Faculty Council Meeting - January 6, 2023: Deadline for Agenda Items: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 at 4:30 pm
MEMORANDUM
Date: January 2, 2023
To: Members, Council of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Subject: FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING
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There will be a meeting of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities Faculty Council on:
Friday, January 6th, 2023 AT 10:00 AM VIA ZOOM.
Guest:
Spring/Summer Course for SGEI
Mr. Bill Perrault - Associate Director Curriculum Development
Seven Generations Education Institute, Fort Frances, ON
AGENDA
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Zoom Link: https://lakeheadu.zoom.us/j/93123883247
Meeting ID: 931 2388 3247
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1. Approval of Agenda.
2. Approval of the following Minutes: December 9, 2022
3. Business Arising from the Minutes.
4. Calendar Changes.
5. Department/School Reports.
6. Dean’s Report.
7. Assistant Dean’s Report.
8. Other Business.
9. Next Faculty Council Meeting: February 3, 2023 at 10:00 am via Zoom.
10. Adjournment.
11. In Camera Session with LUFA: 11:00 am to noon.
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL
MINUTES
Friday, December 9, 2022
A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, December 9, 2022 at 10:00 am via Zoom.
1.
Approval of Agenda
It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by A. Guttman that the agenda be approved.
Carried.
2.
Approval of Minutes
Approval of the minutes from November 18, 2022. (A. Guttman; J. Jarman)
The minutes were accepted with one revision.
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
None.
4.
Calendar Changes
i) Sociology
It was moved by T. Puddephatt and seconded by C. Sanders that the following calendar change request
for Sociology be approved.
2022-SOC-8086: Cancel the BA and HBA Sociology programs in Orillia.
The decision for the cancellation of the Sociology BA and HBA was met with great regret by the
department and the Faculty as a whole. Professors’ Puddephatt and Jarman explained that the lack of
resources made the programs unsustainable. It was on that basis that the motion passed. This is part of
an ongoing issue and warrants further discussion as departments look to the future.
Carried.
5.
Department/School Reports.
i) English - External Adjunct Appointment
It was moved by A. Guttman and seconded by D. Ivison that the appointment of Dr. Kathryn Walton as an
External Adjunct for the Department of English for a four-year period be approved.
Carried.
A. Guttman stated that Chelsea Vowel will be guest speaker at the McLeod Lecture series taking place on March 7, 2023 at 2:30 pm. More details will follow closer to the event.
6.
Dean’s Report.
December 9, 2022
There should be a memo from FGS about graduate packages soon-ish. There will be fewer resources for entrance scholarships, both domestic and international, as well as fewer International GAs across the university, but we don't know specifics yet."
Wishing everyone Happy Holidays! Enjoy your time away!
7.
Assistant Dean’s Report.
The BA General is currently on a “holding pattern” with more news to follow in early January 2023.
8.
Other Business:
None.
9.
Next Faculty Council Meeting: January 6, 2023 at 10:00 am via Zoom.
10.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 11:20 am. (J. Roth; T. Puddephatt)
ATTENDANCE
Thunder Bay Campus
A. Guttman
M. Flegel
C. Sanders
A. Carastathis
S. Shasahabi
K. Holmes
I. Lemée
J. Roth
R Warburton
T. Rollo
B. Parker
D. Ivison
L. Chambers
B. Maiangwa
R. Maundrell
T. Puddephatt
E. Chugunov
B. Birmingham
S. Viitala - recording
Orillia Campus
A. den Otter
J. Jarman
V. Hébert
M. Stevenson
R. McVeigh
D. Krupp
Regrets:
L. Potvin