Mandate
The Budget Committee of Senate serves two important roles. Its responsibilities include:
- Those related to its role as an advisory body to Senate on matters within the jurisdiction of Senate , and
- Those related to its role as an advisory role to the President and vice-presidents on budgetary policy, processes, and allocations.
Responsibilities
- Advise Senate and its committees on the budgetary implications of matters within the jurisdiction of Senate and its committees, including proposals for new educational, research or other programs or initiatives, as required by Senate and its committees.
- On behalf of Senate, and in consultation with the Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities, advise the President and Vice-Presidents on the review and development of academic budgetary priorities, major capital plans, and the allocation of funds.
- At the request of the President, Board of Governors and Senate, provide advice on matters related to the University’s property, building, and structures.
- Assist the President and Vice-Presidents in the development of budgetary policies, guidelines, processes, and models.
- Assist the President and Vice-Presidents with the development of consultation and communication strategies related to budgetary matters.
- Present the annual University budget to Senate.
- Establish such subcommittees as needed to fulfill the Committee’s responsibilities.
- Other duties as assigned by Senate
Membership Composition
Voting Members
- Chancellor
- President
- Two student senators or student representatives
- Faculty senator or representative from each Faculty
- Support staff senator or representative
- Two deans or designates
- Librarian
- Representative, Information Technology
Non-voting Members
- Vice-Chair of Senate
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
- Vice-President, Administration or designate
- Chief Finance Officer or designate
- Chair of Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities
2023–2024 Membership
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
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Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Laura McDonald | Dean | August 31, 2024 |
Syeda Hafsa | Student Senator | August 31, 2024 |
Student Senator | ||
Travis Higo | Support Staff | August 31, 2025 |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2026 |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2026 |
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES | ||
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | ||
Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Vice-Chair | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2024 |
Seanna Takacs | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2025 |
Simren Sandhu | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2024 |
Fergal Callaghan | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2025 |
Mike Mann | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2026 |
Melville School of Business | ||
Carley Hodgkinson | Wilson School of Design | August 31, 2026 |
NON-VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Catherine Schwichtenberg | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Peter Smailes | Vice-President, Administration | Ex officio |
Chervahun Emilien | Chief Finance Officer | Ex officio |
Catherine Schwichtenberg | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2023–2024 Meeting Schedule
Location: MS Teams Online
Time: 10 a.m. to noon
SUBMISSION DEADLINE | MEETING DATE | AGENDA PACKAGE | APPROVED MINUTES |
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Friday, September 15, 2023 | Friday, September 29, 2023 | September 29, 2023 | September 29, 2023 |
Friday, October 13, 2023 | Friday, October 27, 2023 | October 27, 2023 | October 27, 2023 |
Friday, November 10, 2023 | Friday, November 24, 2023 | November 24, 2023 | November 24, 2023 |
Friday, December 22, 2023 | Friday, January 5, 2024 | January 5, 2024 | January 5, 2024 |
Friday, January 19, 2024 | Friday, February 2, 2024 (cancelled) | ||
Friday, February 23, 2024 | Friday, March 8, 2024 | March 8, 2024 | March 8, 2024 |
Friday, March 22, 2023 | Friday, April 5, 2024 (cancelled) | ||
Friday, April 19, 2023 | Friday, May 3, 2024 | May 3, 2024 | May 3, 2024 |
Friday, May 24, 2023 | Friday, June 7, 2024 - in person | June 7, 2024 | June 7, 2024 |
Membership Archives
2022 / 2023
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Heather Harrison | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Laura McDonald | Dean | August 31, 2024 |
Rashminder Singh | Student Senator | August 31, 2023 |
Travis Higo | Support Staff | August 31, 2025 |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2023 |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2026 |
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES | ||
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | ||
Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Vice-Chair | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2024 |
Seanna Takacs | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2025 |
Simren Sandhu | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2024 |
Fergal Callaghan | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2025 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2023 |
Lyndsay Passmore | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2023 |
Wilson School of Design | ||
NON-VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Amy Jeon | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Peter Smailes | Vice-President, Administration | Ex officio |
Chervahun Emilien | Chief Finance Officer | Ex officio |
Heather Clark | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2021 / 2022
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Priya Prasanna Yatheesan | Student | August 31, 2022 |
Shelley Strimbold | Professional Support Staff Senator | August 31, 2024 |
Stephanie Howes, Chair | Dean | August 31, 2024 |
Laura McDonald | Dean | August 31, 2024 |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2023 |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2022 |
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES | ||
Barnabe Assogba | Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | August 31, 2022 |
Fiona Whittington-Walsh, Vice-Chair | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2024 |
Faculty of Educational Support and Development | ||
Simren Sandhu | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2024 |
Fergal Callaghan | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2022 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2023 |
Lyndsay Passmore | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2023 |
Sue Fairburn | Wilson School of Design | August 31, 2023 |
NON-VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Amy Jeon | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Vice-President, Finance and Administration or designate | Ex officio |
Chervahun Emilien | Executive Director, Financial Services | Ex officio |
Heather Clark | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2020 / 2021
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kim Baird | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Sharanveer Singh | Student Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Waheed Taiwo | Professional Support Staff Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | August 31, 2021 |
Diane Purvey | Dean | August 31, 2020 |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2023 |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2022 |
FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE | ||
Faculty of Arts | ||
Barnabe Assogba | Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | August 31, 2022 |
Seanna Takacs | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2021 |
Sonu Bratch | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2021 |
Sue Fairburn | Wilson School of Design | August 31, 2023 |
FACULTY SENATOR | ||
Fergal Callaghan | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2023 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2023 |
Lyndsay Passmore | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2023 |
NON-VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
David Burns, Chair | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Sandy Vanderburgh | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Tara Clowes | Vice-President, Finance and Administration | Ex officio |
Chervahum Emilien | Executive Director, Financial Services | Ex officio |
Heather Clark | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2019 / 2020
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Guramritpal Singh | Student Senator | August 31, 2020 |
Waheed Taiwo | Professional Support Staff Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Stephanie Howes | Dean or Associate Dean | August 31, 2021 |
Diane Purvey | Dean or Associate Dean | August 31, 2020 |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2020 |
Reza Khakbaznejad | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2020 |
SENATOR OR REPRESENTATIVE | ||
Barnabe Assogba | Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation | August 31, 2022 |
Faith Auton-Cuff | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2020 |
Seanna Takacs | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2021 |
Sonu Bratch | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2021 |
Rebecca Harbut | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2022 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2020 |
Robert Ironside | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2020 |
Sue Fairburn | Wilson School of Design | August 31, 2023 |
NON VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
David Burns, Chair | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Sandy Vanderburgh | Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate | Ex officio |
Joe Sass | Vice-President, Finance and Administration or designate | Ex officio |
Candace Gartry | Executive Director, Financial Services or designate | Ex officio |
Natasha Campbell | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2018 / 2019
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Dean | Provost appointment |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | Provost appointment |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2020 |
Waheed Taiwo | Professional Support Staff | August 31, 2021 |
Sukey Samra | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2020 |
Christina Wilcox | Student | August 31, 2021 |
FACULTY MEMBERS | ||
Barnabe D Assogba | Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation | August 31, 2019 |
Faith Auton-Cuff | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2020 |
Seanna Takacs | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2021 |
Sonu Bratch | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2021 |
Rebecca Harbut | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2019 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2020 |
Kirstan Ash | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2021 |
Stephanie Phillips | School of Design | August 31, 2021 |
NON VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate | Ex officio |
Jon Harding | Vice-President, Finance and Administration or designate | Ex officio |
Joe Sass | Executive Director, Financial Services | Ex officio |
Jane Fee | Deputy Provost | Ex officio |
David Burns, Chair | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Jane Fee | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2017 / 2018
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Dean | Provost appointment |
Wayne Tebb | Dean | Provost appointment |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2020 |
Stefanie Broad, Senator | Professional Support Staff | August 31, 2021 |
Sukey Samra | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2020 |
Michael Wong | Student | August 31, 2018 |
FACULTY MEMBERS | ||
Barnabe D Assogba | Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation | August 31, 2019 |
Faith Auton-Cuff | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2020 |
Renu Seru | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2018 |
Sonu Bratch | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2021 |
Elizabeth Worobec | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2019 |
Tom Westgate | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2020 |
Melville School of Business | ||
Stephanie Phillips | School of Design | August 31, 2021 |
NON VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate | Ex officio |
Jon Harding | Vice-President, Finance and Administration or designate | Ex officio |
Joe Sass | Executive Director, Financial Services | Ex officio |
Jane Fee | Deputy Provost | Ex officio |
David Burns (Chair) | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Jane Fee | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
2016 / 2017
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis | President | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Dean | Provost appointment |
Wayne Tebb | Dean | Provost appointment |
Caroline Daniels | Librarian | August 31, 2017 |
Professional Support Staff | ||
Sukey Samra | Representative, Information Technology | August 31, 2016 |
Sonja Kreuzkamp | Student | August 31, 2017 |
FACULTY MEMBERS | ||
Barnabe D Assogba | Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation | August 31, 2019 |
Faith Auton-Cuff | Faculty of Arts | August 31, 2017 |
Renu Seru | Faculty of Educational Support and Development | August 31, 2019 |
Joyce MacKenzie | Faculty of Health | August 31, 2017 |
Elizabeth Worobec | Faculty of Science | August 31, 2019 |
Tom Westgate, Chair | Faculty of Trades and Technology | August 31, 2017 |
Carol Stewart | Melville School of Business | August 31, 2017 |
Dale Simonson | Wilson School of Design | August 31, 2017 |
NON VOTING | ROLE | TERM END |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate | Ex officio |
Jon Harding | Vice-President, Finance and Administration or designate | Ex officio |
Controller | Ex officio | |
Jane Fee | Deputy Provost | Ex officio |
Jennifer Au | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Jane Fee | Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Academic Planning and Priorities | Ex officio |
Meeting Archives
2022–2023
2021 / 2022
2020 / 2021
2019 / 2020
2018 / 2019
2017 / 2018
2016 / 2017
2015 / 2016
2014 / 2015
2013 / 2014
2012 / 2013
2011 / 2012
2010 / 2011
2009 / 2010
2008 / 2009
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