senate meeting

date: 
monday, may 14, 2018 - 2:30pm
location: 
thunder bay: senate chambers/orillia: oa 2005
agenda: 

 

 revised

senate meeting

may 14, 2018

2:30pm

thunder bay location: senate chambers

orillia location: oa 2005

 agenda

click here for a pdf of the agenda

teleconference: 1-866-652-8686  or on campus dial 6100

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professor emeriti-ae recognition (dr. moira mcpherson and dr. david barnett)

1.

approval of agenda

2.

approval of april 16, 2018 senate minutes

3.

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

 

3.1

senate organization committee (dr. judith leggatt)

moved that the attached amendments to the senate bylaws be approved, and that the “terms of the academic colleague and alternate” policy be rescinded, both effective july 1, 2018.

4.

graduands & medal recipients

 

4.1

approval of undergraduate degree and diploma recipients (ms. andrea tarsitano)

 

 

 

moved that the candidates on the distributed graduands list be awarded the undergraduate degrees or diplomas indicated.

 

4.2

approval of graduate degree recipients (ms. andrea tarsitano)

 

 

moved that the candidates on the distributed graduands list be awarded the graduate degrees indicated.

 

4.3

approval of the medal recipients  (ms. andrea tarsitano)

 

 

moved that the 2018-2019 medal recipients indicated on the distributed list be approved.

5.

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.

 

5.1

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 health and behavioural sciences

  • 2018-hbs-6523 - course-new-gr-health sciences-cross-listing
  • 2018-hbs-6572 – courses-new-gr-psychology-clinical supervision

faculty of natural resources management

  • 2018-nat-6573 – removal of “international” from nrmt-5094 fieldschool title

6.

 

reports of senate standing committees

 

6.1

senate academic committee report (dr. todd randall)

 

 

6.1.1

moved that the attached 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic schedules of dates be approved.

 

6.2

senate budget committee report (dr. jennifer roth)

 

6.3

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

 

6.4

senate nominations committee report (dr. robert omeljaniuk)

 

 

6.4.1

moved that dr. hubert de guise be appointed to the senate research committee for the nserc term commencing july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2019.

 

6.5

joint senate committee for the northern ontario school of medicine (nosm) report

 

 

6.5.1

moved that;

(a)  the amendments to the nosm policy regarding academic appeals be approved as presented, and;
(b)  the joint senate committee for nosm process for appeal review document be rescinded.

 

 

6.5.2

moved that the amendments to the undergraduate medical education (ume) academic appeals policy be approved as presented.

 

6.6

senate organization committee report (dr. judith leggatt)

 

 

6.6.1

moved that the amendments to the joint senate committee for nosm terms of reference be approved.

 

6.7

senate research committee report (dr. grazia viola)

 

 

6.7.1

moved that the attached research integrity policy be approved and that the guidelines and policy for the ethical conduct of research and procedures for investigating misconduct be rescinded.

 

6.8

senate teaching and learning committee report (dr. douglas ivison)

 

6.9

senate undergraduate scholarships and bursaries committee report  (dr. christine gottardo)

 

6.10

senate undergraduate studies committee report (dr. rachel warburton)

 7.

 calendar change approvals

 

7.1

approval of undergraduate calendar changes (dr. rachel warburton)

moved that the following undergraduate academic calendar changes be approved:

faculty of business administration

  • 2017-bus-6315 – global entrepreneurship certificate program
  • 2017-bus-6326 – honours bachelor of commerce co-operative programs (orillia campus)
  • 2017-bus-6330-a – honours bachelor of commerce college transferpathways (orillia) (business administration major)

faculty of engineering

  • 2018-eng-6540 – courses – modification-ug-engineering-change to offering per 2018-eng-6495 & 6496

faculty of science and environmental studies

  • 2018-sci-6525 – course_minor modification_ug_geology_correction to course offering     

faculty of social sciences and humanities

  • 2018-soc-6487 – modification to french 3603 to add type e classification

 

7.2

approval of undergraduate regulation and admission changes (dr. todd randall)

moved that the following undergraduate regulation and admission changes be approved:

faculty of education

  • 2017-edu-6451-a-a – admission requirements modification ug education
  • 2017-edu-6451-a-b – regulation modification ug education

faculty of engineering

  • 2018-eng-6493 – regulations – modifications – ug - engineering

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

  • 2017-hbs-6311 – modifications to ug school of social work regulations
  • 2017-hbs-6386 – undergrad kine regulations

university regulations & admission requirements

  • 2018-univreg-6542 – minor modification to undergraduate admission requirements

 

7.3

approval of graduate calendar changes (dr. chander shahi)

moved that the following graduate academic calendar changes be approved:

 faculty of engineering

  • 2015-eng-4916 – new – msc chem eng graduate program (phase 3 “final” approval)
  • 2015-eng-4917-b – new courses for msc chem eng program associated with 2015-eng-4916
  • 2018-eng-6505 – courses – new course – grad – civil engineering

faculty of science and environmental studies

  • 2017-sci-6420 – mes courses changes
  • 2017-sci-6421 – mes – program change

faculty of social sciences and humanities

  • 2017-soc-6456 – discontinuation of mes in nature-based recreation and tourism
  • 2018-soc-6464 – discontinuation of mes courses
  • 2018-soc-6465 – discontinuation of two mes courses

 

7.4

approval of graduate regulation and admission changes (dr. todd randall)

moved that the following graduate regulation and admission changes be approved:

faculty of engineering

  • 2018-eng-6498 – regulations – modifications – grad – engineering – change to regs to allow replace failed course

faculty of graduate studies

  • 2017-fgs-6393 – modification to masters minimum academic standing

faculty of health and behavioural sciences

  • 2017-hbs-6280 – admission requirement_modification_gr_social work

8.

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

 

8.1

moved that the lusu appointment recommendations for student and lusu executive members on the senate and senate standing committees be approved as attached.

9.

adjunct professor recommendations

 

9.1

faculty of natural resources management

moved that the following adjunct professor appointments be approved:

 

9.2

faculty of science and environmental studies

moved that the following adjunct professor appointment be approved:

10

informational items

 

10.1

election updates

  • dr. douglas ivison was elected as the council of ontario universities (cou) academic colleague for the term commencing july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2021.
  • dr. ann kajander was acclaimed as a faculty senator for the term commencing july 1, 2018 to june 30, 2019.

 

10.2

adjunct professor renewals

 

 

10.2.1

faculty of natural resources management

 

 

10.2.2

faculty of science and environmental studies

 

10.3

president’s report (dr. moira mcpherson)

 

 

10.3.1

 list of professor emeriti-ae

 

10.4

provost & vice-president (academic) report (dr. david barnett)

 

10.5

cou academic colleagues report (dr. azim mallik)

 

10.6

board of governors report (mr. sean speer)

adjournment