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.
- Establish committees, and delegate any of its responsibilities to committees; receive, consider, and act upon the reports of its committees.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Grant Faculty awards.
- Recommend to Senate on the granting of other awards when called upon to do so.
- Recommend to Senate on the establishment, consolidation or discontinuance of departments.
- Appoint Faculty representatives to University committees when called upon to do so.
- Appoint Faculty representatives to Senate.
- Make recommendations to Senate concerning the composition of the Faculty Council.
- Make any recommendations it sees fit to Senate or to the appropriate University administrators.
- Establish procedures for the conduct of its affairs.
Chair & Secretary
- Annie Gérin (votes only in the event of a tie)
- Tristan Khaner, Secretary (non-voting)
- Elyse Murphy, Recording Secretary (non-voting)
Voting members
Ex-Officio
- Graham Carr, President and Vice-Chancellor
- Effrosyni Diamantoudi, Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs
- Tim Evans, Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Impact
- Shauna Janssen, Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Pedagogy
- Eldad Tsabary, Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies
- Haidee Wasson, Associate Dean, Faculty Development & Inclusion
- MJ Thompson, Chair, Art Education
- Nicola Pezolet, Chair, Art History
- Jens Richard Giersdorf, Chair, Contemporary Dance
- Cynthia Bruce, Chair, Creative Arts Therapies
- Pippin Barr, Chair, Design and Computation Arts
- Martin Lefebvre, Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
- Joshua Rager, Chair, Music
- Surabhi Ghosh, Chair, Studio Arts
- Ana Cappelluto, Acting Chair, Theatre
Elected or nominated members
Department representatives
- Dave LeRue, Art Education
- Balbir Singh, Art History
- Heather McLaughlin, Creative Arts Therapies
- Joanna Berzowska, Design and Computation Arts
- Cael Keegan, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
- Georges Dimitrov, Music
- Erika Adams, Studio Arts
- Jessica Carmichael, Theatre
Three Part-Time faculty representatives
- Sally Cooke, Creative Arts Therapies
- David Douglas, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
- Santo Romano, Design and Computation Arts
Staff representative
- Chris Ready
Five undergraduate student representatives
- TBC
Two graduate student representatives
- TBC
Non-voting members
- Rachel Berger, Geoffrey Dover, Donald Lafrance, Charalambos (Charis) Poullis, delegates for Dean, School of Graduate Studies
- Hélène Brousseau, delegate for University Librarian
- Jean-François Bourgault, delegate for Registrar
- Vanessa Hauguel, Fine Arts, Communications Advisor
- Managers of the Faculty of Fine Arts reporting directly to the Dean
The documents provided at the 2025-2026 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.
| Friday, September 12, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, October 10, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. |
EV 2.776 |
| Friday, November 14, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, December 12, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, January 16, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, February 13, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, March 13, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, April 17, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
| Friday, May 15, 2026 | 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | EV 2.776 |
The documents provided at the 2024-2025 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.
- Friday, September 20, 2024
- Friday, November 15, 2024
- Friday, December 13, 2024
- Friday, January 17, 2025
- Friday, February 14, 2025
- Friday, March 14, 2025
Course Management - Basic Responsibilities - Friday, April 11, 2025
The documents provided at the 2023-2024 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.
- Friday, September 22, 2023
- Friday, October 20, 2023
- Friday, November 17, 2023
- Friday, December 15, 2023
- Friday, January 19, 2024
- Friday, February 16, 2024
- Friday, March 15, 2024
- Friday, April 12, 2024
- Friday, May 10, 2024
The documents provided at the 2022-2023 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.
- Friday, September 16, 2022
- Friday, October 14, 2022
- Friday, November 11, 2022
- Friday, December 9, 2022
- Friday, January 20, 2023
- Friday, February 17, 2023
- Friday, March 17, 2023
- Friday, April 14, 2023
- Friday, May 12, 2023
The documents provided at the 2021-2022 Faculty Council meetings will be available approximately one week prior to each meeting.