SENATE MEETING

Date:

Monday, April 11, 2016 - 2:30pm

Agenda:

SENATE MEETING #4-2016

April 11, 2016

2:30pm

Thunder Bay Location: SENATE CHAMBERS

Orillia Location: OA 2005

AGENDA

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1.		Approval of Agenda

2.		Approval of Minutes
		MOVED that the Minutes of the Senate Meeting #3-2016 of March 21, 2016 be approved.

3.		Business Arising from the Minutes (not elsewhere on the agenda)

4.		Reports of Senate Standing Committees

	4.1	Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee Report (Dr. Michael Stevenson)

		MOVED that the Senate Undergraduate Studies Committee report be accepted.

	4.2	Senate Budget Committee Report (Dr. Donald Kerr)

		MOVED that the Senate Budget Committee Report be accepted.

	4.3	Senate Academic Committee Report (Dr. Douglas Ivison)

		MOVED that the Senate Academic Committee Report be accepted.

	4.4	Senate Academic Information Technologies Committee Report (Dr. Apichart Linhananta)

		MOVED that the Senate Academic Information Technologies Committee Report be accepted.

	4.5	Senate Executive Committee Recommendations

		MOVED that the following faculty members be appointed to the Senate Nominations Committee with all terms commencing July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018: Dr. Wa Gao Dr. Dalibor Misina Dr. Wensheng Qin Dr. Ruizhong Wei

5.		Calendar Change Approvals

	5.1	Approval of Undergraduate Calendar Changes (Dr. Michael Stevenson)

		MOVED that the following Undergraduate Calendar Changes be approved: Faculty of Education 2016-EDU-5538 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #1 2016-EDU-5539 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #2 2016-EDU-5540 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #3 2016-EDU-5541 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #4 2016-EDU-5542 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #5 2016-EDU-5568 – Discontinuing Undergraduate 1 Year Concurrent and Consecutive Education Programs #6 Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies 2015-SCI-5254 – Biology-NewConcentration-Plant Sciences 2015-SCI-5342 – Program-MinorModification-Biology with Concurrent Education 2016-SCI-5525 – COURSE-MODIFY-Biology4230-CancerBiology Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities 2015-SOC-5306-A – Program Changes (Sociology) related to ICR requirements 2015-SOC-5306-B – Course Changes (Sociology) related to ICR requirements 2015-SOC-5420 – Courses-Discontinuation-UG-Visual Arts 2015-SOC-5421 – Courses-New-UG-Visual Arts – Replacing Discontinued Courses 2015-SOC-5434 – Programs-Modifications-UG-Visual Arts- Changes for ICR and full courses split into half credits 2016-SOC-5531 – Courses-Modifications-UG-Visual Arts-Cross listing with Media Studies

	5.2	Approval of Graduate Calendar Changes (Dr. Chander Shahi)

		MOVED that the following Graduate Calendar Changes be approved: Faculty of Education 2014-EDU-4498 – MED Education for Change with specialization in Women’s Studies 2016-EDU-5546 – Program Major Modifications, GR, Education Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities 2015-SOC-5363 – Women’s Studies Specialization

	5.3	Approval of Graduate Admission Change (Dr. Chander Shahi)

		MOVED that the following Graduate Admission Change be approved: Faculty of Graduate Studies 2015-FGS-5353 – Changes to Doctoral Admissions Requirements

6.		Proposed Meeting Schedule for 2016-17 Senate and Senate Executive Committee Meetings

		MOVED that the proposed 2016-17 Senate and Senate Executive Committee meeting schedule be approved.

ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

7.		Adjunct Professor Renewals (Information only) Faculty of Engineering Dr. Samuel Pichardo’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Electrical Engineering has been renewed for the term July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020. Dr. Adil Aledresse’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Department of Civil Engineering has been renewed for the term July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020. Faculty of Natural Resources Management Mr. Laird Van Damme’s appointment as an External Adjunct Professor to the Faculty of Natural Resources Management has been renewed for the term July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2020.

8.		Removal of Courses Not Offered Within the Past 5 Years (Ms. Andrea Tarsitano)

9.		President’s Report (Dr. Brian Stevenson)

10.		Provost & Vice-President (Academic) Report (Dr. Moira McPherson)

11.		Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) Report (Dr. Penny Moody-Corbett)

12.		Adjournment