Senate Meeting

Date:

Monday, September 16, 2013 - 4:00pm

Location:

Senate Chambers

Senate Meeting #7-2013

Monday, September 16, 2013

4:00 p.m. – Senate Chambers

AGENDA

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Teaching and Learning Awards – Dr. Rod Hanley, Provost & Vice President (Academic)

1.	Approval of Agenda
	MOVED that the agenda be approved.

2.	Approval of Minutes
	2.1	Minutes of the regular Senate Meeting #5-2013 held on May 14^th, 2013 MOVED that the Minutes of the regular Senate Meeting #5-2013 of May 14^th, 2013 be approved.

	2.2	Minutes of Special Senate Meeting #6-2013 held on June 18^th, 2013 MOVED that the Minutes of Special Senate Meeting #6-2013 of June 18^th, 2013 be approved.

3.	Business Arising from the Minutes

4.	Proposed Undergraduate Calendar Changes for Referral (Dr. Wayne Melville)
		MOVED that the proposed Undergraduate Calendar Changes be referred to the appropriate committees: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities NORT HBSc Discontinuation (2012-SOC-160) Faculty of Business Administration Business 3013 (2013-BUS-1500) Business 3253 (2013-BUS-1501) Certificate in Business Information Technology Management (2013-BUS-1503) Minor in Information Systems (2013-BUS-1504) Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Information Systems Major) (2013-BUS-1505) Faculty of Natural Resources Management Term Changes to Two Courses (2013-NAT-1157) Faculty of Engineering Electrical ENGI 0330 (2013-ENG-1822) Common Year – English Change (2013-ENG-1821)

5.	Reports of Standing Committees on Proposed Calendar Changes

	5.1	Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee Report (Dr. Wayne Melville)

		MOVED that the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee Report be accepted.

	5.2	Senate Budget Committee Report (Dr. Birbal Singh)

		MOVED that the Senate Budget Committee Report be accepted.

	5.3	Senate Academic Committee Report (Dr. Andrew P. Dean)

		Quality Assurance: Cyclical Undergraduate and Graduate Programs Review – School of Kinesiology Quality Assurance: Cyclical Program Review – Joint PhD FAR

		5.3.1 MOVED that the Terms of Reference for the Senate Academic Committee Writing Initiatives Sub-Committee be approved.

		5.3.2 Notice of Motion is hereby given by the Senate Academic Committee that Senate approval for the Academic Appeals Policy will be sought at the October 21, 2013 Senate meeting.

		5.3.3 MOVED that the Senate Academic Committee Report be accepted.

6.	Major Modification - Master of Education (MEd) Program (Dr. Birbal Singh)

	MOVED that the Senate approve the proposal for the Master of Education Major Modifications (MEd) Program (version dated: June 26, 2013).

7.	Senate Organization Committee Report (Dr. Rachel Warburton)

	7.1	MOVED that the proposed Terms of Reference for the Joint Senate Committee for NOSM be approved.

	7.2	MOVED that the Senate Organization Committee Report be accepted.

8.	Senate Nominations Committee Report (Dr. Craig MacKinnon)

	8.1	MOVED that the attached list of faculty members be appointed to Senate Standing Committees for the terms listed.

	8.2	MOVED that the Senate Nominations Committee Report be accepted.

9.	Senate Research Committee Report (Dr. Azim Mallik)

	9.1	Senate Research Committee Annual Report 2012-2013

	9.2	MOVED that the name of the “Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs” be changed to the “Centre for Education and Research on Positive Youth Development.”

	9.3	MOVED that the Advanced Institute for Globalization & Culture (AIG+C) be terminated as per the Policies and Procedures for the Establishment of Centres and Institutes.

	9.4	MOVED that the reports from the Senate Research Committee be accepted.

10.	Approval of Adjunct Professors (Dr. Andrew P. Dean)

	10.1	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professors for the Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies be approved:

		Dr. David Chapman be appointed as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Chemistry for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017. Dr. Christopher Murray be appointed as an Internal Adjunct Professor to the Department of Biology for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

	10.2	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professors for the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences be approved:

		Dr. Marcus Powloski be appointed as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Health Sciences for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

	10.3	MOVED that the following Adjunct Professors for the Faculty of Education be approved: Dr. Kristin Burnett be appointed as an Internal Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Education for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

11.	LUSU Recommendations for Student Representatives on Senate Standing Committees for 2013-2014 (Mrs. Marian Ryks-Szelekovszky)

	MOVED that the LUSU recommendations for Student Representatives on Senate Standing Committees for 2013-2014 be approved.

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION

12.	Athletics Annual Report (Mr. Tom Warden)

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

13.	Late Additions to the List of Graduands (Mrs. Andrea Huillery) 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 posted to the Senate website.

14.	Adjunct Professor Renewals (Information Only)

	14.1	Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies

		Dr. Mitchell Taylor’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Geography has been renewed for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

	14.2	Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences

		Dr. John Haggerty’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Psychology has been renewed for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

		Dr. Peter Voros’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Psychology has been renewed for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

		Dr. Fred Schmidt’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Psychology has been renewed for the term July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2017.

15.	COU Academic Colleague Report (Dr. Azim Mallik)

16.	President’s Report (Dr. Brian Stevenson) Report on Student Appeals, 2012/2013 (Dr. Matthew Leitch)

17.	Report of the Provost & Vice-President (Academic) (Dr. Rod Hanley)

18.	Report of NOSM (Dr. William McCready)

19.	Report of the Senate Representative on the Board of Governors (Dr. Carney Matheson)

Adjourn