HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

In this Act, 

(a) "Board" means the Board of Governors of Lakehead University;

(b) "Chancellor" means the Chancellor of the University;

(c) "President" means the President of the University;

(d) "property" includes real and personal property;

(e) "real property" includes messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments, whether corporeal or incorporeal, and any undivided share thereof and any estate or interest therein;

(f) "Senate" means the Senate of the University;

(g) "teaching staff" includes professors, associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, associates, instructors, demonstrators and all others engaged in the work of teaching or giving instruction or in research;

(h) "University" means Lakehead University. 1965 c. 54, s.1.

Interpretation

College created a University

The objects and purposes of the University are,

(a) the advancement of learning and the dissemination of knowledge; and

(b)  the intellectual, social, moral and physical development of its members and the betterment of society. 1965, c. 54, s. 3.

Objects and purposes of University

Faculties, schools, etc.

Degrees

Board Body Corporate

The members of The Board of Governors of the Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology cease to hold office on the day this Act comes into force, and thereafter the Board shall consist of not more than thirty members as follows:

1. President 

2. The following twenty-four persons:

John Henry Charnock, Esq., Fort William, 

John Edwin Johnston Fahlgren, Esq., Cochenour, 
Morson Scarth Fotheringham, Esq., Atikokan, 
Kenneth Andrew Miners, Esq., Fort William, 
David Irving Nattress, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Ernest Gilmour Pallister, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Robert James Prettie, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Andrew Lewis Kenneth Switzer, Esq., Longlac,

Murray William Babe, Esq., Fort William, 
John Murray Fleming, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Ernest Lorne Goodall, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Thomas Sidney Jones, Esq., Dryden, 
Bernard Shaffer, Esq., Fort William, 
Burnley Wordlow Stevens, Esq., Fort William, 
Frederick Leslie Stevens, Esq., Port Arthur, 
William Gordon Tamblyn, Esq., Fort William,

Melville William Bartley, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Donald Charles Clark, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Robert John Flatt, Esq., Fort William, 
Thomas Joseph Kane, Esq., Fort William, 
James Roberts Machan, Esq., Fort William, 
John Norman Paterson, Esq., Fort William, 
Gavin Henry Young, Esq., Port Arthur, 
Roy Stewart Young, Esq., Fort William.

3. Three persons named by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

4. One member appointed by the council of The Corporation of the City of Fort William for a term not to exceed three years.

5. One member appointed by the council of The Corporation of the City of Port Arthur for a term not to exceed three years. 1965, c. 54, s. 7.

Composition 
of Board

Terms of office

Idem 

Filling of vacancies

ELIGIBILITY FOR RE-APPOINTMENT, ETC.

Chairman

Declaration of vacancies

Except as to such matter by this Act specifically assigned to the Senate, the government, conduct, management and control of the University of its property, revenues, expenditures, business and affairs are vested in the Board, and the Board has all powers necessary or convenient to perform its duties and achieve the objects and purposes of the University, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, power,

(a) to appoint and remove the President and the vice-presidents, if any;

(b) to appoint, promote and remove the heads of all faculties and schools, the senior administrative officers of the University, the teaching staff of the University, and all such other officers and employees as the Board deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of the University, but no person shall be appointed, promoted or removed as head of a faculty or school, as a senior administrative officer or as a member of the teaching staff of the University, except on the recommendation of the President;

(c) to fix the number, duties, salaries and other emoluments of the officers, agents and employees of the University;

(d) to appoint an executive committee and such other committees as it deems advisable, and to delegate to any such committee any of its powers;

(e) to establish such advisory bodies as it sees fit;

(f) to borrow money on the credit of the University in such amount, on such terms and from such persons, firms, or corporations, including chartered banks, as may be determined by the Board;

(g) to make, draw and endorse promissory notes or bills of exchange;

(h) to hypothecate, pledge, charge or mortgage all or any part of the property of the University to secure any money so borrowed or for the fulfilment of the obligations incurred by it under any promissory note or bill of exchange signed, made, drawn or endorsed by it;

(i) to issue bonds, debentures and obligations on such terms and conditions as it may decide, and pledge or sell such bonds, debentures and obligations for such sums and at such prices as it may decide, and mortgage, charge, hypothecate or pledge all or any part of the property of the University to secure any such bonds, debentures and obligations;

(j) to provide for the retirement and superannuation of persons mentioned in clause a and b;

(k) to provide for payments by way of gratuities, retiring allowances, superannuation allowances, pensions, annuities, life insurance or health insurance, or any combination thereof payable to, in respect of, or for the benefit of the persons mentioned in clauses a and b for any class or classes thereof out of a fund or funds comprising contributions made by such persons or any class or classes thereof, or by the Board, or both, or otherwise;

(l) to expend such sums as may be required for the purposes of funds which are established for the payment of gratuities, retirement allowances, pensions, life insurance or health insurance for the benefit of the persons mentioned in clauses a and b;

(m) to make by-laws respecting the meetings of the Board, including the determination of a quorum necessary for the transaction of business, fixing fees to be paid by students for instruction, examinations, certificates, diplomas and any ancillary activities. 1965, c. 54, s. 12.

Management  of University vested in Board

There shall be a Senate of the University composed of,

(a) the President, the Academic Vice-President, if any, the Librarian and the Registrar of the University;

(b) the deans of all faculties;

(c) the heads or chairmen of teaching departments; and

(d) such other members of the teaching staff elected or appointed in such manner as the Senate my determine. 1965, c. 54, s. 13.

Senate

The Senate is responsible for the educational policy of the University, and, with the approval of the Board in so far as the expenditure of funds and the establishment of facilities are concerned, may create such faculties, departments, schools or institutes or establish such chairs as it may determine, may enact by-laws and regulations for the conduct of its affairs, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, has power,

(a) to control, regulate and determine the educational policy of the University;

(b) to determine the courses of study and standards of admissions to the University and continued membership therein, and the qualifications for degrees and diplomas;

(c) to conduct examinations and appoint examiners;

(d) to deal with all matter arising in connection with the awarding of fellowships, scholarships, bursaries, medals, prizes and other awards;

(e) to confer the degrees of Bachelor, Master and Doctor, and all other degrees and diplomas in all branches of learning that may appropriately be conferred by a university;

(f) to confer honorary degrees in any department of learning;

(g) to create faculty councils or committees and committees generally to exercise its powers. 1965, c. 54, s. 14.

Powers of Senate

President

Vice-president 

President to be 
chief executive officer, etc. 

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Chancellor

Election by electoral board

Chairman of electoral board

Vacancy in office of Chancellor

Eligibility for re-election

Religious tests not required

Superannuation 

Property 

R.S.O. 
1990. 
c.191

Trust property vested in Board

Tax exemption

PROPERTY OF UNIVERSITY NOT LIABLE TO BE EXPROPRIATED

APPLICATION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS

APPLICATION OF PROPERTY

INVESTMENT OF FUNDS

Powers of affiliation

Audit

Annual report

The following are repealed:

1. The Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology Act, 1956.

2. The Lakehead College of Arts, Science and Technology Amendment Act, 19961-62.

Repeal

1965. c. 36
1961-62.
c. 69

Commencement

Short title