Faculty Meeting Monday, May 15, 2006

A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. in the ATAC Board Room 5035.

 

B. Strang called the meeting to order.

 

On behalf of the Faculty Council, B. Strang welcomed Dr. Gary Boire, the Acting Faculty Dean, to the meeting.  Council members introduced themselves.

 

 

It was moved by G. Munro and seconded by R. Maundrell that the agenda be approved

with the following change:

 

i)

 

remove 6 i)  - the English Department has yet to meet to approve this item.

 

                                                                                    Carried.

It was moved by M. MacLean and seconded by G. Sidall that the minutes of March 17th be approved.

 

                                                                                    Carried.                                                                 

There was none.

 

Dr. Gary Boire  provided the following report.

 

i)          Thanks

 

He thanked all those who were assisting him as Acting Dean during this transition period.

 

He noted that he was working  in the Social Sciences and Humanities office, generally on Tuesdays.  Currently, he is meeting with each of the faculty chairs and coordinators on an individual basis.  Three meetings have taken place so far. 

 

 

 

ii)         Budget

G. Boire is working with Rita Blais in order to clarify questions regarding staffing and sabbatical replacements.

 

iii)         Scheduling

 

The Registrar is concerned with timetabling errors and welcomes suggestions from departments

that will help to correct problems.

 

iv)        Faculty Annual Reports

 

A letter from the Acting Dean has been sent out to all faculty requesting that annual reports be submitted to Chairs by May 31^st.  One copy should be sent to the Chair, one to Human Resources and one to the Dean's office.

 

v)         Deans' Council

 

The following items were discussed at last week's Deans' Council meeting:

 

1          Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act

 

The Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection Act will have an impact on the accuracy of

all distributed minutes.

 

2          Budget

 

The deans should be receiving a report on the budget numbers shortly.

 

3          E-Mail Policy

 

The proposed new e-mail policy will not happen.

 

4          International Tuition

 

International tuition fees are going to increase.  The actual figure is still to be determined.

 

5          Orillia Director

 

The new director of the Orillia Campus, Sally Ann Burnett, will be on campus tomorrow.

 

A question period followed.

 

  

 

 

 

i           Calendar Changes - Economics

 

It was moved by L. di Matteo and seconded by H. Smith that Council approve the Economics calendar changes.

                                                                                                Carried.

ii           Calendar Changes - Psychology

It was moved by G. Hayman and seconded by M. Stroink that the Psychology calendar changes be approved.

                                                                                                Carried.

 

There was none.

                                                                                                 

 

The meeting adjourned at 1:55 p.m.

           

 

R. Berg

G. Boire

A. Carastathis

L. Di Matteo

T. Dunk

E. Epp

R. Farrell

M. Granville

G. Hayman

D. Ivison

S. Islam

J. Leggatt

M. MacLean

R. Maundrell

G. Munro

G. Siddall

S.D. Stone

M. Stroink

V. Smith

P. Wakewich

 

K. Santerre

B. Stolar

P. Vervoort