Meeting of the Senate
Thursday 25 November 2010, 3:30 p.m.
Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 202
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Opening Session
- Adoption of Agenda
- Adoption of the Minutes of the Meeting of 20 October 2010 (PDF*, 548 KB) (Appendix A, page 1)
- Business Arising from the Minutes
- Principal’s Report
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[Information]Provost's Report
- Operational and Budget Update by Provost
- International Tuition Fees (PDF*, 314 KB) (Appendix B, page 8)
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[Action]Queen’s University Quality Assurance Processes (QUQAPs) (PDF*, 894 KB) (Appendix C, page 13)
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[Discussion]Queen’s Participation in Ranking Exercises – Presentation by C. Conway, Director, Institutional Research and Planning
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[Information]Other Reports
- November 2010 Final Enrolment Report (PDF*, 1,223 KB) (Appendix D, page 44)
- Council of Ontario Universities (COU) Meeting of October 22, 2010 (PDF*, 864 KB) – Academic Colleague’s Report to Senate (Appendix E, page 59)
- Campus Planning and Development Report (PDF*, 657 KB) (Appendix F, page 77)
- Teaching Awards 2009-2010 (PDF*, 578 KB) (Appendix G, page 85)
- Research Report (PDF*, 685 KB) (Appendix H, page 91)
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Question Period (Appendix I, page 94)
- Questions from Senator Christie (PDF*, 266 KB) to Principal Woolf on the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario Report (HEQCO) on University Specialization – Oral response to be provided by Principal Woolf
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Reports of Committees
- Academic Development (Appendix J, page 95)
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[Action]Development of the Academic Plan (PDF*, 905 KB)
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[Action]Proposal to Establish The Borden Professorship (PDF*, 381 KB) in Queen’s School of Business
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[Action]Proposal to Establish the Donald and Joan McGeachy Chair (PDF*, 433 KB) in Biomedical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
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- Academic Procedures (Appendix K, page110)
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[Action]Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates, 2009 and 2010 Convocations (PDF*, 283 KB)
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[Action]Revision to Policy on Rescinding Degrees (PDF*, 265 KB)
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[Action]Policy on the Definition of a Full-Time Student (PDF*, 266 KB)
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- Advisory Research (Appendix L, page 113)
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[Action]Proposed Name Change for Centre for the Study of Democracy (PDF*, 341 KB)
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[Action]Development of a Process for Review and Revisions of the Queen’s Strategic Research Plan (PDF*, 376 KB)
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- Nominating (Appendix M, page 118)
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[Action]Elections (PDF*, 277 KB)
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- Operations Review (Appendix N, page 120)
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[Information]Scheduling of Regular Senate Meetings – Notice of Motion (PDF*, 270 KB)
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[Information]Functions of the Senate – Notice of Motion (PDF*, 294 KB)
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[Action]Policy regarding publicizing Senators’ Email Addresses (PDF*, 266 KB)
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- Orientation Activities Review Board (Appendix O, page 127)
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[Information]Annual Report to Senate on Orientation 2010 (PDF*, 425 KB)
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- Principal’s Ad Hoc Committee to Draft a Safe Disclosure Policy (Appendix P, page 134)
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[Action]Policy and Procedures for Safe Disclosure reporting and investigation (PDF*, 410 KB)
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- Queen’s University Planning
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[Information]Oral Update by Provost
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- University Council on Athletics and Recreation (Appendix Q, page 144)
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[Information]Annual Report September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010 (PDF*, 681 KB)
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- Academic Development (Appendix J, page 95)
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Reports of Faculties and Affiliated Colleges (Appendix R, page 158)
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[Information]Orientation Reports from Education (PDF*, 283 KB), Law (PDF*, 272 KB), Medicine (PDF*, 330 KB) and the School of Graduate Studies (PDF*, 299 KB)
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Motions (Appendix S, page 164)
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[Action]Motions proposed by Senator Jones (PDF*, 254 KB) specific to Queen’s Academic Plan
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Communications
None Received
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Matters Referred to Standing Committees (Appendix T, page 165)
- Request for Formal Centre status for the Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research (ePower) (PDF*, 4,001 KB) [Referred to the Senate Advisory Research Committee (SARC)]
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Other Business
None Received
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Closed Session
Not Required
Senators and Senate attendees: Please join us immediately after the meeting for an end-of-term /good luck-in-exams/holiday treats reception in the foyer outside room 202 Robert Sutherland Hall.
G. Moore
Secretary of the Senate
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