senate meeting

1

approval of agenda

2

approval of minutes

moved that the september 18, 2017 senate meeting minutes be approved.

3

business arising from the minutes (not included elsewhere on the agenda)

4

graduands

4.1

undergraduate degrees and diplomas (ms. andrea tarsitano)

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

4.2

graduate degrees (dr. chander shahi)

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 login information and instructions has been emailed to all senators.

5.1

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. rachel warburton)

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

faculty of business administration

• 2017-bus-6306 - change of course code
• 2017-bus-6307 - change to course prerequisite for business 3331
• 2017-bus-6308 - change of course title for business 3316
• 2017-bus-6310 - changes to bachelor of administration (management) program

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2017-hbs-6278 – title and description change
• 2017-hbs-6279 – title change

faculty of natural resources management

• 2017-nat-6305 – new course – new numbered version of nrmt-1010 for georgian college (hbasc environmental sustainability major (specialization in ecosystem management))

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2017-sci-6172 – geog 2511 update – orpt program
• 2017-sci-6229 – geog program – english update
• 2017-sci-6248 – chem3210 modification
• 2017-sci-6296 – anth pre-req. update
• 2017-sci-6297 – arch minor update

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2017-soc-6160 – minor change to note for women’s studies specialization with hbsw
• 2017-soc-6215 – program-new-ug-languages-certificate in international languages
• 2017-soc-6270 – 4-year ba english (non-direct entry degree option)
• 2017-soc-6291 – course-discontinuation-ug-history

5.2

proposed undergraduate admission change for referral (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the proposed undergraduate admission change be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2017-sci-6271 - hbasc ensu with spl. in ecosysmgmt.pgc._admission requirements

5.3

proposed graduate calendar changes for referral (dr. chander shahi)

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

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2017-hbs-6284 – modifications to phd clinical program

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2017-sci-6286 – minor changes to the msc computer science programs
• 2017-sci-6287 – discontinuing comp 5992 and 5993

5.4

proposed graduate admission change for referral (dr. chander shahi)

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

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2017-hbs-6285 – modifications to psychology graduate program admissions

6

reports of senate standing committees

6.1

joint senate committee for northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) report

6.1.1

moved that the revisions to the nosm code of student conduct be approved, including the document being renamed to the ume code of student conduct.

6.1.2

moved that the revised 2018-2019 md program course descriptions be approved as attached.

6.1.3

moved that the revised 2017-2018 ume program calendar of academic events be approved as attached.

6.1.4

moved that the 2018-2019 ume program calendar of academic events be approved as attached.

6.1.5

moved that the joint senate committee for nosm report be accepted.

6.2

senate academic committee report (dr. wayne melville)

6.2.1     implementation of the 2012-2017 academic plan (dr. moira mcpherson)

6.2.2      moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

6.3

senate nominations committee report (dr. robert omeljaniuk)

6.3.1

moved that the following faculty members be appointed to the senate academic committee for the terms indicated:

• dr. david law for term commencing immediately to 2018.
• dr. gordon hayman for the term commencing january 1, 2018 to 2019.

6.3.2

moved that dr. douglas west be appointed to the senate budget committee for the term commencing january 1, 2018 to june 30, 2018.

6.3.3

moved that the senate nominations committee report be accepted.

6.4

senate organization committee (dr. judith leggatt)

6.4.1

moved that the attached amendments to the senate research committee terms of reference be approved.

6.4.2

moved that the attached amendments to the senate undergraduate studies committee terms of reference be approved.

6.4.3

moved that the terms of reference for all affected senate standing committees be updated to reflect the university librarian’s new title of university librarian and vice-provost, teaching and learning.

6.4.4

moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

6.5

senate research committee report (dr. grazia viola)

moved that the senate research committee report be accepted.

6.6

senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. douglas ivison)

6.6.1

moved that the proposed amendments to the senate teaching and learning committee terms of reference be referred to the senate organization committee.

6.6.2

moved that the senate teaching and learning committee report be accepted.

6.7

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. rachel warburton)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

6.8

senate executive committtee recommendation

moved that dr. irfan butt and dr. pallavi das be appointed to the senate nominations committee with both terms commencing january 1, 2018 to june 30, 2018.

7

approval of adjunct professors

7.1

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

• dr. abraham (rami) rudnick, be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of psychology for the term effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

7.2

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of natural resources management be approved:

• dr. charles levkoe, be appointed as an internal adjunct professor in the faculty of natural resources management for the term effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

7.3

moved that the following adjunct professor for the faculty of social sciences and humanities be approved:

• dr. mary ellen hill, be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of sociology for the term effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

8

informational items

8.1

charting the course – information technology at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 (mr. andrew brigham and mrs. karen keiller)

8.2

senate appointment

mr. sean speer was appointed as the board of governors member on senate for a one year term commencing at the close of the board of governor’s annual meeting on september 28, 2017 to the close of the board of governor’s annual meeting in 2018.

8.3

joint senate committee for northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) election

dr. eltayeb mohamedelhassan was acclaimed as the faculty senator on the joint senate committee for nosm effective october 11, 2017 to june 30, 2018.

8.4

dean-ceo of nosm search committee election

dr. michel beaulieu was acclaimed as the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 senator on the dean-ceo of nosm search committee.

8.5

adjunct professor renewals

dr. vineet johnson was renewed as an external adjunct professor in the school of kinesiology effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2019.

dr. rongzhou man was renewed as an external adjunct professor in the faculty of natural resources management effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

dr. tarlok singh sahota was renewed as an external adjunct professor in the faculty of natural resources management effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

dr. marina ulanova was renewed as an internal adjunct professor in the department of health sciences effective july 1, 2017 to june 30, 2021.

8.6

council of ontario universities (cou) academic colleagues report  (dr. azim mallik)

8.7

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

8.8

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

8.9

northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) report (dr. penny moody-corbett)

8.10

board of governors report (mr. sean speer)

9

in-camera session

moved that the senate adjourns to an in-camera session to discuss honorary degrees and that only senators and those specifically invited by the chair shall be present.