Agenda

Composition

Elected from Senate
4 Senators (2 student members of Senate, 1 convocation member of Senate, and 1 dean)

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President
Chair of the Academic Policy Committee
Chair of the Admissions Committee
Chair of the Awards Committee
Chair of the Budget and Academic Buildings Committee
Chair of the Curriculum Committee
Chair of the Nominating Committee
Chair of the Research & Scholarship Committee
Chair of the Teaching & Learning Committee
Chair of the Tributes Committee
Academic Vice-President
Registrar (non-voting)

Quorum: 5 voting members (Senate minutes, 13 May 2026)

Terms of Reference

• To prepare an agenda for Senate meetings.
• To discuss matters referred to it by Senate or by the Chair of Senate for report to Senate (Senate minutes, 13 May 2026).
• To consider and take action on behalf of the Senate on all matters that may be referred to the Senate by the Board (Senate minutes, 21 May 1975, p. 6397).
• To consider matters relating to the University Act (Senate minutes, 13 May 2026).
• To recommend the Rules and Procedures of Senate (Senate minutes, 13 May 2026).
• To annually collect and prepare for Senate discussion topics of broad academic interest (Senate minutes, 16 May 2006).

Membership

Elected from Senate
Drédyn Fontana (Student)
Dr. John H.V. Gilbert
Jaiya Panchi (Student)
Prof. Ngai Pindell

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President
Dr. Kin Lo, Chair of the Academic Policy Committee
Dr. Joanne Fox, Chair of the Admissions Committee (Vice-Chair)
Dr. Lawrence Burr, Chair of the Awards Committee
Mitchell Prost, Chair of the Budget and Academic Buildings Committee
Dr. Sathish Gopalakrishnan, Chair of the Curriculum Committee
Dr. Ben Britton, Chair of the Nominating Committee
Dr. Wendy Norman, ​Chair of the Research & Scholarship Committee
Dr. Laura Moss, Chair of the Teaching & Learning Committee
Dr. John H.V. Gilbert, Chair of the Tributes Committee
Dr. Gage Averill, Academic Vice-President
Dr. Rella Ng, Registrar (non-voting)

Meeting Schedule and Submission Guidelines

Senate Agenda Committee meetings are held either via videoconference or in Brock Hall, Room 2001 – 1874 East Mall, unless otherwise noted.

Senate Agenda Committee meetings are limited to members of the Committee.

Except for items that must first be reviewed by a Senate committee, all materials for the Vancouver Senate must be submitted to vancouver.senate@ubc.ca no later than two business days prior to the scheduled Agenda Committee meeting date (Senate minutes, 17 May 2023). N.B. Submission of materials does not guarantee placement on the upcoming agenda.

Minutes from Previous Meetings

For meeting minutes prior to September 2025, please contact vancouver.senate@ubc.ca.