Faculty Governance

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Standing Committees Election 2023: Graduate Student Members Follow-up Election

Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Academic Planning & Policy Committee Shiva Akhtarian, Mechanical EngineeringAs a fourth-year doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering at York University, I am excited to express my interest in serving as a standing committee member on the Academic Planning and Policy Committee of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. I am currently the […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Graduate Student Councillors at-Large Election 2023

Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Creative Arts Area Arvind Babajee, Canadian Common LawI am Arvind, a professional with more than 20 years of experience and I am dually qualified professional - Finance and Law. I graduated  with a Master degree in Law from King’s College London, UK and I am also a Fellow Chartered Management Accountant, CIMA, […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Standing Committees Election 2023: Graduate Student Members

Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Academic Planning & Policy Committee Anam Ahmad, FinanceAmong friends and family, I often catch myself in the spotlight of their glances when decisions cannot be made. They often perceive me as an individual who has the competence and knowledge for making well thought of decisions with ease. This is not a […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Election 2023: Graduate Student Members on Standing Committees and Councillors at Large

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Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Standing Committee Election

Faculty Members’ Biographical Statements Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Shobna Nijhawan, Graduate Program in HumanitiesShobna Nijhawan is Associate Professor of Hindi in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and appointed to the graduate programs in the Department of Humanities (since 2007) and the School of Gender, Women and Feminist Studies (since 2015). Her main […]

Council Meeting Agenda May 4, 2023

AgendaThursday, May 4, 20233:00 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 […]

Council Meeting Agenda April 13, 2023

AgendaThursday, April 13, 20233:00 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. Canadian Graduate and Professional Student Survey For discussion https://www.yorku.ca/gradstudies/cgpss/ Guests: Victoria Ng, Senior Institutional Analyst - Surveys & Special Projects, […]

Council Meeting Agenda March 2, 2023

AgendaThursday, March 2, 20233:00 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. Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Faculty Teaching Award 2022-2023:Professor Anne MacLennan, Graduate Programs in Communication & Culture, History and Interdisciplinary Studies 3. Strategic […]

Council Meeting Agenda February 2, 2023

AgendaThursday, February 2, 20233:00 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, December 1, 2022)(.docx) 3. Business Arising from the Minutes 4. Dean's Remarks 5. Nothing Less than Justice: a […]

Council Meeting Agenda December 1, 2022

AgendaThursday, December 1, 20223:00 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, November 3, 2022)(.docx) 3. Business Arising from the Minutes 4. Dean's Remarks 5. Nothing Less than Justice: a […]