Faculty Council Meeting - Friday, December 3, 2021; deadline for agenda items: Friday, November 26/2021

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

MINUTES

Friday, November 12th, 2021
A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, November 12th, 2021 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

Presentation:  Ms. Lynn Hurrell - Director, Undergraduate Recruitment

L. Hurrell shared a slide deck entitled, Undergraduate Recruitment:  Looking Ahead:  2021-2022:  Update for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities - November 12, 2021.  

It was noted that the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities has a strong presence in recruitment.
L. Hurrell explained the importance of building connections both internally and externally.  She stated the importance of faculty members reaching out and making that connection with the student and to follow up with them during the registration process and after.  It was also noted that those faculty members with particular experience and knowledge in a given area be matched with those students with the same interest.
A question and answer period followed.  
L. Hurrell will send the two presentations to B. Birmingham for distribution to all Chairs/Director.

1.
Approval of Agenda
It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by L. Chambers that the agenda be approved.
        Carried.

2.
Approval of Minutes
Approval of the minutes from October 8th, 2021.
The minutes were accepted as posted.
        
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
None.

4.
Calendar Changes
ii)  Interdisciplinary Studies
It was moved by J. Jarman and seconded by L. Chambers that the following calendar changes for
Interdisciplinary Studies be approved.

2021-SOC-7772:  New Transfer Agreement--HBASc (Criminology Major) with Sheridan College
           Police Foundations Diploma

2021-SOC-7773: New Transfer Agreement--HBASc (Criminology Major) with Centennial College
          Police Foundations Diploma
Carried.

5.
Department/School Reports.

i)  Social Justice Studies Program - Update
K. Brooks gave an overview with regard to the Social Justice Studies Program.  He encouraged faculty members who are interested to think about becoming involved.  There is currently an Advisory Committee and an Admissions Committee with three members each plus himself.
He is also looking to start a SJS Events Committee and an Academic Planning and Curriculum Committee.  If anyone is interested in becoming involved, please contact him directly.  Please use the following link for more information regarding the process.: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/social-justice/faculty-res... .

ii)  Outdoor Recreation
L. Potvin announced the following retirements:
Dr. Willow Curthoys - December 31, 2021
Dr. Tom Potter - June 30, 2022

iii)  Gender and Women’s Studies
L. Chambers announced the department’s recent newsletter.  This will be sent to everyone via email.

iv)  Interdisciplinary Studies
J. Jarman announced that there will be a book launch for S. Jeppesen coming up for her recent book entitled, Transformative Media: Intersectional Technopolitics from Indymedia to #BlackLivesMatter, has just come out with UBC Press.

v) English
D. Ivison stated that the Department of English had a book launch on October 22, 2021 with five new books.  The event was hybrid with in person and Zoom.
He also announced they will be hosting a Climate Change Book Club with four books beginning January 2022.  Everyone is welcome to attend. There are three partners:  Thunder Bay and Orillia Campuses as well as the Library. Please see the Department of English website for more details.

6.
Dean’s Report.

Open House
There will be an open house for our newly renovated office suite in December before we break for the holidays.

Fall/Winter Timetable
We will begin reviewing the timetable for Fall/Winter 2022/2023 delivery very soon.  We will have to figure out where things are at but it should look quite similar to this year’s and last.

Budget Model
The new budget model will be based on the number of majors we have, enrolment, both international and local, and retention and graduation.  This will decide the number of FCEs we will receive.  We need to increase majors in our own programs.  Our service courses continue to get funds for our Faculty; however, we need to get credit for both kinds of students.

Spring/Summer
I will be meeting in the next week or so with all Chairs/Director/Program Coordinators to discuss budget and FCE allocations for the 2022 S/S terms.  CEDL money will be distributed to all faculties to manage as that department no longer exists.  Further discussions regarding this budget are planned.  Once all the issues have been sorted out, I will update everyone accordingly.

Covid
Newly hired instructors for the winter term, as well as students, need to be vaccinated.  No students were lost during due to the vaccine mandate.  Only those students who were enrolled in on campus courses were contacted, and those were minimal.

Retention and graduation of our students is very important.  Please reach out if you require any resources.  Peer mentoring is also available and there are different models to choose from.

7.
Assistant Dean’s Report
J. Roth continues to advise the BA General students.  
With regard to student mentoring, Outdoor Recreation matches students at the first-year level.  Usually it is a fourth-year student who is automatically assigned. If anyone is interested in setting up a mentorship program in their department, please contact her.

8.
Other Business:
None.

9.
Next Faculty Council Meeting:  Friday, December 3rd, 2021 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

10.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:33 am.  (J. Jarman and V. Hébert)

ATTENDANCE

Thunder Bay Campus
R. Maundrell
K. Holmes
D. Ivison
L. Potvin
L. Primavesi
R. Robson
B. Birmingham
M. Flegel
B. Maiangwa  
I. Lemée
C. Sanders
L. Chambers
J. Roth
K. Brooks
T. Puddephatt
E. Chugunov
S. Viitala - recording

Orillia Campus
M. Stevenson
J. Jarman
V. Hébert
A. den Otter

Regrets:
L. Fiddick
B. Vernier