senate meeting

1

approval of agenda

2

previous meeting minutes

2.1

approval of the march 18, 2019 senate minutes

3

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.

3.1

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 health and behavioural sciences

• 2019-hbs-6938 – kine ug – program briefs for 6 new transfer pathways

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2019-sci-6901 – combined lu-gc computer science program, swap winter and summer arrangement

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2019-soc-6952 – media studies program title change (basc4.mdst)
• 2019-soc-6959 - social sciences and humanities' pathways from aboriginal advocacy program (replaces 2019-soc-6897a and b).

3.2

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

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2019-sci-6896 – courses-modifications-gr-geology-restoring previous description and correcting description

4

reports of senate standing committees

4.1

senate academic committee report (dr. richard maundrell)

4.2

senate budget committee report (dr. ehsan rezazadeh azar)

4.3

senate executive committee recommendation (dr. david barnett)

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

• dr. seth agbo for the term commencing july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021
• dr. amanda diochon for the term commencing july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021
• dr. rebecca schiff for the term commencing july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021
• dr. qiang wei for the term july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2021

4.4

faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. chander shahi)

4.5

joint senate committee for northern ontario school (nosm) report (dr. penny moody-corbett)

4.5.1

4.6

senate organization committee report (dr. christine gottardo)

4.6.1

moved that the proposed amendments to the senate budget committee terms of reference be approved.

4.7

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

4.7.1

 notice of motion

a motion to approve the 2019-2024 research plan will be brought forward to the may 13, 2019 senate meeting.

4.8

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

4.9

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. rachel warburton)

5

calendar change approvals

5.1

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. rachel warburton)

moved that the following undergraduate academic calendar changes be approved:

faculty of law

• 2018-law-6668 – program-modification-ug-law-changes to program requirements

faculty of natural resources management

• 2018-nat-6853 – courses-modifications-ug-nrmt
• 2018-nat-6854 – programs-modifications-reflect ug course changes-nrmt
• 2019-nat-6906 – discontinue nrmt courses with concurrent submission to change number to 3^rd yr

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2018-sci-6718 – modifying notes in biology & chemistry programs
• 2018-sci-6720 – chem 4214 prerequisite change
• 2019-sci-6910 – program-new-ug-biology-fallback degrees apls (replacing 2018-sci-6763)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2018-soc-6670 – courses-modifications-ug-history-changes to 4^th year title
• 2018-soc-6688 – criminology courses—changes to pre-requisites
• 2018-soc-6693 – criminology program changes
• 2018-soc-6754-a – women’s studies course changes
• 2018-soc-6760 – minor in music
• 2018-soc-6761 – women’s studies course change
• 2018-soc-6820 – programs-modification-ug-outdoor recreation

5.2

approval of undergraduate admission and regulation changes (dr. richard maundrell)

moved that the following undergraduate admission and regulation changes be approved:

faculty of education

• 2019-edu-6899 – regulation-delete ntep-previously deleted program

faculty of engineering

• 2019-eng-6878 – regulations – new regulations – ug – engineering/business – new regulations for beng/mba program with req #2017-eng-6111

faculty of law

• 2018-law-6519 – modification to law admission requirements

6

adjunct professor recommendations

6.1

faculty of social sciences and humanities (dr. elizabeth birmingham)

moved that the following adjunct professor appointments be approved:

• dr. rafaela jobbitt, be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of history effective july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2023.
• dr. david ratz, be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of history effective july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2023.

^6a

postponed motion

moved that the 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 operating budget 2019-20 be endorsed.

7

informational items

7.1

2019/20 draft senate and senate executive committee meeting schedule

the 2019/20 senate and senate executive committee meeting schedule will be coming forward for approval at the may 13, 2019 senate meeting.

7.2

faculty senator election results

• dr. brian mclaren, dr. carlos zerpa, and dr. michael campbell were acclaimed as faculty senators for the terms commencing july 1, 2019 to june 30, 2022.

7.3

president’s report (dr. moira mcpherson)

7.4

provost & vice-president (academic) report (dr. david barnett)

7.5

council of ontario universities (cou) academic colleague report (dr. douglas ivison)

adjournment