{"id":13810,"date":"2026-03-30T11:40:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?p=13810"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:40:32","slug":"inside-senate-march-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/2026\/inside-senate-march-27-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Senate: March 27, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Inside Senate: March 27, 2026\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Senate approved six new faculty and five new student member representatives, for terms beginning July 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Member Representatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • \u00a0Katie Lucas (Faculty of Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00a0Gabriel Wainer (Faculty of Engineering & Design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00a0Janine Debann\u00e9 (Azrieli School of Architecture & Urbanism)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00a0Janet Mantler (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00a0Pascal Gin (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00a0Paul Williams (Faculty of Arts & Social Science)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Student Member Representatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • \u00a0Gabrielle Lachance (Science)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u00a0Nathan Bruni (Engineering & Design)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u00a0Brian Timmons (Public & Global Affairs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u00a0Joshua Chicoine (Public & Global Affairs)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • \u00a0Madhav Nikhil Sewpal (Public & Global Affairs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Artificial Intelligence Framework<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Senate received and discussed Carleton\u2019s new Artificial Intelligence Framework, a guiding document that outlines principles for ethical, transparent and responsible AI use across teaching, research and operations. The framework is not a policy but is intended to \u201csupport the Carleton community by providing general principles and guidance\u201d on integrating AI in ways that uphold academic integrity, human accountability, accessibility, and Indigenous data sovereignty. It establishes a coordinated approach to AI adoption and creates an AI Advisory Group to support implementation and ongoing governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      New Senate Question Period Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Senate adopted a set of Question Period Guidelines aimed at clarifying how questions for Senate Question Period are submitted, reviewed, and addressed. The guidelines will help to enhance an open and transparent process by making the workflow and decision-making steps more explicit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Major Modifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Senate approved a number of major modifications including the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Changing the name of the minor in Integrated Science to minor in Interdisciplinary Science Application, to reflect a shift toward a broader, more flexible academic focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Adding new Graduate Calendar language that permits programs to include a fast\u2011track option for exceptional first\u2011year Master\u2019s students to transition into a PhD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          • Adding language to clarify continuous\u2011registration expectations for selected Master\u2019s programs and regularly scheduled breaks for others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            • Clarifying expectations and requirements for the Integrated Thesis and renaming it as Manuscript\u2011based Thesis to better reflect its structure and purpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              At the undergraduate level, removing specific year-status prerequisite requirements from the Engineering & Design undergraduate regulations. Progression is to be managed through individual course prerequisites or university year standing, bringing practice in line with other programs across campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Senate approved six new faculty and five new student member representatives, for terms beginning July 1, 2026. Faculty Member Representatives: Student Member Representatives: Artificial Intelligence Framework Senate received and discussed Carleton\u2019s new Artificial Intelligence Framework, a guiding document that outlines principles for ethical, transparent and responsible AI use across teaching, research and operations. The framework […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":442,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inside-senate","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13811,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13810\/revisions\/13811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}