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

2026–2027 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Diane PurveyPresident, pro temEx officio
Krista Gerlich-FitzgeraldDesignate, University RegistrarAugust 31, 2029
 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
 Faculty of Health 
Richard PopoffFaculty of ScienceAugust 31, 2028
 Faculty of Trades and Technology 
 Melville School of Business 
 Wilson School of Design 
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, Centre for Educational TransformationAugust 31, 2028

2026-2027 Meeting Schedule

Location: MS Teams Online except where noted below.

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

SUBMISSION DEADLINEMEETING DATEAGENDA PACKAGEAPPROVED MINUTES
Wednesday, August 26, 2026Wednesday, September 9, 2026September 9, 2026September 9, 2026
Wednesday, September 23 2026Wednesday, October 7, 2026October 7, 2026October 7, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026Wednesday, November 4, 2026November 4, 2026November 4, 2026
Friday, December 18, 2026Wednesday, January 13, 2027January 13, 2027January 13, 2027
Wednesday, February 17, 2027Wednesday, March 3, 2027March 3, 2027March 3, 2027
Wednesday, March 24, 2027Wednesday, April 7, 2027April 7, 2027April 7, 2027
Wednesday, April 28, 2027Wednesday, May 12, 2027May 12, 2027May 12, 2027
Wednesday, May 19, 2027Wednesday, June 2, 2027June 2, 2027June 2, 2027
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