Senate Committee on Planning
The Senate Committee on Planning considers and recommends to Senate proposals for the creation or disestablishment of programs, faculties, schools, departments, centres and institutes, and major modifications of existing programs. The committee also assists and advises Senate in the formulation of appropriate academic policy.
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2025/26:
| Deadline for agenda items | Meeting Dates |
| August 27, 2025 | September 10, 2025 |
| September 24, 2025 | October 8, 2025 |
| October 22, 2025 | November 5, 2025 |
| November 19, 2025 | December 3, 2025 |
| December 15, 2024 | January 14, 2026 |
| January 21, 2026 | February 4, 2026 |
| February 18, 2025 | March 4, 2026 |
| March 18, 2026 | April 1, 2026 |
| April 22, 2026 | May 6, 2026 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference
Annual Reports
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2025
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey (Chair) | Associate Vice-President Academic Programs (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Jie Zhang (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | 10 faculty members representing the faculties (at least 2 of whom shall be members of Senate*) (voting) |
| Breanna Lawrence (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Education | |
| Kristin Semmens (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Humanities | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Fine Arts | |
| Tim Hopper * (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Health | |
| Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Social Sciences | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Geoff Loomer * (term ends December 31, 2026) |
Law | |
| Martin Farnham * (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Graduate Studies | |
| Alexandre Brolo (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Science | |
| Tania Muir (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Continuing Studies | 1 member representing the Division of Continuing Studies (voting) |
| Cole Kennedy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Student Senator | 2 students (1 undergraduate and 1 graduate); 1 student member of Senate and the other to be nominated by the UVSS or the GSS as appropriate (voting) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
UVSS representative | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Dean | 1 Dean, other than the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, nominated by the Deans (voting) |
| Robin Hicks | Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Vice-President Academic Provost's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Vice-President Research and Innovation's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Wendy Taylor | Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Vacancy | Executive Director or designate, Co-operative Education and Career Services (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | University Secretary's designate (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Sandra Duggan | Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost | Secretary |