The Senate met in person on September 26, 2025. Here are the highlights:
Senate Welcomes New Members
Senate welcomed 26 new Senators to their first Senate meeting including:
- 2 representatives from the Board of Governors,
- 1 new Alumni Representative
- 12 new elected students
- 10 new faculty members
- and the Interim Dean of the Faculty of Engineering & Design
Creation of the College of Global Studies
Senate approved a recommendation to the Board of Governors for the establishment of the College of Global Studies, effective Fall 2026.
The new college will consolidate the Bachelor of Global and International Studies, graduate programs in Migration and Diaspora Studies, and both undergraduate and graduate programs in Russian and Eurasian Studies. As part of this reorganization, the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (EURUS) will be closed as a separate academic unit.
This initiative marks the creation of the first College of Global Studies in Ontario and reinforces Carleton’s and FPGA’s reputation as leaders in global and international education and research.
The update represents an administrative restructuring of existing programs and will not involve the creation of new curricula, degrees, or calendar changes.
Quality Assurance & Cyclical Reviews
Through an omnibus motion, Senate approved the Final Assessment Reports and Executive Summaries arising from the cyclical reviews of the following academic programs:
- Undergraduate programs in Economics
- Bachelor of Information Technology – Information Resource Management
- Graduate program in Political Management
Suspension of Program Admissions
Senate was informed of the suspension of admissions to the following programs:
- MSc in Northern Studies, effective Fall 2025
- PhD in Social Work, effective Fall 2026
These suspensions were initiated by the respective academic units, endorsed by the Deans and the Vice-Provost (Academic), and all necessary administrative actions have been completed by Admissions, the Registrar’s Office, and Graduate Studies.
Senate Committee Reports: Annual Submissions
Senate received annual reports from the Senate Student Academic Integrity Appeals Committee, Senate Graduate Student Appeal Committee, Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee, and the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Awards.
The report from the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Awards highlighted the approval of 36 new undergraduate scholarships and bursaries.
Senator Spotlight: Dr. Shane Hawkins
Dr. Shane Hawkins joined Carleton in 2005 and has served as Director of the College of the Humanities since 2016. He teaches Ancient Greek and Latin, classical mythology, Greek literature and civilization, and occasionally Old Persian and Old Norse. With degrees from the University of Minnesota, Oxford, and UNC-Chapel Hill, and a Fulbright at the University of Vienna, Dr. Hawkins brings deep expertise in Indo-European linguistics, Greek lyric poetry, and Digital Humanities. His current projects include Greek Iambic Poetry and a co-authored Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Ancient Greek.
Next Meeting: October 31, 2025
The next Senate meeting will be held on October 31, 2025 at 2 pm. The full meeting schedule, associated meeting materials and minutes will be available on the Senate website. Meeting minutes are posted once they are approved at the subsequent meeting.