senate meeting

1.

approval of agenda

2.

approval of minutes

moved that the october 17, 2016 senate meeting minutes be approved.

3.

business arising from the minutes (not elsewhere on the agenda)

4.

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.

 4.1

proposed undergraduate calendar changes for referral (dr. michael stevenson)

faculty of business administration

• 2016-bus-5877 – indigenous content requirement – business programs, orillia
• 2016-bus-5878 – indigenous content requirement – business courses, orillia
• 2016-bus-5954 – entrepreneurship certificate program
• 2016-bus-5955 – entrepreneurship certificate courses

faculty of education

• 2016-edu-5812 – certificate in education studies

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2016-hbs-5915 – changing psychology course to a 0.5 credit
• 2016-hbs-5938 – undergr.kine.course descriptions
• 2016-hbs-5941 – adding prerequisite to psychology 3350

faculty of science and environmental sciences

• 2016-sci-5527 – chemistry-education icr
• 2016-sci-5849 – course modification – prerequisite update for geology
• 2016-sci-5850 – chemistry allowed courses update
• 2016-sci-5867 – courses-modification_ug_geology_first year courses
• 2016-sci-5893 – anth program updates
• 2016-sci-5894 – permission updates
• 2016-sci-5895 – course updates
• 2016-sci-5899 – updates to the icr courses
• 2016-sci-5900 – environmental sustainability programs – indigenous content requirement
• 2016-sci-5901 – calendar changes in department of mathematical sciences
• 2016-sci-5902 – anth program – intd updates
• 2016-sci-5907 – econ – update permissions
• 2016-sci-5908 – geog – course update
• 2016-sci-5909 – geog – correction of first year course
• 2016-sci-5910 – geog – program clean up
• 2016-sci-5912 – anth – course permission update
• 2016-sci-5928 - course-new-biology4011-fundamentals of immunology
• 2016-sci-5933 - program modification (lesssignificantchanges)-hbesc (biologymajor) transfer - adding biology 3012.
• 2016-sci-5977 - anth - new courses

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2016-soc-5870 – new concentration in concurrent education/hbasc interdisciplinary studies major
• 2016-soc-5918 – courses-reactivation-ug-history 3^rd year course
• 2016-soc-5926 – course deletions
• 2016-soc-5927 – geography change in all outdoor rec programs
• 2016-soc-5930 – discontinued course
• 2016-soc-5931 – orpt course prerequisite changes
• 2016-soc-5932 – discontinue hbor/hba

 4.2

proposed undergraduate regulation and admission changes for referral (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the proposed undergraduate regulation and admission changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2016-hbs-5934 – admission req for kine educ accelerated
• 2016-hbs-5944 – kine undergrad regulations

university regulations & admission requirements

• 2016-univreg-5950 – regulation-modification-changes to exam and deficiency regulations

 4.3

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

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

faculty of business administration

• 2016-bus-5972 – graduate diploma in accounting
• 2016-bus-5973 – graduate diploma in accounting courses

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2016-hbs-5913 – kine grad dip update course title changes
• 2016-hbs-5919 – new and updates to health sciences graduate courses
• 2016-hbs-5921 – program-discontinuing-gr-health sciences-mph.publnuge.co
• 2016-hbs-5924 – program-modification-gr-health sciences
• 2016-hbs-5936 – grad.elective lists
• 2016-hbs-5937 – grad.kine.course descriptions

faculty of science and environmental studies

• 2016-sci-5903 – ma – requirements update
• 2016-sci-5904 – inactive program removal

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2016-soc-5822 – new course for social justice studies program, graduate level
• 2016-soc-5825 – new course for the social justice studies program

 4.4

proposed graduate regulation and admission changes for referral (dr. chander shahi)

moved that the proposed graduate regulation and admission changes be referred to the appropriate committees:

faculty of business administration

• 2016-bus-5953 – academic regulations for graduate programs in business
• 2016-bus-5971 – admission requirements for graduate diploma in accounting

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2016-hbs-5923 – regulation-modification-gr-health sciences-addition
• 2016-hbs-5976 – kine grad regulations

5.

阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 student union (lusu) recommendations

moved that the lusu recommendations for a student and lusu executive members on senate be approved with the terms indicated.

6.

reports of senate standing committees

6.1

senate academic committee report (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the senate academic committee report be accepted.

6.2

senate budget committee report (dr. donald kerr)

moved that the senate budget committee report be accepted.

6.3

senate continuing education & distributed learning report (dr. jason blahuta)

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

6.4

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

moved that the faculty of graduate studies council report be accepted.

6.5

joint senate committee for northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) report (dr. michael stevenson)

6.5.1

moved that the 2017-2018 ume calendar of academic events be approved.

6.5.2

moved that the 2017-2018 nosm ume course descriptions be approved.

6.5.3

moved that the joint senate committee for nosm report be accepted.

6.6

senate organization committee report (dr. craig mackinnon)

6.6.1

notice of motion that effective july 1, 2017, the senate rescinds the existing terms of reference and establishment of the senate teaching and learning committee, senate library committee, senate academic information technologies committee and the senate continuing education and distributed learning committee and approves the establishment of a newly constituted senate teaching and learning committee with the attached terms of reference.

6.6.2

moved that the revised senate budget committee terms of reference be approved.

6.6.3

moved that the senate organization committee report be accepted.

6.7

senate research committee report (dr. constance russell)

moved that the senate research committee report be accepted.

6.8

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. michael stevenson)

moved that the senate undergraduate studies committee report be accepted.

6.9

senate academic information technologies committee report (dr. apichart linhananta)

moved that the senate academic information technologies committee report be accepted.

7.

calendar change approvals

7.1

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. michael stevenson)

moved that the following undergraduate academic calendar changes be approved:

faculty of business administration

• 2015-bus-5441 – indigenous content requirement
• 2016-bus-5861 – business programs icr addition

faculty of engineering

• 2016-eng-5851 – courses – modifications – ug – engineering – mechanical – addition of prerequisites

faculty of social sciences and humanities

• 2016-soc-5696 – course-new-ug-english-honours seminar in ecocriticism
• 2016-soc-5698 – outd 4911

7.2

approval of undergraduate regulation changes (dr. wayne melville)

moved that the following undergraduate regulation change be approved:

university regulations & admission requirements

• 2016-univreg-5950 – regulation-modification-changes to exam and deficiency regulations

7.3

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. chander shahi)

moved that the following graduate academic calendar changes be approved:

faculty of education

• 2016-edu-5775 – discontinuing education 5635

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

• 2016-hbs-5799 – update for course descriptions for psychology 6811

8.

librarians’ council recommendation (mrs. karen keiller)

moved that the librarians’ council recommendation to have an elected librarian as part of the senate composition be referred to the senate organization committee.

9.

2017/18 budget development and environmental scan (dr. moira mcpherson & mrs. kathy pozihun)

10.

approval of adjunct professors

10.1

moved that the following adjunct professor appointments for the faculty of health and behavioural sciences be approved:

• dr. kristen jones-bonofiglio, be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.
• dr. nisha sutherland, be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of health sciences for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.
• dr. heather marie boynton, be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the school of kinesiology for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.
• mr. vineet johnson, be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the school of kinesiology for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2017.

moved that the following adjunct professor appointment for the faculty of natural resources management be approved:

• dr. frederick wayne bell, be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the faculty of natural resources management for the term october 1, 2016 to september 30, 2020.

10.3

moved that the following adjunct professor appointments for the faculty of science and environmental studies be approved:

• dr. geoffrey l. hudson, be appointed as an internal adjunct professor to the department of anthropology for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.
• dr. stacie burke, be appointed as an external adjunct professor to the department of anthropology for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.

items for information

11.

adjunct professor and professional associate renewals (information only)

faculty of science and environmental studies

• mr. greg brumpton’s appointment as a professional associate in the department of geology has been renewed for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2019.
• dr. terrance gibson’s appointment as an external adjunct professor in the department of anthropology has been renewed for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2020.
• mr. mark smyk’s appointment as a professional associate in the department of geology has been renewed for the term july 1, 2016 to june 30, 2019.

12.

senate committee acclamation

• dr. carney matheson was acclaimed as the faculty senator on the joint senate committee for nosm with the term commencing immediately to june 30, 2017.

13.

senate appointment

• ogimaawin-aboriginal governance council member on senate - mr. gilbert deschamps was appointed for the term commencing november 14, 2016 to june 30, 2018.

14.

president’s report (dr. brian stevenson)

15.

provost & vice-president (academic) report (dr. moira mcpherson)

• marks report

16.

northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) report (dr. penny moody-corbett)

17.

in-camera meeting

moved that the senate adjourns to an in-camera meeting to discuss honorary degree nominations.