1. Senate Membership 2024-2025
    1.  Ex Officio Members
    2. Board of Governors Representatives
    3. Special Appointments
    4. Elected Faculty Senators
    5. Elected Contract Instructors
    6. Elected Student Senators*

Senate Membership 2024-2025

Senate comprises of over 80 members who represent the university including, faculty members, contract instructors, students, Board of Governors, special appointments and ex officio members.

 Ex Officio Members

  • Jerry Tomberlin, Interim President, Vice-Chancellor & Chair of Senate
  • Elinor Sloan, Clerk of Senate
  • Suzanne Blanchard, Vice-President (Students & Enrolment) & University Registrar
  • Rafik Goubran, Vice-President (Research & International)
  • L. Pauline Rankin, Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
  • Duane McNair Vice-President (Finance & Administration)
  • David Hornsby, Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (Academic)
  • Maria DeRosa, Dean, Faculty of Science
  • Larry Kostiuk, Dean, Faculty of Engineering & Design
  • Anne Bowker, Dean, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
  • Brenda O’Neill, Dean, Faculty of Public  and Global Affairs
  • Howard Nemiroff, Interim Dean, Sprott School of Business
  • Amber Lannon, University Librarian
  • Chantal Trudel, Director, School of Industrial Design
  • Michel Barbeau, Director, School of Computer Science
  • Anne Bordeleau, Director, Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism
  • Rob Teather, Director, School of Information Technology
  • Allan Buri, CASG President, term ends April 30, 2025.
  • Sarah El Fitori, CUSA President, term ends April 30, 2025.
  • Jayesh Kundu, GSA President, term ends April 30, 2025.
  • Mahsa Abarghouei, GSA VP Academic, term ends April 30, 2025.

Board of Governors Representatives

  • Nathalie Laporte
  • Dudley Maseko

Special Appointments

  • Margaret Haines, Alumni Representative
  • Kim Hellemans, COU Academic Colleague

Elected Faculty Senators

Terms end June 30, 2025

  • Jeni Armstrong, Public and Global Affairs
  • François Brouard, Sprott School of Business (Secretary of the Faculty Board)
  • Sean Burges, Public and Global Affairs
  • Amanda Clark,  Public and Global Affairs
  • Edward Cyr, Engineering and Design
  • Sarah Everts, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs
  • Root Gorelick, Science
  • Kevin Graham, Science
  • Douglas Howe, Science/Computer Science
  • Lynn Marshall, Engineering and Design
  • Matthew Pearson, Public and Global Affairs
  • Rebecca Renfroe, Sprott School of Business
  • Christopher Smelser, Engineering and Design
  • Karen Taylor, Engineering and Design (Secretary of the Faculty Board)
  • Christian Viau, Engineering and Design
  • Julia Wallace, Science (Secretary of the Faculty Board)

Terms end June 30, 2026

  • Jean-Pierre Corriveau, Science / Computer Science
  • Shane Hawkins, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Beth MacLeod, Arts and Social Sciences (Secretary of the Faculty Board)
  • Laura Madokoro, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Jody Mason, Arts and Social Sciences
  • David Mendeloff, Public and Global Affairs (Secretary of the Faculty Board)
  • David Sprague, Engineering and Design / Information Technology
  • Gabriel Wainer, Engineering and Design
  • Paul Williams, Arts & Social Sciences

Terms end June 30, 2027

  • Tonya Davidson, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Janine Debanne, Engineering and Design / Architecture
  • Juan Garcia, Engineering and Design / Industrial Design
  • Emily Gray, Sprott School of Business
  • Josh Greenberg, Public and Global Affairs
  • Guy Lacroix, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Azar Masoumi, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Megan Rivers-Moore, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Shazia Sadaf, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Ozayr Saloojee, Engineering and Design / Architecture
  • Alexis Shotwell, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Rania Tfaily, Arts and Social Sciences

Elected Contract Instructors

  • Morgan Rooney, Arts and Social Sciences (term ends September 30, 2026)
  • Mustafa Bahran, Science (term ends September 30, 2027)

Elected Student Senators*

Graduate Students – Terms end June 30, 2025

  • Bronwyn Heerspink

Undergraduate Students – Terms end June 30, 2025

  • Jacky Chan, Public and Global Affairs
  • Lacia Grant, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Nir Hagigi, Public and Global Affairs
  • Xavier Haziza, Engineering and Design
  • Peter Kouzovnikov, Sprott School of Business
  • Alexandria MacDonald, Engineering and Design
  • Maryam Nadeem, Science
  • Rhea Treasure, Public and Global Affairs

* for details on the specific departments within the Faculties eligible to vote for these positions, please refer to the By-Law.