FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

MINUTES

 March 23^rd, 2015

Approved

A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, March 23^rd, 2015 at 9:30 am in ATAC Board Room 3004/OA 2006.

1.

Approval of Agenda

 It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by R. Martin that the agenda be approved.

 Carried.

 2.

Approval of the Minutes

 It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by R. Martin that the minutes of February 6^th, 2015 be approved as amended.

 Carried.

 3.

Business Arising from Minutes

  None.

 4.

Dean’s Report

 Dean’s Report to Faculty Council Meeting – Friday, March 23, 2015

CRC Chair Tier II

The search for a new CRC Chair Tier II ramps up this week with two candidate interviews, Dr Claire Battershill visiting on Wednesday and Dr. Tanasescu visiting on Friday. Both public presentations are at 2.00, and all faculty are encouraged to attend and present feedback to the Committee.

Reading Week – Oxford

This past reading week, I traveled with five students from the choral program to the UK visiting Oxford and London. While at Oxford the students toured the music manuscript collection at Christ Church, and sang an evening service in the Cathedral. In addition to acting as tour guide, I presented a public talk on my ongoing research in the Christ Church Music Library on the Litany attributed to Thomas Tallis.

Research & Innovation Week

My sincere appreciation goes out to all faculty members who participated in this year’s Research and Innovation Week. As you know, our faculty sponsored a visit and Keynote Talk by Dr. Antonia Maioni, which was insightful and well received. I also had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Brent Herbert-Copley, Vice-President, Research Programs, SSHRC. During this meeting I presented concerns about support for Social Science research, and in particular Humanities based research activities. While the number of applications to the SSHRC have increased, he assured me that the success rate (about 22%) has remained constant. When asked about support for course release from the council, he made it very clear that this would not be an option anytime soon.

Budget Process – Strategic Hires

A draft of the 2015/16 Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities budget has been released with no new information t report on this front. I can report to Council that the VP Academic has been able to secure 2 possibly 3 Strategic Hires across the institution and the one of these hires has just been confirmed for the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies on Orillia. This new hire brings the total of confirmed hires in our faculty to 6 and an additional hire for the CRC Chair position.

Orillia Travel

At the end of last week, I traveled to Orillia to meet with colleagues on that campus and attended a meeting with the faculty in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at which the VP Academic was in attendance. I also attended the opening of the Lakehead Research Centre for Sustainable Communities (RCSC) and would like to extend congratulations to Dr. Serajul Islam and his fellow member colleagues for an important first on the Lakehead Orilla campus.

5.

Assistant Dean’s Report

 Assistant Dean’s Report – March 2015

Our Faculty was well represented during Research and Innovation Week. Beginning on Saturday, the Departments of Languages and Visual Arts participated in the interactive display at the Intercity Shopping Centre in Thunder Bay. Isabelle Lemee ran the language lab, and the work of Mavourneen Trainor and visual arts students was featured. There was a lot of interest in seeing “artists at work,” and some students sold their paintings as a result. Many thanks to Isabelle, Moe, the students, and Roly Martin for participating and making the event a success.

On Monday morning, our Faculty hosted an informal breakfast session with Dr. Antonia Maioni to discuss issues and questions specific to SSHRC researchers. It was a lively discussion with 18 faculty members attending (on both campuses through videoconferencing). Many thanks to Michael Stevenson for taking care of the details for the event in the Orillia campus.

Dr. Maioni, in her role as President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, officially opened the ceremonies, and gave the keynote address over lunch later on Monday. The lunch was well attended. She spoke about the value of research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, which is an important message to the university community as well as to the community at large.

On Tuesday, our Faculty hosted an event celebrating innovation in the arts featuring the Lakehead University Chamber Choir, conducted by our Acting Dean, Dean Jobin-Bevans, and the work of choreographers Edgar Zendejas and Hari Krishnan. The event was well attended by students, faculty, and community members, and during their stay Edgar and Hari also offered four workshops to local dance studios.

All of these events were co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation.

On Wednesday, the Undergraduate Research Conference took place at the Agora and Senate Chambers in the Thunder Bay campus. It was a successful conference, with participants in the poster and oral categories peer-evaluating and voting for their favourites from each Faculty. The winners from our Faculty were Sarah Shruiff, from ORPT, in the poster category, and Andrea Nahachewsky, from English, in the oral category. The winners attended a lunch with the President, the VP (Research and Innovation), and members of the organizing committee.

6.

Departmental/School Reports

i)  Sociology: It was moved by T. Puddephatt and seconded by J. Roth that the calendar changes for Sociology be approved.  (2014-SOC-4535 and 2014-SOC 4536). 

  Carried.

ii)  Music: It was moved by G. Colton and seconded by T. Dufresne that the calendar changes for Music be approved.  (2015-SOC-4926 and 2015-SOC-4297).

  Carried.

 7.

Other Business

i)  Budget Update:  D. Jobin-Bevans stated that the budget for our Faculty was in its final draft.  If any of the chairs/director would like to meet with him to discuss their own budgets, they can contact him to do so.  He also stated that if anyone still has money in their own budgets, to please use it for anything the department/school might need.  The fiscal year ends April 30^th, 2015.

ii)  Loading Sheets for 2015/2016 Academic Year:  This year, A. Tarsitano will be releasing the loading sheets to the Dean’s for review.  The resources must match the courses offered.  Courses with historically low enrolment and caps will be looked at.

iii)  Homecoming Event - October 2015:  D. Jobin-Bevans asked people to think about what events could be added to the homecoming events already scheduled.  Homecoming weekend will be October 2^nd to the 4^th, 2015.

8.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 10:05 am moved by J. Roth and M. Stevenson.

  Carried.

ATTENDANCE

Thunder Bay Campus

T. Puddephatt

D. Ivison

D. McPherson

D. Jobin-Bevans

B. Stolar

T. Dufresne

J. Roth

R. Martin

B. Vernier

G. Colton

Orillia Campus

A. den Otter

M. Stevenson

L. Fiddick

REGRETS

R. Koster

I. Lemée

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL

MINUTES

 February 6^th, 2015

Approved

A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Friday, February 6^th, 2015 at 10:00 am in ATAC Board Room 5035/OA 2005.

1.

Approval of Agenda

It was moved by B. Vernier and seconded by R. Martin that the agenda be approved.

                        Carried.

2.

Approval of the Minutes

It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by T. Puddephatt that the minutes of February 6^th, 2015 be approved as amended.

                        Carried.

3.

Business Arising from Minutes

 None.

4.

Dean’s Report

Dean’s Report to Faculty Council Meeting – Friday, February 6, 2015

Merit Committee

Over the fist week of January, I was involved with the Lakehead University merit review as a member of the Merit Committee. In all, the committee reviewed 48 binders from all academic unit of the University. The overall process while time intensive, was informative and humbling at the same time.

Budget Process

After four weeks of consultation, discussion, and multiple meetings with Chairs/Director, I presented the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities 2015/16 on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 to the Senior Management Team. While the cuts to our Faculty operation budget was no where near the 5% requested, the panel seemed to be satisfied with our work to find efficiencies largely obtained through a process of redistribution and reallocation. Minor reductions have been made to class 6 allocations, but one significant addition to all Departmental budgets is the institution of a $1,000 travel allowance for all Department Chairs/Director. In some cases, this line pre-exists, but in a vast majority of cases, this will represent a new addition.

Most of the cost savings were obtained by the reduction of FCE requests of the Dean over the Base Budget for Sessional Salaries. In my presentation, I made it expressly clear that this was made possible through a very long process of discussion and reflection on the part of all Chairs/Director for this budget year, but that this would not be the case in future years. More specifically, the demand for additional FCEs for program delivery will continue to fluctuate and that these requests will have to be considered on a year-by-year basis.

I will be communicating the specific details of departmental budgets to individual Chairs/Director most particularly as it applies to final FCE allocations as a part of the Loading Sheet exercise currently underway.

CRC Tier II Chair

The Search Committee membership has been confirmed and a preliminary meeting held for the hiring of a CRC Tier II Chair in Digital Literacy. The members of the committee are in the process of reviewing applications from 6 candidates received by the closing date of the 15^th of January. We hope that have interviews begin before the end of February and a candidate chosen for recommendation to the CRC by the April 27^th deadline.

Phase II and III Strategic Hires Update

Proposals for Phase II and Phase III strategic hires have been submitted to the office of the VP Academic and we should expect to continue to hear about results over the new week or so. I can confirm that a proposal for a strategic hire in the Department of History has been approved and that a job posting will be up on our Lakehead University website today. I will continue to keep individual units informed of the status of their proposals.

Reading Week

I would like to inform Council that I will be off campus from Friday, February 13^th returning Monday February 23, 2015 on a trip to Oxford with 5 students from the department of music. There will be an “Acting” Acting Dean in my absence, and Sue will contact faculty as soon as I have confirmation of the arrangements.

5.

Assistant Dean’s Report

Assistant Dean’s Report – February 2015

Research and Innovation Week:

Dr. Antonia Maioni has accepted Lakehead’s invitation to participate in our Research and Innovation Week festivities. She will be officiating during the opening in her capacity as President of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and giving the keynote address during lunch. Our Faculty is hosting a breakfast session with her, and I welcome your thoughts and preferences on what you would like her to speak on that is specific to Social Sciences and Humanities.

The Undergraduate Research Conference Committee is accepting submissions for poster or oral presentations. The form has to be submitted by the student(s) with the approval of their supervisor by Monday, February 9. Please encourage your students to participate in this conference. As well, please encourage your graduate students to participate in the Graduate Conference during R&I week.

The Department of Visual Arts will be displaying a series of student and faculty works at the Intercity Mall during R&I Week, and audiences will have a rare opportunity to see student artists “at work.” Please come and support our artists and our colleagues from Languages who will be taking part in this event.

On Tuesday, March 10, there will be a performance by the Lakehead University Chamber Choir, conducted by our Acting Dean. We are bringing two choreographers – Edgar Zendejas from Montreal and Hari Krishnan from Toronto – to work with the Choir.

Speaker’s Series:

I am working with colleagues in Orillia to bring a speaker or two to the Orillia campus.

Recruitment and International:

We met with delegates from our Beijing Office while they were in Thunder Bay, and discussed the translation of our Faculty’s brochure into Chinese script and the idea of a brochure from our Faculty that would be specific to an international audience.  It was an informative and valuable discussion, and we have decided to keep our translated brochure and compliment it with a two-sided condensed version that hits the highlights.

We are also working on the template for individual units within our Faculty that can be inserted into our brochure. We hope to have those ready in time for Program Day. 

6.

Departmental/School Reports

None

 7.

Other Business

 i)  Accelerated Degree – Update:

D. Jobin-Bevans shared the updated information received from J. O’Meara with regard to the accelerated degree.  J. O’Meara has met with A. Tarsitano and C. O’Connor to discuss the possibility of this degree.  A. Tarsitano will meet with R. Blais and K. Clarke concering feel structure and possible operating grant income implications.  Updates will be provided as they occur.

 ii)  Request for Proposals – Use of TelePresence  2015-2016

D. Jobin-Bevans stated that the proposals for instructional use of the TelePrescence classrooms were

due by end of day on Tuesday, February 17, 2015.  The classroom in Orillia holds 18 students while the room in Thunder Bay can accommodate 28.

iii)  2015 Spring Recruitment Activities

D. Jobin-Bevans gave an update on the spring recruitment activities as outlined by E. Shandruk, Manager of Undergraduate Recruitment.

iv)  Procedures for Academic Approval

D. Jobin-Bevans reminded everyone that items that require signatures must be signed off on time as it can affect other deadlines.

 v)  Update from Lakehead International:  Tony Williams

T. Williams gave a brief biography about himself and mentioned he had been working for 20 years in the field of international recruitment for universities.  He stated that Lakehead International now has all the bases in place to increase our number of international students.  He also stated that he needs feedback and ideas to develop initiative and direction.  He said Lakehead should concentrate on recruiting talented and highly motivated students who can be successful in their education.  Also, we need to build quality programs to attract international students and we must constantly strive for improvement.  T. Williams mentioned that China was a good place to start attracting students.  It was mentioned that many international students struggle with the English language.  He suggested that it might be a good idea to talk to the Provost to find out if more support systems could be put in place.  He mentioned that they are looking to attract students from India next and then S.E. Asia, Malaysia and Africa.  Discussion followed which included the cost of tuition, declining enrolment, improving our international image, more internationally generated revenue going to the faculties, and the lack of support for international students at the graduate level.

8.

Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 11:30 am moved by J. Roth and I. Lemée.

                        Carried.

ATTENDANCE

Thunder Bay Campus

T. Puddephatt

D. Ivison

D. McPherson

D. Jobin-Bevans

M. Beaulieu

I. Lemée

B. Stolar

T. Dufresne

J. Roth

B. Stolar

R. Martin

B. Vernier

A. Carastathis

Orillia Campus

S. Islam

L. Fiddick

REGRETS

R. Koster

A. den Otter

S. Jeppesen

G. Colton

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL MINUTES  December 15th, 2014

Approved
 
A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Monday, December 15th, 2014 at 9:30 am in ATAC Board Room 3004/OA 2005.

1. Approval of Agenda
   It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by R. Martin that the revised agenda be approved.
   Carried.
   
   
2. Approval of the Minutes 
   It was moved by I. Lemée and seconded by D. Ivison that the minutes of November 14th, 2014 be approved.
   Carried.
   
   
3. Business Arising from Minutes
   None.
   
   
4. Registrar’s Report
   None.
   
   
5. Dean's Report to Faculty Council – Monday, December 15th, 2014
   SAC Ad Hoc Committee Work
   Throughout the month of November, work continued to progress on the review of the use of the terms “major, minor and specializations”. The committee concluded its work last week, and a working document has now been prepared for review and submission to Senate for approval. The new terms will take effect in the fall of 2015.
   Strategic Planning Session: Friday, November 28, 2014
   On Friday, November 28, I was asked to participate in an all-day strategic planning session for the Lakehead University External Relations team. The purpose of the day was to start the planning process for the 2015/16 academic year focusing on budget, the development of strategies for the funding of faculty-based project, and the launch of the 50th Anniversary. I have been asked to encourage individual departments to be sure to include the significance of this year in all communication to our alumni and to encourage staff and faculty to participate in events as they are announced throughout the year. The official start of the anniversary year will be in January with the first annual October Homecoming at the heart of a new tradition being established at LU.
   
   Recruitment to Kenora and Dryden
   On December 3 and 4, I had the opportunity to travel with Rhonda Koster and Batia Stolar on a two-day recruitment trip to visit Beaver Brea and St. Thomas Aquinas in Kenora, and the Dryden HS. During our two days of travel, we gave presentations to grades 11 and 12 students on the topic of life at Lakehead in an attempt to encourage more applications to Lakehead University, and to the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities in specific.
   
   PTR Exercise
   I was involved as a member of the 2014 PTR Committee with meetings that took place Tuesday through Thursday, December 9-11, 2014. It was a real pleasure to be a part of this process and to learn about all of the exceptional work that is being conducted at Lakehead University across the institution.
   
   Budget
   Meetings have been scheduled with individual chairs to discuss departmental budgets as a part of an exercise to cut up to 5% from the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities operational budget. The second round of meetings will take place the first week of January at which time departmental chairs will have an accurate picture of FCE sessional budgets for the 2015/16 academic year.
   
   Orillia Visit
   I did not travel to Orillia on Tuesday November 18 and 19 as previously suggested in my November report, but did manage to work from the Orillia campus on December 1 and 2nd where I met with faculty and the Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies.
   
   
6. Assistant Dean’s Report
   Assistant Dean’s Report – Dr. Batia Stolar 
   December 2014
   
   The month began with a recruitment trip to Kenora and Dryden. In Kenora, Dean Jobin-Bevans, Rhonda Koster, and I visited Beaver Brae High School, where we delivered “Lakehead Lessons” to three Grade 12 classes (Psychology, Outdoor Recreation, and English, respectively), and St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where we visited a Grade 11/12 class and spoke about our Faculty, Lakehead, and university life. On the way back to Thunder Bay we visited with the head Music teacher at Dryden High School.
   
   We will be working closely with the Office of Recruitment to see if we can track enrolment numbers from our recruitment efforts. While we do not yet know how successful our recruitment efforts were, our visits seemed to be welcomed, well received, and appreciated. Better coordination (clearer information of what is expected or wanted from us), timing (October or early November would be ideal), and more direct involvement with faculty members visiting these schools from the outset will make future visits more successful. The students appreciated our visit, and in particular the opportunity to experience a university lecture first hand.
   
   I continue working on recruitment materials, namely our Faculty’s brochure for international audiences, and individual units’ inserts to our domestic brochure. As some staff members are taking the early retirement package and their retirement has an impact on their offices, there have been some delays in getting these materials ready.
   
   For Research and Innovation Week, we are working with the Office of the VP Research, Economic Development, and Innovation to bring Dr. Antonia Maioni, President of the Federation of Social Sciences and Humanities, to open R&I week, give a presentation over lunch, and meet with our Faculty in the afternoon to talk about her work with the Federation.
   
   The next event in our Speaker’s Series is scheduled for the second week in March. Details to follow.
   
   There are a couple of Thunder Bay initiatives I would like to draw your attention to:
   
   One is to feature graduates of our Faculty who have established successful businesses in town. The purpose is to showcase what diverse, meaningful, and exciting careers our graduates can achieve with a social sciences and humanities degree. More details to follow.
   
   A second initiative is to have a social holiday gathering for our international students. We are hosting an Open House in the Dean’s Boardroom on December 18. Everyone in town, or anyone who is coming to town from Orillia, is welcome to drop by from 2:00 – 4:00 pm.7.
   
   
7. Departmental/School Reports
   
   English
   It was moved by D. Ivison and seconded by R. Koster that all the calendar changes for English be approved.  (See list of approved courses on the agenda for December 15, 2014.)
           Carried.
   
   History
   It was moved by M. Stevenson and I. Lemée that the calendar changes for History be approved.  (2014-SOC-4522 and 2014-SOC-4523).
           Carried.
   
   Indigenous Learning
   It was moved by D. McPherson and seconded by B. Stolar that the calendar change for Indigenous Learning be approved.  (2014-SOC-4574).
           Carried.
   
   IS/Criminology
   It was moved by L. Fiddick and seconded by R. Martin that the calendar change for IS/Criminology be approved.  (2014-SOC-4612).
           Carried.
   
   IS/Media Studies
   It was moved by L. Fiddick and seconded by J. Roth that the calendar changes for IS/Media Studies be approved.  (See list of approved courses on agenda for December 15, 2015).
           Carried.
   
   Music
   It was moved by E. Tuchonov and seconded by I. Lemée that the calendar changes for Music be approved.  (2014-SOC-4535 and 2014-SOC 4536).
           Carried.
   
   Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism
   It was moved by R. Koster and seconded by I. Lemée that the calendar changes for Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism be approved.  (See list of approved courses on agenda for December 15, 2015).
           Carried.
   
   Political Science
   It was moved by S. Islam and seconded by T. Dufresne that the calendar changes for Political Science be approved.  (2014-SOC-4508; 2014-SOC-4509).
           Carried.
   
   Visual Arts
   It was moved by R. Martin and seconded by T. Dufresne that the calendar changes for Visual Arts be approved.  (2014-SOC-4550; 2014-SOC-4551; 2014-SOC-4552; 2014-SOC-4553; 2014-SOC-4554).
           Carried.
   
   Women’s Studies
   It was moved by J. Roth and seconded by I. Lemée that the calendar changes for Women’s Studies be approved.  (2014-SOC-4563 A; 2014-SOC- 4588; 2014-SOC-4589; 2014-SOC-4609).
           Carried.
   
   
8. Report from the Constitution Committee
   
   
   1. Notice of Motion going forward.
      M. Beaulieu stated that a draft copy of the Constitution would be coming forward shortly.
       
9. Other Business
   Vetting of OGS Funding Applications.
   A discussion was held to determine how the vetting of Ontario Graduate Studies applications should handled.
   
   Motion
   
   It was moved by B. Vernier and J. Roth to create an ad hoc committee for the2014-2015 OGS applications.  The Committee will be comprised of graduate coordinators or designates from programs in the faculty.
           Carried.
   
   
10. Adjournment 
    The meeting adjourned at 11:00 am moved by J. Roth and B. Vernier.
            Carried.

ATTENDANCE

REGRETS

• A. den Otter

1. Local Recruitment Talks.
   D. Jobin-Bevans has spoken with E. Shandruck about creating “mini-talks” for local high school students like the course offered in Orillia, “Financial 101.”   He asked that the Chairs/Director communicate their interests to him in the next four to five weeks.  He also spoke about faculty going to other communities to give lectures.
2. Course Classification and Breadth Requirements
   D. Ivison spoke about the Group I and Group II Classification System that was recently passed at Senate.  He outlined the process of how each department/school was to submit their information.
3. Faculty Constitution
   M. Beaulieu stated that there will be a committee struck to review the current faculty constitution.
   
   Motion:  
   It was moved by D. Ivison and J. Roth that a committee be struck to review the Social Sciences and Humanities faculty constitution with one faculty member from Orillia campus, one faculty member from Thunder Bay campus and M. Beaulieu as Chair.
   Carried.
4. T. Dufresne stated that faculty were being asked to set up their own personal websites.  He also said that they are expected to go for training in order to do this and also to maintain their site.  He stated that faculty were having to do more and more of this sort of thing and that their time would be better used elsewhere.

12. For Information

D. Jobin-Bevans spoke briefly about Lakehead Researchers: Send Us Information on your Game Changing Research.

13. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 11:00 am moved by T. Dufresne and R. Koster.
Carried.

ATTENDANCE

REGRETS

D. McPherson
T. Puddephatt
S. Jeppesen

ATTENDANCE

REGRETS

• D. McPherson
• M. Beaulieu

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL MINUTES
June 26th, 2014

Approved

A meeting of the Faculty Council was held on Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 10:00 am in ATAC Board Room 5021/OA 2020.

1. Approval of Agenda

It was moved by D. Jobin-Bevans and seconded by R. Koster that the agenda be approved.

2. Approval of the Minutes

It was moved by D. Ivison and seconded by D. West that the minutes of April 22nd, 2014 be approved.

Carried.

3. Business Arising from Minutes

None.

4. Registrar’s Report

None.

5. Dean's Report for Faculty Council 

Dean’s Report June 26th, 2014

1. I want to welcome the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies into the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities.
2. Telepresence Room.  The room is being used for beta testing this year.  Andrea Taristano wants to offer four or five courses using that technology this year.  If you are interested, you can contact her to let her know.  She is looking for a diversity of offerings that includes both campuses.  Convocation.  Teaching will be the priority in terms of utilization of the room, but it can be booked for meetings.  For the rest of the summer, bookings should be done through Scheduling.  
3. I want to thank those of you who attended convocation this year.  I also want to commend Dean on the job he did as name reader.  
4. Andrea Taristano came to Deans’ Council yesterday at our request to talk about the changes that are going to be made to the OUF display.  The deans conveyed to her our dissatisfaction with the current organization of it.  She said that one of the changes will be to integrate Orillia and Thunder Bay.  We also requested that she find a way to identify areas of the display by Faculty so that it is easier for students to find the right person to whom to speak.  She is going to work with the company to try to make that happen.
5. China.  Dean and Beatrice and I had a very productive trip to China.  We had some excellent meetings with staff and students at the high schools, and anticipate another trip in the fall to continue to build those relationships.  We are also in the process of developing an MOU with the Dalian Foreign Language University.  We are looking at three facets of the MOU.  The first is faculty exchanges, second, student exchanges, and the third is an agreement that would see students from there complete their 3-year degree there, then come here to do the honours year and then enter a graduate program.  Dean and I have initiated discussions with Doug about this, since English is the most obvious fit for their program offerings, but I think Sociology and History could also work, and we will be exploring those as well.  We are also looking at a credit transfer agreement to create a pathway for their French language students to enter our French program—possibly a 2 plus 2.
6. At the last meeting I talked about the possibility of a budget cut.  I can report now that our Faculty did not receive a cut.  There was clearly recognition that our budget is inadequate to allow us to deliver our basic curriculum.  We also avoided a tax on our carry-forward for the same reason.  Although I’m happy I was successful in getting those mitigating factors in place, Dean will need to continue to work to get our budget adjusted to reflect our need.
7. Finally, I want to say how delighted I am that Dean will be taking on the role of Acting Dean.  I know he will do a splendid job.

6. Assistant Dean’s Update

D. Jobin-Bevans reported that the faculty brochure have been sent to each Chair/Director for review.  
He also reported that our web pages will be changing to reflect the new branding and that there are still some that are outstanding, including the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities home page.  
D. Jobin-Bevans gave an update on the Social Sciences and Humanities “Speaker Series” for fall 2014.  We now have one event booked and are currently looking for two more speakers.
With regard to Advancement, there was a long list of departmental requests that has now been presented to the Vice-Provost (Academic) and to the Vice-President (External).  It was mentioned that some departments might find it easier to fundraise for items they would like.  Discussions and planning will take place over the next six months.

7. Orillia Report

L. Fiddick reported that he is working on a response to the program review.  He is also working on updating the academic plan.  J. Jarman has been hired to replace P. Carr.  C. Lousley has received an Inside Development Grant.

8. Other Business

D. McPherson stated his concern with regard to the online course evaluations.  He said that responses were low and that he had received evaluations meant for other professors.  There was a lengthy discussion as to the fact that the data might be compromised and how it may affect the processes in the collective agreement such at PTR and Merit.
 

9. Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 11:30 am, moved by D. Ivison and R. Berg.
Carried.

ATTENDANCE

REGRETS

• A. den Otter
• L. Chambers
• I. Lemée
• B. Vernier
• A. Carastathis