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.

Chris Alton

Sr. Anne Anderson

Esther Atkinson

Michael Attridge

Rosemary Boissonneau

Randy Boyagoda

Scott Browning

Cindy Cameron

Richard Carter

Vanessa Choi

Cardinal Thomas Collins

Evangeline Cowie

Chris Damaren

Mike DeGagne

Alistair Dias

Fr. Darren Dias

Greti Dinkova-Bruun

Daniel Donovan

Ann Dooley

Jean-Pierre Fortin

Iris Gildea

James Ginther

Jo Godfrey

Paolo Granata

Joanne Granata

Bernadette Guthrie

Dave Hagelaar

Paul Harris

Susan Helstab

Fr. Adam Hincks

Phil Horgan

Maria Hunt

Sr. Evanne Hunter

Michaela Jacques

Hilda Koster

John Kostoff

Taras Koznarsky

Elmar Kremer

Dorothea Kullmann

Larry LeDuc

Fr. Andrew Leung

David Livingston Lowe

Reid Locklin

Bob Logan

Josephine Lombardi

Valentine Lovekin

Giancarlo Mazzanti

Elizabeth McDermott

Noel McFerran

Mark McGowan

John McLaughlin

Grace McSorley

John Meehan

Rev. Luis Melo

Brent Miles

Alison More

Katie Moriarty

Irene Morra

Jacqueline Murray

David  Novak

Michael O’Connor

Emma Oliver

Mariel O’Neill Karch

Brian O’Riordan

Duke Redbird

Felan Parker

Gerald Penn

Jaclyn Piudik

John Portelli

Mary Anne Pugh

Remi Pulwer

Jean-Olivier Richard

Rosanne Rocchi

Simon Rogers

Carol Rolheiser

James Roussain

Pouneh (Penny) Saeedi

Walid  Saleh

Cheridan Sanders

Colleen Shantz

Pa Sheehan

Giulio Silano

Jaroslav Skira

Effie Slapnicar

Elizabeth Smyth

Jamie  Stafford

Joe Stephen

Andrew Summerson

David Sylvester

Jean Talman

Stephen Tardif

Alexie  Tcheuyap

Ella Tetrault

Sr. Carla Thomas

Ignacio Uriarte-Tuero

Michael Valpy

Emily Van Berkum

Michael Vertin

David  Wilson

Teresa Wong