Senate Committee on Academic Standards

The Senate Committee on Academic Standards oversees and advises Senate on those broad areas of academic standards that affect the welfare and reputation of the university, including policies on grading and academic integrity.  The committee also approves, on behalf of Senate, the granting of degrees (other than honorary degrees).

Meeting dates and deadlines for 2023/24:

Deadline for Agenda Items Meeting Dates
August 30, 2023 September 15, 2023
October 4, 2023 October 18, 2023
October 30, 2023 November 10, 2023
November 28, 2023 December 7, 2023
December 21, 2023 January 10, 2024
January 26, 2024 February 7, 2024
February 26, 2024 March 6, 2024
April 2, 2024 April 11, 2024
May 14, 2024 May 23, 2024

Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference.

Click here for the Posthumous Degree, Diploma and Certificate Guidelines.

Annual Reports
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018

Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2023

  Name                                Faculty or Department       Composition

Yasmine Kandil (Chair)
(term ends June 30, 2025)
Fine Arts    12 faculty members representing the faculties and divisions
(at least 2 of whom shall be senators*)

      (voting)         
Danu Stinson *
(term ends June 30, 2025)
Graduate Studies
Andrew Newcombe *
(term ends June 30, 2024)
Law
Tim Haskett
(term ends June 30, 2025)
Humanities
Robert Hancock *
(term ends June 30, 2024)
Social Sciences
Sorin Rizeanu
(term ends June 30, 2026)
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business
Laura Vizina
(term ends June 30, 2026)
Continuing Studies
Tim Pelton
(term ends June 30, 2025)
Education
Yang Shi
(term ends June 30, 2026)
Engineering and Computer Science
Julio Navarro
(term ends June 30, 2024)
Science
Hōkūlani Aikau *
(term ends June 30, 2026)
Human and Social
Development
Vacancy
(terms ends June 30, 2026)
Medical Sciences
Chekwube Anyaegbunam
(term ends June 30, 2024)
Student Senator

    4 students including at least 1 student member of Senate and 1 graduate student representative
(voting)

Nathaniel Sukhdeo
(term ends June 30, 2024)
Student Senator
Cleo Philp
(term ends June 30, 2024)
UVSS student
representative
Jade Fischer
(term ends June 30, 2024)
GSS student
representative
Alivia Wang
(term ends June 30, 2024)
1 convocation member of Senate
(voting)
Steve Evans
Faculty of Graduate Studies Vice-President Academic and Provost's designate
(ex-officio, voting)
Dennine Dudley
Art History and Visual Studies
President's nominee
(ex-officio, voting)
Andrea Giles Executive Director Executive Director, Cooperative Education and Career Services
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Wendy Taylor
Acting Registrar Registrar
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Ashley Burridge de Moscoso
Acting Associate Registrar
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Diana Varela

Associate Dean, Academic Advising (Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities)
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey Associate Vice-President Academic Programs
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Ada Saab Associate University Secretary Secretary