Senate Standing Committee on Program Review

Mandate

Kwantlen Polytechnic University performs regular and consistent reviews of educational programs and units of study that are under the jurisdiction of Senate. The Senate Standing Committee on Program Review (SSCPR) oversees this process.

Specifically, the mandate of the SSCPR is to:

  1. Make recommendations to Senate on proposed revisions to the AC3 Program Review Policy
  2. Develop procedures and standards to ensure program reviews are conducted in accordance with the principles of the Program Review Policy
  3. Review for approval Self-Study Reports, External Review Reports, Quality Assurance Plans, and annual follow-up reports
  4. Ensure all reports submitted to SSCPR meet KPU's program review standards
  5. Provide regular reports to Senate on the progress of program reviews, and other items of note arising out of the committee’s work
  6. Report to Senate annually with a schedule for program reviews planned for the coming year

Additional Resources: Program Review

Membership Composition

Voting Members

  • Chancellor
  • President
  • Student senator
  • Two faculty senators or representatives*
  • Faculty senator or representative from each Faculty, with the exception of the Faculty of Trades and Technology
    • One from the Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation
    • Two from the Faculty of Arts
    • One from the Faculty of Educational Support and Development
    • One from the Faculty of Health
    • One from the Faculty of Science
    • Two from the Melville School of Business
    • One from the Wilson School of Design
  • Associate Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Two deans or designates
  • Associate Vice-President, Planning and Accountability or designate
  • Representative, Teaching and Learning Commons
  • Representative, Student Services

*These two faculty senators/representatives are additional to the faculty senators/representatives from each Faculty.

Non-voting Members

  • Vice-Chair of Senate
  • Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
  • Vice-President, Students or designate
  • Manager, Quality Assurance
  • Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning or designate

2025–2026 Membership

VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Kwuntiltunaat (Kim Baird)ChancellorEx officio
Bruce ChoyPresidentEx officio
Aimee BegalkaDeanAugust 31, 2028
Jeff DyckDesignate, DeanAugust 31, 2028
Meredith LairdDesignate, Associate Vice-President, AcademicAugust 31, 2027
Meredith HaafDesignate, Associate Vice-President, Planning and AccountabilityAugust 31, 2026
 Student Senator 
Craig WrightRepresentative, Teaching and Learning CommonsAugust 31, 2028
Krista Gerlich-FitzgeraldRepresentative, Student ServicesAugust 31, 2026
FACULTY SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVESFROM EACH FACULTY 
 Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation 
Jack HayesFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2027
Nicole BeaulieuFaculty of ArtsAugust 31, 2027
Caja BlomleyFaculty of Educational Support and DevelopmentAugust 31, 2028
Laura Del Rio TorresFaculty of HealthAugust 31, 2028
Tomasz GradowskiFaculty of ScienceAugust 31, 2027
Enrico TanafrancaMelville School of BusinessAugust 31, 2028
 Melville School of Business 
Lindsay NorrisWilson School of DesignAugust 31, 2026
TWO FACULTY SENATORS OR REPRESENTATIVESFROM ANY FACULTY 
Jennifer GaoFaculty RepresentativeAugust 31, 2028
Fergal Callaghan, ChairFaculty RepresentativeAugust 31, 2028
NON-VOTING MEMBERSROLETERM END
Catherine SchwichtenbergVice-Chair of SenateEx officio
Laura McDonaldDesignate, Provost and Vice-President, AcademicAugust 31, 2028
Theresa VoorsluysDesignate, Vice-President, StudentsAugust 31, 2028
Melike Kinik-DicleliManager, Quality AssuranceEx officio
Nishan PereraDesignate, Associate Vice-President, Teaching and LearningAugust 31, 2026

2025-2026 Meeting Schedule 

Location: MS Teams

Time 2.00 PM -4.00 PM 

Submission DeadlineMeeting DateAgendaMinutes
Wednesday, August 27, 2025Wednesday, October 01, 2025Wednesday, October 01, 2025Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025Wednesday, October 29, 2025Wednesday, October 29, 2025Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Wednesday, October 22, 2025Wednesday, November 26, 2025Wednesday, November 26, 2025Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Wednesday, December 17, 2025Wednesday, January 28, 2026Wednesday, January 28, 2026Wednesday, January 28, 2026
Wednesday, January 28, 2026Wednesday, March 04, 2026Wednesday, March 04, 2026Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026Wednesday, April 01, 2026Wednesday, April 01, 2026Wednesday, April 01, 2026
Wednesday, March 25, 2026Wednesday, April 29, 2026Wednesday, April 29, 2026Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Wednesday, April 22, 2026Wednesday, May 27, 2026Wednesday, May 27, 2026Wednesday, May 27, 2026
Wednesday, May 20, 2026Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wednesday, June 24, 2026Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Archived SSCPR Membership, Agendas and Minutes

Administrative Support: Senate Office