Agenda
Thursday, November 5, 2026
2:30 p.m.
This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting’s email notice.
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
Chair Arash Habibi Lashkari
2. Minutes (Previous Meeting, October 1, 2026) (.docx)
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Dean's Remarks
5. Update to Faculty Regulations: Transfer Credit (Advanced Standing)
Approved by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on October 14, 2026
For approval
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
Motion (.docx)
6. 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
Marina Morrow, Senate Executive Committee
Desirée de Jesús, Senate Executive Committee's Honorary Degrees & Ceremonials Sub-committee
7. Senate Synopses
For information
Summaries of the Senate meetings of September 24 and October 22, 2026 (URL/pdf)