Senate Committees
Nominations are currently being accepted for faculty and students to serve on Senate Standing Committees.
There are 11 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 2021-22
- 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)
- Siva Sivathayalan (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Pamela Wolff (Faculty of Science)
- Winnie Ye (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Sean Maguire (Undergraduate Student)
- Chi Chi Ayalogu (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)
- Librarian (ex officio) (non-voting)
- Assistant VP Academic (ex officio) (non-voting)
- Associate Dean, Programs, Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs (ex officio)
- Philippe Lagasse (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Pamela Wolff (Faculty of Science, Senator)
- Betina Kuzmarov (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Siva Sivathayalan (Faculty of Engineering and Design, Senator)
- Anil Maheshwari (Faculty of Science)
- Peter Thompson (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Julia Wallace (Faculty of Science)
- Augustine Park (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Vacant – one faculty position
- Liam Kelly (Undergraduate Student)
- Meighan Mantei (Graduate Student)
- (CUASA Observer) – Josh Horton
- Resource: Calendar Editor
- Senate Committee on Curriculum, Admissions and Studies Policy (SCCASP)
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Senate Committee on Curriculum, Admissions and Studies Policy (SCCASP) Members
- Howard Nemiroff (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)
- John Logan (SUSC)
- Vacant (Sprott School of Business)
- Dan Siddiqi (Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs)
- James Opp (Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs)
- Peter Thompson (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Jerome Talim (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- David Mendeloff (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Pamela Wolff (Faculty of Science)
- Anne Bastin (Undergraduate Student)
- Raven Miller (Undergraduate Student – alternate)
- Tina Beynen (Graduate Student)
- Anna Kozlova (Graduate Student – alternate)
- Resources: Director of Admissions Services, Calendar Editor, Associate University Registrar, Calendar Editor, Graduate Registrar, Manager, Quality Assurance (Academic Programs) OR Designate, Representative from the Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP)
- Senate Committee on Student Awards
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Senate Committee on Student Awards Members
- Nadiya Slobodenyuk (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences) – Chair
- Rodney Nelson (Sprott School of Business)
- Farah Hosseinian (Faculty of Science)
- Perry Legakis, Director, Student Awards (Secretary)
- Designate of the VP, Finance & Administration – Valerie Evans
- Designate of the Chief Advancement Officer – Elizabeth DiSabato
- Vacant (Student Member)
- Vacant (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 Affairs, Sprott School of Business, Science, Engineering and Design, and Graduate Studies
- Chair, Senate Committee on Student Awards
- University Registrar, Secretary (voting) – Maureen Varette, Erika Strathearn, Amy Bifolchi, Dotty Nwakanma and Anne Young
- Senate Educational Equity Committee
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Senate Educational Equity Committee Members
- Vice-President (Students and Enrolment) (ex officio) (Chair)
- Dominique Marshall (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Ana Dammert (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Troy Anderson (Sprott School of Business)
- Vacant (Faculty of Science)
- Ralph Mason (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Vacant (Graduate Student)
- Vacant (Undergraduate Student)
- Senate Academic Governance Committee (SAGC)
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Senate Academic Governance Committee (SAGC) Members
- Clerk of Senate (ex officio) (Chair)
- Donald Russell (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Paul Wilson (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Shazia Sadaf (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Rodney Nelson (Sprott School of Business)
- Scott Bennett (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Vacant – one faculty member
- Karl Alary (Undergraduate Student)
- Kaushal Panchal (Graduate Student)
- Senate Library Committee
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Senate Library Committee Members
- Liam Young (Faculty of Public Affairs) – Acting Chair
- Kim Stratton (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Amber Lannon (University Librarian)
- Jennifer Browning (Professional Librarian)
- Gabriel Miranda Pirez (Committee Secretary)
- Clair Switzer (Library Staff)
- David Mould (Faculty of Science)
- Jurek Sasiadek (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Fidel Khouli (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Omair Shafiq (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Patrick Allen (Undergraduate Student)
- Jessica Chapman (Graduate Student)
- Honorary Degrees Committee
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Honorary Degrees Committee Members
- Vice-President (Research and International) (ex-officio) (Chair)
- President (ex-officio)
- Clerk of Senate (ex-officio)(Secretary)
- Nicolas Papadopoulos (Sprott School of Business)
- Peter Watson (Retired Faculty)
- Graham Smart (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Alex Wong (Faculty of Science)
- Qi Jun Zhang (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Yanling Wang (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Jane Gilbert (Alumni Representative)
- Leonard Halladay (Graduate Student)
- Alexander Pardo (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
- John Logan (Chair)
- Mira Sucharov (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Shibu Pal (Sprott School of Business)
- Robert Langlois (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Michael Hogue (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Robert Burke (Faculty of Science)
- Evaluation Officer – Susan McConnell
- Evaluation Officer – Jenny Leppard
- 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
- James Cheetham (Chair)
- James Moretton (Registrar’s Office) (non-voting) (Secretary)
- Cristina Ruiz Martin (Faculty of Engineering and Design)
- Troy Anderson (Sprott School of Business)
- Morgan Rooney (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
- Ridah Khan (Undergraduate Student)
- Jesse Monteith (Undergraduate Student)
- Alaa Sarji (Graduate Student)
- Chelsie Smith (Graduate Student – alternate)
- Student Academic Accommodations Appeal Committee
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Student Academic Accommodations Appeal Committee Members
- Vacant (Chair) (Faculty Member)
- Director, Student Affairs (Secretary)
- Roy Hanes (Faculty Member)
- Diana Majury (Faculty Member)
- Graduate Student Appeal Committee
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Graduate Student Appeal Committee Members
- Siva Sivathayalan (Faculty of Engineering and Design) – Chair
- Ian Lee (Sprott School of Business)
- Bernadette Campbell (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Mike Murphy (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)
- Paul Wilson (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Mason Rodney (Graduate Student)
- Senate Review Committee (SRC)
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Senate Review Committee (SRC) Members
- Donald Russell (Chair)
- Pablo Heidrich (Faculty of Public Affairs)
- Roshdy Hafez (Faculty of Engineering & Design)
- Ali Arya (Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Affairs)
- Rodney Nelson (Sprott School of Business)
- Justin Paulson (FASS)
- Farah Hosseinian (Faculty of Science)
- Connor Beleznay (Undergraduate Student)
- Michael Sadono (Undergraduate Student)
- Sancho Angulo (Graduate Student)
- Samuel Hagan (Graduate Student)
- Resource – (OIRP) (non-voting)