Senate Committees
There are 13 standing committees that report to Senate. Members of committees include faculty, students and non-academic staff.
To learn more about Senate Committees, please refer to Article 9 of the Academic Governance of the University policy.
Membership 2025-26
- Senate Executive Committee
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Senate Executive Committee Members
- President (ex officio) (Chair)
- Provost and Vice-President (Academic) (ex officio)
- Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) (non-voting) (ex officio)
- Clerk of Senate (ex officio)
- Guy Lacroix (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Rebecca Renfroe (Sprott School of Business)
- Achim Hurrelmann (Faculty of Public & Global Affairs)
- Nir Hagigi (Undergraduate Student)
- Zeina Al Attar (Graduate Student)
- Senate Quality Assurance and Planning Committee
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Senate Quality Assurance and Planning Committee Members
- Vice-Provost and Associate VP (Academic) (ex officio) (Chair, non-voting)
- Ravi Prakesh (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Matthias Neufang (Faculty of Science)
- Paul Keen (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Siva Sivathayalan (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Augustine Park (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- VACANT (Sprott School of Business)
- Jennifer Stewart (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Dwight Deugo (Faculty of Science, School of Computer Science)
- Mary Francoli (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Madhav Nikhil Sewpal (Undergraduate Student)
- Janakan Muthukumar (Graduate Student)
- Chair of SCCASP
- (CUASA Observer) – Marylynn Steckley
- Resources: AVP (Academic Programs & Strategic Initiatives, Librarian, Undergraduate and Curriculum and Calendar Officer, Graduate Curriculum and Calendar Officer, Vice-Provost (Graduate Studies), Office of Vice-Provost and AVP (Academic) Subject Matter Experts
- Senate Committee on Curriculum, Admissions and Studies Policy (SCCASP)
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Senate Committee on Curriculum, Admissions and Studies Policy (SCCASP) Members
- David Mendeloff (Chair)
- Clerk of Senate (ex officio)
- Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) (ex officio)
- Vice-President (Students and Enrollment) and University Registrar (Secretary) (ex officio)
- Rebecca Renfroe (Sprott School of Business)
- Augustine Park (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Samuel Ajila (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Vandna Bhatia (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Matthias Neufang (Faculty of Science)
- Aryan Singh (Undergraduate Student)
- Atara Lonn (Graduate Student)
- Resources: Director of Admissions Services, Graduate Curriculum and Calendar Officer, Undergraduate Curriculum and Calendar Officer, Associate University Registrar, Associate Vice-President (Enrolment Management), Director, Graduate Services and Registrar, Director, Office of Academic Programs and Strategic Initiatives, Representative from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP), Assistant Registrar, Academic Evaluation and Curriculum Management, Manager, Student System Support, Vice-Provost (Graduate Studies)
- Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Awards
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Senate Committee on Student Awards Members (formerly known as Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Awards)
- Nadiya Slobodenyuk (Faculty member, FASS) (CHAIR)
- Rowland Few (Sprott School of Business)
- David Sabatino (Faculty member)
- Jen Sugar, Associate VP Enrolment Management, Registrar’s Office (Interim Secretary)
- Designate of the VP, Finance & Administration – Jonathan Lee
- Designate of the Chief Advancement Officer – Elizabeth DiSabato
- Jacky Chan (Student Member)
- Gerardo Maldonado Jimenez (Student Member)
- Senate Committee on Medals and Prizes
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Senate Committee on Medals and Prizes Members
- Clerk of Senate, (Chair)
- The Dean (or his/her designate) from each of the Faculties of Arts & Social Sciences, Public and Global Affairs, Sprott School of Business, Science, and Engineering and Design
- Chair, Senate Committee on Undergraduate Student Awards
- University Registrar, Secretary (voting)
- Senate Academic Governance Committee (SAGC)
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Senate Academic Governance Committee (SAGC) Members
- Clerk of Senate (ex officio) (Chair)
- Ruth McKay (Sprott School of Business)
- David Mendeloff (Faculty of Public & Global Affairs)
- Christian Viau (Faculty of Engineering & Design
- Paul Wilson (Faculty of Public & Global Affairs)
- Kevin Graham (Faculty of Science)
- Shazia Sadaf (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Gigi Kaur (Undergraduate Student)
- Benjamin Puzantian (Graduate Student)
- Honorary Degrees Committee
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Honorary Degrees Committee Members
- Rafik Goubran, Vice-President (Research and International) (Chair)
- President (ex-officio)
- Clerk of Senate (ex-officio)(Secretary)
- Stelios Zyglidopoulos (Sprott School of Business)
- Peter Watson (Retired Faculty)
- Jennifer Evans (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Seyda Ipek (Faculty of Science)
- Halim Yanikomeroglu (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Chris Worswick (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Louise Hayes (Alumni Representative)
- Saba Samavati (Graduate Student)
- Min Thiha Tun (Undergraduate Student)
- Resource: Chief Communications Officer, Department of University Communications
- Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC)
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Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee (SUSC) Members
- Bob Burk (Chair)
- Neil Gerlach (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Ernest Kwan (Sprott School of Business)
- Shawn Kenny (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Susan Birkwood (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- David Brock (Faculty of Science)
- Evaluation Officer – Susan McConnell
- Petitions Officer – Alex Haarbosch
- Assistant Registrar, Undergraduate Appeals Secretariat – Karla Creech
- Senate Student Academic Integrity Appeal Committee (SSAIAC)
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Senate Student Academic Integrity Appeal Committee (SSAIAC) Members
- Cristina Ruiz Martin (Faculty of Engineering and Design) (Chair)
- Jean Daudelin (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Sana Mohsni (Sprott School of Business)
- Hassan Bashir (Faculty of Public & Global Affairs)
- Beth Hughes (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Karla Creech (Registrar’s Office) (non-voting) (Secretary)
- Summer Debus (Undergraduate Student)
- Vedika Nikarthil Chandran (Graduate Student)
- Senate Educational Equity Committee
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Senate Educational Equity Committee – Note that this committee is currently inactive and undergoing review.
- Vice-President Students & Enrolment (Chair)
- VACANT (Faculty Member, FASS)
- VACANT (Faculty Member, FPGA)
- VACANT (Faculty Member, FED)
- VACANT (Faculty Member, Science)
- VACANT (Faculty Member, Sprott)
- VACANT (Graduate Student)
- VACANT (Undergraduate Student)
- Student Academic Accommodations Appeal Committee
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Student Academic Accommodations Appeal Committee Members – Note that this committee is currently inactive and undergoing review.
- VACANT (Chair) (Faculty Member)
- Director, Student Affairs (Secretary)
- VACANT (Faculty Member)
- VACANT (Faculty Member)
- Graduate Student Appeal Committee
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Graduate Student Appeal Committee Members
- Jody Mason (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) (Chair)
- Hassan Bashir (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Jeffrey Erochko (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Mike Murphy (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Safaa Bedawi (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Rana Saadi (Graduate Student)
- Renee De Laire (Graduate Studies, Secretary) (non-voting)
- Senate Review Committee (SRC)
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Senate Review Committee (SRC) Members
- Gabriel Wainer (Chair, Faculty member)
- Isaac Odoom (Faculty of Public and Global Affairs)
- Cristina Ruiz Martin (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Sana Mohsni (Sprott School of Business)
- VACANT (Faculty of Science)
- Shane Hawkins (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
- Anastasia Afansova (Undergraduate Student)
- Ashley Shea (Undergraduate Student)
- Mahdiyeh Nasiri (Graduate Student)
- Christopher Lewis (Graduate Student)
- Resource – (OIRP) (non-voting)