2024-2025 senate membership

effective july 1, 2024 to june 30, 2025

senate bylaws [pdf]

dr. gillian siddall
dr. gillian siddall
chair
ex-officio
dr. david richards
dr. david richards
vice-chair (interim)
ex-officio
jason lisi
jason lisi
secretary of senate
ex-officio
dr. andrew p. dean
dr. andrew p. dean
vice-president research & innovation
ex-officio
robin canuel
university librarian
exrobin canuel
robin canuel
university librarian
ex-officio-officio
andrea tarsitano
andrea tarsitano
vice-provost (世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ) & registrar
ex-officio
dr. linda rodenburg
dr. linda rodenburg
principal, orillia campus
ex-officio
denise baxter
denise baxter
vice provost, indigenous
initiatives
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. subramanian sivaramakrishnan
dean, business administration
ex-officio
dr. tanya kaefer
dr. tanya kaefer
dean, education (acting)
ex-officio
dr. janusz kozinski
dr. janusz koziński
dean, engineering
ex-officio
dr. todd randall
dr. douglas ivison
dean, graduate studies (acting)
ex-officio
dr. mirella stroink
dr. mirella stroink
dean, health & behavioural sciences
ex-officio
dr. betsy birmingham
dr. betsy birmingham
dean, law (acting)
ex-officio
dr. brigitte leblon
dr. brigitte leblon
dean, natural resources
management
ex-officio
dr. todd randall
dr. todd randall
dean, science &
environmental studies
ex-officio
dr. glenda bonifacio
dr. glenda bonifaciol
dean, social sciences &
humanities
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. kathy sanderson
acting chair, business program
curriculum years 1&2
ex-officio
dr. wing him yeung
dr. wing him yeung
chair, business program
curriculum years 3 & 4
ex-officio
dr. olakunle akingbola
dr. olakunle akingbola
chair, business programs - orillia campus
ex-officio 
dr. pauline sameshime
dr. pauline sameshima
chair, undergraduate education programs (acting)
ex-officio
dr. meridith lovell-johnston
dr. meridith lovell-johnston
chair, graduate studies &
research in education
ex-officio
dr. paul cormier
dr. paul cormier
chair, keewatinase dept. of indigenous
education
ex-officio 
beatty, ruth
dr. ruth beatty
chair, education
programs in orillia
ex-officio
dr. siamak elyasi
dr. siamak elyasi
chair, chemical engineering
ex-officio
dr. jian deng
dr. jian deng
chair, civil engineering
ex-officio
dr. carlos christoffersen
dr. carlos christoffersen
chair, electrical and computer engineering
ex-officio

 

dr. xin yang lu
dr. sultan siddiqui
chair, mechanical and megatronics engineering
ex-officio
dr. abdulsalam yassine
dr. abdusalam yassine
chair, software engineering
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu 
dr. elaine wiersma
chair, health sciences
ex-officio
dr. ian newhouse
dr. ian newhouse
director, kinesiology
ex-officio
dr. kristen jones-bonofiglio
dr. kristen jones-bonofiglio
director, nursing
ex-officio
dr. rupert klein
dr. rupert klein
chair, psychology
ex-officio 
dr. les fleischer
dr. les fleischer
director, social work
ex-officio
dr. dzhamal amishev
dr. dzhamal amishev
chair, honours bachelor of
science forestry
ex-officio
dr. brian mclaren
dr. brian mclaren
chair, honours bachelor of
environmental management
program
ex-officio
dr. matt boyd
dr. matthew boyd
chair, anthropology
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. azim mallik
chair, biology
ex-officio
dr. zi-hua jiang (justin)
dr. jia-hua (justin) jiang
chair, chemistry
ex-officio
dr. sabah mohammed
dr. sabah mohammed
 chair, computer science (acting)
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. kam yu
chair, economics
ex-officio
dr. adam cornwell
dr. adam cornwell
chair, geography
and the environment
ex-officio
dr. andrew conly
dr. andrew conly
chair, geology
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. andrew j. dean
chair, mathematical sciences
ex-officio
dr. mark gallagher
dr. mark gallagher
chair, physics
ex-officio
dr andrew j. dean
dr. sreekumari kurissery
chair, sustainability sciences
(orillia)
ex-officio
dr. anna guttman
dr. anna guttman
chair, english 
ex-officio
 dr. lori chambers
dr. lori chambers
chair, gender and women's studies
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. steven jobbitt
acting chair, history
ex-officio
dr kristin burnett
dr. kristin burnett
chair, indigenous learning
ex-officio
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dr. jennifer jarman
chair, interdisciplinary
studies (orillia)
ex-officio
dr. xin yang lu
dr. sarah jacoba
chair, languages
ex-officio
dr evgeny chugunov
dr. evgeny chugunov
chair, music
ex-officio
dr. leigh potvin
dr. leigh potvin
director, school of outdoor
recreation, parks & tourism
ex-officio
dr. betsy birmingham
dr. betsy birmingham
acting chair, philosophy
ex-officio  
dr. tobold (toby) rollo
dr. tobold rollo
chair, political science
ex-officio
dr. chris sanders
dr. chris sanders
chair, sociology
ex-officio
mr. sam shahsahabi
mr. sam shahsahabi
chair, visual arts
ex-officio
mr. daniel dylan
prof. daniel dylan
chair, senate academic
appeals committee
ex-officio

dr. xin yang lu
dr. xin yang lu
chair, senate academic
committee
ex-officio
dr andrew j. dean
dr. andrew j. dean
chair, senate budget
committee
ex-officio 
dr. erin pearson
dr. erin pearson
chair, senate honorary
degrees committee
ex-officio 
dr. martin-joe ezeudu
dr. martin-joe ezeudu
chair, senate nominations
committee
ex-officio 
dr andrew j. dean
dr. sreekumari kurissery
chair, senate organization
committee
ex-officio 
dr. tamara varney
dr. tamara varney
chair, senate research
committee
ex-officio
dr andrew j. dean
dr. taryn klarner
chair, senate teaching &
learning committee
ex-officio
dr. wing him yeung
dr. wing him yeung
chair, senate undergraduate
scholarships & bursaries
committee
ex-officio
dr andrew j. dean
dr. sultan siddiqui
chair, senate undergraduate
studies committee
ex-officio
dr. todd randall
dr. douglas ivison
chair, faculty of graduate studies council (acting)
ex-officio
dr andrew j. dean
dr. michael campbell
elected faculty senator
2024-2027 (first term)
dr. joseph carney
dr. joseph carney
elected faculty senator
2022-2025 (first term)
dr. gautam das
dr. gautam das
elected faculty senator
2023-2026 (first term)
dr. amanda diochon
dr. amanda diochon
elected faculty senator
2024-2027 (first term)
el-ocla, hosam
dr. hosam el-ocla
elected faculty senator
2024-2027 (first term)
dr. erin pearson
dr. erin pearson
elected faculty senator
2021-2024 (first term)
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dr. béatrice vernier
elected faculty senator
2023-2026 (first term)
dr. wilson wang
dr. wilson wang
elected faculty senator
2023-2026 (first term)
dr. rachel warburton
dr. rachel warburton
elected faculty senator
2022-2025 (first term)
salem, sam
dr. sam salem
academic colleague to the
council of ontario 
universities
2024-2025 ( first term)
gisella scalese
gisella scalese
professional librarian
2023-2026 (second term)
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tristan bhola
student member (undergraduate)
09/23/2024-2025 (first term)
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alyssa caron
student member
11/25/24-2025 (first term)
colin kutchyera
jessica hayes
student member
09/18/23-2025 (first term)
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krysztoffer gaudet
student member (undergraduate)
11/25/24-2026 (first term)
amanda pacholczak
colin kutchyera
student member (graduate)
09/23/2024-2026 (first term)
sana sharif
amanda pacholczak
student member (undergraduate)
09/23/24-2025 (first term)
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sana sharif
student member (graduate)
09/23/2024-26 (first term)
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vacant
student member
2024-2025
amit boyina
amit boyina
阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student
union vice-president,
advocacy
ex-officio
mark smith
mark smith
board of governors member to senate
on senate
2024-2025  
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paul capon
oiec member
nov 25/24-jun 30/27 

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dr. leigh potvin
faculty senator on the
board of governors
10/10/2024-20247 

official observers

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dr. michel s. beaulieu
associate vice-provost (academic)
dr. michel s. beaulieu
michael den haan
vice-president, external
relations
michael den haan
alexandra korinowsky
associate vice-presidient
communications
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dr. rhonda koster
deputy provost and
vice-provost (teaching & learning)
dr. rhonda koster
dylan mazur
director, human rights
& equity
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dr. heather murchison
vice-provost institutional
planning and analysis and
strategic advisor to the president

 

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dr. sarah olutola
alternate academic
colleague to the council of
ontario universities
heather-murchison
robert perrier
interim vice-provost international
kathy pozihun
kathy pozihun
vice-president, 
administration & finance
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rosanna scaffeo
chief of staff
dr. cynthia wesley-esquimaux
dr. cynthia
wesley-esquimaux
chair on truth and
reconciliation
 
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vacant
chair, sac-oiec
sub-committee