Senate
Date:
Friday, September 23, 2005 - 12:00am
Location:
Senate Chambers
Agenda:
SENATE MEETING #2005-7
To be held on
- Senate Chambers
Welcome to New Senators
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Minutes
of Senate Meeting #2005-6 held on
Copy is attached and posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
3. Correction
to the Minutes of the Senate Meeting held on
Correction
is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
ITEMS FOR DECISION
5. Recommendation from LUSU re Student Representation on Senate Standing Committees for 2005-2006
6. Late Additions to May 2005 Graduands List (Dr. M. Shaw)
7. Proposed 2006/2007 Calendar Changes for Referral
7.1 Professional Schools - Kinesiology (SUSC & SBC)
- Native Nurses Entry Program(SUSC & SBC)
7.2 Education - Graduate Studies & Research in Education (SGSC & SBC)
7.3 Vice-President (Academic) - Adjustment to Admission Criteria for American Applicants (SUSC & SBC)
Proposed Calendar Changes are posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
8. Reports of the Senate Standing Committees on Proposed Calendar Changes to Graduate Programs (Dr. G. Boire, SGSC; Dr. Q-L. Dang, SBC)
Reports are posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
9. Report of the Senate Academic Committee (Dr. J. O'Meara)
ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
10. President's Report (Dr. F. Gilbert)
11. Report of the Vice-President (Academic) and Provost (Dr. L. Hayes)
12. Report of NOSM (Dr. R. Strasser or Dr. D. Hunt)
13. Renewal of Appointment of Adjunct Professors (Dr. F. Gilbert)
Dr. Jaro Kotalik - Department of Philosophy
14. Appointments to the Core Faculty of the MPH Program (Dr. I. Newhouse)
Dr. J. McAuliffe -
Dr. Brian Mundell Ross -
Dr. Patricia M. Smith -
15. Student Satisfaction Survey of Courses - 2004/2005 (K. L. Clarke)
Report is posted at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca
Minutes:
LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY
Minutes of Senate Meeting #2005-7
held on Friday,
September 23, 2005
at 4:30 p.m. in the Senate Chambers
President Gilbert called the meeting to order.
The
President welcomed new Senators. Dr. QL.
Dang noted that he was not in fact a new member of Senate. The Secretary of Senate apologized for the
error.
1. Approval of Agenda
Moved (H. Saliba/B. Dadgostar) that the
agenda be approved. Carried.
2. Minutes of Senate Meeting
#2005-6
Moved (R. Delaney/S. Islam) that the
minutes of Senate Meeting #2005-6, held on June 6, 2005,
be approved with the following correction: that the Senate Budget
Committee approved the Honours Bachelor
of Social Work program with a concentration in Indigenous Learning. Carried.
3. Moved (M. Shaw/A.
Carastathis) that item 10 in the Senate Minutes of October 1, 2004 be corrected
as follows: Anne Ostrom and Janet
Sillman should be identified as Professional Associates, not Adjunct
Professors, in the Master of Public Health Program. Carried.
F. Gilbert noted that the Board of Governors would have to be informed
of this change.
4. Business Arising from the
Minutes
There was no business arising from the Minutes.
ITEMS FOR DECISION
5. Moved (M. Shaw/K.
Brown) that Senate approve the following LUSU nominees to membership in the
Senate Academic Appeal Committee: Sarah Campbell (Graduate), Ann-Marie
Chlebovec (Graduate), Alicia Cameron (Undergraduate), and Sharleen Hanson (Undergraduate);
and the following nominees as alternates: Jen Smith (Graduate) and Nathan
Petrie (Undergraduate). Carried.
At this point there were no other LUSU nominees for membership in Senate
committees.
6. Late Additions to the May 28, 2005 Graduands List
M. Shaw brought forward to Senate's attention the names of the students
whose names had been added between May 13th and May 28th
to the list of graduands for the May 2005 Convocation. Since Senate had passed at its May 13th
meeting a motion enabling the Registrar to approve graduands by the day of
Convocation, no motion was necessary to confirm approval of the graduates at
this meeting.
M. Shaw noted that Sandra Idone had been presented by mistake to Senate
for eligibility to graduate with the Master of Education degree. She herself acknowledged the error and her
name was removed from the graduands' list prior to Convocation.
7. Proposed
2006/2007 Calendar Changes for Committee Referral:
7.1 Moved (I. Newhouse/M. McPherson)
that the proposals by the Faculty of Professional Schools for Calendar changes
in Kinesiology and the native Nurses Entry Program be referred to Senate
Committees. Carried. The proposals would be referred to the Senate
Budget and Undergraduate Studies Committees.
7.2 Moved (J. O'Meara/M. Shaw) that the
proposal by the Faculty of Education for Calendar changes in the Admissions
Requirements of the Faculty's Graduate Programs be referred to Senate
Committees. Carried. The proposal would be referred to the Senate
Budget and Graduate Studies Committees.
7.3 Moved (L. Hayes/L. Di Matteo) that
the proposal to adjust admission criteria for American applicants to Lakehead University be
referred to Senate Committees. Carried. The proposal would be referred to the Senate
Budget and Undergraduate Studies Committees.
8. Reports of the Senate
Standing Committees on Proposed Calendar Changes to Graduate Programs
H. Saliba spoke on behalf of G. Boire who could not be present.
Moved (H. Saliba/Q.L. Dang) that the
Calendar changes proposed for the MA program in English be approved. Carried.
Moved (H. Saliba/Q.L. Dang) that the
Calendar changes proposed for the MPH program be approved. Carried.
9. Report of the Senate
Academic Committee
The Committee's report with attachments can be found posted in the
Senate web site at http://senate.lakeheadu.ca/meeting.php?mid=9.
Moved (J. O'Meara/R. Delaney) that Senate
refer to the Senate Organization Committee the recommendation that the Associate
Vice-Provost for Aboriginal Initiatives be added to the membership of the
Senate Academic Committee. Carried.
Moved (J. O'Meara/L. Lovett-Doust) that
Senate approve the proposed revisions to the Lakehead University Undergraduate
Program Review Policy and Procedures. Carried.
In addition, the Committee brought forward for information the framework
that it had established for academic planning over the next year and beyond
until 2010.
ITEMS FOR INFORMATION
10. President's
Report
The President noted that the Fall enrolments have turned out to be
higher than reported in the Agora article.
They were still below target, but were high enough not automatically to
necessitate budget cuts. The University
was, however, relying on the flow through of the double cohort to shore up its
enrolments. When the double cohort
students had graduated that deficiency would have to be made up - or budget
cuts would become inevitable; hence the importance of establishing the Orillia
campus to provide an extra draw on the student pool of southern Ontario.
The Ontario government had not yet indicated their allocations to the provincial
universities for the current budget year (which had started on May 1st), but it
was hoped that this information would be forthcoming in the next week. The President hoped to discuss with the
Minister in the near future the University's funding concerns - especially
unfunded students and graduate student funding.
He said as well that, while the Ontario
government would be lifting the fee freeze in the next year, there would not be
total deregulation: fee increases would be limited, probably, between the rate
of inflation and 5%.
He reported that the Senate Academic Appeal Committee had conducted a
hearing - and the appellant had won.
The President responded to questions by P. Hollings, B. Muirhead, and T.
King related to funding.
11. Report
of the Vice-President (Academic) and Provost
L. Hayes thanked faculty for welcoming back students and expressed her
appreciation of their work in the classroom.
She covered a wide range of topics including Orillia, undergraduate
program reviews, academic planning, NOSM, the extension of the Collaborative
Nursing program to 4 rural sites, the appointment of Dr. Gillian Siddall as
Director of the Centre for Instructional Development, an initiative by the
Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning, the PTR timetable, upcoming 40th
anniversary celebrations in the Hangar, the Ontario Universities' Fair, and her
own representation of Lakehead University at a major universities fair in
Minneapolis.
M. Shaw reported on Fall enrolments so far. K. Fedderson noted that the new enrolment
report produced by the Office of Institutional Analysis was superior to that
presented by the Registrar because the former included the involvement of the
Faculties other than Education in the concurrent program. M. Shaw said that he would consult with the
Director of the Office of Institutional Analysis on this subject.
12. Report
of NOSM
Dr. Joel Lanphear, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education,
spoke on behalf of R. Strasser and D. Hunt who could not be present. He expressed gratitude to the President,
Vice-President (Academic), and Vice-Provost for assisting NOSM in getting
started, and to the University in general for its understanding and patience in
view of the idiosyncrasies of medical school administrative organization. He talked about the highlights of NOSM's
first weeks as a fully functioning medical school, accreditation, and the
composition of the student body (e.g. 66% female, 18% francophone, 11%
aboriginal, and the average age: 27.6).
13. Renewal of Adjunct
Appointment
For information F. Gilbert reported to Senate the renewal of Dr. Jaro
Kotalik's appointment to the Department of Philosophy as Adjunct Professor.
14. Appointments to the Core
Faculty of the MPH Program
For information I. Newhouse reported to Senate the appointments of Drs. J. McAuliffe,
Brian M. Ross, and Patricia M. Smith as Core Faculty in the MPH program.
15. Student
Satisfaction Survey of Courses
K.L. Clarke could not be present, but her report was posted to the web.
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Moved (R. Delaney/L. Di Matteo) that the Meeting be adjourned. Carried. The meeting was adjourned at 5:20 p.m.