senate

date: 
friday, march 28, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 
minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, november 7, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 

senate meeting #2008-8

friday, november 7, 2008

4:30 p.m. - senate chambers

address to senate by mr. kevin cleghorn, chair of the board of governors

welcome and introduction of 2008/2009 presidential scholarship recipients

(dr. f. gilbert)

mario anthony nucci

robert buchkowski

welcome and introduction of 2008/2009 millennium excellence entrance award laureates (dr. l. hayes)

jazmyn balfour-boehm

robert buchkowski

kaylie lundgren

mario anthony nucci

katie-lynn robinson

welcome and introduction 2008/2009 millennium excellence in-course award program laureates (dr. l. hayes)

luc cousineau

michael mason

brent moyer


1.


approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved with the following addition:

5. faculty of business administration






2.


minutes of senate meeting #2008-7 held on october 3, 2008

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2008-7 held on october 3, 2008 be approved.






3.


business arising from the minutes






4.


graduands

4.1 undergraduate degrees and diplomas (a. foshay)

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

4.2 graduate degrees (j. crossman)

moved that the proposed list of individuals to receive graduate degrees be approved as presented.


5.


proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral

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

faculty of business administration

- business 4273

- business minor - management information systems

- administrative studies major - honours bachelor of commerce program

faculty of science and environmental studies

- ba mathematics group i and group ii

- bsc mathematics group i and group ii

- reflecting new high school curriculum

- mathematics 0150 and 0152

- geography 3271

- geography mapping sciences

- physics 4611

faculty of social sciences and humanities

- english 3819/indigenous learning

- women's studies 4110

faculty of education

- education 3210 and 4273






6.


reports of senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes

6.1 moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved as recommended:

faculty of education

- education 3239 listing electives (june 13, 2008)

- lifelong learning - course name changes (oct. 3, 2008)

- lifelong learning - educ 4544 and 4725 (oct. 3, 2008)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

- languages - french 2420, 2611, 2615 (june 13, 2008)

- library and info studies (june 13, 2008)

- sociology (may 20, 2008)

- sociology/anthropology (may 20, 2008)

- sociology/anthropology/environmental studies (may 20, 2008)

- sociology - deletion of 2203, 3207 and 4409 (may 20, 2008)

- orpt i/s teachable (oct. 3, 2008)

faculty of business administration

- business administration 4478 (june 13, 2008)

faculty of engineering

- engineering - course number changes (oct. 3, 2008)

6.2 moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved as recommended:

faculty of engineering

- control engineering 5211 & 5611 (june 13, 2008)

faculty of environmental studies and science

- phd chemistry and materials science (april 25, 2008)

faculty of social sciences and humanities

- mes nature based recreation and tourism


7.


senate continuing education and distributed learning committee report (p. sevean)

moved that the senate continuing education and distributed learning committee report be accepted.


8.


senate academic committee report (d. tranter)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.


9.


senate budget committee report (t. randall)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.


10.


senate undergraduate studies committee report (r. koster)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.


11.


faculty of graduate studies report (j. crossman)

moved that the faculty of graduate studies report be accepted.






12.


senate organization committee report (g. colton)

12.1 moved that the terms of reference for the senate budget committee be amended to add an additional faculty member to the composition of the senate budget committee bringing the number of faculty members on that committee to five.

12.2 moved that the terms of reference for the senate academic committee be amended as follows:

a. the addition of the associate vice-president (academic), ex officio

b.. the addition of the director, institutional analysis and government relations, ex officio

c. the committee organization to include a vice-chair, to be elected by the committee from among those members holding academic appointment.

12.3 moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.






13.


senate nominations committee report (h.a. fennell)

moved that dr. liping liu be appointed to the senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee for the term beginning immediately to june 30, 2009.






14.


revision to deans' and president's list regulation (a. foshay)

moved that the revised wording for the deans' and president's list regulation be referred to the senate academic committee.






15.


proposed 2009-2010 academic schedule (a. foshay)

moved that the proposed 2009-2010 academic schedule be approved.










16.


senior associate dean (west) to be added as a voting member of senate

moved that the by-laws of the senate of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 amended to add the senior associate dean (west) of the northern ontario school of medicine as a voting member of senate (article vi (8)).






17.


lusu recommendation for graduate student appointment to senate standing committee (a. wease)

moved that scott miller be appointed as the graduate student to the senate information systems committee.






18.


approval of adjunct professors

faculty of social sciences and humanities

curriculum vitae is available for perusal in uc-2009-b

18.1 moved that mr. kevin cleghorn be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of political science for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

faculty of science and environmental studies

curriculum vitae is available for perusal in uc-2009-b

18.2 moved that dr. michael campbell be appointed as an adjunct professor in the department of chemistry for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

curriculum vitae is available for perusal in uc-2009-b

18.3 moved that dr. monica vermani be appointed as an adjunct professor in the department of psychology for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

18.4 moved that dr. diane walker be appointed as an adjunct professor in the school of social work for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

faculty of engineering

curriculum vitae is available for perusal in uc-2009-b

18.5 moved that dr. laura curiel be appointed as an adjunct professor in the department of electrical engineering for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

18.6 moved that dr. samuel pichardo be appointed as an adjunct professor in the department of electrical engineering for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.






19.


report of the senate committee on honorary degrees

19.1 moved that senate temporarily adjourn to enter an in camera session to

consider candidates for honorary degrees at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 's may 2009 convocation.

19.2 moved that senate go in camera to consider the senate committee on honorary degrees' candidates for honorary degrees.

in camera session

19.2 moved that senate accept the potential candidates for honorary degrees presented by the senate committee on honorary degrees.

19.4 moved that the in camera session be adjourned.

19.5 moved that senate resume business where it had left off.










items for discussion










items for information







20.


senate representation on the presidential search committee

requests for nominations will be emailed to senators for representation on the presidential search committee. four senate members are to be elected by the senate, two of whom must be faculty members at large, one of whom must be a student senator, and one of whom must be an academic administrator (chair, director, or dean).


21.


research ethics board annual report to senate (and terms of reference & ethics procedures and guidelines) (may 1, 2007 - april 30, 2008)

(r. maundrell)






22.


senate teaching and learning committee report

summary on the work of the sub-committee on student evaluation of teaching at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 (senate teaching and learning committee- (m. mcpherson)






23. cou academic colleague report (a. mallik) cou informational items


cou academic colleague report (a. mallik)





24.


adjunct professor renewals (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

- dr. r. rempel renewed as adjunct professors in the department of biology for the term july 1, 2007 to june 30, 2011.

- dr. a. rodgers renewed as adjunct professors in the department of biology for the term july 1, 2007 to june 30, 2011.






25.


president's report (dr. f. gilbert)






26.


report of the vice-president (academic) & provost (dr. l. hayes)






27.


report of nosm (dr. j. lanphear)






28.


report of the dean orillia campus (dr. k. fedderson)






29.


report of the senate representative to the board of governors(j. leggatt)


minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, february 29, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 
minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, october 3, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 

senate meeting # 2008-7


1. approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved with the following additions:kr oct 3, 2008

4. faculty of social sciences and humanities

  • orpt i/s teachable

5. faculty of social sciences and humanities

  • mes nature based recreation and tourism

8. amended list of student representatives on senate and senate committees

9. dr. j. farrell be appointed to the senate joint nosm committee

22. board of governors report to senate

2. minutes of senate meeting #2008-6 held on june 13, 2008

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2008-6 of june 13, 2008 be approved.

3. business arising from the minutes

4. proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral

moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes for 2009-2010 be referred to the appropriate committees.

faculty of education

lifelong learning � course name changes
lifelong learning � educ 4544 and 4725
lifelong learning � educ 4726

faculty of engineering

engineering � course number changes

faculty of social sciences and humanities

sociology � sociology 3503

orpt i/s teachable (kr oct. 3, 2008)

5. proposed graduate calendar changes for referral


moved the proposed graduate calendar changes for 2009-2010 be referred to the appropriate committees.

faculty of engineering

control engineering

mes - nrbt program (kr oct 3, 2008)

6. senate academic committee report (d. tranter)(l. hayes) (kr oct 3, 2008)

6.1 moved that the proposed changes to the terms of reference for the senate academic committee be referred to the senate organization committee.

6.2 moved that the following regulation related to peer evaluation be added to the university regulations, section v, standing: university regulation on the maximum weight of peer evaluation as a component of the final grade: "for courses that include a peer evaluation component, the maximum weight of the peer evaluation component will not exceed 15% of the final grade unless otherwise approved by the head of the academic unit and the dean."

6.3 moved that the recommended amendments to the senate academic appeals policy be accepted.

6.4 moved that senate accept the senate academic committee report.


7. senate budget committee report (t. randall)

moved that senate accept the senate budget committee report.

action on the proposed calendar changes cited in the senate budget committee report will be dealt with at up-coming senate meetings when all senate committees have submitted their recommendations on these proposed changes.

8. lusu recommendations for student representation on senate standing committees (a. wease)

moved that the following lusu recommendations for student appointments to senate and senate standing committees be approved.kr oct 3, 2008
� senate academic appeals committee (undergraduate student) -sandrine badio to replace justin barker

� senate academic appeals committee (graduate student) - peter holt- hindle will dechert

� senate academic appeals committee (alternate graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ) - emily hull and will dechert steve sidorski

� senate academic committee (undergraduate student) - emmalee agnew richard hewitt to replace bradley taylor

� senate executive committee � anna wease to replace greg boyle

� joint nosm � slim babay

� senate library committee (graduate student) - troy davis

� student senators � bradley taylor to replace justin barker

9. senate nominations committee report (h.a.. fennell)

moved that the senate nominations committee's recommendations for appointments to fill vacancies on committees be accepted as follows:


� dr. jane nicholas be appointed to the senate honorary degrees committee effective immediately and to june 30, 2010.
� dr. douglas hayes be appointed to the senate teaching and learning committee effective immediately and to june 30, 2009.
� dr. chander k. shahi be approved as an nserc eligible faculty member with experience in or knowledge of human subject research on senate research ethics board committee effective immediately to june 30, 2010.
� donnas stuart be recommended as one of the community members on the senate research ethics board committee for the term effective immediately and to june 30, 2011.
� ms. cindy sinnotte be recommended as the representative from 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 centre for health care ethics on the senate research ethics board committee for the term effective immediately through june 30, 2011.

� dr. joey farrell be recommended as the senate faculty representative on the sentae joint nosm committee for the term effective immediately through june 30, 2011. (kr oct 3, 2008)

10. senate executive committee report

moved that dr. mohammad uddin be appointed to the senate nominations committee.

11. senate organization committee report (g. colton)

moved that the terms of reference for the senate budget committee be amended to add the dean of the faculty of graduate studies to the composition of the senate budget committee and that the term of office be deemed ex officio.

12. election of faculty representative to the board of governors

13. approval of adjunct professor

� faculty of science and environmental studies

curriculum vitae is available for perusal in uc-2009-b

moved that dr. sylvie landry be appointed as an external adjunct professor in the department of physics for the term july 1, 2008 to june 30, 2012.

items for discussion � none

items for information

14. cou academic colleague report (a. mallik)


15. adjunct professor renewals (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

� dr. david chapman renewed as adjunct professor in the department of biology for the term july 1, 2009 to june 30, 2013.


16. report of the secretary of senate (k. roche)

minor revisions were made to the senate by-laws to correct the job titles in the terms of reference for the following:

� calendar/graduate records officer in the terms of reference for the faculty of graduate studies council and the senate undergraduate studies committee;
� international studies officer was changed to graduate funding officer in the terms of reference for the faculty of graduate studies council; and
� graduate studies officer was changed to manager, graduate studies in the terms of reference for the faculty of graduate studies council.

notice: a revision to the by-laws will be introduced to senate at the november 2008 meeting. the proposed amendment will be to add the senior associate dean (west) of the northern ontario school of medicine as a voting member of senate (article vi (8)).

17. president's report (dr. f. gilbert)

18. report of the vice-president (academic) & provost (dr. l. hayes)

19. marks report for fall/winter 2007/08 (k.l. clarke)

20. report of nosm (dr. j. lanphear)

21. report of the dean orillia campus (k. fedderson)

22. report of the senate representative to the board of governors


minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, january 25, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 
minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, june 13, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 

revised

1. approval of agenda

moved that the agenda for the senate meeting #2008-#6 be approved.

2. minutes of senate meeting #2008-5

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2008-5 held on may 20, 2008 be approved.

3. report from senate executive committee acting on behalf of senate (f. gilbert)

4. business arising from the minutes

items for decision

5. proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral to committees

moved that the proposed undergraduate calendar changes for 2008-2009 be referred to the appropriate committees.

5.1 faculty of education (j. o'meara)
education 3239 listing; electives

5.2 faculty of social sciences and humanities (t. dunk)
languages - french 2420, 2611, 2615
library and info studies

5.3 faculty of business administration (kr jun 13, 2008)
business administration 4478
business minor - minimum course mark

6. proposed graduate calendar changes for referral to committees

moved that the proposed graduate calendar changes for 2008-2009 be referred to the appropriate committees.

6.1. faculty of engineering (h. saliba)
control engineering 5211 & 5611

7. reports of senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes

7.1. moved that the reports from the following senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes be accepted:
senate budget committee (b. singh)

7.2. moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved:
faculty of business administration - program duration (apr. 25/08)

8. lusu recommendations for student representatives on senate standing committees (g. boyle)

moved that the lusu recommendations for student representatives on senate standing committees for 2008-2009 be approved.

9. proposed university operations budget 2008-09 (m. pawlowski)

moved that senate recommend approval of the proposed 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 operating budget for 2008-09 to the board of governors.

10. automated year levels regulation (a. foshay)
moved that the proposed automated year levels regulation be approved.

items for discussion - none

items for information

11. cou academic colleague report (m.l. hill)

12. late additions to the 2008 graduands list (a. foshay)

13. department of biology has renewed the appointment of dr. ingeborg zehbe as an internal adjunct professor july 1, 2009 to june 30, 2013

14. addition to the william a . west education medals list (a. foshay)

15. report of secretary of senate - election results for faculty representatives on senate - dr. karen reynolds and dr. han chen appointed for the term july 1, 2008-june 30, 2011 (k. roche)

16. annual nosm report 2008 (j. farrell)

17. report of the teaching and learning committee (m. mcpherson)

18. annual report of athletics (t. warden)

19. president's report (dr. f. gilbert)

20. report of nosm (j. lanphear)

21. report of the dean orillia campus (k. fedderson)

22. report of the senate representative to the board of governors (m. mcpherson)

minutes: 

senate

date: 
tuesday, may 20, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 
minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, april 25, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 
minutes: 

senate

date: 
friday, december 5, 2008 - 12:00am
location: 
senate chambers
agenda: 

senate meeting #2008-9

friday, december 5, 2008

4:30 p.m. - senate chambers



1.


approval of agenda

moved that the agenda be approved with the following amendments:kr dec. 5, 2008

#6.1- strikeout "changes be approved as recommended" and insert "change approved with changes:"

#11.2 - strikeout "approved as presented" and insert "referred to the senate organization committee"

#11.3 - insert "report from the" before "joint senate"

t.randall will report for the joint senate nosm committee

a.foshay will report for the senate undergraduate studies committee

add- #5 faculty of health and behavioural sciences - mph






2.


minutes of senate meeting #2008-8 held on november 7, 2008

moved that the minutes of senate meeting #2008-8 held on november 7, 2008 be approved with the following amendment:

#5 faculty of business administration - honours bachelor of commerce administrative studies was added. kr dec. 5, 2008






3.


business arising from the minutes






4.


proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral

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

faculty of science and environmental studies

? hbsc applied bio-molecular science

physics rearrangement

mathematics 2131

hbsc and bsc bioinformatics

bioinformatics and biological chemistry

biol 3470

biology research internship 3990

biology research internship 3991

change biology 3151 biogeography

rename hbesc environmental studies

rename hbesc geography

rename hbes geography

hbesc in earth science

concurrent educ hbesc

faculty of education

aboriginal education

professional year requirements, 4284, pj requirements

education 3499

faculty of social sciences and humanities

sociology - minor program changes

sociology - soci 2612 and 2613

sociology - add critical inquiry

sociology - add new half year courses - orillia

sociology - change 2911

philosophy - minor program changes

languages - minor program changes

languages - african and caribbean literature

economics - minor program changes

northern studies - minor program changes

northern studies - calendar addition

visual arts - minor program changes

history - minor program changes

history - program changes

women's studies - minor program changes

women's studies - history 3105

music - calendar changes

political science - minor program changes

political science - delete poli 4211

political science - international politics

political science - delete minor in law and politics

political science - remove 3311, 3313 and 3359 prerequisites

political science - addition of 4330

political science - delete 2530

political science - course description poli 4110

faculty of health and behavioural science

psychology - add c core half course

psychology - psyc 4901






5.


proposed graduate calendar changes for referral

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

faculty of business administration

proposed mba program - (revised calendar change - see feb. 27, 2009 senate budget committee report) kr feb 27,2009

faculty of science and environmental studies

biology 5010 division

faculty of education

course title change ed 6020 and 6040

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

psychology - update faculty listing

psychology - psyc 6092 (9092)

. master of public health

faculty of social sciences and humanities

english - graduate course changes

faculty of graduate studies

"waiver of fees during an approved time extension" - delete

proposed change to period of study regulation.






6.

6.1

6.2

reports of senate standing committees on proposed calendar changes

moved that the following undergraduate calendar changes be approved as recommended with changes:kr dec. 5, 2008

gerontology 4230 - social work 4253/4230 (april 25, 2008) (see scedl report item #9)

moved that the following graduate calendar changes be approved as recommended:

master of science engineering - faculty of engineering, electrical and computer engineering (march 23, 2008)






7.


senate undergraduate studies committee report (r. koster) (a. foshay)kr dec. 5, 2008

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.


8.


senate budget committee report (t. randall)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.






9.


continuing education and distributed learning report (p. sevean)

moved that the senate continuing education and distributed learning report be accepted.






10.

10.1

10.2

faculty of graduate studies report (j. crossman)

moved that the faculty of graduate studies terms of reference be referred to the senate organization committee.

moved that the faculty of graduate studies report be accepted.











11.

11.1

11.2

11.3

joint senate northern ontario school of medicine (j. farrell) (t. randall)

moved that the nosm academic calendar of events 2009-2010 academic year be approved.

moved that the revised joint senate committee terms of reference be approved as presented. be referred to the senate organization committee. kr dec. 5, 2008

moved that the report of the kr dec. 5, 2008joint senate northern ontario school of medicine be accepted.


12.


senate academic committee report (d. tranter)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.


13.

13.1

13.2

senate nominations committee

moved that _________ be appointed to the senate budget committee for the term december 1, 2008 through june 30, 2010.

moved that __________ be appointed to the senate undergraduate scholarships committee for the term december 1, 2008 through june 30, 2011.






14.


report of senate honorary degrees committee (b. stolar)

moved that the terms of reference for the senate honorary degrees committee be referred to the senate organization committee.






15.


report of senate teaching and learning (b. stolar)

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






16.


guidelines on use of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 as research subjects (r. maundrell)

moved that senate approve the guidelines on use of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 as research subjects as submitted by the senate research ethics board.






17.


centre for research on safe driving (c. gottardo)

moved that the application for formal centre status of the centre for research on safe driving (ccrsd) be approved.






items for discussion






items for information



18.


senate representatives on presidential search committee ( secretary of senate)






19.


late additions to the fall graduands

the senate's "enabling motion graduands on record" empowers the dean of the faculty and registrar to approve late additions to the graduands' list who had not appeared on the convocation list. no motion is necessary. the list will be distributed at the meeting.






20.


summary report 2008-09 from senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee (s. strickland)






21.


president's report (dr. f. gilbert)






22.


report of the vice-president (academic) & provost (dr. l. hayes)

student satisfaction survey (course) - report is posted at: //www.hsbcwebinars.com/~analysis/senate_course_evaluations_2007_08.pdf






23.


report of nosm (dr. j. lanphear)






24.


report of the dean orillia campus (dr. k. fedderson)






25.


report of the senate representative to the board of governors(j. leggatt)


minutes: