Agenda

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MEETING OF THE SENATE

Tuesday, 27 November 2012, 3:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202

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1. Opening Session

   1.  [Action]                   
      Adoption of Agenda  
   2. [Action]                   
      Adoption of the Minutes of the Meeting of 30 October 2012 (PDF*, 390KB) (Appendix A, page 1)
   3. Business Arising from the Minutes
      None
   4. [Information]       [5 min]
      Principal's Report (Appendix B, page 17)
      1. Written report and schedule highlights October-November 2012 (PDF*, 598KB)
   5. [Information]       [5 min]
      Provost's Report (Appendix C, page 20) 
      1. Report to Senate (PDF*, 403KB)
      2. November 2012 Final Enrolment Report to Senate(PDF*, 578KB)

2. Question Period

   (Appendix D, page 32)
    [5 min]
   1. Inappropriate use of emergency phones on campus (PDF*, 245KB)

3. Reports of Committees (Action items first)

   1. Academic Development  (Appendix E, page 33)
      1. [Action]     [10 min]
         Proposal to introduce a Master of Management Analytics (PDF*, 1636KB)
      2. [Information]       [2 min]
         Update on Procedures for Suspension of Admissions to Academic Programs (PDF*, 265KB)
   2. Academic Procedures (Appendix F, page 62)
      1. [Action]       [2 min]
         Convocation and School of Graduate Studies graduates (PDF*, 248KB)
   3. Advisory Research (Appendix G, page 64)
      [Action]       [5 min]
      1. SNOLAB Institute Constitution (PDF*, 585KB)
   4. Agenda (Appendix H, page 83)
      1. [Action]       [2 min]
         Report to Senate - Proposed meeting date change (PDF*,  499KB)
   5. Nominating(Appendix I, page 84)
      1. [Action]       [2 min]
         Elections (PDF*, 497KB)
   6. Operations Review(Appendix J, page 85) 
      1. [Notice of Motion]      [5 min]
         Report to Senate (PDF*, 325KB)
   7. Non-Academic Discipline (Appendix K, page 87)
      1. [Information]      [1 min]
         Number of Non-Academic Discipline cases reviewed (PDF*, 489KB)
   8. Queen's University Planning Committee
      1.  [Information]      [5 min]
         Oral report by Senator Bakhurst

4. Report of Faculties

   [Information]      [5 min]
   1. Orientation Reports (Appendix L, page 88) 
      1. Education (PDF*, 927KB)
      2. Graduate Studies (PDF*, 778KB)
      3. Medicine (PDF*, 1442KB) 

5. Motions

   (Appendix M, page 93)
   [Action]     [10 min]
   1. Proposal to recommend designation of Queen's National Scholar as a position in Indigenous Studies - submitted by Senator Fachinger  (PDF*, 489KB) 
   [Action]       [5 min]
   2. Queen's University 175th Anniversary planning (PDF*, 788KB) 

6. Communications and Reports submitted to Senate

   1. [Discussion]    [20 min]
      The Senate's role in Queen's University governance (PDF*, 1857KB) (Appendix N, page 102)
   2. [Discussion]    [20 min]
      Presentation on New Budget Model 
   3. [Discussion]    [10 min]
      Fair Dealing Policy (PDF*, 572KB) (Appendix O, page 120)
   [Information]      [2 min]
   4. Research Report(PDF*, 660KB) (Appendix P, page 122)
   5. [Information]      [2 min]
      Student Affairs - Annual Report  (PDF*, 742KB) (Appendix Q, page 125)
   6. [Information]      [2 min]
      Campus Planning and Development report to Senate (PDF*, 520KB) (Appendix R, page 134) 
   [Information]      [2 min]
   7. University Council on Athletics and Recreation Annual Report - September 1, 2011-August 31, 2012 (PDF*, 1373KB) (Appendix S, page 136)

7. Matters Referred to Standing Committees

   (Appendix T, page 148)
   1. Five-year review of the RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre [Referred to the Senate Advisory Research Committee (SARC)] (PDF*,  895KB)
   2. Grade Point Average review [Referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP)] (PDF*, 1039KB)
   3. Course variants [Referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP)] (PDF*, 491KB)
   4. University Student Appeal Board Decision [Referred to the Senate Educational Equity Committee (SEEC)] (PDF*, 730KB)

8. Other Business

9. Closed Session

   Not required
   
   
   L. Knox
   Secretary of the Senate

 

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