Senate Committee on Awards

The Senate Committee on Awards recommends to Senate the terms of reference for new and revised student awards, considers and approves the recipients of student awards, and recommends policy and calendar regulations pertaining to student awards.

Meeting dates for 2026/27:

 Meeting Dates
July 15, 2026
August 28, 2026
September 9, 2026
October 7, 2026
November 9, 2026
December 9, 2026
January 13, 2027
February 10, 2027
March 10, 2027
April 14, 2027

Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference

Annual Reports
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021

Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2026

  Name                                Faculty or Department       Composition

Maureen Ryan *
(Chair)
(term ends June 30, 2027)		 Health

5 faculty members
(at least 2 of whom shall be senators* and 1 of whom shall be from the Faculty of Graduate Studies)
(voting)
Vacancy
(term ends June 30, 2029)		 Engineering and Computer Science
Vacancy
(term ends June 30, 2029)		 Social Sciences
Leslee Francis Pelton
(term ends June 30, 2027)
 Graduate Studies
Timothy Iles
(term ends June 30, 2028)
 Humanities
Alyssa Manankil
(term ends June 30, 2027)		 Alumni Association  1 Alumni Association representative
(voting)
Vacancy
(term ends June 30, 2027)		 Student Senator 2 students, one of whom shall be a student member of Senate and one of whom shall be a graduate student representative
(voting)
Victor Marrugat
(term ends June 30, 2027)		 GSS representative
Cedric Littlewood Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
  Chair of the Faculty of Graduate Awards Committee
(ex-officio, voting)
Vacancy
(terms ends June 30, 2027)		   President or nominee
(ex-officio, voting)
Donja Roberts
 Scholarship Officer
 Scholarship Officer, Faculty of Graduate Studies
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Wendy Taylor
 Registrar
  Registrar
(ex-officio, non-voting)
Lori Hunter
 Director, Student Awards and Financial Aid

Director, Student Awards and Financial Aid
(ex-officio, non-voting) 

Amanda Thornborough
 Student Awards and Financial Aid Secretary, Represenative from Student Awards and Financial Aid