Faculty Council

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

Annie Gérin (votes only in the event of a tie)
Kristy Clarke, Secretary (non-voting)
Elyse Murphy, Recording Secretary (non-voting)

VOTING MEMBERS

Ex-Officio

Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor
Anne Whitelaw, Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Paula Wood-Adams, Interim Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies
Elaine Cheasley Paterson, Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Pedagogy
Kristina Huneault, Associate Dean
MJ Thompson, Associate Dean
Vivek Venkatesh Chair, Art Education
John Potvin, Chair, Art History
Jens Richard Giersdorf, Chair, Contemporary Dance
Guylaine Vaillancourt, Chair, Creative Arts Therapies
pk Langshaw, Chair, Design and Computation Arts
Martin Lefebvre, Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Eldad Tsabary, Chair, Music
Mitch Mitchell, Acting Chair, Studio Arts
Noah Drew, Chair, Theatre

Elected or Nominated Members

Department Representatives

Anita Sinner, Art Education
Michelle McGeough, Art History
Jessica Bleuer, Creative Arts Therapies
Christopher Moore, Design and Computation Arts
Richard Kerr, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Kelly Jazvac, Studio Arts
Georges Dimitrov, Music
Ana Cappelluto, Theatre

Part-Time Faculty Representatives

David Douglas, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Florence Figols, Contemporary Dance
Santo Romano, Design & Computation Arts

Staff Representative

Sophie Généreux

Five Undergraduate Student Representatives

Alexandra Riesemberg
Shannon Fejk
An Ngo
Gemma Serreqi
Saeed Fotohinia

Two Graduate Student Representatives

Joni Cheung
Alexandre Franchi

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Rachel Berger, Peter Pawelek, Mamoun Medraj, delegates for Dean, School of Graduate Studies
Geoffrey Little, delegate for University Librarian
Marie-Claire Newman, delegate for Registrar
Andy Murdoch, Fine Arts, Communications Advisor
Administrative Directors of the Faculty of Fine Arts reporting directly to the Dean

In 2022-23, Faculty Council meetings have been scheduled via zoom:

Friday, September 16, 2022	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A closed session (Special Graduation Meeting) will be held.
Friday, October 14, 2022	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, November 11, 2022	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, December 9, 2022	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, January 20, 2023	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, February 17, 2023	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, March 17, 2023	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, April 14, 2023	9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Friday, May 12, 2023	10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. A closed session (Special Graduation Meeting) will be held.

The documents provided at the 2022-2023 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2021-2022 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2020-2021 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2019-2020 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.

The documents provided at the 2018-2019 Faculty Council meetings

The documents provided at the 2017-2018 Faculty Council meetings

The documents provided at the 2016-2017 Faculty Council meetings

The documents provided at the 2015-16 Faculty Council meetings

The documents provided at the 2014-15 Faculty Council meetings

Documents provided at the 2013-14 Faculty Council meetings