Faculty Council Meeting - November 18, 2022; Deadline for Agenda Items: Friday, November 11, 2022 at 4:30 pm

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

MINUTES
Friday, October 21, 2022

A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, October 21, 2022 at 10:00 am via Zoom.

Presentation:
Dr. Jocelyn Bel, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Research Facilitator in the Office of Research Services gave a short PowerPoint presentation outlining her role in helping faculty members with their EDI plans for their grant applications.  She also stated that she can help in developing and facilitating EDI training programs for research throughout the year.  For more information, please contact her via email at:  edi.research@lakeheadu.ca or by phone at: (807)343-8010 ext. 8926.

1.
Approval of Agenda
It was moved by J. Jarman and seconded by A. Guttman that the agenda be approved.
        Carried.

2.
Approval of Minutes
Approval of the minutes from September 23, 2022.  (K. Burnett; A. Guttman)
The minutes were accepted as presented.
        
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
None.

4.
Calendar Changes
i)  BA General
It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by L. Chambers that the following calendar change requests be
approved.
2022-SOC-8041:  Program-Modifications for BA.GENE; UG-Course Modifications; Faculty of Social
Sciences and Humanities
2022-SOC-8042:  Courses Modifications; Bachelor of Arts (General) - Transfer - College Pathways; UG;
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Carried.
    
ii)  English
It was moved by A. Guttman and seconded by L. Chambers that the following calendar change request
for English be approved:
2022-SOC-7995:  Programs-Major Modifications-UG-English-Writing programs
    Carried.

It was moved by A. Guttman and seconded by L. Potvin that the following calendar change request
for English be approved:
2022-SOC-8007:  Programs-New-UG-English-Cultural Studies and Popular Texts Minor and
Specialization
    Carried.

iii)  History
It was moved by M. Stevenson and seconded by V. Hébert that the following calendar change requests
for History be approved:
2022-SOC-8093:  New History Course--3rd Year Level
2020-SOC-8094:  Courses-New and Modification-UG-History
    Carried.

iv) Interdisciplinary Studies
It was moved by L Fiddick and seconded by J. Roth that the following calendar changes for
Interdisciplinary Studies be approved:
2022-SOC-8040:  Programs-Modifications-UG-Interdisciplinary Studies-New Discipline and Core
Disciplinary Courses
    Carried.

It was moved by M. Stevenson and L. Chambers that the following calendar change request be approved.
2022-SOC-8090:  New Criminology Courses--Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

    Carried.

v)  Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism
It was moved by L. Potvin and seconded by L. Chambers that the following calendar change requests be
approved.
2022-SOC-8098:  Course-New-UG-ORPT
2022-SOC-8099-A:  Courses-Modifications-UG-ORPT-minor changes
2022-SOC-8100:  Program-modification-UG-ORPT-NBTR-minor elective change
2022-SOC-8102:  Course-Modification-UG-ORPT-course description
    Carried.

vi)  Philosophy
It was moved by B. Birmingham and seconded by D. Ivison that the following calendar change request for
Philosophy be approved:
2022-SOC-8084:  Courses-New Course-UG-Philosophy
    Carried.

Additional Dean Calendar Changes from Geology:
These calendar change requests were not approved due to the suggested Indigenous course mentioned
in both.  B. Birmingham will follow up on these changes.

2022-SCI-7986:  Program_Special Modification_UG_Honours Bachelor of Earth Science (Earth Science
Major) - Transfer - Fleming College (New)_GEOLOGY
2022-SCI-7987:  Programs_Special Modification_UG_Honours Bachelor of Science (Geology Major) -
Transfer - Fleming College_GEOLOGY

5.
Department/School Reports.

i)  English
A. Guttman stated that there is a lecture series on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 11:00 am which will feature S. Olutola.
R. Warburton stated that there will be a book launch by M. Haiven on Friday, October 28, 2022 at 1:00 pm.  The book is entitled, Palm Oil:  The Grease of Empire.  This event is being held in person in Room 2001, PACI and will also be available via Zoom.  

ii)  Indigenous Learning
K. Burnett announced their new faculty member, Dr. Juan Sanchez Martinez, who will be starting next July 1, 2023.  She stated that he will be a great addition to the department.

iii) Languages
I. Lemée stated that their department held a foreign film event yesterday for homecoming.
She also mentioned that there will be a DELF certification which will be held from November 7 to 11, 2022. This is also open to those individuals who might be interested to find out what their status is with regard to speaking French.
The DELF or DALF certification for students or the public at large is offered annually in conjunction with the Department of Languages at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay in partnership with the Thunder Bay school board and Novocentre (Northern Ontario Francophone Association).

iv)  Music
A. Carastathis stated that the next concert will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 in the recital hall beginning at 12:30 pm.  The concert will feature David Potvin, piano, winner of the 2022 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition.
E. Chugunov stated that A. Carastathis has released a new CD entitled, Multiple Views from a Window, produced by Phasma Music (Poland/Greece).

v)  Outdoor Recreation
L. Potvin announced that the Christmas Cheer Fund is looking for volunteers.  If you are interested, please contact L. Kapush at lkapush@lakeheaeu.ca for more information on how to get involved.

    6.
Dean’s Report.
1.    Please go to Senate on Monday!  The Provost will be giving a budget demonstration using data
    from our faculty.  
2.    The next Leaders Meeting will be held on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 10:00 am to noon.
3.    Andrea Tarsitano gave a presentation at Provost Council this week with regard to how faculty can
    help with recruitment.  It was suggested that she attend one of our Faculty Council meetings soon.
4.    Processes:  Please let me know if you might have any suggestions/changes to the processes we
    currently have in place.
5.    We require more feedback for administrative realignments. Will bring to leaders meeting.
6.    Our fall open house this year will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2022.  If you are planning
    to attend, please send Sue and Betsy an email with information as to what you will be doing there.
7.    Thank you for submitting the data that was requested.  Once it has been processed, the data will
    be shared.
Thank you for everything and all your hard work over the past few weeks!

Discussion Points:
•    Faculties need to work together rather than separately to find a possible solution to budget challenges.
•    Source of data used to determine student count needs to be more transparent; Numbers quoted are budgetary actuals and not student numbers; Province’s new guidelines has forced us to do this; we do not want to fall below the corridor guidelines.
•    Projected numbers of students are a model and not reality; would like to see “real” numbers used and present things as fact and not projections.
•    Open House being held on a Saturday is an issue; how do we represent our programs at Orillia?
•    SS&H is losing faculty to retirement, etc. which is a concern as only two tenure track positions were approved (only one was able to come this fall, second will come next fall).
•    Discussion and communication at Senate can be a problem and depending on how information is presented, can create a defensive approach.

7.
Assistant Dean’s Report
No report at this time.

8.
Other Business:
None.

9.
Next Faculty Council Meeting:  November 18, 2022 at 10:00 am via Zoom.  D. Barnett will be attending this meeting from 10:00 am to 10:30 am.

10.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 am.  (A. Guttman; M. Stevenson)

ATTENDANCE
Thunder Bay Campus
A. Guttman
D. Ivison
M. Flegel
L. Chambers
C. Sanders
A. Carastathis
L. Potvin
E. Chugunov
S. Shasahabi
K. Burnett
K. Holmes
I. Lemée
G. Colton
J. Roth
R Warburton
L. Forbes
B. Birmingham
S. Viitala - recording

Orillia Campus
M. Stevenson
A. den Otter
J. Jarman
V. Hébert
L. Fiddick

Regrets:
B. Parker