Agenda
Thursday, June 5, 2025
3:00 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
Mike Zryd (Chair)
2. Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Faculty Teaching Award
Presentation
2024-2025:
Professor Carmela Murdocca, Graduate Programs in Interdisciplinary Studies, Social & Political Thought, Socio-Legal Studies, and Sociology
Faculty Teaching Award guidelines (URL)
3. Reports from Standing Committees of Council
Report summary (.pdf)
Awards Committee
Academic Planning & Policy Committee
Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee
Petitions Committee
Nominating Committee
4. Minutes of the Previous Meeting (May 1, 2025) (.docx)
5. Business Arising from the Minutes
6. Dean's Remarks
Dean Alice MacLachlan
7. Graduate Supervision Support Hub Toolkit
For discussion
Guest: Tracy Bhoola, Program Manager, Graduate Supervision Support Hub
8. FGS Milestones Overview
For discussion
Dean Alice MacLachlan
9. Updates to Guidelines for Thesis/Dissertation Prizes (Disciplinary breadth)
Associate Dean Academic Cheryl van Daalen-Smith
Approved by Academic Planning & Policy Committee on May 14, 2025
For approval
Motion (.docx)
10. Summer Authority
For approval
Motion: “that all items that need Council approval be delegated to the FGS Academic Planning & Policy Committee after the last meeting of Council in this academic year and until the first meeting of Council in the next academic year.”
11. Reports from Faculty of Graduate Studies' Representatives to Senate Committees
Cheryl van Daalen-Smith, Senate Academic Standards, Curriculum & Pedagogy Committee
Saskia Van Viegen, Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee
Melanie Cao, Senate Executive Committee's Subcommittee on Honorary Degrees & Ceremonials
Naomi Couto, Senate Executive Committee