University Committees

Current

  • Advisory Committee on the Canadian Armed Forces (2018 to present)
  • Chair in Finnish Studies Advisory Committee (2007 to present)
  • Senate - Official Observer (2021 to present)

Past

  • Campaign Priority Setting Committee (2019)
  • Chair, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Council (2013 to 2015) 
  • Chair, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Joint Senate Committee (2011 to 2013 and 2014 to 2016)
  • Chair, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Joint Senate Appeals Committee (2011 to 2013 and 2014 to 2016)
  • Chair, Communications Across the Curriculum Committee (2002 to 2003)
  • Continuing Education and Distributed Learning Strategic Planning Committee (2010 to 2012)
  • Dean-CEO Search Committee for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (2017 to 2018)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair Search Committee (2012)
  • Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Ad hoc Cultural Studies MA Program development committee (2007 to 2010)
  • Implementing Abilities Across the Curriculum Committee (2000 to 2001)
  • Lakehead University Faculty Association (2010 to 2014)
    • Executive Committee (2010 to 2011)
    • External Relations Committee (2009 to 2011, Chair 2010 to 2011)
    • Alternate Representative, CAUT Defence Fund (2011 to 2014)
  • Lakehead University Strategic Planning Committee Outreach Task Force (1999 to 2000)
  • Northern Ontario School of Medicine Appeals Process and Policy Working Group (2013)
  • Presidential Advisory Committee on Canada Research Chair Nominations (2011 to 2013)
  • Registrar's Advisory Committee (2010 to 2014)
  • Senator (1999; 2009 to 2016; and 2017 to 2019) 
  • Senate Academic Committee (2000-2002 and 2008 to 2010)
    • Sub-committee on policies and procedures (2008 to 2010)
    • Ad hoc committee on Senate Policy on Academic Appeals (2009 to 2010)
    • Sub-committee on Goals, Objectives, and Principles of Academic Planning (2001 to 2002)
  • Senate Executive Committee (2011 to 2013 and 2014 to 2016)
  • Senate Honourary Degrees Committee (2016 to 2021)
  • Senate Library Committee (2000 to 2003)
  • Senate Part-Time Studies and Distance Education Committee (2002 to 2003)
  • Senate Research Committee (2001 to 2003)
  • Senate Teaching and Learning Committee sub-committee on Learning Spaces and Technology (2017 to 2019)
  • Steering Committee for the Establishment of the Northern Ontario Policy Institute (2009 to 2012)
  • Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (2000-2001)