Agenda
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2:30 p.m.
Senate Chamber (N940 Ross Building)
N.B.: This meeting will be held in person.
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
Chair Mike Zryd
2. Supporting Indigenous Graduate Students
Presentation
Gaswéñdah – A Framework for Graduate Supervision with Indigenous Graduate Students (.pdf)
Dr. Ruth Green
3. Minutes (Minutes of Previous Meeting March 5, 2026) (.docx)
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
5. Dean's Remarks
Dean Alice MacLachlan
6. Changes to Faculty Regulations: Leave to Appeal
For approval
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
Motion (.docx)
7. Changes to Faculty Regulations: Oral Examination Guidelines and Reporting of Results
For approval
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
Motion (.docx) New file as amended at the meeting
8. Reports from Faculty of Graduate Studies' Representatives to Senate Committees
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Senate Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee
Anne MacLennan, Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee
Naomi Couto, Senate Executive Committee
9. Senate Synopsis
Summary of Senate meeting of February 26, 2026 (URL, .pdf)