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Faculty Council is responsible for the governance of the academic affairs of the Faculty of Fine Arts and for making recommendations concerning academic matters to Senate.

Chaired by the Dean and composed of full-time and part-time faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff members, Council meets monthly.

1. Establish committees, and delegate any of its responsibilities to committees; receive, consider, and act upon the reports of its committees.

2. Consider and recommend to Senate, or in the case of graduate programs, to the Council of the School of Graduate Studies:

any changes, additions or deletions in the curriculum for degrees, certificates or diplomas offered within the Faculty.
any changes, additions or deletions in honours, major or any Programs offered within the Faculty.
any changes, additions or deletions in course offerings within the Faculty.

3. Decide on students’ requests for exemption from the academic regulations. The Faculty Council shall submit annually to Senate a report on the disposition of students’ requests.

4. Recommend to Senate, or in the case of graduate programs, to the Council of the School of Graduate Studies, the list of candidates for the conferment of degrees, certificates and diplomas.

5. Grant Faculty awards.

6. Recommend to Senate on the granting of other awards when called upon to do so.

7. Recommend to Senate on the establishment, consolidation or discontinuance of departments.

8. Appoint Faculty representatives to University committees when called upon to do so.

9. Appoint Faculty representatives to Senate.

10. Make recommendations to Senate concerning the composition of the Faculty Council.

11. Make any recommendations it sees fit to Senate or to the appropriate University administrators.

12. Establish procedures for the conduct of its affairs.

Chair & Secretary

Rebecca Duclos, Dean (Chair)
Helen Athanassiadis, Secretary (non-voting)
Elyse Murphy, Recording Secretary (non-voting)

VOTING MEMBERS

Ex-Officio

Alan Shepard, President and Vice-Chancellor
Graham Carr, Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs
Justin Powlowski, Interim Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies
Ana Cappelluto, Associate Dean
Mark Sussman, Associate Dean
Joanna Berkowska, Associate Dean
Juan Carlos Castro, Acting Chair, Art Education
Elaine Cheasley Paterson, Chair, Art History
Catherine Russell, Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Silvy Panet-Raymond, Chair, Contemporary Dance
Yehudit Silverman, Chair, Creative Arts Therapies
pk langshaw, Chair, Design and Computation Arts
Mark Corwin, Chair, Music
Eric Simon, Chair, Studio Arts
Edward Little, Chair, Theatre

Elected or Nominated Members

Department Representatives

M.J. Thompson, Art Education
John Potvin, Art History
Stephen Snow, Creative Arts Therapies
Guylaine Dionne, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Pippin Barr, Design and Computation Arts
Kelly Thompson, Studio Arts
Kevin Austin, Music
Eric Mongerson, Theatre

Part-Time Faculty Representatives

David Douglas, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Erwin Regler, Design & Computation Arts
Rachael Van Fossen, Department of Theatre

Staff Representative

Patrick Visentin, Studio Arts

Five Undergraduate Student Representatives

Roxane Halary
Adrian Manicom
Marie Margineanu-Plante
Avery Zhao-Djokic
Kira Walz

Two Graduate Student Representatives

Matthew Nye
Dave LeRue

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Amir G. Aghdam, Dean, School of Graduate Studies delegate
Jean-Marc Edwards, delegate for University Librarian
Ilze Kraulis, delegate for Registrar
Andy Murdoch, Fine Arts, Communications Advisor
Administrative Directors of the Faculty of Fine Arts reporting directly to the Dean

In 2016-17, Faculty Council meetings have been scheduled in EV 2.776 as follows:

Friday, September 16, 2016	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A closed session (Special Graduation Meeting) will be held .
Friday, October 14, 2016	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2016	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, December 16, 2016	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, January 20, 2017	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, February 17, 2017	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, March 17, 2017	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 13, 2017	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, May 12, 2017	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A closed session (Special Graduation Meeting) will be held .

The documents provided at the 2016-2017 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2015-16 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2014-15 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

Documents provided at the 2013-14 Faculty Council meetings