Academic Council Committee Members 2023-2024

• 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 Bluechardt	CPRC Chair	Ex-officio
  Ted Christou	GSC Chair	Ex-officio
  Les Jacobs	Chair of Research Board	Ex-officio
  Krista Hester	Interim University Secretary (non-voting)	Ex-officio
  Elita Partosoedarso	Elected AC Member*	July 2021 - June 2024
  Oghenetega (Tega) Ubor	Elected AC Member*	September 2023-August 2024
  Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen	Elected AC Member*	July 21 – June 24
  Patricia MacMillan	Elected AC Member*	Oct 23 - June 24
  Denina Simmons	Elected AC Member*	Oct 23 - June 24
  VACANT	Elected AC Member*

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

• Academic Appeals Committee

  List of Members of the Academic Appeals Committee

  ACADEMIC APPEALS COMMITTEE
  Position	Name	Term
  Faculty (1)	Wesley Crichlow	July 22-June 25
  Faculty (2)	Josh Lowe	July 2023-June2026
  Faculty (3)	Brent MacRae	July 22 - June 25
  Faculty (4)	Janice Strap	June 22 - June 25
  Student (1)	Isabel Smith	Sept 23-Aug 24
  Student (2)	MaryCae Serote	Sept 23-Aug 24
  Student (3)	Aliyat Olatinwo	Sept 23-Aug 24

• 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	Patricia MacMillan	Ex-officio
  Interim Secretary of Academic Council (non-voting)	Krista Hester	Ex-officio
  Dean	Carol Rodgers	July 21 – June 24
  Elected Teaching Staff*	Ferdinand Jones (FBIT)	July 21 – June 24
  Elected Teaching Staff*	Robert Bailey (Fsci)	Oct 22 - Aug 2025
  Elected Teaching Staff*	Toba Bryant (FHSci)	Oct 22 - Aug 2025
  Elected Teaching Staff*	VACANT
  Elected Teaching Staff*	VACANT
  Elected Teaching Staff*	Wendy Barber (FEd)	July 2023-June 2026
  Remove pending changes re FESNS	VACANT
  Student Member of AC	MaryCae Serote	Sept 23 - Aug 24
  *GNC membership provides for 7 elected Teaching Staff members of Academic Council
  ** eligible for 1-year renewal

   

   

• 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)	Ted 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 Business & Information Technology	Karolina Krystyniak
  	Faculty of Education	Ann LeSage
  	Faculty of Energy Systems & Nuclear Science	Jennifer McKellar
  	Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science	Ghaus Rizvi
  	Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science	Khalid Elgazzar
  	Faculty of Health Sciences	Jennifer Abbas-Dick
  	Faculty of Health Sciences	Nick Wattie
  	Faculty of Science	Dario Bonetta
  	Faculty of Science	Greg Lewis
  	Faculty of Science/FBIT	Patrick Hung
  	Faculty of Science	Brad Easton
  	Faculty of Social Science & Humanities	Leigh Harkins
  	Faculty of Social Science & Humanities	James Walsh
  	Faculty of Social Science & Humanities	Andrea Slane
  Academic Council Faculty Members
  		Ramiro Liscano	July 21 – June 24
  		JoAnne Arcand	July 2023 - June 2026
  Student Members*
  	Graduate Student Council representative	VACANT
  	Graduate Student	Michael Watterworth	Sept 23-Aug 24
  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)	Krista Hester
  * 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
  Name	Position	Term
  Mitch Frazer	Chancellor	Ex-officio
  Steven Murphy	President  (Chair)	Ex-officio
  Lori Livingston	Provost	Ex-officio
  James Barnett	Vice-President, Advancement	Ex-officio
  Adam Dubrowski	Faculty	September 2022 - August 2025
  Daniel Hoornweg	Faculty	September 2022 - August 2025
  Vacant	Faculty
  Breanne McAlpin	Student	September 2023 - August 2024

• Research Committee

  List of the Research Committee Members

  RESEARCH COMMITTEE
  Name	Position	Term
  Les Jacobs	VP Research, Innovation & International (Chair)	Ex-officio
  Ted Christou	Dean of School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies	Ex-officio
  Susanne Brown	Manager Research Accounting*	Ex-officio
  Jennifer Freeman	Executive Director, Research Services*	Ex-officio
  Catherine Davidson	University Librarian*	Ex-officio
  Elisa Beverley	Secretary to the Research Committee*
  Peter Lewis	Faculty (Business)	June 2025
  Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen	Faculty (Education)	June 2026
  Shahram ShahbazPanahi	Faculty (Engineering)	June 2025
  Nick Wattie	Faculty (Health Sciences)	June 2025
  Sean Forrester	Faculty (Science)	June 2024
  Amy Leach	Faculty (Social Science)	June 2025

  *non-voting members

• Undergraduate Studies Committee

  List of Members of the Undergraduate Studies Committee

  UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES COMMITTEE
  	Position	Name	Term
  Ex-Officio Voting Members
  	Senior academic administrator responsible for Quality Enhancement (Chair)	Mary Bluechardt	Appointed by Provost
  	Registrar (or designate)	Adam Wingate
  	Chair of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee	Mary Bluechardt
  	Faculty of Business & Information Technology	Mehdi Hossein Nejad
  	Faculty of Education	Wendy Barber
  	Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science	Scott Nokleby
  	Faculty of Health Sciences	Otto Sanchez
  	Faculty of Science	Randy Fortier
  	Faculty of Social Science & Humanities	Scott Aquanno
  Academic Council Members
  	Ana Duff		July 2021 – June 2024
  	Wendy Barber		July 2023 - June 2026
  Student Members
  	Aliyat Olatinwo		Sept 23 - Aug 24
  	Oghenetega Ubor		Sept 23 - Aug 24
  Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
  	School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies representative	Holly MacPherson
  	Manager from Office of the Registrar, as designated by Registrar	Jennifer Racine
  	Manager of the Centre for Institutional Quality Enhancement (or designate)	Darryl Papke
  	Secretary of Academic Council (or designate)	Krista Hester