senate meeting

date:

monday, may 11, 2020 - 2:30pm

location:

zoom meeting

agenda:

revised may 9, 2020

senate meeting

may 11, 2020

2:30pm

zoom meeting

agenda

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1.	approval of agenda
2.	approval of april 20, 2020 senate minutes
3.	professor emeriti-ae recognition (dr. moira mcpherson and dr. david barnett)
4.	graduands & medal recipients
	4.1	approval of degree and diploma recipients (ms. andrea tarsitano)
		moved that the candidates on the distributed graduands list be awarded the undergraduate degrees or diplomas, and graduate degrees indicated.
	4.2	approval of the medal recipients (ms. andrea tarsitano)
		moved that the 2020 medal recipients indicated on the distributed list be approved.
5.	calendar change referral (dr. richard maundrell)
6.	reports of senate standing committees
	6.1	senate academic committee report (dr. richard maundrell)
		6.1.1	moved that the professional associate policy be rescinded; and that the amendments to the adjunct professor policy be approved; and that any current professional associate's be considered for adjunct appointments at time of renewal.
	6.2	senate budget committee report (dr. sarah jacoba)
		6.2.1	2020/21 operating budget update (mrs. kathy pozihun and dr. david barnett)
	6.3	senate executive committee recommendation (dr. david barnett) moved that the attached 2020/21 senate and senate executive committee meeting schedule be approved.
	6.4	faculty of graduate studies council report (dr. chander shahi)
	6.5	senate nominations committee (dr. amanda diochon) moved that dr. isabelle lemée be appointed to the senate organization committee for the term commencing july 1, 2020 to june 30, 2023.
	6.6	senate organization committee report (dr. craig mackinnon)
	6.7	senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. douglas ivison)
	6.8	senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report (dr. christine gottardo)
	6.9	senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. joan chambers)
7	calendar change approvals
	7.1	approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. joan chambers) moved that the following undergraduate academic calendar changes be approved: faculty of business administration 2019-bus-7173-a - bachelor of administration college transfer program for graduates of a 2 year college diploma faculty of science and environmental studies 2019-sci-6918 – hbsc in computer science – program with confederation college faculty of social sciences and humanities 2020-soc-7312 - program-major modification-name change-ug-native access program (nap)
	7.2	approval of undergraduate regulation and admission changes (dr. richard maundrell) moved that the following undergraduate regulation and admission changes be approved: faculty of business administration 2019-bus-7173-b - bachelor of administration college transfer program for graduates of a 2 year college diploma faculty of engineering 2020-eng-7247 – regulations – modify – ug – engineering – lu-georgian inclusion faculty of science and environmental studies 2019-sci-7139 – admission-requirement lu-cc computer science program
	7.3	approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. chander shahi) moved that the following graduate academic calendar changes be approved: faculty of engineering 2018-eng-6551 – programs – new program – phd – engineering – replacing change request number: 2017-eng-6112 (phase 1 approval) 2020-eng-7258 - programs - special modification-grad - chemical engineering - course based option to program faculty of health and behavioural sciences 2019-hbs-7021 – new master of nursing program faculty of science and environmental studies 2019-sci-7030 – new course codes for msc comp sci artificial intelligence specialization 2019-sci-7031 – msc computer science with specialization in artificial intelligence faculty of social sciences and humanities 2019-soc-7212 – program-major modification-gr-english-specialization in social justice studies
	7.4	approval of graduate regulation and admission changes (dr. richard maundrell) moved that the following graduate regulation and admission changes be approved: faculty of education 2019-edu-6994 – modification to phd educational studies regulations faculty of engineering 2020-eng-7246 – regulations – modification – phd – ece – change to reflect new course process faculty of graduate studies 2020-fgs-7259 – modifications to the master’s program regulations 2020-fgs-7270 – modification to phd regulations faculty of health and behavioural sciences 2019-hbs-7186-a – regulations-modification-gr-health sciences 2019-hbs-7186-b – admission requirements-modification-gr-health sciences 2019-hbs-7213 – admission_modification_gr_psychology 2019-hbs-7214 – regulation_modification_gr_psychology faculty of social sciences and humanities 2019-soc-7211 – admission requirements-major modification-gr-english
8.	阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student union (lusu) recommendation
	8.1	moved that the terms of the current 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 serving on the senate academic appeals committee be extended until a sufficient number of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 are appointed for the 2020-2021 term, and contingent upon them continuing to meet the eligibility requirements.
9.	adjunct professor recommendations moved that the attached adjunct professor recommendations be approved.
_10.	informational items
	10.1	election updates ms. gisella scalese was acclaimed as the professional librarian on the senate for the term commencing july 1, 2020 to june 30, 2023. dr. donald kerr was acclaimed as the faculty senator on the joint senate committee for nosm for the term commencing july 1, 2020 to june 30, 2023.
	10.2	calendar change deadlines reminder at the march 2, 2020 senate meeting the following academic calendar change deadlines were adopted. these new deadlines are effective for all future proposed calendar changes, commencing with those proposed for inclusion in the 2021-2022 academic calendar. 1. calendar change deadlines for new programs and major modifications (including associated regulations and admissions requests): • curriculum navigator submission by the initiator – july 1, 2020 • dean and faculty council approval, and at the senate referral stage in curriculum navigator – september 30, 2020 2. all other calendar changes requiring senate approval: • dean and faculty council approval, and at the senate referral stage in curriculum navigator – october 31, 2020 please share this information with appropriate staff and faculty in your areas. these new deadlines will also be circulated in the communications bulletin every other week from april to june.
	10.3	board of governors report (mr. sean speer)
	10.4	council of ontario universities academic colleague report (dr. douglas ivison)
	10.5	president’s report (dr. moira mcpherson) times higher education impact ranking presentation
	10.6	provost & vice-president (academic) report (dr. david barnett)
₁₁	in camera session moved that the senate adjourns to an in camera session to discuss confidential matters and that only senators and those specifically invited by the chair shall be present.
adjournment