Senate Committee on Planning
The Senate Committee on Planning considers and recommends to Senate proposals for the creation or disestablishment of programs, faculties, schools, departments, centres and institutes, and major modifications of existing programs. The committee also assists and advises Senate in the formulation of appropriate academic policy.
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2026/27:
| Deadline for agenda items | Meeting Dates |
| August 26, 2026 | September 9, 2026 |
| September 23, 2026 | October 7, 2026 |
| October 21, 2026 | November 4, 2026 |
| November 18, 2026 | December 2, 2026 |
| December 16, 2026 | January 13, 2027 |
| January 20, 2027 | February 3, 2027 |
| February 17, 2027 | March 3, 2027 |
| March 24, 2027 | April 7, 2027 |
| April 21, 2027 | May 5, 2027 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference
Annual Reports
2025-2026
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2026
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey (Chair) | Associate Vice-President Academic Programs (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Jie Zhang (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | 10 faculty members representing the faculties (at least 2 of whom shall be members of Senate*) (voting) |
| Breanna Lawrence (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Education | |
| Kristin Semmens (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Humanities | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Fine Arts | |
| Tim Hopper * (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Health | |
| Scott Watson (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Social Sciences | |
| Ilamparithi Thirumarai-Chelvan (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Geoff Loomer * (term ends December 31, 2026) |
Law | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2029) |
Graduate Studies | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2029) |
Science | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2029) |
Continuing Studies | 1 member representing the Division of Continuing Studies (voting) |
| Pascalle Sabine Ricard (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Student Senator | 2 students (1 undergraduate and 1 graduate); 1 student member of Senate and the other to be nominated by the UVSS or the GSS as appropriate (voting) |
| Alena Gavrilenko (term ends June 30, 2027) |
UVSS representative | |
| Annalee Lepp (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Dean | 1 Dean, other than the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, nominated by the Deans (voting) |
| Robin Hicks | Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
President's nominee | President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Vice-President Academic Provost's designate | Vice-President Academic Provost or designate (ex-officio, voting) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Vice-President Research and Innovation's designate | Vice-President Research and Innovation or designate (ex-officio, voting) |
| Wendy Taylor | Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Karima Ramji | Executive Director, Co-operative Education and Career Services | Executive Director or designate, Co-operative Education and Career Services (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | University Secretary or designate (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Sandra Duggan | Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost | Secretary |