Senate Standing Committee on Program Review

Mandate

Kwantlen Polytechnic University performs regular and consistent reviews of educational programs and units of study that are under the jurisdiction of Senate. The Senate Standing Committee on Program Review (SSCPR) oversees this process.

Specifically, the mandate of the SSCPR is to:

  1. Make recommendations to Senate on proposed revisions to the AC3 Program Review Policy
  2. Develop procedures and standards to ensure program reviews are conducted in accordance with the principles of the Program Review Policy
  3. Review for approval Self-Study Reports, External Review Reports, Quality Assurance Plans, and annual follow-up reports
  4. Ensure all reports submitted to SSCPR meet KPU's program review standards
  5. Provide regular reports to Senate on the progress of program reviews, and other items of note arising out of the committee’s work
  6. Report to Senate annually with a schedule for program reviews planned for the coming year

Additional Resources: Program Review

Membership Composition

Voting Members

  • Chancellor
  • President
  • Student senator
  • Two faculty senators or representatives*
  • Faculty senator or representative from each Faculty, with the exception of the Faculty of Trades and Technology
    • One from the Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation
    • Two from the Faculty of Arts
    • One from the Faculty of Educational Support and Development
    • One from the Faculty of Health
    • One from the Faculty of Science
    • Two from the Melville School of Business
    • One from the Wilson School of Design
  • Associate Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Two deans or designates
  • Associate Vice-President, Planning and Accountability or designate
  • Representative, Teaching and Learning Commons
  • Representative, Student Services

*These two faculty senators are additional to the faculty senators from each Faculty.

Non-voting Members

  • Vice-Chair of Senate
  • Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Vice-President, Students or designate
  • Manager, Quality Assurance
  • Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning or designate

2024–2025 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Alan DavisPresidentEx officio
Aimee BegalkaDeanAugust 31, 2025
Alena BuisDesignate, DeanAugust 31, 2027
David BurnsAssociate Vice-President, AcademicEx officio
Meredith HaafDesignate, Associate Vice-President, Planning and AccountabilityAugust 31, 2026
Hardik KansalStudent SenatorAugust 31, 2025
Craig WrightRepresentative, Teaching and Learning CommonsAugust 31, 2025
Krista Gerlich-FitzgeraldRepresentative, Student ServicesAugust 31, 2026
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVESFROM EACH FACULTY 
 Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation 
Jack HayesFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2026
Nicole BeaulieuFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2027
 Faculty of Educational Support and Development 
Donna DanielsonFaculty of HealthAugust 31, 2026
Tomasz GradowskiFaculty of ScienceAugust 31, 2027
Hao MaMelville School of BusinessAugust 31, 2025
Judy BenevidesMelville School of BusinessAugust 31, 2026
Lindsay NorrisWilson School of DesignAugust 31, 2026
TWO FACULTY SENATORS OR REPRESENTATIVESFROM ANY FACULTY 
Jennifer GaoFaculty RepresentativeAugust 31, 2025
Fergal Callaghan, ChairFaculty SenatorAugust 31, 2025
NON-VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Catherine SchwichtenbergVice-Chair of SenateEx officio
Laura McDonaldDesignate, Provost and Vice-President, AcademicAugust 31, 2025
Lisa HigashiDesignate, Vice-President, StudentsAugust 31, 2027
Melike Kinik-DicleliManager, Quality AssuranceEx officio
Nishan PereraDesignate, Associate Vice-President, Teaching and LearningAugust 31, 2026

2024–2025 Meeting Schedule

Location: MS Teams

Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Submission DeadlineMeeting DateAgendaMinutes
Monday, August 26, 2024

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

In-person

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Monday, September 23, 2024Wednesday, October 23, 2024October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
Monday, October 21, 2024Wednesday, November 20, 2024November 20, 2024November 20, 2024
Monday, December 23, 2024Wednesday, January 22, 2025January 22, 2025January 22, 2025
Monday, January 20, 2025Wednesday, February 19, 2025February 19, 2025February 19, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025Wednesday, March 26, 2025March 26, 2025March 26, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025Wednesday, April 23, 2025April 23, 2025April 23, 2025
Monday, April 21, 2025Wednesday, May 21, 2025May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Monday, May 26, 2025Wednesday, June 25, 2025June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Archived SSCPR Membership, Agendas and Minutes

Administrative Support: Senate Office