Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)

Membership + Terms of Reference

Membership

Executive Members

Dean and Vice-Provost, Graduate Studies
Ex-Officio, Chair — Mary O'Brien

Associate Deans, Graduate Studies
Ex-officio (one vote)

Policy & Curriculum — Pamela Stern
Scholarship — El Chenier
Students — Malcolm Kennett

Faculty Representatives

Chair, Faculty of Graduate Studies Committee (or designate)

Applied Sciences — Colin Copeland
Arts & Social Sciences — Kate Slaney
Business — Sudheer Gupta
Communication, Art and Technology — Arne Eigenfeldt
Education — Engida Gebre
Environment — Christina Giovas
Health Sciences — Lawrence McCandless
Science — Vance Williams

Graduate Student Representatives

Elected annually in Spring term by and from graduate students. Post-election vacancies will be filled by election by Senate.
Term expires May 31, 2026

Regular — Sikandra Ali
Regular — Roman Jahandideh
Alternate — Deven Adajania
Alternate — Jasnoor Khurana

Graduate Student Society (GSS) Executive

Ex-officio

Danica Reid

Ex-Officio (Non-voting)

Coordinator, Graduate Academic Programs Policy & Curriculum — Zarine Ahmed
Recording Secretary — Suki Xu

Schedule + Minutes

Annual Reports

Terms of Reference

To maintain the academic standards established by Senate.
To review and make recommendations to Senate concerning new graduate programs.
To review and make recommendations to Senate concerning major changes to graduate programs.
To review and approve all proposed new graduate courses, course deletions, and minor changes to programs. These changes shall be reported to Senate in summary form.
To administer, review and make recommendations to Senate concerning Graduate General Regulations.
To consider matters concerning Graduate Studies referred to the Committee, and to make recommendations to the appropriate bodies.
To consider and decide on policy recommendations concerning graduate course registration, course and program withdrawal procedures, and on the administration of graduate records.

Faculty of Graduate Studies