Agenda
Thursday, June 6, 2024
3:00 p.m.
This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting's email notice.
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
2. Report to Faculty Council on the Graduate Supervision Support Hub, June 2024
Presentation
Associate Dean Academic Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, and
Guests: Tracy Bhoola, Program Manager. Graduate Supervision Support Hub; Victoria Ng, Senior Institutional Analyst, Office of Institutional Planning and Analysis
3. Minutes (Previous Meeting, May 2, 2024) (.docx)
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
5. Dean's Remarks
Dean Alice MacLachlan
6. Decolonization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI) – Update
Dean Alice MacLachlan
7. Changes to the Structure, Rules and Procedures of Council - DEDI and reports
For approval
Changes to the Structure, Rules and Procedures of Council | (.docx)
8. Updates to Thesis and Dissertation Prize Guidelines
For approval
Associate Dean Academic Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Motion (.docx)
Approved at the May 8, 2024, meeting of Academic Planning & Policy Committee
9. Summer Authority
Motion: “that all items that need Council approval be delegated to the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee after the last meeting of Council in this academic year and until the first meeting of Council in the next academic year.”
10. Report of the Nominating Committee
Report (.pdf)
11. Reports from Faculty of Graduate Studies' Representatives to Senate Committees
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Senate Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee
Saskia Van Viegen, Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee
Melanie Cao, Senate Executive Committee's Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees & Ceremonials
Naomi Couto, Senate Executive Committee
12. Senate Synopses
For information
Summaries of Senate meetings of April 25 and May 23, 2024 (URL/pdf)