AGENDA ITEM NO: 10.1
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
REQUEST FOR DECISION
PRESENTED BY:
Ed Krol Chair,
Nominations Committee of Council
DATE OF MEETING:
October 24, 2013
SUBJECT:
Nominations for Review Committee for the Vice-President
Research
DECISION REQUESTED:
That Council approve the following nominations to the Review Committee for the Vice-President
Research:
GAA members:
Marie Battiste, Educational Foundations, College of Education
Oleg Dmitriev. Biochemistry, College of Medicine
Robert Scott, Chemistry, College of Arts and Science
Charlene Sorensen, Library
Member of Council: David Parkinson, Vice-Dean, College of Arts and Science
Background
University search procedures for senior administrators call for the nomination of four members of
the General Academic Assembly (GAA) and a member of Council who is a senior administrator
to serve on the Review Committee for the Vice-President Research.
As outlined in the search and review procedures for senior administrators, the Nominations
Committee of Council nominates the Council member and the GAA members for this search
committee and these nominations are voted on by Council. Nominations can also be made from
the floor.
Following the practice established last year, the Committee issued a Call for Nominations for this
Review Committee membership.
ATTACHMENT:
Summary of Search and Review Committee composition
List of recent Council appointments to search and review committees
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Review Committee membership:
VICE-PRESIDENT Research
Chair - the President
Ilene Busch-Vishniac
One member of the Board selected by the Board
TBA
One member of Senate selected by the Senate
Nominations Committee
Nominated: Vera Pezer
One member of Council who holds a senior
administrative position in the university
Nominated: David Parkinson
Four members of the GAA selected by Council
Nominated: Marie Battiste, Oleg Dmitriev,
Robert Scott, Charlene Sorensen
Two members of Administration and/or Support
Staff appointed by the President
TBA
The Provost and Vice-President Academic
Brett Fairbairn
The Dean, College of Graduate Studies and
Research
Adam Baxter-Jones
One graduate student selected by the GSA
TBA
One undergraduate student selected by the USSU
TBA
Definitions
The University of Saskatchewan Act 1995 part seven, section 64 defines members of the General
Academic Assembly as:
(a) the president;
(b) the vice-presidents;
(c) the secretary;
(d) the registrar;
(e) all deans and directors employed by the university or an affiliated or federated college;
(f) all faculty members; and
(g) a number, set pursuant to subsection (2), of full-time students who are to be elected by
the full-time students.
Part one, section 2 (h) defines “faculty member” as
a person who is employed on a full-time basis by the university or an affiliated or
federated college and who serves as a professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
lecturer, full-time special lecturer, full-time instructor, librarian or extension specialist
Availability
The Vice-President Review Committee will be chaired by President Busch-Vishniac and intends
to begin meeting in early November, 2013. Meetings will continue throughout the winter of
2013-14.
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List of Recent Council Nominations For Presidential And Vice-Presidential Search And
Review Committees
October, 2013
Review Committee for VP Research
GAA representatives:
Council representative:
January, 2013
Search Committee for VP Finance and Resources
GAA representatives:
Dean McNeill, Music
Andrew Van Kessel, Animal and Poultry Science
September 22, 2011
Review Committee for Provost and Vice-President Academic
GAA representatives: Richard Schwier, Curriculum Studies
Susan Whiting, Pharmacy & Nutrition
Alex Moewes, Physics & Engineering Physics
Gerald Langner, Music
Council representative: Trever Crowe, Associate Dean CGSR
May 19, 2011
Search Committee for President
GAA representatives: Keith Walker, Educational Administration
Winona Wheeler, Native Studies
Michel Desautels, Physiology & Pharmacology
Ingrid Pickering, Geological Sciences
February 26, 2009
Search Committee for Vice-President Research
Senior administrator who is member of Council: Janusz Kozinski, Dean of Engineering
4 GAA members: Marie Battiste, Educational Foundations, College of Education; Karen Lawson,
Psychology, College of Arts & Science; Nazeem Muhajarine, Community Health and
Epidemiology, College of Medicine; Stephen Urquhart, Chemistry, College of Arts & Science
Sept. 20, 2007
Review Committee for the President
Roger Pierson, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Sheila Schmutz, Animal & Poultry Science
Bob Lucas, Economics
Joan Borsa, Women’s & Gender Studies
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