faculty council meeting - november 15, 2024: deadline for agenda items: friday, november 8/2024

faculty of social sciences and humanities council

minutes
friday, october 11, 2024
a meeting of the faculty council was held on friday, october 11, 2024, at 10:00 am via zoom.

presentation:
ba + bsc (gen) / multi-session bed regional strategy

dr. meridith lovell-johnston
chair of graduate studies and research
acting chair of undergraduate education program
faculty of education, 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 – orillia

m. lovett-johnston gave a summary/outline of how the proposed ba/bsc (general) and how it would work.
the intention with this strategy is to outline how 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 can respond to the needs of the region for qualified teachers across elementary and secondary divisions. in developing this strategy, we understand that it will take two to three years to fully eventuate and requires many moving parts to come together.
(please see attached document for further information.)

1.
approval of agenda
 it was moved by and seconded by l. chambers and b. vernier that the agenda be approved.

        carried.
2.
approval of minutes
approval of the minutes from september 13, 2024.  (j. jarman and a. den otter)
the minutes were accepted as presented.

 3.
business arising from the minutes
i) venue for ph.d. consultation
be sure to rsvp.

 4.
calendar change requests
i) social sciences & humanities
2024-soc-8637:  hba general program
a lengthy discussion was held regarding the pros and cons of the proposed hba general program.
t. puddephatt requested that a vote be held in support of calendar change request 2024-soc-8637.  a
vote was held’; however, the request was not passed.
    carried.

ii) english
it was moved by r. warburton and seconded by a. guttman that the following calendar change request for english be approved.
2024-soc-8663:  cross listed engl course
    carried.

iii)  gender and women’s studies
it was moved by l. chambers and seconded by r. warburton that the following calendar change request for gender and women’s studies be approved.
2024-soc-8585:  course-new and discontinuing-ug-gender and women’s studies-wome 4012 and
wome 4010 special topic with socj
    carried.

iv). indigenous learning
it was moved by a. den otter and seconded by r. warburton that the following calendar change request for indigenous learning be approved.
2024-soc-8472:  course-new-ug-indigenous learning-7 courses.
    carried.

v)  languages
it was moved by s. jacoba and seconded by a. den otter that the following calendar change request be approved.
2024-soc-8521:  new course-ug-french 2013.
    carried.

the following calendar change requests were relegated back to languages for further revision.
2024-soc-8650:  program changes - ug - languages
2024-soc-8671:  french 4012 la grammaire est une chanson douce

the following calendar change request required further revisions.
2024-soc-8544:  asian studies minor program

vi) outdoor recreation, parks, and tourism
it was moved by l. potvin and seconded by r. warburton that the following calendar change request for outdoor recreation be approved.
2024-soc-8649:  regulation modification - ug - orpt
carried.

vii)  social justice studies program
it was moved a. den otter and d. mackinnon that the following calendar change requests for the social justice program be approved.
2024-soc-8562:  course-new-gr-sjs-5012,5013,5015.
2024-soc-8603:  justice studies-socj 5017 and socj 5010
    carried.

viii). additional dean
it was moved by j. jarman and seconded by r. warburton that the following calendar change request be approved.
2024-hbs-8483:  program_modification_ug_socialwork_replacing discontinued course
carried.

    5.1
department/school requests.
none.

5.2
department/school reports.

i). gender and women’s studies
l. chambers announced that their department will be hosting a “lunch & learn” on october 31, 2024, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm via zoom.  the topic is entitled “who’s afraid of childfree cat ladies:  exploring experiences of stigma and self-stigma in childfree women.”  all are welcome.

ii). outdoor recreation
l. potvin announced that there will be a hide tanning workshop session to be held at the paci auditorium starting at 7:00 pm on friday, october 18, 2024.  the lead instructors will be jean marshall and shelby gagnon.  for further information, please contact l. potvin.

iii) visual arts
s. shahsahabi announced that department of visual arts will be hosting professor bonnie devine as part of their visiting arts lecture series 2024.  her talk will be in person open to the public on friday, oct 11th at 2 p.m. in mv2004. "bonnie devine will discuss her recent exhibition land in war currently at the tom thomson gallery in owen sound.
the eight large landscape paintings included in land in war examine the various ways that land and its possession and control are at the heart of war.
the main intent of the exhibition is to center the land as a site and object of conflict and colonial desire and especially to convey the harm the land has suffered and the resilience and beauty it epitomizes.
in an era of increasing global conflict, this project, land in war, allows devine to think about colonialism’s penchant for violent conflict and the devastation it repeatedly wreaks on human and non-human beings alike. it also expresses our collective passion for the history and beauty of this land, our home."

s. shahsahabi stated that the music and visual arts building had been vandalized during august
efforts to clean up the building started right away once security had contacted faculty members.
a discussion followed with mentioning security on campus; length of response time to clean things up for
start of classes; and response time with regard to work orders.

6.
dean’s report.
october 11, 2024
a. 2022 employment experience survey
•action items
community public talks/public professor series has 2 volunteer speakers for winter and spring.
winter fest will have simultaneous events at thunder bay and orillia campuses. the orillia session will be coordinated by the assistant dean, dr. jarman.

faculty strategic plan in spring 2025 to integrate the curriculum sustainability framework and iqap.

b. sma 4 enrolment planning
•consultation
ipa sent a high-level exercise on wednesday, which was due friday of the week, but the dean opted to consult with the assistant deans, department chairs, and sjs coordinator to determine projections for the next 5 years.

c. retention
•student experience
世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 are crucial to the growth of the faculty. while enrolment is within the purview of certain units, faculty has a big role to play in the retention of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in the programs and courses. thunder bay has a low population growth or less than four times the ontario average, according to the new city manager, john collin, in september 2024.

•student representation
the constitution of the faculty council includes a student representative appointed by lusu.  different departments are encouraged to have a student representative to be inclusive.

d. sshrc tier 2 crc (1/12027)
                      based on the recent announcement for the vp research office, the faculty should take the opportunity to develop a crc proposal, perhaps based at the orillia campus. this will enhance the research culture tied to new graduate programming at the orillia campus. proposals welcome.

e. proposed creative resilience and global studies (creglos) centre
                     a group of faculty members came together to develop a proposal for cfi to improve the infrastructure at the mva building. this has led to the idea of creating a research centre around creative resilience and global studies with different themes to encourage cross-faculty collaboration. open to all.

f. ssh and city of thunder bay
                     one of the mandates of the university is to be relevant to the communities we serve. ssh has a role to play in extending expertise and building formal arrangements for student experiential learning such as internships and coop placements.  the dean has connected with the city manager by email.

g. int’l conference gender-based violence, reva university/lu (dec 5-6)
 lu has an mou with reva university in india. the former dean, dr. elizabeth birmingham, visited reva university some time ago,  and together with dr. mirella stroink and glenda bonifacio, they comprise the academic counterpart of the international conference. participants from lu will not pay any fees. encourage graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and faculty members interested in the topic to submit abstracts. details of the conference were circulated to department chairs and graduate coordinators.

7.
assistant deans’ report

i). dr. jennifer jarman – orillia campus
lakehead-georgian pathways.   you may have seen that there has been a change in direction in relation to pathway programs between georgian and lakehead.  this is due to a change in government priorities, which now centre around the development of “student-centred pathways”.  the existing combined programs – mostly stem – took  in  their last cohorts this year and there will be no more intakes.  it is expected that this will lose lakehead some science 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 .  lakehead and georgian are still very willing to work together, however, but the emphasis will reflect the provincial government’s priorities of developing new pathways.  there are 30 existing pathway programs, of which a few are social science and humanities programs.  several georgian programs lead into lakehead’s criminology program, a  graphic design program leads into lakehead’s media, film, and communications program.  

i’ve become a member of the georgian college liberal studies, general arts, and science program advisory committee and will report more in the future.

also, seneca college has reached out to lakehead about a new pathway, which i will report on in the future.

research chairs:  meetings have been scheduled with vp external, mike den haan, dean glenda, and to discuss fund-raising in relation to sponsored chairs.

awards committee for faculty research chairs   - proposal
the faculty research chair – awards committee
the award will consist of a .5 hce teaching release for two years

1 distinguished chair for professor-level for both campus and 1 research chair for associate/assistant professor-level for both campuses

proposed awards committee composition:  5 members, including chair
2 humanities
2 social sciences
no more than two people from the same discipline
at least two representatives per campus.  the entire committee to be involved in the determination of awards.

timeline:  applications due: april 12, 2025
decisions: may 3, 2025

hybrid technology:  i have asked vice president, administration, chris glover to initiate a review of the adequacy of the new hybrid teaching technology given the number of complaints we are hearing about the quality of the solution and student outcomes.  this might be an issue that we can raise as a faculty-wide concern in the curriculum feasibility study.

ii). dr. tony puddephatt – thunder bay campus
tony puddephatt presented the initial draft of the global studies program and welcomes feedback, inviting interested parties to join oct 23 to continue discussion."

8.
other business.
change of date for december 6, 2024, faculty council meeting.
d. hayes stated we would like to move our council meeting scheduled for friday, december 6, 2024 to thursday, december 5, 2025 at 10:00 am via zoom.  d. hayes stated that friday was fall preview day for the thunder bay campus, running from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm., and that moving the meeting would allow for participation at that event.  it was decided to move the meeting to thursday.

9.
next faculty council meeting:  
the next faculty council meeting with be held on november 15, 2024, via zoom.
10.
adjournment
the meeting was adjourned at 12:03 pm.  (a. guttman; a. den otter)

attendance
thunder bay campus

g. bonifacio
l. chambers
a. guttman
d. hannah
d. hayes
s. jacoba
b. maiangwa
l. potvin
t. puddephatt
j. sanchez martinez
c. sanders
s. shahsahabi
b. vernier
r. warburton
s. viitala - recording

orillia campus
p. das
l. fiddick
j. jarman
s. jeppesen
a. den otter
r. mcveigh
d. krupp
m. stevenson

regrets
b. birmingham
e. chugunov