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2021-2022 Academic Council Committee Members

  • Academic Council Steering Committee
    List of Members of Steering Committee
    Name Position Term End
    Steven Murphy President (Chair) Ex-officio
    Lori Livingston Provost Ex-officio
    Langis Roy CPRC Chair Ex-officio
    Langis Roy GSC Chair Ex-officio
    Les Jacobs Chair of Research Board Ex-officio
    Cheryl Foy Academic Council Secretary (non-voting) Ex-officio
    Mehdi Hossein Nejad Elected AC Member* October 2020 - June 2022
    Elita Partosoedarso Elected AC Member* July 2021 - June 2024
    VACANT Elected AC Member*
    VACANT Elected AC Member*
    VACANT Elected AC Member*
    VACANT Elected AC Member*

    * Steering Committee membership provides for 3-6 elected AC members

  • Academic Appeals Committee
    List of Members of Academic Appeals Committee
    Name Position Term End
    Wesley Crichlow (FSSH) Faculty July 2019 - June 2022
    Helene-Marie Goulding (FHSci) Faculty July 2021 - June 2024
    Amir Mostaghim (FSSH) Faculty July 2019 - June 2022
    Vacant Faculty
    Vacant Student
    Vacant Student
    Vacant Student
  • Undergraduate Studies Committee

     

    List of Members of Undergraduate Studies Committee

    Name Position Term End
    Ex-Officio Members
    Langis Roy Senior academic administrator responsible for Quality Enhancement or designate (Chair) Designated by Provost August 2020
    Joe Stokes Registrar (or designate)
    Chair of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
    Mehdi Hossein Nejad Faculty of Business & Information Technology
    Wendy Barber Faculty of Education
    Matthew Kaye Faculty of Energy Systems & Nuclear Science
    Min Dong Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science
    Otto Sanchez Faculty of Health Sciences
    Rupinder Brar Faculty of Science
    Scott Aquanno Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
    Academic Council Members
    Mehdi Hossein Nejad Faculty of Business & Information Technology October 2019 - June 2022
    Ana Duff July 2021 - June 2024
    Student Members
    VACANT
    VACANT
    Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
    Alena Shah School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies representative
    Kristen Boujos Manager from Office of the Registrar, as designated by Registrar
    Manager of the Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement (or designate) 
    Becky Dinwoodie Secretary of Academic Council (or designate)
    Kimberley McCartney Secretary to the USC

     

  • Governance & Nominations Committee*
    List of Members of Governance and Nominations Committee
    Name Position Term End
    Steven Murphy President (Chair) Ex-Officio
    Lori Livingston Provost & VP Academic Ex-Officio
    VACANT Staff member of Academic Council Ex-Officio
    Cheryl Foy Secretary of Academic Council
    (non-voting)
    Ex-Officio
    Carol Rodgers Dean July 2021 - June 2024
    Ferdinand Jones Elected Teaching Staff* (FBIT) July 2021 - June 2024
    Mike Eklund Elected Teaching Staff* October 2020 - June 2023
    VACANT Elected Teaching Staff*
    VACANT Elected Teaching Staff*
    VACANT Elected Teaching Staff*
    VACANT Elected Teaching Staff*
    VACANT Elected Teaching Staff*
    VACANT Student Member of AC
    *GNC membership provides for 7 elected Teaching Staff members of Academic Council
    **Eligible for 1-year renewal
  • Graduate Studies Committee
    List of Members of Graduate Studies Committee
    Name Position Term End
    Langis Roy Dean of Graduate Studies (Chair) Ex-Officio
    Les Jacobs VP, Research and Innovation Ex-Officio
    Jeremy Bradbury Associate Dean of SGPS Ex-Officio
    Assistant Dean of SGPS Ex-Officio
    Graduate Program Directors
    Miguel Vargas Martin Faculty of Business & Information Technology
    Allyson Eamer Faculty of Education
    Jennifer McKellar Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
    Martin Agelin-Chaab Faculty Engineering & Applied Science
    Qusay Mahmoud Faculty Engineering & Applied Science
    Ying Wang Faculty Engineering & Applied Science
    Manon Lemonde Faculty of Health Sciences
    Janice Strap Faculty of Science
    Lennaert van Veen Faculty of Science
    Faisal Qureshi Faculty of Science
    Brad Easton Faculty of Science
    Leigh Harkins Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
    Karla Dhungani-Sainju Faculty of Social Science & Humanities
    Ramiro Liscano Academic Council Member July 2021 - June 2024
    VACANT Academic Council Member
    VACANT Graduate Student Council Representative
    Isabelle Simard Elected Graduate Student 2021**
    Andra Drinkwalter Manager of SGPS Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Lori Livingston Provost and VP Academic Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Dean of each Faculty Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Catherine Davidson Librarian Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Joe Stokes Office of the Registrar Representative Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Kimberley McCartney Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement representative Ex-officio (non-voting)
    Becky Dinwoodie Secretary of Academic Council (or designate) Ex-officio (non-voting)
    * At least one of the graduate students must be at the PhD level
    ** Eligible for 1-year renewal
  • Honorary Degrees Committee
    List of Members of Honorary Degrees Committee
    Name Position Term End
    Mitch Frazer Chancellor Ex-Officio
    Steven Murphy President (Chair) Ex-Officio
    Lori Livingston Provost Ex-Officio
    Sue McGovern Vice-President External Relations Ex-Officio
    Tess Pierce Faculty of Social Science & Humanities July 2021 - June 2024
    Diana Petrarca Faculty of Education July 2019 - June 2022
    VACANT Faculty
    VACANT Student
  • Research Board
    list of research board members
    Name Position Term End
    Ex-Officio Members
    Les Jacobs VP, Research & Innovation (Chair)
    Bernadette Murphy Interim Dean, School of Postdoctoral and Graduate Studies
    Susanne Brown Manager, Research Finance (non-voting)
    Jennifer Freeman Director, Research Services   (non-voting)
    Catherine Davidson University Librarian (non-voting)
    Vivianne Sharpe Secretary to the Research Board
    Appointed Members
    Bin Chang Faculty of Business & Information Technology June 2023
    Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen Faculty of Education June 2023
    Kirk Atkinson Faculty of Energy Systems & Nuclear Science June 2023
    Shahryar Rahnamayan Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science June 2022
    Manon Lemonde Faculty of Health Sciences June 2023
    Sean Forrester Faculty of Science June 2023
    Steven Downing Faculty of Social Science and Humanities June 2023