Agenda

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MEETING OF THE SENATE

Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 3:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202

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1. Opening Session

   [Action]
   1. Adoption of Agenda
   [Action]
   2. Adoption of the Minutes of the 22 November 2011 Meeting  (PDF*, 411KB) (Appendix A, page 1)
   [Action]
   3. Business Arising from the Minutes(PDF*, 315 KB) (Appendix B, page 12)
   [Information]
   4. Principal's Report
   [Information]
   5. Provost's Report (Appendix C, page 14)
      1. Schedule of Cyclical Program Reviews - QUQAPs (PDF*, 650 KB)
      2. November 2011 Final Enrolment Report to Senate (PDF*, 1175 KB)

2. Question Period

   (Appendix D, page 31)
   1. Question regarding the AUCC Academic Freedom Statment- written response to be provided at the February 28 Senate meeting by Principal Woolf (PDF*, 262 KB)
   2. Questions concerning Queen's courses offered through Blyth - oral response provided by the Provost (PDF*, 256 KB)
   3. Question regarding Senators' email addresses on the web - written response provided by the Principal (PDF*, 260 KB)

   Senate will move into informal session

   [Discussion 30-40 minutes]

   4.      Questions for Senate from the Principal's Commission on Mental Health (PDF*, 276 KB)

   Senate will resume regular business

3. Reports of Committees (Action items first)

   1. Academic Procedures (Appendix E, page 37)
      1. [Action]
         Course drop Notations on official transcript (PDF*, 281 KB)
      [Action]
      2. Degrees, diplomas and certificates conferred at the 2010 and 2011 Convocations (PDF*, 564 KB)
   2. Nominating (Appendix F, page 41)
      1. [Action]
         Elections (PDF*, 265 KB) 
   3. Non-Academic Discipline (Appendix G, page 42)
      1. [Information]
         Number of Non-Academic Discipline cases reviewed (PDF*, 256 KB)
   4. Residence (Appendix H, page 43)
      1. [Information]
         Annual report 2010-2011 (PDF*, 323 KB) 
   5. Queen's University Planning 
      1. [Information]
         Oral report by Provost 

4. Reports of Faculties and Affiliated Colleges

   None received

5. Motions

   (Appendix I, page 45)
   [Action]
   1. Policy on the suspension of academic programs and for suspension of admission to same - submitted by Senator Campbell (PDF*, 502 KB)
   [Notice of Motion]
   2. Senate authority on academic decisions- submitted by Senator Jones (PDF*, 260)

6. Communications and Reports Submitted to Senate

   [Information]

   1. Board of Trustees meeting, December 2, 2011 (PDF*, 271 KB) (Appendix J, page 47)
   2. SGPS - Suspension of Queen's Bachelor of Fine Arts Program (PDF*, 427 KB) (Appendix K, page 48)
   3. International Centre Annual Report 2010-2011 (PDF*, 989 KB) (Appendix L, page 49)
   4. Research Report (PDF*, 484 KB) (Appendix M, page 65)
   5. Coordinator of Dispute Resolution Mechanisms - Annual Report 2010-2011 (PDF*, 379 KB) (Appendix N, page 70)
   6. University Council on Athletics and Recreation Annual Report- September 1, 2010-August 31, 2011 (PDF*, 2172 KB)(Appendix O, page 77)

7. Matters Referred to Standing Committees

   (Appendix P, page 95)
   1. Review of Queen's University Residence Judicial Report 2010-2011[Referred to the Senate committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD)] (PDF*, 924)

8. Other Business

   None Received

9. Closed Session

   Not Required

G. Moore

Secretary of the Senate

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