Agenda
Thursday, February 5, 2026
2:30 p.m.
This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting’s email notice.
1. Welcome and Chair’s Remarks
Chair Mike Zryd
2. Mitacs Programming for the Graduate Community
Presentation (.pptx)
Guest: Rachel Sung, Mitacs Specialist/Business Development Specialist, VISTA/Innovation York
Open project page (URL); past projects page (URL)
3. Minutes (Previous Meeting, December 4, 2025) (.docx)
4. Business Arising from the Minutes
5. Dean's Remarks
Dean Alice MacLachlan
6. Osgoode Professional Development: Exemptions from Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Regulations
Meghan Thomas, Director, International and Professional Graduate Programs
For approval
Osgoode Professional Graduate Programs exemption from FGS Regulations and new Osgoode Professional Graduate Regulations (.docx)
Draft Professional Graduate Regulations – Comparison Chart (.docx)
7. Changes to Faculty Regulations: Applicability
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
For approval
Motion (.docx)
8. Update to Faculty Regulations: Change of Program/Change Within a Program
Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir
For approval
Motion (.docx)
9. Reports from Faculty of Graduate Studies' Representatives to Senate Committees
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Senate Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee
YU-card FAQ for Faculty and Staff Fall 2025 (.pdf)
Anne MacLennan, Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee
Naomi Couto, Senate Executive Committee
10. Senate Synopses
Summaries of meetings of November 27 and December 11, 2025, and January 22, 2026 (URL/.pdf)