2025-2026 Academic Council Membership
Position | Name | Term |
Chancellor | Mitch Frazer | Ex-officio |
President (Chair) | Steven Murphy1 | Ex-officio |
Vice-Chair | TBA | |
Provost and Vice-President Academic and Academic Administrator for Quality Enhancement | Lori Livingston | Ex-officio |
Deputy Provost and Senior Administrator Responsible for Student Life | Mary Bluechardt | Ex-officio |
Vice-President, Research and Innovation | Les Jacobs | Ex-officio |
University Librarian | Catherine Davidson | Ex-officio |
University Registrar and Assistant Vice-President International | Joe Stokes | Ex-officio |
Dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology | Carolyn McGregor | Ex-officio |
Dean, Frazer Faculty of Education | Amanda Cooper | Ex-officio |
Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Hossam Kishawy | Ex-officio |
Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences | Carol Rodgers | Ex-officio |
Dean, Faculty of Science | Ken Wilson | Ex-officio |
Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Post Doctoral Studies | Pejman Mirza-Babaei | Ex-officio |
Dean, Social Science and Humanities | Peter Stoett | Ex-officio |
Governor | Dwight Thompson | Board appt |
COU Academic Colleague | Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen | Aug 24 - July 27 |
COU Academic Colleague Alternate | Mikael Eklund | Sept 25 - June 26 |
Faculty of Business & Information Technology | Shahram Heydari | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Business & Information Technology | Mehdi Hossein-Nejad | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Business & Information Technology | Gabby Resch | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Education | Wendy Barber | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science | Ahmad Barari | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science | Scott Nokleby | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science | Sayyed Ali Hosseini | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Health Sciences | JoAnne Arcand | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty of Health Sciences | Laura Banks | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Health Sciences | Janet McCabe | Sept 24 - Aug 27 |
Faculty of Science | Fedor Naumkin | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty of Science | Denina Simmons | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty of Science | Rupinder Brar | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities | Rachel Ariss | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities | Scott Aquanno | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty of Social Science & Humanities | Shannon Vettor | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty At-Large | Shanti Fernando | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty At-Large | Mikael Eklund | July 23 - June 26 |
Faculty At-Large | Ana Duff | Sept 24 - Aug 27 |
Faculty At-Large | Asifa Aamir | Oct 23 - June 26 |
Faculty At-Large | Toba Bryant | Sept 25 - Aug 28 |
Faculty At-Large | Mihai Beligan | Oct 23 - June 26 |
Faculty At-Large | Brenda Jacobs | Sept 24 - Aug 27 |
Faculty At-Large | Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen | Sept 24 - Aug 27 |
Undergraduate Student and Board of Governors Liaison | Jemma Tam | Sept 25 - Aug 26 |
Undergraduate Student | Aliza Rizwan | Sept 25 - Aug 26 |
Undergraduate Student | Venuga Kariharan | Sept 25 - Aug 26 |
Undergraduate Student | Vacant | |
Graduate Student (PhD) | Krystina Clarke | Sept 25 - Aug 26 |
Graduate Student | Gillian Slade | Sept 25 - Aug 26 |
Administrative Staff member | Jessica Hogue | Sept 24 - Aug 27 |
Chief of Staff | Krista Hester | Resource |
University Secretary | Nicola Crow | Resource |
Assistant University Secretary | Kirstie Ayotte | Resource |