Report of the Planning Committee
to University Council
May 18, 2000
Items for Approval
1.
Dentistry Reorganization (Appendix One)
The Planning Committee and the Academic Programs Committee of Council have reviewed
the request from the College of Dentistry to merge its four departments into two larger departments.
The two new departments would be called Clinical and Community Dentistry (combining Restorative
and Prosthetic Dentistry, and Community and Pediatric Dentistry) and Diagnostic Biological and
Surgical Sciences (combining Oral Biology, and Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences). Attached as
Appendix One is the request from the college and a memo of support from the Academic Programs
Committee.
The Planning Committee recommends that Council approve the following motion:
That Council approve the discontinuation of the departments Restorative and Prosthetic
Dentistry, Community and Pediatric Dentistry, Oral Biology, and Diagnostic and Surgical
Sciences and the creation of two new departments, Clinical and Community Dentistry, and
Diagnostic Biological and Surgical Sciences, as described in Appendix One.
2. College of Arts and Science Ð program revisions in Languages and Linguistics
(Appendix Two)
The Planning Committee recommends that Council approve the following motion:
That Council approve the revisions to the B.A. Three-year, Four-year and Honours and
Double Honours programs, and to minors and Recognition programs, in the Department of
Languages and Linguistics, subject to the condition that the department provide a progress
report to the Planning Committee two years following the implementation of the revision
(September, 2003), as described in Appendix Two.
3. Canada Research Chairs policy (Appendix Three)
The Planning Committee established a subcommittee to make recommendations on the
principles for allocation and process for the Canada Research Chairs program recently announced by
the federal government. Its report is attached as Appendix Three. The Planning Committee asks
Council to endorse these principles and the process. Of particular concern to the Committee is the
development of a research plan for the University which is required for this initiative and for other
research initiatives at the University of Saskatchewan. The Planning Committee is taking steps to
ensure that such a plan is developed and will be forwarded to Council as soon as possible.
The Planning Committee recommends that Council approve the following motion:
That Council endorse the policy for Canada Research Chairs at the University of
Saskatchewan, as described in Appendix Three.
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Planning Committee
May 18, 2000
Items for Information
1. Changes in the Nursing Quota Ð correction to the April 20, 2000 Planning Committee
report to Council.
The Planning Committee has asked the College of Nursing to submit a proposal for a new permanent
admission quota by January 1, 2001 (not by April 1, 2001 as reported in the April 20 report.)
2. Planning/Budget Subcommittee on Information Technology (Appendix Four)
As described in the introduction to the report, this Subcommittee was established in November,
1999 to review recommendations from various reports on information technology at the University
of Saskatchewan. The Subcommittee adopted the following objectives:
1. to develop a statement of goals for information technology at the University of
Saskatchewan,
2. to develop a process whereby the goals for the application of IT can be implemented,
3. to recommend an administrative structure, and
4. to establish priorities for expenditures on IT and support services.
The final report of the Subcommittee is attached as Appendix Four. The Planning Committee
agreed to endorse this report and to use it in the future as a basis for decision-making on Information
Technology planning.
3. Canadian Light Source (Appendix Five)
As reported to Council in the spring of 1999, the Planning Committee has pursued the
question of the finances for the Canadian Light Source. For the information of Council, the
Planning Committee has attached as Appendix Five a series of memos from the Committee, from
President MacKinnon, and from the Budget Committee regarding continuing funding for this
important initiative. The Planning Committee accepts the Budget CommitteeÕs suggestion that a
research strategy for the Canadian Light Source be developed with the Research Committee, in
conjunction with a broader research plan for the university..
Submitted on behalf of the Planning Committee of Council,
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Jene Porter, Chair
Committee members:
R.P. MacKinnon, President
M. Atkinson, Vice-President (Academic)
A.J. Whitworth, Vice-President (Finance and
Administration
M. Corcoran, Vice-President (Research)
S. Junor (USSU)
S. Pinder (GSA)
R. Thompson (Sessional Lecturer)
R.E. Bilson
S. Fowler-Kerry
R. Hickie
G. Khachatourians
P. Li
L. Qualtiere
W.W.E. Slights
E.B. Waygood
H. Wood
B.L. Dubray, University Studies Group
P.M. Melis, Office of the Vice-President
(Academic)
C. Fornssler, Committee Coordinator