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 2023/24:
| Deadline for Agenda Items | Meeting Dates |
| August 23, 2023 | September 13, 2023 |
| September 20, 2023 | October 4, 2023 |
| October 18, 2023 | November 1, 2023 |
| November 22, 2023 | December 6, 2023 |
| December 13, 2023 | January 10, 2024 |
| January 17, 2024 | February 7, 2024 |
| February 21, 2024 | March 6, 2024 |
| March 20, 2024 | April 3, 2024 |
| April 17, 2024 | May 1, 2024 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference
Annual Reports
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2023
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, 2024) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | 10 faculty members representing the faculties (at least 2 of whom shall be members of Senate*) (voting) |
| Sandra Hundza * (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Education | |
| Cindy Holder (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Humanities | |
| Adam Con (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Fine Arts | |
| Maureen Ryan (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Human and Social Development | |
| Alexander Brolo (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Science | |
| Henning Struchtrup * (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Michelle Lawrence (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Law | |
| Eva Baboula (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Graduate Studies | |
| Nilanjana Roy (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Social Sciences | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Medical Sciences | 2 members representing the divisions (Continuing Studies and Medical Sciences) (voting) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Continuing Studies | |
| Cole Kennedy (term ends June 30, 2024) |
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) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2024) |
UVSS representative | |
| Annalee Lepp (term ends June 30, 2025) |
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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| Jane Butterfield |
Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
President's nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
| Vacancy |
Vice-President Academic Provost or designate (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy |
Vice-President Research and Innovation or designate (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Wendy Taylor |
Acting Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Andrea Giles | 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 |