senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

2.

approval of minutes

minutes of senate meeting #6-2014 held on september 15, 2014

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #6-2014 of september 15, 2014 be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes

4.

graduands

4.1

undergraduate degrees and diplomas (ms. andrea tarsitano)

moved that the proposed list of individuals to receive undergraduate degrees be approved as presented.

4.2

graduate degrees (dr. christine gottardo)

moved that the proposed list of individuals to receive graduate degrees be approved as presented.

5.

calendar changes for referral

senators may view details of the proposed calendar changes on the curriculum navigator website.  a link to the website along with log in information and instructions has been emailed to all senators.

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

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

faculty of business administration

• (2014-bus-4377) – business 4253
• (2014-bus-4378) – business 3073
• (2014-bus-4379) – business 3337
• (2014-bus-4380) – business 3413
• (2014-bus-4381) – bachelor of administration (management)
• (2014-bus-4382) – bachelor of administration college transfer program – orillia
• (2014-bus-4383) – honours bachelor of commerce (information systems major)
• (2014-bus-4384) – certificate in business information technology management
• (2014-bus-4385) – minor in information systems

faculty of education

• (2014-edu-3548) – delete hbscbed computer science i/s
• (2014-edu-4328) – hbed program change to 5 year (request number changed to 2014-edu-4409)^{y.r. october 21, 2014}

faculty of engineering

• (2014-3262) – engi 2032/2033 mechanical deletion
• (2014-eng-4387) – common year – 1134 & 1535 discontinue
• (2014-4273) – chem eng course addition and changes
• (2014-4272) – chem prog change

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• (2014-hbs-4396) - course - change to psychology courses

faculty of science and environmental studies

• (2014-sci-3119) – discontinue hbsc geol with phys
• (2014-sci-3987) – bioinformatics changes
• (2014-sci-4373) – changing title for abms programs (request number changed to 2014-sci-4417)^{y.r. october 28, 2014}

 5.2

 proposed graduate calendar changes for referral (dr. christine gottardo)

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

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• (2014-hbs-4397) - new program phd in health sciences

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 part 1 (dr. douglas ivison)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

6.4

faculty of graduate studies council report

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

7.

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved:

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• (2014-soc-3056) – visual arts 1170
• women’s studies – clarification of list of core courses

8.

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. christine gottardo)

moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved:

• graduate studies general regulations - doctoral (re-admission to a graduate program)

9.

senate organization committee (dr. mark gallagher)

9.1

moved that senate approves the amendments to the joint senate committee to nosm terms of reference.

10.

senate academic committee report part 2 (dr. douglas ivison)

10.1

moved that the deadline date for referrals to senate standing committees for calendar changes for inclusion in the 2015-2016 calendar is january 19, 2015.

11.

lusu recommendations for the student representatives on senate standing committees for 2014-2015 (mr. matt quick)

moved that the lusu recommendations for student representatives on senate standing committees for 2014-2015 be approved.

• senate library committee – joel kennedy

12.

appointment to the senate nominations committee – recommendation from the senate executive committee

moved that dr. ruizhong wei be appointed to the senate nominations committee for the term commencing immediately through june 30, 2015.

13.

senate nominations committee report (dr. cheryl lousley)

13.1

moved that the following faculty members be appointed to senate standing committees to fill the current vacancies with the indicated terms:

• senate organization committee – dr. pallavi das for a term commencing immediately through june 30, 2016
• senate research committee (cihr eligible) – dr. karen mcqueen for a term commencing january 1, 2015 to june 30, 2015

13.2

moved that the senate nominations committee report be accepted.

14.

senate research committee report (dr. maria grazia viola)

14.1

moved that senate approves the renewal of the centre of education & research on positive youth development (cerpyd) for an additional three years based on the internal review panel recommendation.

14.2

moved that the revisions to the terms of reference for the senate research committee be referred to the senate organization committee.

14.3

moved that the senate research committee report be accepted.

15.

approval of adjunct professors

note – this year the deadline date for the approval of any retroactive adjunct professor appointments will be january 19, 2015.

15.1

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

• dr. jane lawrence-dewar, be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of biology for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.

items for information

16.

honorary degree nominations

the senate honorary degrees committee is seeking honorary degree nominations.  nomination forms are available through the following link:

//www.hsbcwebinars.com/about/sg/secretariat/senate

17.

adjunct professor renewals (information only)

note – this year the deadline date for the approval of any retroactive adjunct professor appointments will be january 19, 2015.

faculty of science and environmental studies

• dr. gabriel dakubo’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.
• dr. don johnson’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.^{k.r. october 20, 2014}
• dr. patrick julig’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.
• dr. helle moller’s appointment as an internal adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.^{k.r. october 20, 2014}
• dr. ryan parr’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.
• dr. clara sacchetti-dufresne’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.^{k.r. october 20, 2014}
• dr. patrick rapley’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of physics has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.
• dr. peter l. mcghee’s appointment as an external adjunct professor to the department of physics has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.
• dr. mitchell albert’s appointment as an internal adjunct professor to the department of biology has been renewed for the term september 1, 2014 to august 31, 2018.^{k.r. october 20, 2014}

18.

senate appointments and elections

• faculty senator  - judith leggatt for the term 2014-2016
• alternate cou academic colleague  - vacant
• senator on the board of governors - vacant dr. mary louise hill for the term 2014-2017
• board of governors member on senate - mr. david heroux for the term 2014-2015

19.

cou academic colleague report  (dr. mary louise hill)

20.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

21.

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

22.

report of nosm (dr. penny moody-corbett)

23.

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

adjournment