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Council Meeting Agenda December 7, 2023

Agenda
Thursday, December 7, 2023
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. Postdoctoral Supervisor of the Year Award (URL)

Presentation

3. Minutes (Previous Meeting, November 2, 2023)(.docx)

4. Business Arising from the Minutes 

5. Dean’s Remarks 

6. Graduate Supervision Support Hub

For discussion

Associate Dean Academic Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, and
Guest:  Tracy Bhoola, Program Manager, Graduate Supervisory Support Hub

7. Joint APPRC-ASCP Task Force on the Future of Pedagogy Consultation

For discussion

Task Force’s preliminary recommendations

Guests: Anita Lam, Co-Chair, Task Force on the Future of Pedagogy; Karthiga Gowrishanger, Program Director, Teaching & Learning Strategic Initiatives, Office of the Vice-Provost Teaching & Learning

8. Changes to Faculty Regulations

Approved by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on November 8, 2023

For approval

Updates to Regulations – Academic Honesty (.docx)

Updates to Regulations – Graduate Supervision, and Updates to the Policy on Appointments to the Faculty of Graduate Studies (.docx)

9. Changes to Criteria and Procedures for Appointment and Reappointment

Approved by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on November 8, 2023

For approval

Graduate Program in Global Health (.docx)
Guest: Director Amrita Daftary

10. Update to Thesis/Dissertation Guidelines

Approved by Awards Committee October 6, 2023; and by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on November 8, 2023

“The submission must include:
3. a statement from the Chair of the committee, supported by the examining committee, detailing those elements of the thesis or dissertation which make it exceptional [the following text is to be added] within the context of programmatic and/or disciplinary trends…”

Full text: https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/students/current-students/thesis-and-dissertation/thesis-and-dissertation-prizes/ (URL)

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

12. Senate Synopses

For information

Summaries of Senate meetings of October 26, and November 23, 2023 (pdf/URL)

13. Other Business