Senate Standing Committee on Curriculum

Mandate

  1. Receive and review concept papers, full program proposals, and program revisions for all programs seeking Senate approval.
  2. Review general curricular guidelines or requirements for programs.
  3. Report with recommendations to Senate on the status of concept papers, full program proposals, program implementations, and program revisions in such a manner and at such times as the program approval/implementation process and Senate may require.
  4. Receive and review all new, revised, and discontinued course outlines whose revisions require approval by the Senate and recommend approval to Senate, in accordance with the criteria defined in the Course Outline Manual.
  5. Advise Senate Standing Committee on Policy in regard to policies that impact curriculum as required, and report with recommendations to the committee and to Senate.
  6. Oversee the Course Outline Manual and recommend approval of any non-operational revisions to the Senate.
  7. Establish such subcommittees as needed to fulfill the committee's responsibilities and to consider their recommendations and forward as appropriate for approval by Senate.
  8. Establish guidelines for program approval.
  9. Other duties as assigned by Senate.

Membership Composition

Voting Members

  • Chancellor
  • President
  • University Registrar or designate
  • Student senator or student representative
  • Faculty senator or representative from each Faculty
  • Two deans or designates
  • Academic advisor

Non-voting Members

  • Vice-Chair of Senate
  • University Registrar or designate
  • Senator or representative, Co-operative Education
  • Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning or designate
  • Senator or representative, Office of Teaching and Learning

2024–2025 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Alan DavisPresidentEx officio
Krista Gerlich-FitzgeraldDesignate, University RegistrarAugust 31, 2026
 Student Senator or Representative 
Shelley BoydDeanAugust 31, 2025
Amy JeonDeanAugust 31, 2025
Naomi Ben-YehudaAcademic AdvisorAugust 31, 2027
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES  
Ian StanwoodFaculty of Academic and Career PreparationAugust 31, 2025
Conrad KingFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2027
Celia BrinkerhoffFaculty of Educational Support and Development 
Sherilyn SweeneyFaculty of HealthAugust 31, 2026
Richard PopoffFaculty of ScienceAugust 31, 2026
Ron MurrayFaculty of Trades and TechnologyAugust 31, 2026
 Melville School of Business 
Lindsay NorrisWilson School of DesignAugust 31, 2026
NON-VOTINGROLETERM END
Catherine Schwichtenberg, ChairVice-Chair of SenateEx officio
Nadia HenwoodUniversity RegistrarEx officio
 Senator or representative, Co-operative Education 
Meredith LairdDesignate, Provost and Vice-President, AcademicAugust 31, 2027
Leeann Waddington Associate Vice-President, Teaching and LearningEx officio
Nishan PereraRepresentative, Office of Teaching and LearningAugust 31, 2025

2024–2025 Meeting Schedule

Location: MS Teams Online except September which will be held in-person

Time: 4:15 p.m. - 6:00/7:15 p.m.

SUBMISSION DEADLINEMEETING DATEMEETING timeAGENDA PACKAGEAPPROVED MINUTES
Wednesday, August 28, 2024Wednesday, September 11, 2024

4:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

In-person, Cedar 2110

September 11, 2024September 11, 2024
Wednesday, September 25, 2024Wednesday, October 9, 20244:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.October 9, 2024October 9, 2024
Wednesday, October 23, 2024Wednesday, November 6, 20244:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.November 6, 2024November 6, 2024
Wednesday, November 20, 2024Wednesday, December 4, 20244:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.December 4, 2024December 4, 2024
Tuesday, January 2, 2025Wednesday, January 15, 20254:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.January 15, 2025January 15, 2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025Wednesday, February 12, 20254:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.February 12, 2025February 12, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025Wednesday, March 19, 20254:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. March 19, 2025 March 19, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025Wednesday, April 16, 20254:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025Wednesday, May 14, 20254:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.May 14, 2025May 14, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025Wednesday, June 4, 20254:15 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
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