Governance Review Committee Reminder
Anyone wishing to make a written submission to the External Governance Review Committee should notify the Secretary of the Committee (Danielle Tessier, or by fax at 514-848-4550) of their intention to do so no later than April 1, 2011. Submissions should reach the secretary no later than April 15, 2011. The committee, at its discretion, may request meetings with or further information from those who have made submissions; from persons mentioned in submissions; or from other persons.
The creation of the committee stems from an initiative by the Concordia Senate and Board of Governors to establish an External Governance Review Committee that will address a number of questions on governance. These include making recommendations on the appropriate compositions, mandates and roles of formally constituted governing bodies at Concordia such as the Board of Governors and its committees, the Senate and its committees, as well as the Faculty Councils.
The committee will report to President Fred Lowy within 60 days of its first meeting, and its final report will be made public.
Bernard Shapiro, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, and Canada’s first Ethics Commissioner, is the chair of the External Governance Review Committee. The two other members of the committee are: André C. Côté, who served as Quebec’s first Lobbyists Commissioner and was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Law and then Secretary-General at Université Laval; and Glen A. Jones, Professor, Associate Dean Academic and Ontario Research Chair on Postsecondary Education Policy and Measurement at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto.
Details on the composition and mandate of the Committee, as well as biographical information, are available on the External Governance Review Committee page.
Related link:
• External Governance Review Committee page