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).
The committee meets monthly, September through to May.
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, 2022
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, 2023) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | |
| Tania Muir (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Continuing Studies | |
| Tim Pelton (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Education | |
| Yang Shi* (term ends June 30, 2023) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Julio Navarro* (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Science | |
| Devi Mucina* (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Human and Social Development |
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| TBD | Medical Sciences | |
| Matsuko Friedland (term ends June 30, 2023) |
Student Senator |
4 students including at least 1 student member of Senate and 1 graduate student representative |
| Artem Kuklev (term ends June 30, 2023) |
Student Senator | |
| Deborah Berman (term ends June 30, 2023) |
UVSS student representative |
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| Kayleigh Francis (term ends June 30, 2023) |
GSS student representative |
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| Alivia Wang (term ends June 30, 2024) |
1 convocation member of Senate (voting) |
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| Steve Evans |
Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies | Vice-President Academic and Provost's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
| TBD | TBD | President or 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) |
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| Diana Varela |
Associate Dean, Academic Advising (Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities) (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey | Acting Associate Vice-President Academic Programs (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | Secretary |