510 & 1511 (2014-soc-3076) course change lab description languages (2013-soc-2951) program hba.philfren-changes languages (2013-soc-2990) program french proficiency certificate languages (2013-soc-2950) ba sociology (2014-soc-3041) hba sociology (2014-soc-3044) ba general college pathways program (2013-soc-3052) orpt calendar changes (2014-soc-3011) orpt changes (2014-soc-3165) faculty of science and environmental studies electromagnetic theory version 2 (2014-sci-3112) hbes geography hbesc earth science minor changes (2014-sci-3001) geography calendar entry clean up (2013-sci-2987) enst four year non-direct entry programs (2014-sci-2999) mapping sciences course updates (2014-sci-3085) program requirement change geoarchaeology (2014-sci-3083) new courses specialization chemistry (2013-sci-2997) hbsc (chemistry) with a specialization in medical sciences (2014-sci-3037) mapping sciences certificate update (2013-sci-3086) mapping sciences certificate update (2013-sci-2985) faculty of engineering mechanical 2013 pr. changes (2013-eng-2940) mech new course additions (2014-eng-3075) mechanical 2013 (2013-eng-2939) faculty of education educ 3xxx (2014-edu-3053) concurrent education /enst non-direct entry programs (2014-edu-3006) update undergraduate studies in education program descriptions and regulations phase 1 - major modification – two (2) year bed and five (5) year hbed (aboriginal) department of interdisciplinary studies hbasc - criminology major, college pathways (2014-ori-3061) media studies college pathways (2014-ori-3029) hbasc college pathways program (2013-ori-2971) basc college pathways program (2013-ori-2972) hbasc – geography major (2014-ori-3031)

11.		approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. philip hicks) moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved: faculty of health and behavioural sciences master of social work (th) calendar update (2014-hbs-3072) mph course updates (2014-hbs-3068) mhsc course calendar update (2014-hbs-3070) hesc graduate (publ amendment to notes) kine graduate (programs information revision) psyc graduate (academic regulations msc revision) hesc academic regulation changes – overall average convert public health to health sciences - associated program changes (2014-hbs-3155) convert public health to health sciences - create & amend courses (2014-hbs-3156) convert public health to health sciences - discontinue courses (2014-hbs-3157) hesc academic regulation changes (graduate) mph with specialization in epidemiology (2014-hbs-3064) mhsc (specialization in epidemiology) (2014-hbs-3071) faculty of graduate studies readmission to a graduate program faculty of business administration changes in admission requirement for masters of business faculty of social sciences and humanities phase 1 - program-new graduate degree-social justice studies (2013-soc-2932)

12.		faculty of science and environmental studies (dr. andrew p. dean)

		moved that the department of geography be changed to the department of geography and the environment.

13.		senate academic committee report part ii (dr. andrew p. dean)

		13.1		moved that the proposed revisions to the group i and ii course classifications system be approved.

		13.2		moved that by the beginning of the 2016/17 academic year, all academic units will have calendared for all of their undergraduate degree programs, a degree requirement of at least one 0.5 fce course containing at least 50% indigenous knowledge and/or aboriginal content. special consideration on a case by case basis for fulfilling this requirement by a sequence of required courses would be given.

		13.3		moved that the senate academic committee report part ii be accepted.

14.		senate organization committee report (dr. rachel warburton)

	14.1	notice of motion to approve the proposed revisions to the senate by-laws.

	14.2	moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

15.		senate library committee report (dr. glenn colton)

		moved that the senate library committee report be accepted.

16.		senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee (prof. shane strickland)

		moved that the undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report be accepted.

17.		approval of adjunct professor

	17.1	faculty of health and behavioural sciences (dr. lori livingston)

		moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of health and behavioural sciences be approved:

		dr. ainslin mushquash be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of psychology for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

	17.2	faculty of education (dr. connie russell)

		moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of education be approved:

		dr. tom potter be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

		dr. zubairu wai be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

		dr. lise vaugeois be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

items for discussion

18.		athletics annual report (mr. tom warden)

items for information

19.		adjunct professor renewals (information only)

	19.1	faculty of social sciences and humanities dr. philip allingham appointment renewed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of english for the term commencing (retroactive) july 1, 2013 through june 30, 2017.

	19.2	faculty of education dr. lori livingston appointment renewed as an internal adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term commencing july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018. dr. leisa desmoulins appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term commencing july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018. dr. mary breunig appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of education for the term commencing july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

	19.3	faculty of natural resources management dr. arthur rodgers appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of natural resources management for the term commencing july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018. dr. gordon kayahara appointment renewed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of natural resources management for the term commencing july 1, 2014 through june 30, 2018.

20.		senate teaching and learning committee annual report (dr. monica ilie)

21.		senate research committee annual report (dr. anthony bartley)

22.		removal of courses not offered within the past 5 years (ms. andrea tarsitano)

23.		president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

	23.1	professor emeriti-ae to be conferred

24.		report of the provost & vice-president (academic) (dr. moira mcpherson, acting)

25.		report of nosm (dr. william mccready)

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

adjourn