USMC Governance: The Senate

USMC Governance: The Senate

The Senate is the second of two bodies that govern the affairs of the University of St. Michael’s College. Its responsibilities concern academic matters, including the power to establish and regulate faculty councils, and it has the exclusive power to grant degrees and award diplomas and certificates within the University. The Senate also advises the Collegium on all academic and educational matters.

Membership

The Senate consists of the following members: (i) The Chancellor; (ii) The Vice-Chancellor; (iii) The members of the Collegium; (iv) The Principal of St. Michael’s College, the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, the Director of the Continuing Education Division, the Chief Librarian of the University, the Registrar of St. Michael’s College, and the Bursar of the University; (v) All Fellows of St. Michael’s College, all full-time members of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Theology, and all professional librarians employed by the University; (vi) Such other individuals, who are named from time to time by the Senate; (vii) One undergraduate student registered at St. Michael’s College, to be appointed by the St. Michael’s College Students’ Union, and one student in the Faculty of Theology, to be appointed by the Student Life Committee; (viii) Eight representatives of the alumni, two of whom must be alumni of the Faculty of Theology, chosen by election at an Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University

The Vice-Chancellor is the Chair of the Senate and the Registrar is the Secretary of the Senate. The Senate holds regular meetings twice each year, once in the autumn and once in the spring.  There are four Standing Committees of the Senate: the Executive Committee, the Honorary Degrees Committee, the Library Committee and Academic Planning Committee in addition to the Faculty of Theology Council, the St. Michael’s College Council and the Council on Continuing Education.

For additional information about the Senate, please consult the Statutes of the Senate of the University of St. Michael’s College below.

Michael Attridge

Rosemary Boissonneau

Randy Boyagoda

Anne-Marie Brousseau

Brendan Brown

John Brown

Scott Browning

Cindy Cameron

Richard Carter

Vanessa Choi

Laura Colantoni

Chris Damaren

Mike DeGagné

Alistair Dias

Darren Dias

Greti Dinkova-Bruun

Peter Donnelly

Daniel Donovan

Ann Dooley

Jean-Pierre Fortin

Iris Gildea

James Ginther

Paolo Granata

Sara Grimes

Francesco Guardiani

Bernadette Guthrie

Dave Hagelaar

Paul Harris

Susan Helstab

Adam Hincks

Phil Horgan

Maria Hunt

Sr. Evanne Hunter

Hilda Koster

Taras Koznarsky

Elmar Kremer

Dorothea Kullmann

Larry LeDuc

Archbishop Francis Leo

Andrew Leung

Reid Locklin

Robert Logan

Josephine Lombardi

Valentine Lovekin

Giancarlo Mazzanti

Elizabeth McDermott

Susan McElcheran

Rhonda McEwen

Noel McFerran

Mark McGowan

John McLaughlin

Grace McSorley

John Meehan

Rev. Luis Melo

Brent Miles

Alison More

Katie Moriarty

Irene Morra

Michele Mulchahey

Jacqueline Murray

David Novak

John O’Connor

Michael  O’Connor

Emma Oliver

Brian O’Riordan

Clifford Orwin

Felan Parker

Gerald Penn

John Portelli

Mary Anne Pugh

Remi  Pulwer

Arafat Razzaque

Stacey Reardon

Duke Redbird

Jean-Olivier  Richard

Rosanne Rocchi

Simon Rogers

Carol Rolheiser

Seamus Ross

James Roussain

Francesca Rousselle

Michael Ryall

Walid Saleh

Michael Salvatori

Cheridan Sanders

Colleen  Shantz

Pa Sheehan

Giulio Silano

Jaroslav Skira

Effie Slapnicar

Elizabeth Smyth

Jamie Stafford

Joe Stephen

Anna Su

Andrew Summerson

David Sylvester

Stephen Tardif

Alexie Tcheuyap

Nick Terpstra

Ignacio  Uriarte-Tuero

Emily Van Berkum

Michael Vertin

Brian Walsh

David Wilson

Teresa Wong

Padraic Xavier Scanlan

Elizabeth Xu

Mark Yenson

    Committee on Academic Planning

    The President (Chair) – David Sylvester – ex officio

    The Principal of St. Michael’s College – Irene Morra  – ex officio

    The Dean of Theology – Jaroslav Skira – ex officio

    The Director of Continuing Education – Vacant – ex officio

    The Chief Librarian – James Roussain (interim) – ex officio

    Three Senate members chosen by the College Council from its own membership and approved by the Senate

    James Roussain – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    Seamus Ross – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    David Wilson – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    One Senate member chosen by the Council of the Faculty of Theology from its own membership and approved by the Senate

    Hilda Koster – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    One Senate member chosen by the Council of the Continuing Education Division from its own membership and approved by the Senate – Vacant 

    One Senate member at large chosen by the foregoing ten members and approved by the Senate

    Iris Gildea – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    Committee on Honorary Degrees

    The Chancellorex officio

    The President – David Sylvester – ex officio

    The Principal of St. Michael’s College – Irene Morra – ex officio

    The Dean of Theology – Jaroslav Skira – April 1, 2022 –

    Two of the alumni members of the Senate to be nominated by the Executive Committee –

    Josephine Lombardi – March 2019 –

    Grace McSorely – March 2019 –

    Two other members of the Senate to be nominated by the Executive Committee –

    Jean Olivier Richard – March 2019 –   

    Cindy Cameron – April 1, 2022 –

    Committee on the Library

    The President – David Sylvester – ex officio

    The Director of Library and Archives  – James Roussain – ex officio

    Three faculty members of USMC: one from the Faculty of Theology, to be appointed by the Dean of the Faculty; two from among the Fellows of St. Michael’s College, at least one of whom will be from a College program. The chair is to be chosen by the President of USMC from the three Faculty members on the Committee

    Iris Gildea – Fellow; Chair; 3 year term; renewable once – April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2024

    Paolo Granata – Fellow; College program; 3 year term; renewable once – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026 

    Hilda Koster – Faculty of Theology; 3 year term; renewable once – June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2026

    Two other professional librarians who are to be elected by the professional librarians

    Dave Hagelaar 2 year term; renewable once; renewed – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2025

    Remi Pulwer 2 year term; renewable once; renewed – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2025

    Another member of the library staff, to be elected annually for a one-year term, renewable once, by the library technicians –

    Laura Forsey 1 year term; renewable once –  April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

    Two students, one from St. Michael’s College and the other from the Faculty of Theology, to be appointed annually for a one-year term by SMCSU and the Student Life Committee respectively

    Vacant – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

    Susan McElcheran – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

    Executive Committee

    The President (Chair) – David Sylvester – ex officio

    The Principal of St. Michael’s College – Irene Morra – ex officio

    The Dean of Theology – Jaroslav Skira – ex officio

    The Registrar of St. Michael’s College – Giancarlo Mazzanti – ex officio

    Two other members of the Senate who shall be elected by the members of Senate for a period of one year

    Paolo Granata – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024

    Richard Carter – April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024