1 / 19

University Governance 101

University Governance 101. Johanne Pelletier, Secretary-General University Secretariat. Governance 101 “SPA” - Board of Governors & Senate Your role University Secretariat Logos Access to Information. Governance 101 (the reality). Finances Hiring Infrastructure. Academic matters.

kenyon
Download Presentation

University Governance 101

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. University Governance 101 Johanne Pelletier, Secretary-General University Secretariat

  2. Governance 101 “SPA” - Board of Governors & Senate Your role University Secretariat Logos Access to Information

  3. Governance 101 (the reality)

  4. Finances Hiring Infrastructure Academic matters Secretariat Board of Governors Senate Principal & Vice-Chancellor VPs Provost Deans

  5. Board Composition The Board of Governors is composed of 25 voting members, including: • The Chancellor, ex officio • The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, ex officio • 12 Members-at-large • 3 Alumni Association Representatives • 2 Academic Staff Representatives • 2 Administrative and Support Staff Representatives • 2 Senate Representatives, and • 2 Student Representatives (one undergraduate and one graduate) • Two additional student representatives (Macdonald Campus and Continuing Education) have voice but no vote (Article One, Statutes)

  6. Board Membership

  7. Ex OfficioMembers = 27 The Chancellor The Principal and Vice-Chancellor The Chair of the Board of Governors The Provost The Deputy Provost The vice-principals (4) The deans of faculties (11) The Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies The Dean of Students The Dean of Continuing Education The Director of Libraries Board of Governor representatives (3) Elected Members (80) Faculty representatives (51) Arts (7) Agricultural & Env Sciences (3) Dentistry (1) Education (4) Engineering (4) Law ( 2) Medicine (9) Music (2) Management (2) Religious Studies (1) Science (7) Members at large (9) (allocated by Senate to various faculties) Librarian members (3) Non-unionized administrative and support staff members (6) SSMU, PGSS, MACES, MCSS and Faculty student members(20) Senate Composition (107)

  8. Governance – Your Role • Nominations & Elections • Role of staff on governing bodies • SPA • Reflecting perspective of staff • What best serves the University? • Challenges in the role…

  9. Governance Matters • Senate & Board 2007/08 • Revisions to the McGill University Policy on the Ethical Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects • University Budget • Information presentations (Deans, VPs) • Revision of the Regulations Relating to the Employment of Librarian Staff • Principles governing Campus master plan • Administrative Response to the Report of the Principal’s Task Force on Student Life and Learning • Principal’s Five Year Plan • Senate & Board 2008/09 • Can you sign? (Signing Authority) • Principal’s Five Year Plan • Conflict of Commitment Policy (Staff) • Strategic Enrolment Management • DAR Campaign Reports • Senate Review Report • Strategic planning! • Strengths and Aspirations: a white paper call to action regarding McGill’s future • Focus on Students: The Principal’s Task Force on Student Life and Learning • Master Plan

  10. University Secretariat impartial office guidance and advice on the University’s Statutes, regulations, policies, and processes of importance to academic, librarian, administrative staff and students

  11. Office of the Board of Governors and Senate Convocations Office of the Chancellor Office of the Board Chair Repository for regulations/policy Access to information University Elections Use of the McGill name and logos Tribunals: Grievances & Appeals Tenure Advisory Committees

  12. Trademarks Protect and enhance: • McGill’s name • McGill’s visual identity: “signature” and its components (shield and wordmark)

  13. McGill’s name • Name formats • (e.g. Club XYZ at McGill) • Time-limited (renewable) permissions for • SSMU recognized groups • Other student societies • Academic student initiatives e.g. design teams in Engineering

  14. McGill’s logos • Students can use only with consent of Secretariat http://www.mcgill.ca/secretariat/ceremonial/ permission/ • No adapted versions! • Graphic standards for use: http://www.mcgill.ca/files/secretariat/wordmark.pdf • Use on business cards/letterhead?

  15. Access to documents & privacy issues Access • Public institutions: Quebec and federal law provide for access on request to documents, with some conditions – requests in writing to Secretary-General • Students, employees have right to access their own files – students generally through Enrolment Services or their Faculties

  16. Access & privacy, cont’d Privacy • With very limited exceptions, your personal information will not be shared, except with your express written consent; • Example: McGill student directory Directory is not complete - how and where a student's information is displayed is at the sole discretion of that individual student.

  17. Governanceand administration for the advancement of learning Johanne Pelletier University Secretariat Johanne.pelletier@mcgill.ca WWW.MCGILL.CA/secretariat

More Related