Agenda
Thursday, May 4, 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. Minutes (Previous Meeting, April 13, 2023)(.docx)
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Dean’s Remarks
5. Changes to the Structure, Rules and Procedures of Council
For approval
Changes to the Structure, Rules and Procedures of Council (.docx)
6. Changes to Faculty Regulations
For approval
Updates to Regulations – Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Milestone – Part-Time Students (.docx)
7. 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.”
8. Report of the Nominating Committee
Report (.pdf) Revised beforehand and shared at this meeting.
9. 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