Faculty Council Meeting - Friday, February 4, 2022; Deadline for Agenda Items: Friday, January 28/2022 at 3:30 pm

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

MINUTES
Friday, January 4, 2022
 
A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, January 4, 2022 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

Moment of Silence
A moment of silence was held in remembrance of Dr. Ryan McInerney, Contract Lecturer in the Philosophy Department, who passed away in December 2021.  

Introduction of New Faculty Members
J. Jarman introduced two new faculty members in Interdisciplinary Studies/Criminology.  Both started their employment with Lakehead on January 1, 2022.

Dr. Davut Akca:
Davut Akca worked for the Turkish National Police as a ranked police officer for five years (2008-2013), before coming to Canada to pursue a M.A. in Criminology at Ontario Technical University.  There he wrote a thesis on spatial risk factors behind open-air drug markets in Durham Region, Ontario. Then, he went on to complete a Forensic Psychology Ph.D., also at Ontario Technical University, examining the impact of personality on investigative interviewing performance of police officers.  Most recently, he was working as a post-doctoral research officer and program evaluator for the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Justice Studies at the University of Saskatchewan. His research interests include investigative interviewing, missing persons, gangs, program evaluation, radicalization, and hate crimes.

Dr. Debra MacKinnon:
Debra MacKinnon is an Assistant Professor at Lakehead University. Previously, she was a  Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Windsor, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary (geography) and a visiting scholar the University of Essex (sociology). I completed my PhD in sociology at Queen’s University. I hold a Master of Arts in sociology and Bachelor of Arts in sociology (hons) with an extended minor in criminology from Simon Fraser University.
Her current project “In the Business of Policing” analyzes the convergence of public and private policing technologies used to patrol urban spaces and their implications for policing and community relations in Windsor (Ontario), Detroit (Michigan), Toronto (Ontario) and Chicago (Illinois). Her doctoral dissertation “Mundane Surveillance: Tracking mobile applications and urban accounting in Canadian Business Improvement Areas” explored how technologies are used to police, account for, render, and manage urban space and populations.
Her general research interests are in urban studies; critical criminology; policing studies; socio-legal theory; surveillance studies; science and technology studies; smart cities; wearables, and qualitative research methodologies.

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

        Carried.
2.
Approval of Minutes
Approval of the minutes from December 3, 2021.
The revised minutes were accepted.

3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
None.

4.
Calendar Changes

Languages:

It was moved by I. Lemée and seconded by A. den Otter that the following calendar changes for
Languages be approved.
2022-SOC-7837:  Remove FREN 4515 to leave space for a new version of this module.
2022-SOC-7839:  Courses - New - UG - Languages - New course description to reflect what is taught in
the module.
        Carried.

5.
Department/School Reports.

i)  Languages
I. Lemée stated that she and Jeannette Mundinger Hardy are now TEF (Test d'Evaluation en Français) assessors. TEF is an international benchmark test that measures a person’s level of knowledge and skills in French. The TEF Canada is a mandatory test in the context of economic immigration programs that require proof of language skills, at the request of Canadian Citizenship and Immigration to Canada. The TEF Canada is also an essential proof of French language proficiency level to obtain Canadian citizenship.
So, on top of being assessors for all the levels of DELF and DALF, we have added another test to evaluate!

ii)  Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism
S. Pound stated that he is now the Acting Director of the School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism while L. Potvin is on maternity/paternity leave.  He stated he was happy to be here.

Iii)  Music
A. Carastathis stated that the concert series offered by the Music Department this winter has had to cancel two concerts due to covid.  The next concert will be held in March 2022.

6.
Dean’s Report.
As our offices were closed for the holiday season, and the Provost was away, there is no new information to report today.
Work continues on the BA General cyclical review with N. Luckai and J. Roth.
Meetings will be held with Chairs/Director in the new few weeks to discuss scheduling and FCE request for the coming 2022/2023 F/W terms.  Please contact S. Viitala to book an appointment.  If you require more than one meeting, please let S. Viitala know and these can be scheduled as well.
Funding for online courses will be discussed once the budget is in place.
Please continue to monitor and support students as we begin the winter term.  
Any information or updates received with regard to covid will be shared as with everyone, including provincial guidelines, policy updates (mask wearing).
Thank you to all and I hope you have a great New Year!  Hopefully we can guide each other through this.

7.
Assistant Dean’s Report.
The report to Senate for our Faculty has been submitted to the Provost’s Office.  Please reach out if anything is missing.  J. Roth continues to work on the cyclical review for the BA General with B. Birmingham and N. Luckai as well as student advising in this program.

8.
Other Business:
None.

9.
Next Faculty Council Meeting:  Friday, February 4, 2022 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

10.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 10:33 am.  (J. Roth; L. Chambers)

ATTENDANCE
Thunder Bay Campus
R. Maundrell
K. Holmes
D. Ivison
L. Primavesi
B. Birmingham
T. Puddephatt
B. Maiangwa
R. Robson
M. Flegel
I. Lemée
L. Chambers
C, Sanders
J. Roth
A. Carastathis
P. Cain
S. Viitala - recording

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

Regrets:
None