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Academic Council Committee Members 2024-2025

  • Academic Council Steering Committee

    List of Members of the Academic Council Steering Committee

    ACADEMIC COUNCIL STEERING COMMITTEE
    Name Position Term End
    Steven Murphy President (Chair) Ex-officio
    Lori Livingston Provost Ex-officio
    Mary Bluchardt CPRC Chair Ex-officio
    Ted Christou GSC Chair Ex-officio
    Les Jacobs Chair of Research Board Ex-officio
    Nicola Crow University Secretary (non-voting) Ex-officio
    Brenda Jacobs Elected AC Member* Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen Elected AC Member* Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Jemma Tam Elected AC Member* Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Denina Simmons Elected AC Member* Oct 23 - June 26
    Mike Eklund Elected AC Member*
    Jessica Hogue Elected AC Member*

     Steering Committee membership provides for 3-6 elected AC members

    *Expressions of Interest*

  • Academic Appeals Committee

    List of Members of the Academic Appeals Committee

    ACADEMIC APPEALS COMMITTEE
    Position Name Term
    Faculty - Chair Brent MacRae July 22 - June 25
    Faculty - Vice Chair Janet Strap Sept 2024 - June 25
    Faculty Wesley Crichlow July 22-June 25
    Faculty  Josh Lowe July 2023-June2026
    Faculty Janice Strap June 22 - June 25
    Student (1) Tega Ubor Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Student (2)  Jemma Tam Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Student (3) Aliyat Olatinwo Sept 24-Aug 25
  • Governance and Nominations Committee*

    List of Members of the Governance and Nominations Committee

    GOVERNANCE & NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
    Position Name Term
    President & Vice-Chancellor (Chair) Steven Murphy Ex-officio
    Provost & Vice-President, Academic Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    Staff member of Academic Council Jessia Hogue Ex-officio
    Secretary of Academic Council (non-voting) Nicola Crow Ex-officio
    Dean Carolyn McGregor Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Elected Teaching Staff*  Mehdi Hossein Nejad Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Elected Teaching Staff*  Robert Bailey (Fsci) Oct 22 - Aug 2025
    Elected Teaching Staff*  Toba Bryant (FHSci) Oct 22 - Aug 2025
    Elected Teaching Staff*  Scott Nokleby Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Elected Teaching Staff*  Shannon Vettor Sept 2024 - Aug 25
    Elected Teaching Staff* Wendy Barber (FEd) July 2023-June 2026
    Student Member of AC Jemma Tam Sept 24 - Aug 25

     *GNC membership provides for 6 elected Teaching Staff members of Academic Council

    ** eligible for 1-year renewal

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

  • Graduate Studies Committee

    List of Members of the Graduate Studies Committee

    GRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE
    Position Name Term
    Ex-Officio Members
    Dean of School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) Theodore Christou
    VP, Research and Innovation Les Jacobs
    Associate Dean of SGPS Pejman Mirza-Babaei
    Assistant Dean of SGPS Carla Cesaroni
    Graduate Program Directors
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Stephen Marsh
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Stephen Jackson
    Faculty of Education Roland van Oostveen
    Faculty of Energy Systems & Nuclear Science Akira Tokuhiro
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Amirkianoosh Kiani
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Khalid Elgazzar
    Faculty of Health Sciences Nick Wattie
    Faculty of Health Sciences Jennifer Abbass Dick
    Faculty of Science Dario Bonetta
    Faculty of Science Lennaert van Veen
    Faculty of Science Faisal Quereshi
    Faculty of Science Franco Gaspari
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Leigh Harkins
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Olga Marques
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Andrea Slane
    Academic Council Faculty Members An elected AC faculty member with graduate faculty appointment
    Robert Bailey Sept 24 - Aug 25
    JoAnne Arcand September 23-Aug 26
    Student Members* 1 of these must be PhD
    Graduate Student Council representative VACANT
    Academic Council Graduate Student reprentative Krystina Clarke Sept. 24 - Aug 25
    Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
    Manager of SGPS Holly MacPherson
    Provost Lori Livingston
    Dean of each Faculty
    University Librarian Catherine Davidson
    Office of the Registrar representative Adam Wingate
    Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement representative Darryl Papke
    Secretary of Academic Council (or designate) Nicola Crow
    * at least one of the graduate students must be at the PhD level
  • Honorary Degrees Committee

    List of Members of the Honorary Degrees Committee

    HONORARY DEGREES COMMITTEE
    Position Name Term
    Chancellor Mitch Frazer Ex-officio
    President  (Chair) Steven Murphy Ex-officio
    Provost Lori Livingston Ex-officio
    Vice-President External Relations  James Barnett Ex-officio
    Faculty Brenda Jacobs Sept 24-Aug 27
    Faculty  Dan Hoornweg Sept 22-June 25
    Faculty  Adam Dubrowski  Sept 22-June 25
    Student  Breanne McAlpin Sept 24-Aug 25
  • Research Committee

    List of the Research Committee Members

    RESEARCH COMMITTEE
    Position Name Term
    VP Research, Innovation & International (Chair) Les Jacobs Ex-officio
    Dean, School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies Theodore Christou Ex-officio
    Executive Director, Office of Research Services Jennifer Freeman  Ex-officio
    Research Finance Susanne Brown Ex-officio
    Chief Librarian* Catherine Davidson Ex-officio
    Secretary to the Research Board* Amanda Goddard
    Faculty (Business) Carolyn McGregor Sept 22 - June 25
    Faculty (Education) Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen Sept 23 - June 26
    Faculty (Engineering) Shahram ShahbazPanahi Sept 22 - June 25
    Faculty (Health Sciences) Nick Wattie Sept 22 - June 25
    Faculty (Science) Sean Forrester Sept 21 – June 24
    Faculty (Social Science) Amy Leach Sept 22 - June 25

    *non-voting members

  • Undergraduate Studies Committee

    List of Members of the Undergraduate Studies Committee

    Position Name Term
    Ex-Officio Members
    Senior academic administrator responsible for Quality Enhancement (Chair) Mary Bluechardt Appointed by Provost 2023
    Registrar (or designate) Adam Wingate Appointed by Registrar 2023
    Chair of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (or equivalent)
    Faculty of Business & Information Technology Mehdi Hossein Nejad
    Faculty of Education Wendy Barber
    Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science Scott Nokleby
    Faculty of Health Sciences Janet McCabe
    Faculty of Science Randy Fortier
    Faculty of Social Science & Humanities Karla Emeno
    Academic Council Members
    Ana Duff Sept 24 - Aug 27
    Wendy Barber July 2023 - June 2026
    Student Members
    Jemma Tam Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Tega Ubor Sept 24 - Aug 25
    Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
    School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies representative Holly MacPherson
    Manager from Office of the Registrar, as designated by Registrar Jessica Bosswell
    Manager of the Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement (or designate)  Darryl Papke
    Secretary of Academic Council (or designate) Nicola Crow
    Quorum requires that a majority of the Committee members entitled to vote be present.