Terms of Reference

The Planning and Priorities Committee of University Council is responsible for:

1. Conducting and reporting to Council on university–wide planning and review activities in consultation with the Provost and Vice-President Academic.

2. Evaluating college and unit plans and reporting the conclusions of those evaluations to Council.

3. Recommending to Council on academic priorities for the University.

4. Recommending to Council on outreach and engagement priorities for the University.

5. Seeking advice from other Council committees to facilitate university-wide academic planning.

6. Recommending to Council on the establishment, disestablishment or amalgamation of any college, school, department or any unit responsible for the administration of an academic program, with the advice of the academic programs committee.

7. Balancing academic and fiscal concerns in forming its recommendations.

8. Providing advice to the President on budgetary implications of government funding requests and reporting to Council.

9. Considering the main elements of the comprehensive budget and financial reports and reporting to Council.

10. Advising the academic programs committee on the fit with University priorities and the general budgetary appropriateness of proposals for new academic programs and program deletions.

11. Integrating and recommending to Council on matters referred to it from other Council committees.

12. Advising the President and senior executive on operating and capital budgetary matters, including infrastructure and space allocation issues, referred from time to time by the President, providing the advice is not inconsistent with the policies of Council. The planning and priorities committee will report to Council on the general nature of the advice and, where practicable, obtain the guidance of Council. However, the committee need not disclose to Council matters the disclosure of which would be contrary to the interests of the University.

13. 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.

14. Proactively supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion in all processes and matters coming before the committee.

September 20, 2018
PPC - Notice of Intent Template for New Programs

• Archived Reports

Membership 2020-21

Council Members

Darrell Mousseau (Chair)-Exec	Psychiatry, Medicine	2023
Alec Aitken	Geography and Planning	2022
David Burgess (Vice-chair)-Exec	Education Administration	2022
Vince Bruni-Bossio	Management and Marketing	2022
Keith Da Silva	Dentistry	2022
Terry Wotherspoon	Sociology	2022

General Academic Assembly Members

Shelley Peacock	Nursing	2023
Andrew Grosvenor	Chemistry	2021
Lynn Lemisko	Educational Foundations	2021
Marie Lovrod	English	2021
Haizen Mou	JSGS	2022

Dean

Jane Alcorn

Dean, Pharmacy & Nutrition

2023

Sessional Lecturer

Mohammad Kamal

Geography & Planning

2021

Other Members (voting)

Melissa Just-Exec	Interim Provost and Vice-President Academic (ex officio)
Irena Creed	Associate Vice-President Research
Greg Fowler	VP Finance and Resources (ex officio)
Jacqueline Ottmann	Vice-Provost Indigneous Engagement (ex officio)
Jamie Bell	USSU Designate	2021
Humaira Inam	GSA Designate	2021

Resource Members

Dena McMartin-Exec	Associate Provost, Institutional Planning and Assessment (IPA)
Jennifer Beck	Director, Resource Allocation and Planning, IPA
Troy Harkot	Director, Assessment & Analytics, IPA
Shari Baraniuk	Chief Information Officer (CIO), Information and Communciations Technoloogy
Meghna Ramaswamy	Director, International Office
Jacquie Thomarat-Exec	Associate Secretary, Academic Governance

2020-2021 Meeting Schedule

• September 9, 2020
• September 23, 2020
• October 7, 2020
• October 21, 2020
• November 4, 2020
• November 18, 2020
• December 2, 2020
• December 16, 2020
• January 13, 2021
• January 27, 2021
• February 10, 2021
• February 24, 2021
• March 10, 2021
• March 24, 2021
• April 7, 2021
• April 21, 2021
• May 5, 2021
• May 19, 2021
• June 2, 2021
• June 16, 2021

Membership

Darrell Mousseau, Chair
TBD, RSAW representative
Ryan Brook, APC representative
Irena Creed, OVPR representative on PPC
David Burgess, PPC
VP Academic, USSU
VP Academic, GSA
Ken Wilson, Provost designate (ex officio)
Greg Fowler, VP Finance (ex officio)

Resource Members

Dena McMartin, Associate Provost, Institutional Planning and Assessment
Janelle Hutchinson, Chief Strategic Officer, People & Resources
Troy Harkot, Director, Assessment & Analytics, Institutional Planning and Assessment
Laura Zink, Director, Strategic Research Initiatives
Jacquie Thomarat, Associate Secretary, Academic Governance

Terms of reference

(from Section 8, Policy on Centres, as approved by Council December 2003)

A standing Subcommittee on Centres will be created:

• To facilitate the creation of new centres
• To monitor adherence to the Policy
• To develop and review the Policy and Guidelines
• To oversee the disestablishment of centres
• To maintain a list of active centres

Membership on this Subcommittee will be drawn from the Planning & Priorities and Research, Scholarly & Artistic Work Committees of Council, the Offices of the three Vice-Presidents and will be supported by the University Secretary’s Office.  The Subcommittee will report to Council through the Planning & Priorities Committee.