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2026-2027 Academic Council (AC) Committee Members

  • Academic Appeals Committee
    Position Name Term
    Faculty - Chair Brent MacRae Sept 26 - Aug 28
    Faculty - Vice Chair Pariss Garramone Sept 26 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Brent MacRae Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Nisha Agarwal Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Steven Hayle Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected Faculty Member Pariss Garramone Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Registrar or Delegate Adam Wingate  Advisory
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Areeba Azhar**  July 26 - June 27
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Greatness Okhani**  July 26 - June 27
    Elected Undergraduate Student Member Joshua Zino** July 26 - June 27

    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 Shannon Vettor (FSSH) Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Elected AC Faculty Member VACANT (FEd)
    Elected AC Faculty Member VACANT (FEAS)
    Elected AC Student Member  Kailey Haskell Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present. 

     

  • Graduate Studies Committee (GSC)

     

    Position Name Term
    Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS)  (Chair) Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ex-officio
    Vice-President, Research and Innovation Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    Associate Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS)* Mehdi Hossein-Nejad Ex-officio
    Associate Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS)* Carla Cesaroni Ex-officio
    Associate Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS)* Adam Dubrowski Ex-officio
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Shahram Heydari Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Karolina Krystyniak Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Frazer Faculty of Education Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Roland van Oostveen Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Rachid Machrafi Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Xianke Lin Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Ghaus Rizvi  Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Akramul Azim Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD) Dima Jawad Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Graduate Program Director (GPD) Atef Mohany Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Nick Wattie Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Jennifer Abbass Dick Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Dario Bonetta Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Lennaert van Veen Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Alvaro Joffre Uribe Quevado Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Science Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Franco Gaspari Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Lindsay Malloy Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Olga Marques Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Andrea Slane Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Graduate Program Director (GPD)  Karla Sainju Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Faculty Member (with Graduate Faculty Appointment) Sayyed Ali Hosseini Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Faculty Member (with Graduate Faculty Appointment) VACANT
    Graduate Student Council Representative VACANT
    Elected Graduate Student Member VACANT
    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. 

    *2 out of 3 Associate Deans have voting rights

  • 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  VACANT 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 VACANT Sept 25 - Aug 26

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

     

  • 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 Committee

    		 Amanda Goddard Ex-officio
    Faculty of Business and IT Faculty Member Peter Lewis Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Frazer Faculty of Education Faculty Member Joelle Rodway  Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Faculty Member Atef Mohany Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty Member Nick Wattie Sept 25 - Aug 28
    Faculty of Science Faculty Member Andrea Kirkwood Sept 25 - Aug 28 
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Faculty Member Amy Leach Sept 25 - Aug 28
    AC Elected Faculty Member Denina Simmons Sept 26 - Aug 29
    AC Elected Faculty Member Ginny Brunton Sept 26 - Aug 29
    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
    USC Chair Mary Bluechardt Ex-officio
    GSC Chair Pejman Mirza-Babaei Ex-officio
    Research Committee Chair Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    University Secretary (non-voting) Nicola Crow Ex-officio
    Elected AC Member Brenda Jacobs Sept 25 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Member Andrew Hogue Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Elected AC Member Denina Simmons Sept 26 - Aug 29
    Elected AC Member VACANT
    Elected AC Administrative Staff Member Jessica Hogue Sept 25 - Aug 27 
    Elected AC Student Member Noah Bagshaw Sept 26 - Aug 27
    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 Andrew Hogue Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Frazer Faculty of Education - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Christian Elia Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Martin Agelin-Chaab Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Health Sciences - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Janet McCabe Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Science - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Randy Fortier Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities - Faculty Curriculum Committee Member Tyler Frederick Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Faculty Member Ana Duff Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Faculty Member Laura Banks Sept 26 - Aug 28
    Elected AC Undergraduate Student Member Samantha Ng** Sept 26 - Aug 27
    Elected AC Undergraduate Student Member Ryelle Quiazon** Sept 26 - Aug 27
    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