Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Membership 2014-15
President and Vice Chancellor
IV Samarasekera, O.C.
Officers of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
Vice-Provost and Dean
M Shirvani, PhD
Associate Deans
J Harrington, PhD
P Melançon, PhD
Administrative and Professional Officers
Community Outreach, Graduate
Student Professional Development & Ethics – R Polziehn, PhD
Vice President (Research)
Lorne Babiuk
Chair, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Academic Appeals Committee
TBA
Department Representatives
Agricultural, Food, & Nutritional Science, Rene Jacobs
Anthropology, Andie Palmer
Art & Design, Lianne McTavish
Biochemistry, David Stuart
Biological Sciences, Heather McDermid
Biomedical Engineering, Alan Wilman
Business MBA, Joan White
Business PhD, David Deephouse
Cell Biology, Thomas Simmen
Chemical & Materials Engineering, Vinay Prasad
Chemistry, Mark McDermott
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dave Chan
Communication Sciences and Disorders, Joanne Volden
Computing Science, Jia You
Dentistry, Pat Flood
Drama, Piet Defraeye
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Thomas Chacko
East Asian Studies, Daniel Fried
Economics, Todd Smith
Educational Policy Studies tba
Educational Psychology, George Buck
Educational Studies, Elaine Simmt
Electrical & Computer Engineering, Ivan Fair
Elementary Education, Linda Laidlaw
English and Film Studies, Julie Rak
Extension CUP/Embedded Certificates, Mary Beckie
Extension (MACT), Gordon Gow
Faculte Saint-Jean, René Langevin
History & Classics, Jane Samson
Human Ecology, Arlene Oak
Humanities Computing Program , Scott Smallwood
Internetworking (MINT), Mike MacGregor
Law, Steven Penney
Library & Information Studies, Ali Shiri
Linguistics, David Beck
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, Jochen Kuttler
Mechanical Engineering, John Doucette
Medical Microbiology & Immunology, Edan Foley
Medical Sciences, Bryan Mitchell
Medicine, Sean McMurtry
Med Sci-Lab Medicine & Pathology, Monika Keelan
Med Sci-Medical Genetics, Sarah Hughes
Med Sci-Obstetrics & Gynecology, Denise Hemmings
Med Sci-Ophthalmology, Yves Sauvé
Med Sci-Pediatrics, Sujata Persad
Med Sci-Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging, Lawrence Le
Modern Lang & Cult’l Studies and Comp Lit, Victoria Ruetalo
Music, Guillaume Tardif
Native Studies, Sean Robertson
Neuroscience and Mental Health Inst., Clayton Dickson
Nursing, Pauline Paul
Occupational Therapy, Shaniff Esmail
Oncology, Andrew Shaw
Pharmacology , Andrew Holt
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Scot Simpson
Philosophy, Amy Schmitter
Physical Education & Recreation, Donna Goodwin
Physical Therapy, Bernadette Martin
Physics, Richard Marchand
Physiology, Greg Funk
Political Science, Malinda Smith
Psychiatry, Andrew Greenshaw
Psychology, Chris Sturdy
Rehabilitation Medicine (PhD/MSc), Tammy Hopper
Religious Studies, Felice Lifshitz
Renewable Resources, Glen Armstrong
Resource Econ and Environ Sociology, Scott Jeffrey
School of Public Health,Gian Jhangri
Secondary Education, Diane Conrad
Sociology, Sara Dorow
Surgery, Thomas Churchill
Associate Deans Graduate
ALES, Walter Dixon
Arts, Tom Spalding
Education, Patricia Boechler
Engineering, Steven Dew
Medicine and Dentistry, Hanne Ostergaard
Rehabilitation Medicine, Tammy Hopper
Science, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Graduate Program Administrators (GPAC)
Gail Dowler, Mechanical Engineering
Anne Giles, Medical Microbiology & Immunology
Melanie Marvin, History & Classics
GSA Representatives
Nathan Andrews, GSA President
Monty Bal, Vice President Labour
Colin More, GSA VP Academic
Megha Bajaj, VP Student Services
Susan Cake, VP External
Other members TBA
Ex officio
Chair FGSR Appeals Committee, tba
Office of the VP (Research), Ingrid Johnston
Office of the Registrar, Ada Ness
Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning
Director of Libraries
Alumni Council
H Mark Ramsankar
Observers
Brent Epperson, Graduate Ombudsperson
Senate Liaison
Lanny Der
Ron Harry