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Council Meeting Agenda June 6, 2024

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)

13. Other Business