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).
Senate Committee on Academic Standards Proposal Guidelines (pdf)
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2026/27:
| Deadline for Agenda Items | Meeting Date |
| August 19, 2026 | September 9, 2026 |
| October 7, 2026 | October 21, 2026 |
| November 2, 2026 | November 16, 2026 |
| November 23, 2026 | December 7, 2026 |
| December 17, 2026 | January 7, 2027 |
| January 27, 2027 | February 10, 2027 |
| February 24, 2027 | March 10, 2027 |
| April 1, 2027 | April 15, 2027 |
| May 13, 2027 | May 27, 2027 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference.
Click here for the Posthumous Degree, Diploma and Certificate Guidelines.
Annual Reports
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2026
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Cedric Littlewood (Chair) (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Graduate Studies |
10 faculty members representing the faculties (at least 2 of whom shall be senators*) (voting) |
| Dennine Dudley * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Fine Arts |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2029) |
Law | |
| Ben Pin-Yun Wang (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Humanities | |
| Rob Hancock * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Social Sciences | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2029) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | |
| Tim Pelton (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Education | |
| Yang Shi (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Irina Paci (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Science | |
| Hector Caruncho (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Health | |
| Laura Vizina (terms ends June 30, 2029) |
Continuing Studies | 1 representative from the Division of Continuing Studies (voting) |
| Hannah DiGiuseppe (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Student Senator |
4 students including at least 1 student member of Senate and 1 graduate student representative |
| Ben Knight (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Student Senator | |
| Evan Maher (term ends June 30, 2027) |
UVSS student representative |
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| Ama Ouchen (term ends June 30, 2027) |
GSS student representative |
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| Kelly Diether (term ends June 30, 2027) |
1 convocation member of Senate (voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Vice-President Academic and Provost's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Karima Ramji | Executive Director, Cooperative Education and Career Services | Executive Director, Cooperative Education and Career Services (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Wendy Taylor |
Registrar | Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Ashley de Moscoso |
Associate Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| David Medler |
Associate Dean, Academic Advising (Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities) (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey | Associate Vice-President Academic Programs (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | Secretary |