Curriculum

Composition

Elected from Senate
18 Senators (including 5 student members and at least 2 convocation members)

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President
University Librarian
An associate vice-president academic, as designated by the Academic Vice-President
Director, First Nations House of Learning
Director of Continuing Education
One Curriculum Committee Chair from each Faculty
Chair, Senate Admissions Committee

Registrar (non-voting)

Quorum: 9 voting members (approved by Senate, 16 May 2006) (revised by Senate, 12 November 2014)

Terms of Reference
  • To consider proposals from Faculties for new, changed, and deleted courses, programs of study, degrees, and other credentials and to make recommendations thereon to Senate (Senate minutes, 16 May 2006).
  • To keep under review the policies and programs of the University with respect to continuing education and life-long learning activities (Senate minutes, 22 July 2020).
  • To monitor Senate’s policy on expanding the availability of degrees and other credentials through part-time study, and to make recommendations thereon to Senate (Senate minutes, 16 May 2006).
  • To recommend, where appropriate, an order of priority for the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee (Senate minutes, 22 May 1968).
  • To consider proposals from Faculties for changes, additions, or deletions to material presented on degree and diploma parchments, and on students’ transcripts of academic record (Senate minutes, 16 May 2007).
  • To review advancement requirements for academic programs throughout the University, including both new programs and changes to existing programs, and to make recommendations to Senate (Senate minutes, 15 May 2013).
Membership

Elected from Senate
Hubaib Amin (Student)
Ian Caguiat (Student)
Dr. Andrea Dulay
Dr. Peter Englezos​
Dr. Sathish Gopalakrishnan​
Prof. Carol Jaeger (Chair, Senate Admissions Committee)
Dr. Robert Kozak
Dr. Claudia Krebs (Chair)
Davey Li (Student)
Dr. Shigenori Matsui​
Dr. Charles Menzies
Siddharth Rout (Student)
Holly Patraschuk (Student)
Dr. Santokh Singh
Dr. Jaclyn Stewart
Vacancy (3, incl. 1 Convocation)

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President
Dr. Simon Bates, Director of Continuing Education/Associate Vice-President Academic, as designated by the Academic Vice-President
Dr. Sandra Brown, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Dr. Patrick Culbert, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Forestry
Dr. Doug Harris, Curriculum Committee Chair, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Dr. Cheryl Holmes, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Norm Hutchinson, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Dr. Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Surita Jhangiani, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Education
Dr. Hedy Law, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Arts
Dr. Margaret Moss, Director, First Nations House of Learning
Dr. Susan Parker, University Librarian
Elicia Salzberg, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
Dr. Eli Whitney, Curriculum Committee Chair, Faculty of Dentistry

Rella Ng, Registrar (non-voting)

Meeting Schedule
Date Time Location Minutes
Monday, 26 September 2022 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Monday, 24 October 2022 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Monday, 21 November 2022 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Monday, 23 January 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Tuesday, 21 February 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Monday, 27 March 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom PDF
Monday, 24 April 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom
Monday, 10 July 2023 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Zoom

Past Meetings

Date Minutes
Monday, 11 July 2022 PDF
Monday, 25 April 2022 PDF
Monday, 28 March 2022 PDF
Monday, 28 February 2022 PDF
Monday, 24 January 2022 PDF
Monday, 29 November 2021 PDF
Monday, 25 October 2021 PDF
Monday, 27 September 2021 PDF