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).
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2025/26 still to be determined.
| Deadline for Agenda Items | Meeting Date |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference.
Click here for the Posthumous Degree, Diploma and Certificate Guidelines.
Annual Reports
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2025
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Danu Stinson (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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| Andrew Newcombe * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Law | |
| Ben Pin-Yun Wang (term ends June 30, 2024) |
Humanities | |
| Robert Hancock * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Social Sciences | |
| Sorin Rizeanu (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | |
| Tim Pelton (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Education | |
| Yang Shi (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Irina Paci (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Science | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Health | |
| Laura Vizina (terms ends June 30, 2026) |
Continuing Studies | 1 representative from the Division of Continuing Studies (voting) |
| Charlie Krueger (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Student Senator |
4 students including at least 1 student member of Senate and 1 graduate student representative |
| Emily Goodman (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Student Senator | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2026) |
UVSS student representative |
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| Liam Michalynuk (term ends June 30, 2026) |
GSS student representative |
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| Alivia Wang (term ends June 30, 2027) |
1 convocation member of Senate (voting) |
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| Cedric Littlewood (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Faculty of Graduate Studies | Vice-President Academic and Provost's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
| Vacancy | President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Vacancy | Executive Director, Cooperative Education and Career Services (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Wendy Taylor |
Registrar | Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Ashley de Moscoso |
Associate Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Diana Varela |
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 |