Senate, Public Meeting September 25, 2020
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AGENDA Public Meeting SENATE Friday, September 25, 2020 - 1:30 PM Via BlueJeans Page . 1. CALL TO ORDER & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FIRST NATIONS TERRITORY . 2. VOTING PROCESS FOR AN ELECTRONIC MEETING . 2.1. Electronic Voting THAT Senate approve the following voting process for electronic meetings: 1. Call for all opposed to the motion. 2. Call for all abstentions to the motion. 3. Remaining Senators are deemed to be voting in favour of the motion. Further, in the case where a Senator votes ”no”, the vote will revert to a call for each voting member to individually state “yes", “no”, or “abstain”. 3. ADOPTION OF CONSENT ITEMS . 5 - 38 3.1. Consent Items Agenda, September 25, 2020 Minutes, June 5, 2020 Graduands, September 25, 2020 Expression of interest for faculty vacancies on the Faculty Standards Committee and Senate Committee for Student Appeals for a one-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. Expression of interest for the faculty vacancy on the Senate Awards and Honours Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for the faculty vacancy on the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for the faculty vacancy on the Undergraduate Education Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for one of two graduate student vacancies on the Graduate Studies Committee for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for one of two faculty vacancies on the Senate Page 1 of 328 Senate, Public Meeting September 25, 2020 Page Budget Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for one of two faculty vacancies on the Senate Committee for Student Appeals, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for the faculty vacancy on the Indigenization Committee of Senate, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Expression of interest for the student vacancy on the Indigenization Committee of Senate (recommended by SUS), for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2020. THAT the following consent items be adopted by Senate as presented: Agenda, September 25, 2020 Minutes, June 5, 2020 Graduands, September 25, 2020 Appointment of Afia Raja, Faculty of Science, to the faculty vacancy on the Faculty Standards Committee, for a one-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. Appointment of Afia Raja, Faculty of Science, to the faculty vacancy on the Senate Committee for Student Appeals, for a one-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2021. Appointment of Pamela Causton, Faculty of Health Sciences, to the faculty vacancy on the Senate Awards and Honours Committee, for a two- year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Stefania Pizzirani, Faculty of Science, to the faculty vacancy on the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Andrianna Bakos, Faculty of Humanities, to the faculty vacancy on the Undergraduate Education Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Ryan Buhrig, graduate student, to one of two graduate student vacancies on the Graduate Studies Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Zina Lee, Faculty of Social Sciences, to one of two faculty vacancies on the Senate Budget Committee, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Maria de Luna, Faculty of Humanities, to one of two faculty vacancies on the Senate Committee for Student Appeals, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Stan Manu, Faculty of Science, to the faculty vacancy on the Indigenization Committee of Senate, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. Appointment of Kaylee Volegaar, to the student vacancy on the Indigenization Committee of Senate, for a two-year term, from August 1, 2020 to July 31, 2022. 4. PRESENTATION . 39 4.1. Senate 2020-21: Thoughts for the Year Ahead - Joanne MacLean . Page 2 of 328 Senate, Public Meeting September 25, 2020 Page 5. DECISION ITEMS . 5.1. COVID-19 Update and Winter 2020-21 - Joanne MacLean/James Mandigo . 40 5.1.1. Winter 2021 Semester That Senate approve the following: Wherever possible, courses within programs will be delivered in a remote/online format for the entire duration of the Winter, 2021 semester. For cohort-based programs, entire courses, or components of courses, where achieving the learning outcomes and objectives in a face-to-face format is deemed to be essential, in-class instruction may be considered. 5.2. Senate Budget Committee - Jackie Hogan . 41 - 44 5.2.1. 2020-21 Draft Budget Principles THAT the Senate Budget Committee recommends the 2021-22 Draft Budget Principles to Senate as presented. 5.3. Academic Planning and Priorities Committee (APPC) - James Mandigo . 45 - 50 5.3.1. Latin American Studies Program Review THAT Senate accept the Dean's Summary report of the Latin American Studies program review as presented. 51 - 284 5.3.2. Update to the Education Plan THAT Senate approve the 2020 Update to: Learning Everywhere: The UFV Education Plan, 2016 – 2020 as recommended by the Academic Planning and Priorities Committee. 5.4. University Secretary - Al Wiseman . 285 - 5.4.1. Call for Senate Members to serve on the Honorary Doctorate 286 Selection Committee THAT Senate nominate four Senate members, including at least two faculty members and one student, to serve on the Honorary Doctorate Selection Committee. 6. REPORTS . 6.1. Report from the President and Vice-Chancellor - Joanne MacLean . 287 - 6.1.1. President's Report to Senate 290 . 6.2. Report from the Provost and Vice-President, Academic - James Mandigo . 291 - 6.2.1. Provost's Report to Senate 298 . 6.2.2. Quality Assurance Process Audit Institution Report . 6.3. Report from University Secretary - Al Wiseman . 299 6.3.1. Remaining vacancies on Senate Standing Committee . Page 3 of 328 Senate, Public Meeting September 25, 2020 Page 300 - 6.3.2. Professional Studies Faculty Council - Senator Vacancy 302 . 6.4. Senate Budget Committee - Jackie Hogan . 303 6.4.1. Senate Budget Committee Annual Report . 7. INFORMATION ITEMS . 304 - 7.1. Math and Stats Program Review Update 309 . 310 - 7.2. Graduand Approvals 328 . 7.3. Read about UFV recent news and events on UFV Today http://blogs.ufv.ca/ . 7.4. Current news releases from the Ministry of Advanced Education https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/ . 8. ADJOURNMENT and NEXT MEETING The next meeting of Senate is on October 23, 2020 at 1:30 pm virtual. Page 4 of 328 AGENDA ITEM # 3.1. MINUTES Public Meeting SENATE Friday, June 5, 2020 Video Conference Via BlueJeans Alastair Hodges, Amber Johnston, Cory Beshara, David Johnston, Derek Ward-Hall, Fiona MacDonald, Gerry Palmer, Gilmour Jope, Greg Mather, Greg St. Hilaire, Jacqueline Nolte, Joanne MacLean, John English, Kim Isaac, Norm Taylor, Paul Gumprich, Raymond Welch, PRESENT: Simon Xi, Sue Brigden, Tracy Ryder-Glass, Lucy Lee, Jonathan Hughes, Jon Thomas, Sven Van de Wetering, Dawna Williams, Harveen Dhaliwal, James Mandigo, Shahbaig Boparai, Shelley Stefan, and Shelley Canning REGRETS: Andy Sidhu, Alisha Mutneja, and Sukhan Sandhu SECRETARIAT: Al Wiseman, Marlene Affleck, Linda Dahl Andrew Stahl, Belinda Karsen, Bruce Kirkley, Maureen Wideman, Peter Geller and Samuel GUESTS: Young 1. CALL TO ORDER & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FIRST NATIONS TERRITORY J. MacLean called the meeting to order at 2:30 pm. K. Isaac gave the territorial acknowledgement. Ey swayel. Good afternoon, Senators and guests. As we meet together this afternoon via videoconference, we are in many different physical locations, in different traditional territories of First Nations people. UFV is located on the traditional, unceded territory of the Stó:lō people, and many of us are located on these lands right now. Some of you may be participating from your homes on traditional, unceded Coast Salish territory. Wherever you are, please take a moment to reflect on the land on which you reside, and the original inhabitants who have lived here, sustainably, for millennia. We start each Senate meeting with a territorial acknowledgement, to indicate in a small but symbolically important way that UFV is committed to Indigenization, and to answering the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The Commission shone a light on the devastation that centuries of racism, inflicted by settlers and their descendants, had and continues to have on the Indigenous peoples of what is now Canada. Racism and reactions against racism are dominating the news right now, as people around the world react to the heartbreaking and senseless death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and call for the end of racial profiling and systemic racism. As an educational institution, UFV has an opportunity and a responsibility to help end racism and its terrible effects. As individuals, we all have a responsibility to recognize our own conscious and unconscious biases, and do what we can to combat racism. As Senators, we have a responsibility to make our decisions thoughtfully. Let us act wisely, to create an inclusive and open University, where all are welcome, all are safe, and all can succeed. J. MacLean acknowledged senate members who are stepping down – Raymond Welch & Fiona MacDonald as well as the four student senators (Alisha Mutneja, Harveen Dhaliwal, Shahbaig Boparai and Sukhan Sandhu).