Mandate
- In line with KPU Policy and Procedure AD5 Honorary Degrees and Awards
- Invites nominations from the KPU Community for Honorary Degrees, Distinguished Awards and Emeritus/Emerita designations and other awards
- Evaluates and recommends candidates for Honorary Degrees, Distinguished Awards and Emeritus/Emerita designations and other awards
- Develops operational procedures to be followed by the Committee for the selection and recommendation of candidates
- Recommend to Senate that an award be rescinded or an Emeritus/Emerita designation be terminated should the individual bring KPU into disrepute
- Review KPU Policy and Procedure AD5 Honorary Degrees and Awards per the Policy review schedule or as required
- From time to time recommend to Senate modifications to criteria and qualifications for awards or changes to the categories of awards KPU confers
- Make recommendations to Senate on other matters concerning forms of recognition which may be referred to the Committee
- Other duties as assigned by Senate
Membership Composition
Voting Members
- Chancellor
- President
- Senator
- Three faculty representatives
- Dean or designate
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
- Associate Vice-President, Research or designate
- Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning or designate
*faculty representatives must be chosen from different Faculties
Non-voting Members
- Vice-Chair of Senate
- University Registrar or designate
- University Secretary
2024–2025 Membership
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
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Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Todd Mundle | Designate, Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Amit Shukla | Designate, Research | August 31, 2026 |
Leeann Waddington | Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning | Ex officio |
Judy Benevides | Senator | August 31, 2026 |
THREE FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES | FROM DIFFERENT FACULTIES | |
Tara Lyons | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2027 |
Debbie Musil, Vice-Chair | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2026 |
Takashi Sato | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2025 |
NON-VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
Catherine Schwichtenberg | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Krista Gerlich-Fitzgerald | Designate, University Registrar | August 31, 2026 |
Lily Chong | University Secretary | Ex officio |
2024–2025 Meeting Schedule
Location: MS Teams Online except in November, which will be in person.
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
SUBMISSION DEADLINE | MEETING DATE |
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Monday, October 21, 2024 | Monday, November 4, 2024 |
Monday, January 6, 2025 | Monday, January 20, 2025 |
Monday, March 31, 2025 | Monday, April 14, 2025 |
Tuesday, May 20, 2025 | Monday, June 2, 2025 |
Recipient Lists
Distinguished Service Award Recipients
Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients
Distinguished Scholarship Award Recipients
Administrative Support: University Secretariat / Lily Chong