Mandate
- Assists the Chair of Senate in setting the senate meeting agenda
- Acts on behalf of Senate on urgent items of business between regular meetings of Senate. Such actions and decisions must be ratified by Senate at a subsequent meeting of Senate
- Other duties as assigned by Senate
- At the last regular meeting of the academic year, Senate empowers the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) to act for Senate on urgent items of regular business during the months of July, August, and December.
- Notice of any meetings of the SEC held under this authority (except those called for the purposes of the Executive dealing with its own regular business) shall be given to all members of Senate who may attend and vote.
- Any actions under this authority are reported to Senate at its next meeting.
Membership Composition
Chair: President
Voting Members
- Chancellor
- President
- Vice-Chair of Senate
- Two faculty or support staff senators
- Student senator
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic
- Two deans or designates
Non-voting Member
- University Registrar or designate
Quorum
When acting on behalf of Senate, quorum shall be two-thirds of the voting members.
2023–2024 Membership
VOTING MEMBERS | TITLE | TERM END |
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Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Catherine Schwichtenberg, Vice-Chair | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Brett Favaro | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Allyson Rozell | Faculty Senator | August 31, 2024 |
Mike Mann | Faculty Senator | August 31, 2026 |
Guntas Kochar | Student Senator | August 31, 2024 |
NON-VOTING MEMBER | TITLE | TERM END |
Nadia Henwood | University Registrar | Ex officio |
2023–2024 Meeting Schedule
Location: MS Teams Online
Time: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE | MEETING DATE |
---|---|
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | Tuesday, September 19, 2023 |
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | Tuesday, October 17, 2023 |
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | Tuesday, November 14, 2023 |
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | Tuesday, December 12, 2023 |
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 |
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | Tuesday, February 13, 2024 |
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | Tuesday, March 12, 2024 |
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Tuesday, April 16, 2024 |
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | Tuesday, May 21, 2024 |
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 - in person | Tuesday, June 18, 2024 |
Membership Archives
2022 / 2023
VOTING MEMBERS | TITLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Amy Jeon, Vice-Chair | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Heather Harrison | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Brett Favaro | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
Heather Clark | Faculty Senator | August 31, 2023 |
Faculty or Support Staff Senator | ||
Jarman Dhillon | Student Senator | August 31, 2023 |
NON-VOTING MEMBER | TITLE | TERM END |
Nadia Henwood | University Registrar | Ex officio |
2021 / 2022
VOTING MEMBERS | TITLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird) | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Amy Jeon | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Student Senator | ||
Heather Clark | Senator | August 31, 2023 |
Catherine Schwichtenberg | Senator | August 31, 2022 |
Diane Purvey | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | August 31, 2024 |
Brett Favaro | Dean | August 31, 2025 |
NON-VOTING MEMBER | TITLE | TERM END |
Zena Mitchell | University Registrar | Ex officio |
2020 / 2021
VOTING MEMBERS | TITLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
Kim Baird | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
David Burns | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Pallav Sharma | Student Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Heather Clark | Senator | August 31, 2023 |
Catherine Schwichtenberg | Senator | August 31, 2022 |
Sandy Vanderburgh | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | August 31, 2021 |
Elizabeth Worobec | Dean | August 31, 2020 |
NON-VOTING MEMBER | TITLE | TERM END |
Zena Mitchell | University Registrar | Ex officio |
2019 / 2020
VOTING MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
David Burns | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Ranpal Sandhu | Student Senator | August 31, 2020 |
Harleen Deol | Senator | August 31, 2020 |
Amy Jeon | Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Sandy Vanderburgh | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex Officio |
Stephanie Howes | Dean or Associate Dean | August 31, 2021 |
Elizabeth Worobec | Dean or Associate Dean | August 31, 2020 |
NON-VOTING MEMBER | ROLE | TERM END |
Zena Mitchell | University Registrar or designate | Ex officio |
2018 / 2019
MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
David Burns | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Harleen Deol | Senator | August 31, 2020 |
Amy Jeon | Senator | August 31, 2021 |
Stephanie Howes | Dean | Provost appointment |
Elizabeth Worobec | Dean | Provost appointment |
Murdoch de Mooy | Senator and Student | August 31, 2019 |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
2017 / 2018
MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
David Burns | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Kimberley McMartin | Student Senator | August 31, 2018 |
Harleen Deol | Senator | August 31, 2020 |
Wayne Fenske | Senator | August 31, 2018 |
Wayne Tebb | Senator and Dean | Provost appointment |
Elizabeth Worobec | Senator and Dean | Provost appointment |
2016 / 2017
MEMBERS | ROLE | TERM END |
---|---|---|
George Melville | Chancellor | Ex officio |
Alan Davis, Chair | President | Ex officio |
Sal Ferreras | Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Ex officio |
Jennifer Au | Vice-Chair of Senate | Ex officio |
Kimberley McMartin | Student Senator | August 31, 2017 |
Wayne Fenske | Senator | August 31, 2018 |
Carol Stewart | Senator | August 31, 2017 |
Wayne Tebb | Senator and Dean | Provost appointment |
Elizabeth Worobec | Senator and Dean | Provost appointment |
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