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Notice of Meeting
Dalhousie University Senate
Monday, November 9, 2015
4:15pm ‐ 6:15pm
 
Carleton Campus, Halifax: Theatre A, Charles Tupper Medical Building,
Agricultural Campus, Bible Hill: Principal's Boardroom, Cumming Hall
 
Agenda
 
1. Approval of Agenda
2. Consent Agenda
2.1 Approval of Draft Minutes of October 26, 2015 Senate Meeting
3. Matters Arising from the October 26, 2015 Senate Minutes
4. Chair of Senate’s Report
5. President’s Report
6. Provost’s Report

FOR APPROVAL

7. Senate Learning and Teaching Committee: University Academic Dates for 2016-17
Presenter:  Mairead Barry, Acting University Registrar
 
8. Senate Planning and Governance Committee:
8.1 Revised General Election Guidelines for Academic Unit Representatives on Senate
8.2 New University Library Senate faculty election procedures
Presenter:  Donna Bourne-Tyson, University Librarian
 
9. Senate Academic Programs and Research Committee:
New Program Proposal: Bachelor of Technology in Small Business Management
Presenter:  Claude Caldwell, Associate Dean, Academic, Faculty of Agriculture
                  
FOR DISCUSSION

10. Senate Planning and Governance Committee: Senate Review of the Faculty of Graduate Studies
Presenters: Marty Leonard, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
                 Jacqueline Gahagan, Chair, Senate Faculty Review Committee
 
11. Report on Employment equity history at Dalhousie
Presenters: Jasmine Walsh, AVP Human Resources (Acting)
                    Anne-Marie DeLorey, Advisor Human Rights and Equity
                    Lindie Colp-Rutley, Coordinator, Research Analytics
 
12. Question Period
13. Other Business