Senate Executive Committee

Mandate

  1. Assists the Chair of Senate in setting the senate meeting agenda
  2. 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
  3. Other duties as assigned by Senate
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.

2026–2027 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSTITLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Diane Purvey, ChairPresident and Vice-Chancellor, pro temEx officio
Catherine Schwichtenberg, Vice-ChairVice-Chair of SenateEx officio
David BurnsProvost and Vice-President, Academic, pro temEx officio
Alia SomjiInterim DeanAugust 31, 2028
Brett FavaroDeanAugust 31, 2027
Allyson RozellFaculty SenatorAugust 31, 2027
 Faculty Senator 
 Student SenatorAugust 31, 2027
NON-VOTING MEMBERTITLETERM END
Nadia HenwoodUniversity RegistrarEx officio

2026–2027 Meeting Schedule

Location: MS Teams Online

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

SUBMISSION DEADLINEMEETING DATE
Wednesday, September 16, 2026Friday, September 18, 2026
Wednesday, October 14, 2026Friday, October 16, 2026
Wednesday, November 18, 2026Friday, November 20, 2026
Wednesday, December 2, 2026Friday, December 4, 2026
Wednesday, January 20, 2027Friday, January 22, 2027
Wednesday, March 10, 2027Friday, March 12, 2027
Wednesday, April 14, 2027Friday, April 16, 2027
Wednesday, May 19, 2027Friday, May 21, 2027
Wednesday, June 16, 2027Friday, June 18, 2027

 

Archived SEC Membership

Administrative Support: Senate Office