Version 2.0 Compiled by Lisa Collins, Assistant Registrar, Senate & Curriculum Services Enrolment Services, September 19, 2005
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | February 16, 1916 | |
| First recorded meeting of Faculty | August 15, 1921 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean L. S. Klinck | ||
| Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of | Change in name approved by the Senate | May 22, 1968 |
| Land & Food Systems, Faculty of | Change in name approved by the Senate, effective February 1, 2005 | November 24, 2004 |
| Change in name approved by the Board | January 28, 2005 | |
| APPLIED SCIENCE, FACULTY OF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | February 16, 1916 | |
| First recorded meeting of Faculty | October 15, 1921 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean R. W. Brock | ||
| ARTS & SCIENCE, FACULTY OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | February 16, 1916 | |
| First recorded meeting of Faculty | August 16, 1921 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean G. E. Robinson | ||
| Senate approved division into two Faculties effective July 1, 1963 | May 22, 1963 | |
| Arts, Faculty of | First meeting of Faculty | September 6, 1963 |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean S. N. F. Chant | ||
| Science, Faculty of | First meeting of Faculty | September 6, 1963 |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean V. J. Okulitch | ||
| ARCHITECTURE, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a School by the Senate | February 16, 1949 | |
| Approved as a School by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First Director of School: Mr. F. Lasserre | ||
| Architecture & Landscape Architecture | Approved as a School within Applied Science by the Senate | May 17, 2005 |
| School approved by the Board | July 14, 2005 | |
| AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH SCIENCES, DIVISION OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Division in the Department of Pediatrics | 1970 | |
| Audiology & Speech Sciences, School of | School approved by the Senate | December 15, 1982 |
| School approved by the Board | January 1983 | |
| First Director: Dr. J. H. V. Gilbert | ||
| COMMERCE | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Part of Department of Economics, Commerce, Political Science and Sociology in Arts & Science | 1929 | |
| Commerce, Department of | Department of Commerce in Arts & Science | 1939 |
| Commerce, School of | Approved as a School in the Faculty of Arts & Science by the Senate | August 25, 1950 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First Director of School: Mr. E. D. MacPhee | ||
| Commerce & Business Administration, Faculty of | Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | May 9, 1956 |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Board | May 28, 1956 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean E. D. MacPhee | ||
| Sauder School of Business | Use of name approved by the Senate ("legal" name unchanged) | February 25, 2004 |
| COMMUNITY & REGIONAL PLANNING, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a School in the Faculty of Graduate Studies by the Senate | May 24, 1967 | |
| Approved as a School by the Board | 1967 | |
| First Director of School: Dr. H. P. Oberlander | ||
| DENTISTRY, FACULTY OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | October 18, 1961 | |
| First meeting of Faculty | November 24, 1964 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean S. Wah Leung | ||
| EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Faculty of Arts & Science | 1926 | |
| Approved as a School by the Senate | February 16, 1949 | |
| Approved as a School by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First Director of School: Dr. M. A. Cameron | ||
| Education, Faculty of | First meeting as a Faculty | October 1, 1956 |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean N. Scarfe | ||
| FORESTRY, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Applied Science | 1920 | |
| Forestry, Faculty of | Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | February 16, 1916 |
| First meeting as a Faculty | July 1, 1950 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean L. Besley | ||
| GRADUATE STUDIES, FACULTY OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First meeting of Faculty | March 1, 1949 | |
|
Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Faculty of |
First Dean of Faculty: Dean H. F. Angus Name change approved by the Senate |
July1, 2013 |
| HEALTH DISCIPLINES, COLLEGE OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Established by the Senate | October 17, 2001 | |
| Approved by the Board | November 15, 2001 | |
| First Principal of the College: Dr. J. H. V. Gilbert | ||
| HOME ECONOMICS, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Faculty of Arts & Science | 1943 | |
| Home Economics, School of | Approved as a School in the Faculty of Arts & Science by the Senate | February 16, 1949 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First Director of School: Miss C. S. Black | ||
| Family & Nutritional Sciences, School of | Approved as a School in the Faculty of Arts by the Senate | November 16, 1983 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | November 1983 | |
| Disestablished as a School by the Senate (Family Studies faculty and programs transferred to School of Social Work & Family Studies in the Faculty of Arts.) | January 20, 1999 | |
| Disestablishment approved by the Board | January 21, 1999 | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, COLLEGE FOR | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Established by the Senate effective January 1, 2007 | November 15, 2006 | |
| Approved by the Board | December 7, 2006 | |
| First Principal of the College: Dr. D. Steyn | ||
| JOURNALISM, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a School in the Faculty of Arts by the Senate | January 15, 1997 | |
| Approved as a School by the Board | January 1997 | |
| First Director of School: D. Logan | ||
| LAW, FACULTY OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | August 24, 1945 | |
| Approved as a faculty by the Board | August 27, 1945 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean G. F. Curtis | ||
| LIBRARIANSHIP, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved in principle as a School in the Faculty of Arts & Science by the Senate | September 9, 1959 | |
| First meeting of School | December 1, 1961 | |
| First Director of School: Dr. S. Rothstein | ||
| Library, Archival & Information Studies, School of | Name change approved by the Senate | September 12, 1984 |
| Name change approved by the Board | September 1984 | |
| MEDICINE, FACULTY OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a Faculty by the Senate | November 27, 1947 | |
| First meeting of Faculty | October 12, 1950 | |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean M. Weaver | ||
| MUSIC, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Arts | 1971 | |
| Music, School of | Approved as a School in the Faculty of Arts by the Senate | March 19, 1986 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | March 1986 | |
| First Director of School: Dr. W. E. Benjamin | ||
| NURSING, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in the Faculty of Applied Science | 1920 | |
| Nursing, School of | Approved as a School by the Senate | December 13, 1950 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | January 3, 1951 | |
| First Director of School: Miss H. E. Mallory | ||
| OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a School in Graduate Studies by the Senate | January 19, 2000 | |
| Approved as a School by the Board | January 20, 2000 | |
| Environmental Health, School of | Name change approved by Senate | September 19, 2007 |
| PHARMACY, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Faculty of Arts & Science | 1947 | |
| Pharmacy, Faculty of | First meeting of Faculty | October 18, 1949 |
| First Dean of Faculty: Dean E. L. Woods | ||
| Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of | Senate approved change in name | December 4, 1968 |
| PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Department in Faculty of Arts & Science | 1947 | |
| Physical Education, School of | Approved as a School by the Senate | October 19, 1951 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | January 2, 1952 | |
| First Director of School: Mr. R. F. Osborne | ||
| Physical Education And Recreation, School of | Senate approved change in name | February 10, 1960 |
| Human Kinetics, School of | Name changed to Human Kinetics | March 17, 1993 |
| REHABILITATION MEDICINE, SCHOOL OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Approved as a School by the Senate | February 12, 1958 | |
| First meeting of School | December 13, 1961 | |
| First Director of School: Dr. B. Fahrni | ||
| Rehabilitation Sciences, School of | Change in name approved by the Senate | November 18, 1992 |
| Change in name approved by the Board | November 1992 | |
| SOCIAL WORK, DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| Revised Name | Action/Status | Date |
| Part of Department of Economics, Political Science and Sociology | 1943 | |
| Part of Department of Sociology | 1945 | |
| Social Work, School of | Approved as a School by the Senate | February 16, 1949 |
| Approved as a School by the Board | February 28, 1949 | |
| First Director of School: Miss M. J. Smith | ||
| Social Work & Family Studies | Merged with Family Studies faculty and programs from Family & Nutritional Sciences and renamed as a School in the Faculty of Arts by the Senate | January 20, 1999 |
| New name approved by the Board | January 21, 1999 | |
This information is for quick reference. For the full text of the Minutes of Senate, which include the motions and discussion, please see the Minutes Archive.