Agenda

Meeting of the Senate

Thursday 26 March 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202

1. Opening Session

   1. Adoption of Agenda
   2. Adoption of the Minutes of the Meeting of 26 February 2009 (PDF*, 307 KB) (Appendix A, page 1)
   3. Business Arising from the Minutes
   4. Chair's Report
   5. Other Reports
      1. [Information]
         Research Report (PDF*, 417 KB) (Appendix B, page 7)
      2. [Information]
         Board of Trustees Meeting – March 6/7 (PDF*, 240 KB) (Appendix C, page 9)

2. Question Period

   None Received

3. Reports of Committees

   1. Academic Development (Appendix D, page 11)
      1. [Action]
         Proposed Name Change for the Department of Anesthesiology (PDF*, 621 KB)
   2. Nominating (Appendix E, page 19)
      1. [Action]
         Elections (PDF*, 252 KB)

4. Reports of Faculties and Affiliated Colleges ( Appendix F, page 23)

   1. [Information]
      Introduction of New Field of Study in Graduate Program in the School of Nursing (PDF*, 260 KB)
   2. [Action]
      Appointment of Heads of Clinical Departments, School of Medicine and Queen’s University affiliated Principal Teaching Hospitals (PDF*, 244 KB)

5. Motions (Appendix G, page 29)

   1. [Action]
      Extension of Authority for the Dean of Arts and Science and Dean of Graduate Studies to Preside at Convocation (PDF*, 222 KB)

6. Communications

   None Received

7. Matters Referred to Standing Committees (Appendix H, page 30)

   1. Proposal to establish a new stream in the Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences - Cancer Research, in the Faculty of Arts and Science (PDF*, 396 KB) [Referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) and the Senate Budget Review Committee (SBRC)]
   2. Proposal to establish a new stream in the Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences – Drug Development and Human Toxicology (DDHT), in the Faculty of Arts and Science [Referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) and the Senate Budget Review Committee (SBRC)]
   3. Proposal to establish a Collaborative Program in Cancer Research in the School of Graduate Studies and Research [Referred to the Senate Committee on Academic Development (SCAD) and the Senate Budget Review Committee (SBRC)]
   4. Proposed changes to the Terms of Reference and Composition of the Senate Committee on Non-Academic Discipline (SONAD) [Referred to the Senate Operations Review Committee (SORC)]

8. Other Business

   None Received

9. Closed Session

   Not Required

G. Moore
Secretary of the Senate

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