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Committee on Student Services

Composition (see Terms of Reference)

Current Membership

Senior Director (Services for Students),ÌýCo-Chair, ex officio

Christina Cichon (Senior Director, Services for Students)

Associate Dean (Student Affairs), Macdonald Campus,Ìýex officio

Professor David Titley-Peloquin (Bioresource Engineering, FAES)Ìý(interim)

Two Directors of Student Services

Evelina Ene (Director of Operations, Student Services) - 2026

Stephane Cardinal (Director of Student Life and Involvement) - 2026

Two Associate Deans (Student Affairs), or equivalents

Dr. Aimee Ryan (Biomedical BSc., Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, FMHS) - 2027

Professor Manuel Balàn (Associate Dean, Student Affairs, ARTS) - 2027

Three representatives of Senate

Chantal Grignon (Student Affairs Office, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, FMHS) - 2025

Caroline Riches (Director, Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, EDUCATION) - 2025

Professor Brett Meyer (Electrical and Computer Engineering, ENGINEERING) - 2026

Senior representative from Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

ProfessorÌýTabitha Sparks, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies - 2026

Five Undergraduate Students

Vivian Wright (Arts)

Ken Sun (Science)

Emma Chan (Arts)

Nicholas Chow (Arts and Science)

Alana Cabezas (Arts)

Three Graduate Students

Nasim Khosravi

Haiyi Yan

TBD

One Student of Macdonald Campus

Vaishnavi Parey

Secretary

Aditi Singhal

Terms of Reference

Purpose

To provide input and comment to the Executive Director, Services for Students, on plans and strategy for Student Services, receive and review reports from Student Services, and submits select reports to Senate for information. These reports will serve to inform discussions relevant to Senate’s academic mandate.

Specific areas of responsibility

  1. To review proposed systemic changes and/or changes in strategic direction and internal policies or practices affecting delivery and access to student services and to provide advice and comment to the Director.

  2. To receive and review reports from Student Services:

    • Standard annual reports may include the number of student appointments, services offered, student feedback, programming attendance, and orientation feedback;

    • Special benchmarking reports may also be received every two to three years.

  3. To review budgetary priorities established by Student Services.

  4. To receive Annual Reports from Services' Advisory Boards by end of each academic year.

  5. To provide stakeholder input on any cross-cutting themes noted in reports received, and new assessment initiatives.

  6. To report annually to Senate, which may include committee activities, changes in Student Services strategic direction or internal practices, annual report, top issues and relevant stakeholder input.

  7. Meet at least twice per term during the regular academic year.

Composition

  • Senior Director, Services for Students (co-Chair)

  • Associate Dean (Student Affairs) Macdonald Campus

  • Two Directors of Student Services

  • Two Associate Deans (Student Affairs) or equivalent

  • Three representatives (staff/academics) of Senate (appointed by Senate on the recommendation of Senate Nominating Committee)

  • Senior Representative from GPS

  • Three graduate students of the Downtown Campus

  • One graduate or undergraduate student of the Macdonald Campus

  • Five undergraduate students of the Downtown Campus (three of which shall be from the Faculties of Arts, Science, Engineering, Management or Education)

  • Committee Secretary

The student members of the Committee on Student Services shall select the other Co-Chair from among its student members.

Resource Persons

At the discretion of the Committee on Student Services, Resource persons with voice, but no vote, may be invited to attend meetings of the Committee on Student Services. Such resources persons may include but are not limited to:

  • From Student Services: EDI Advisor, Director of Operations, Director of Communications, Director, Strategy, Assessment and Evaluation

  • Representatives from UA, SLL units, TLS


Source:

Senate Minute 6, September 12, 1973
Amendment: Senate Minute 11, September 30, 1987
Senate Minute 12, December 1, 2004
Senate Minute 12, November 16, 2005
Senate Minute 7, November 15, 2006
Senate Minute 8, May 23, 2007
Senate Minute, May 21, 2008
Senate Minute IIB4.2, May 20, 2009
Senate Minute IIB3, February 19, 2013
Senate Minute IIB2, May 12, 2021

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