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2025-2026 Academic Council (AC) Committee Members

  • Academic Appeals Committee
    Position Name Term
    Faculty - Chair TBC
    Faculty - Vice Chair TBC
    Elected Faculty Member Brent MacRae Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Josh Lowe July 2023-June 2026
    Elected Faculty Member Langis Roy Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Steven Hayle Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Nisha Agarwal  Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Registrar or Delegate Adam Wingate  Advisory
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Sierra Lucier**  Sept 25 - Aug 28 
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Jemma Tam*  Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Karitiki Balsekar** Sept 24 - Aug 25

    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

    *non-renewable

    **renewable for 1 year

  • Governance & Nominations Committee (GNC)
    Position Name Term
    President & Vice-Chancellor (Chair) Steven Murphy Ex-officio
    Provost & Vice-President, Academic Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    Staff Member of Academic Council Jessica Hogue  Ex-officio 
    Secretary of Academic Council (non-voting) Nicola Crow Ex-officio
    Dean  Carolyn McGregor (FBIT) Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Faculty Member Mehdi Hossein Nejad (FBIT) Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member Rupinder Brar (FSci) Sept 25 - Aug 28 
    Elected AC Faculty Member Toba Bryant (FHSci) Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member Scott Nokleby (FEAS) Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member Shannon Vettor (FSSH) Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member Wendy Barber (FEd) July 23-June 26
    Elected AC Student Member  Venuga Kariharan Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

     

  • Graduate Studies Committee (GSC)

     

    Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ex-officio
    Vice-President, Research and Innovation Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    Associate Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) Carla Cesaroni Ex-officio
    Assistant Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) Vacant - TBA Ex-officio
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Shahram Heydari Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Karolina Krystyniak Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Frazer Faculty of Education Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Diana Petrarca Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Akira Tokuhiro Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Xianke Lin Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Amirkianoosh Kiani Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Akramul Azim Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Nick Wattie Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Jennifer Abbass Dick Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Dario Bonetta Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Lennaert van Veen TBC
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Faisal Quereshi Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Franco Gaspari Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Leigh Harkins Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Olga Marques Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Andrea Slane Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Elected AC Faculty Member (with Graduate Faculty Appointment) Sayyed Ali Hosseini Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member (with Graduate Faculty Appointment) JoAnne Arcand Sept 23-Aug 26
    Graduate Student Council Representative VACANT
    Elected Graduate Student Member Krystina Clarke* Sept. 25 - Aug 26
    Manager of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) (non-voting) Holly MacPherson Ex-officio
    Provost and Vice-President Academic (non-voting) Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    Dean of each Faculty (non-voting) Ex-officio
    University Librarian (non-voting) Catherine Davidson Ex-officio
    Office of the Registrar representative (non-voting) Adam Wingate Ex-officio
    Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement representative (non-voting) Kimberley McCartney

     

    Ex-officio
    Secretary of Academic Council (or designate) (non-voting) Nicola Crow Ex-Officio

    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

    *non-renewable

    **renewable for 1 year

  • Honorary Degrees Committee
    Position Name Term
    Chancellor Mitch Frazer Ex-officio
    President  (Chair) Steven Murphy Ex-officio
    Provost and Vice-President Academic Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    Vice-President External Relations  James Barnett Ex-officio
    Secretary, Academic Council (non-voting)  Nicola Crow  Ex-officio 
    Elected Faculty Member Brenda Jacobs Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Elected Faculty Member Dan Hoornweg Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Janet McCabe Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Student Member Jemma Tam* Sept 25 - Aug 26

    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

    *non-renewable

    **renewable for 1 year

  • Research Committee

    List of the Research Committee Members

    Position Name Term
    VP Research and Innovation (Chair) Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    Dean, School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ex-officio
    Executive Director, Office of Research Services Jennifer Freeman  Ex-officio
    Research Finance (non-voting) Susanne Brown Ex-officio
    Chief Librarian Catherine Davidson Ex-officio
    Secretary to the Research Board Amanda Goddard Ex-officio
    Faculty of Business and IT Faculty Member Peter Lewis Jan 24 - June 26
    Frazer Faculty of Education Faculty Member Joelle Rodway  Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Faculty Member Tarlochan Sidhu Sept 25 - Aug 28 
    Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty Member Nick Wattie Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Faculty of Science Faculty Member Andrea Kikwood Sept 25 - Aug 28 
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Faculty Member Amy Leach Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 
  • Steering Committee
    Position Name Term End
    President (Chair) Steven Murphy Ex-officio
    Provost Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    CPRC Chair Mary Bluechardt Ex-officio
    GSC Chair Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ex-officio
    Chair of Research Board Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    University Secretary (non-voting) Nicola Crow Ex-officio
    Elected AC Member Brenda Jacobs Sept 25 - Aug 27
    Electied AC Member Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Member Scott Nokleby Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Member Denina Simmons Oct 23 - June 26
    Elected AC Administrative Staff Member Jessica Hogue Sept 25 - Aug 27 
    Elected AC Student Member Jemma Tam Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

     

  • Undergraduate Studies Committee (USC)

     

    Position Name Term
    Senior academic administrator responsible for Quality Enhancement (Chair) Mary Bluechardt

     

    Ex-officio
    Registrar (or designate) Adam Wingate Appointed by Registrar 2025
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Mehdi Hossein Nejad Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Frazer Faculty of Education - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Christian Elia Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Scott Nokleby Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Health Sciences - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Janet McCabe Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Science - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Randy Fortier Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Thomas McMorrow Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Elected AC Faculty Member Ana Duff Sept 24 - Aug 26
    Elected AC Faculty Member Wendy Barber July 23 - June 26
    Elected AC Undergraduate Student Member Jemma Tam* Sept 25 - Aug 26
    Elected AC Undergraduate Student Member Vacancy
    School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies representative (non-voting) Holly MacPherson

    Ex-officio
    Manager from Office of the Registrar, as designated by Registrar (non-voting) Jessica Bosswell

     Ex-officio
    Manager of the Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement (or designate) (non-voting) Kimberley McCartney

     Ex-officio

    Secretary of Academic Council (or designate) (non-voting)

    		 Nicola Crow

     Ex-officio

    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present.

    *non-renewable

    **renewable for 1 year