Council of the School of Graduate Studies (CSGS)
The CSGS is the School’s governing body, which legislates matters related to graduate studies as per the Powers of Council approved by the Board of Governors.
Membership
Diamantoudi, Effrosyni (Chair)
Dean of Graduate Studies
Carr, Graham
President & Vice-Chancellor
Fitzgibbons, Megan
University Librarian or representative
Whitelaw, Anne
Provost & Vice-President, Academic Affairs
Diamantoudi, Faye
Interim Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies
Cheaib, William
Assoc. Vice-President, International
De Celles, Stéphanie
University Registrar
Gabriele, Sandra
Vice-Provost, Innovation in Teaching & Learning
Lafrance, Donald (Secretary)
Director, School of Graduate Studies
Jordan, Michael (Recording Secretary)
Academic Governance Assistant
Medraj, Mamoun
Associate Dean, Recruitment & Awards
Dover, Geoff
Associate Dean, Graduate Student Academic Matters & Postdoctoral Studies
Berger, Rachel
Associate Dean, Academic Programs & Development
Arts & Science
Linds, Warren
Associate Professor, Applied Human Sciences
Appointment ending: 2026
Wilds, Christopher
Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Appointment ending: 2025
Salas, Aphrodite
Assistant Professor, Journalism
Appointment ending: 2025
John Molson School of Business
Fattoum-Guedri, Asma
Associate Professor, Management
Appointment ending: 2025
Huang, Xiao
Associate Professor, Supply Chain & Business Technology Management
Appointment ending: 2025
Ullah, Saif
Associate Professor, Finance
Appointment ending: 2025
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
Stoyanov, Pantcho
Associate Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering
Appointment ending: 2025
Ma, Jon Wa
Assistant Professor, Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Appointment ending: 2025
Soliman, Ahmed
Associate Professor, Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Appointment ending: 2025
Fine Arts
Adams, Erika
Assistant Professor, Studio Arts
Appointment ending: 2026
Grond, Florian
Assistant Professor, Design and Computation Arts
Appointment ending: 2026
Neves, Joshua
Associate Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Appointment ending: 2025
Salazkina, Masha
Associate Professor, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema
Appointment ending: 2026
Scala, Francesca
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Arts & Science
Lesage, Cédric
Associate Dean, Research & Research Programs, John Molson School of Business
Aghdam, Amir
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science
Tsabary, Eldad
Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, Faculty of Fine Arts
Vacant
Associate Dean, Research & Graduate Studies, School of Health
Sussman, Mark
Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture
Appointment ending: 2024
Yuen, Felice
INDI Director
Appointment ending: 2024
Vacant
Appointment ending: 2026
Agbonhese, James
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Appointment ending: 2025
Nadeem, Muhammad Ilyas
Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Appointment ending: 2025
Zaare, Masoumeh
Education
Appointment ending: 2025
Dizon, Kristine
English
Appointment ending: 2025
Council composition
The Council is composed of:
Chair
- Dean of Graduate Studies. The Chair can vote in case of a tie.
Voting members
Ex-officio members (members marked with an asterisk are voting members who do not count for quorum)
- President and Vice-Chancellor – Honorary Chair*
- Provost and Vice-President, Academic*
- Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies*
- Associate Deans of the School of Graduate Studies
Elected or nominated members
- A member of the decanal team involved in graduate studies, from each Faculty and the School of Health, appointed by the relevant Dean
- Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Faculty of Arts and Science, representing the sciences, the humanities and the social sciences, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.for a three-year term by Faculty Council;
- Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the John Molson School of Business, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.
- Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.
- Three tenured or tenure-track faculty members involved in graduate studies from the Faculty of Fine Arts, each appointed for a three-year term by Faculty Council.
- Three graduate students, each appointed for a one-year term by the Graduate Students’ Association, each from a different Faculty.
- Three graduate Program Directors, each nominated for a two-year term by the School of Graduate Studies and ratified by Council (one must be the Director of the Individualized Program or Humanities Program).
- One Postdoctoral fellow, appointed for a one-year term and elected through a process to be monitored by the School of Graduate Studies.
Non-voting members:
- University Librarian or delegate
- University Registrar or delegate
- Vice-Provost, Innovation in Teaching and Learning
- Secretary of Council
- Recording Secretary of Council
Powers of the Council of the School of Graduate Studies
The Council of the School of Graduate Studies shall have the power to:
- establish committees and delegate any of its responsibilities to committees; receive, consider and act upon the reports of its committees;
- consider, approve and recommend to Senate:
- the establishment and implementation of any program of graduate studies by any academic unit;
- the modification or discontinuance of any program of graduate studies by any academic unit;
- the awarding of graduate degrees;
- establish university-wide standards and procedures for admission to graduate programs;
- establish university-wide standards and procedures for graduation from graduate programs;
- establish university-wide standards and procedures for the evaluation of all graduate work, including theses, reports, projects and comprehensive examinations;
- establish university-wide standards and policies which ensure that graduate program directors, graduate supervisors, instructors and tutors for graduate courses have the requisite qualifications and experience;
- establish any other university-wide standards for graduate programs that the Council deems appropriate;
- establish policies, procedures and mechanisms for:
- promoting interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or inter-university graduate programs; and
- managing those graduate programs of an interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary or inter-university dimension, which are under the supervision of the School of Graduate Studies;
- establish rules and procedures governing requests for exemption from academic regulations. Such rules and procedures take precedence, with respect to graduate students, over similar rules and procedures established by Faculty Councils;
- establish procedures for the conduct of its own affairs; and
- make recommendations to Senate concerning the following matters:
- the composition of the Council of the School of Graduate Studies;
- the establishment of graduate fellowships and bursaries;
- the establishment of post-doctoral programs;
- the conduct of periodic academic appraisals of all graduate Programs;
- priorities and directions for the development of graduate studies at Concordia University.
As approved by the Board of Governors on September 6, 1973 and amended by the Board of Governors on October 11, 1973; May 8, 1975; June 9, 1977; December 18, 1980; May 24, 1989; November 20, 1991; May 15, 1996; June 18, 1997; June 16, 1999; June 21, 2012; June 16, 2022.
Meetings & minutes
Meetings 2024-2025
- Thursday, September 26, 2024: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. *
- Thursday, November 7, 2024: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Thursday, December 12, 2024: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Thursday, February 6, 2025: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Thursday, March 20, 2025: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- Thursday, May 8, 2025: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
* 9:30 - 10 a.m.: New Member Orientation
Minutes
- Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Friday, October 6, 2023
- Thursday, November 2, 2023
- Friday, December 1, 2023
- Friday, February 2, 2024 (Cancelled)
- Friday, March 22, 2024
- Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Thursday, October 15, 2020
- Monday, November 9, 2020 (Cancelled)
- Monday, December 14, 2020
- Monday, January 25, 2021 (Cancelled)
- Monday, March 1, 2021 (Cancelled)
- Thursday, May 20, 2021
- Thursday, October 10, 2019
- Monday, November 11, 2019
- Monday, December 16, 2019 (Cancelled)
- Monday, January 27, 2020
- Monday, March 23, 2020 (Cancelled)
- Thursday, May 21, 2020
Council Steering Committee
Steering Membership 2024-2025
Elected faculty members
Arts & Science
Vacant
Fine Arts
Adams, Erika
Associate Professor, Studio Arts
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science
Soliman, Ahmed
Associate Professor, Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering
John Molson School of Business
Fattoum-Guedri, Asma
Associate Professor, Management
Graduate student representative
Nadeem, Muhammad Ilyas
Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Council Steering Committee Meetings
- Tuesday, September 17, 2024: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48
- Tuesday, December 3, 2024: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48
- Tuesday, January 28, 2025: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48
- Tuesday, April 29, 2025: 2-4 PM, GM 930.48