Senate Standing Committee on Curriculum

Mandate

  1. Receive and review concept papers, full program proposals, and program revisions for all programs seeking Senate approval.
  2. Review general curricular guidelines or requirements for programs.
  3. Report with recommendations to Senate on the status of concept papers, full program proposals, program implementations, and program revisions in such a manner and at such times as the program approval/implementation process and Senate may require.
  4. Receive and review all new, revised, and discontinued course outlines whose revisions require approval by the Senate and recommend approval to Senate, in accordance with the criteria defined in the Course Outline Manual.
  5. Advise Senate Standing Committee on Policy in regard to policies that impact curriculum as required, and report with recommendations to the committee and to Senate.
  6. Oversee the Course Outline Manual and recommend approval of any non-operational revisions to the Senate.
  7. Establish such subcommittees as needed to fulfill the committee's responsibilities and to consider their recommendations and forward as appropriate for approval by Senate.
  8. Establish guidelines for program approval.
  9. Other duties as assigned by Senate.

Membership Composition

Voting Members

  • Chancellor
  • President
  • University Registrar or designate
  • Student senator or student representative
  • Faculty senator or representative from each Faculty
  • Two deans or designates
  • Academic advisor

Non-voting Members

  • Vice-Chair of Senate
  • University Registrar or designate
  • Senator or representative, Co-operative Education
  • Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning or designate
  • Senator or representative, Office of Teaching and Learning

2025–2026 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Bruce ChoyPresidentEx officio
Krista Gerlich-FitzgeraldDesignate, University RegistrarAugust 31, 2026
 Student Senator or Representative 
Shelley BoydDeanAugust 31, 2028
Brett FavaroDeanAugust 31, 2027
Naomi Ben-YehudaAcademic AdvisorAugust 31, 2027
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES  
 Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation 
Parthi KrishnanFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2028
Celia BrinkerhoffFaculty of Educational Support and DevelopmentAugust 31, 2027
Sherilyn SweeneyFaculty of HealthAugust 31, 2026
Richard PopoffFaculty of ScienceAugust 31, 2026
Ron MurrayFaculty of Trades and TechnologyAugust 31, 2026
 Melville School of Business 
Lindsay NorrisWilson School of DesignAugust 31, 2026
NON-VOTINGROLETERM END
Catherine Schwichtenberg, ChairVice-Chair of SenateEx officio
Nadia HenwoodUniversity RegistrarEx officio
 Senator or representative, Co-operative Education 
Meredith LairdDesignate, Provost and Vice-President, AcademicAugust 31, 2027
Leeann Waddington Associate Vice-President, Teaching and LearningEx officio
Nishan PereraRepresentative, Office of Teaching and LearningAugust 31, 2028

2025-2026 Meeting Schedule

Location: MS Teams Online except where noted below.

Time: Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

SUBMISSION DEADLINEMEETING DATEMEETING TIMEAGENDA PACKAGEAPPROVED MINUTES
Wednesday, August 27, 2025Wednesday, September 10, 20252:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.September 10, 2025September 10, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025Wednesday, October 8, 20252:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.October 8, 2025October 8, 2025
Wednesday, October 22, 2025Wednesday, November 5, 20252:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.November 5, 2025November 5, 2025
Wednesday, December 10, 2025Wednesday, January 7, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.January 7, 2026January 7, 2026
Wednesday, January 21, 2026Wednesday, February 4, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.February 4, 2026February 4, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026Wednesday, March 11, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.March 11, 2026March 11, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026Wednesday, April 8, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.April 8, 2026April 8, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026Wednesday, May 6, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.May 6, 2026May 6, 2026
Wednesday, May 20, 2026Wednesday, June 3, 20262:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.June 3, 2026June 3, 2026
Link to SSCC Submission Site

Subcommittees

SSCC Meeting Archives

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Degree Proposal Assessment Committee (DPAC) Archives (pre-Senate)

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