Terms of Reference
Responsibilities
The Planning and Priorities Committee of University Council is responsible for:
- Recommending and reporting to Council on university wide planning and priorities initiatives and review activities in consultation with the President and Senior Administration.
- Undertaking the review and recommending to Council on:
- Academic plans & priorities for the university including teaching, learning and research, scholarly and artistic works.
- Community engagement plans & priorities.
- Matters referred to it from other committees.
- Establishment and disestablishment (including through amalgamation or separation) of any college, school, department, or any unit responsible for the administration of an academic program, with the advice of relevant committees of Council.
- Establishment and disestablishment (including through amalgamation or separation), reorganization, or review of any institute or centre at the university.
- Affiliation or federation with other educational institutions, or dissolution of such arrangements, in consultation with relevant committees of Council.
- Review the physical and budgetary plans for the university and make recommendations respecting those matters to the President or Board, such as:
- Main elements of the comprehensive budget.
- Budgetary implications of government funding requests.
- Operating and capital budgetary matters, including infrastructure and space allocation issues.
- Administrative structural changes and reorganizations.
- Designating individuals to act as representatives of the Committee on any other bodies, when requested, where such representation is deemed by the Committee to be beneficial.
- Balancing academic and fiscal concerns in forming its recommendations.
- Proactively supporting equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging as well as a commitment to transformative decolonization leading to reconciliation in all processes and matters coming before the Committee.
Membership
- Eleven members of the General Academic Assembly, at least six of whom will be elected members of Council, normally one of whom will be Chair. At least one member from the General Academic Assembly with some expertise in financial analysis will be nominated.
- One Dean appointed by Council
- One undergraduate student appointed by the USSU
- One graduate student appointed by the GSA
- One Sessional Lecturer*
Ex Officio Members
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic or designate
- Vice-President, Administration and Chief Operating Officer or designate
- Vice-President, Research or designate
- Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement or designate
- Chief Financial Officer, Office of the President (non-voting member)
- President (non-voting member)
- Chair of Council (non-voting member)
Resource Officers (Non-voting members)
- Resource Officers are to be identified at the end of each academic cycle for the following year (May committee meetings) by the Committee, and in consultation with the Governance Office.
Committee Coordination
- Governance Office
*If there is no immediate interest in the Sessional Lecturer position, it will remain vacant.
Name | Nature of Appointment | College or Unit | Term on Committee |
Christian Willenborg (Chair) | University Council | Agriculture and Bioresources | July 1, 2023-June 30, 2026 |
Claire Card | University Council | WCVM | July 1, 2023-June 30, 2026 |
Rainer Dick | University Council | Arts and Science | July 1, 2025-June 30, 2028 |
Jay Kalra | University Council | Medicine | July 1, 2023-June 30, 2026 |
Angela Lieverse (Vice-Chair) | University Council | Arts and Science | July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
Jaswant Singh | University Council | WCVM | July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
Kerry Mansell | GAA | Pharmacy and Nutrition | September 26, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
Alexey Shevyakov | GAA | Arts and Science | September 26, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
Volker Gerdts | GAA | WCVM/VIDO | July 1, 2025-June 30, 2028 |
Stella Spreit | GAA | Arts and Science | July 1, 2025-June 30, 2028 |
Venkatesh Meda | GAA | Engineering | July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
Brooke Milne | Dean | Arts and Science | July 1, 2024-June 30, 2027 |
TBD | Sessional Lecturer | ||
Vince Bruni-Bossio | ex officio | Acting Provost and Vice-President Academic | |
Terry Fonstad | ex officio | Designate for VP Research | |
Greg Fowler | ex officio | Vice-President, Administration & Chief Operating Officer | |
Angela Jaime | ex officio | Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement | |
Lindsay Gray Carlson | Student appointee | GSA (VP Finance & Operations) | April 30, 2026 |
Owen Deis | Student appointee | USSU (VP Operations & Finance) | April 30, 2026 |
Non-Voting Members
Name | Nature of Appointment | College or Unit |
Vicki Squires | ex officio | University Council Chair |
Dee Henne | ex officio | Chief Financial Officer |
Committee Support
Danielle Rudulier
Meeting Quorum
40% of voting members with at least five members of the GAA as appointed by Council (University Council members are part of the GAA)
Meeting Schedule
Planning and Priorities Committee meets Wednesday's, 9:30am-12:00pm
2025-2026 |
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Centres Subcommittee
Terms of Reference
The mandate of the PPC Standing Subcommittee on Centres is to:
- Upon request, provide advice and feedback to existing and prospective centres
- Support and monitor compliance with the Centres Policy and provide recommendations regarding revisions
- Develop and maintain Centres Guidelines
- Advise on the establishment, disestablishment, and reorganization of centres
- Maintain a list of active centres
- Report on and bring recommendations on these issues to PPC
Membership on this subcommittee is as follows:
- Vice Chair of the Planning and Priorities Committee to serve as chair of the subcommittee.
- Two additional members from the Planning and Priorities Committee.
- One member from the Academic Programs Committee.
- One member from the Research, Scholarly, and Artistic Work Committee.
- Five centre directors.
- One representative of the Office of the Provost.
- One representative of the Office of the Vice-President Research.
Terms of centre directors on the subcommittee are for three years, rotating to ensure continuity of membership. Terms of the representatives of Council committees align with their terms on those committees. Quorum of the subcommittee is a majority of voting members.
The Governance Office provides committee coordination for the subcommittee.
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