SENATE AGENDA AND SUMMARY OF ITEMS: MARCH 19, 1999

Meeting to be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 19, 1999, in A. Brandon Conron Hall, Room 224, University College

1. Minutes of the Meeting of February 19, 1999

2. Business Arising from the Minutes
   • Provost's Advisory Committee on Scholarly Communication and Collections

3. Report of the President
   • Update on Double Cohort
     • MET Steering Committee
       
     • MET-COU Working Group
       
   • 1999 Provincial Budget
     
   • OUSA General Assembly

4. Enquiries

5. Conditions of Appointment: Physicians Appointed in Clinical Departments and Clinical Divisions of Basic Science Departments - EXHIBIT I [Appendix 1]
   • Numbering Corrections for the Clinical Conditions of Appointment document circulated to Senators with the Agenda.

6. Reports of Committees:
   • Operations/Agenda - EXHIBIT II
     
   • Nominating - EXHIBIT III
     
   • Academic Policy and Admissions - EXHIBIT IV
     
   • University Planning - EXHIBIT V
     
   • Honorary Degrees Committee - EXHIBIT VI
     
   • Information Technology and Services - EXHIBIT VII
     

7. Announcements and Communications - [oral]

8. New Business

9. Adjournment

SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEMS FOR MARCH 19, 1999

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT

FOR ACTION
Conditions of Appointment: Physicians Appointed in Clinical Departments and Clinical Divisions of Basic Science Departments [Appendix 1]

OPERATIONS/AGENDA COMMITTEE

FOR ACTION
Status of Clinical Academics as "Faculty"
Eligibility for Election to Committees Mandated under Conditions of Appointment (1986)
Amendment to Senate Election Procedures
Nominating Committee (Student Alternate)
Composition of SUEPP
Composition of SUWWW

FOR INFORMATION
Review of the Operation of the Senate Review Board Academic

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

FOR ACTION
Selection Committee for Dean of Law
Operations/Agenda Committee
University Council on Student Housing

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC POLICY AND ADMISSIONS (SCAPA)

FOR ACTION
Four-Year General BSc Program in Computer Science with Software Engineering Specialization
Commercial Aviation Management Stream of the BACS
Academic Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (Policy and Handbook)
Withdrawal of the Certificate Programs in Promotion of Early School Learning and in Women's Issues and Social Change
Revisions to Certificate and Diploma Policies: Definitions, Procedures and Criteria for the Establishment of Programs, Convocation Guidelines, Process for Approval by Senate and its Committees, and Admission Deadlines
Examination Conflicts with the Graduate Record Examination Subject Tests
Sessional Dates for the Faculty of Education and the School of Dentistry
Scholar's Electives Program
Policy Revisions: Deferred Registration, Admission Scholarships, Deferral of Admission Scholarships, and Academic Counselling
Admission from the Province of Quebec (CEGEP)

FOR INFORMATION
Report on New Undergraduate Scholarships/Awards/Bursaries
Restricted Registration (Policy Rescinded)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING (SCUP)

FOR ACTION
First-Entry Undergraduate Enrolment for 1999-2000
PhD Program in Education Studies
The Scotiabank Professorship in Research on Violence Against Women & Children

FOR INFORMATION
Western's Statement on the Capital Requirements of the Double Cohort
The Rotman Family Fellowship in Neuroscience

HONORARY DEGREES COMMITTEE

FOR INFORMATION
Honorary Degree Recipients for Spring 1999

SENATE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES (SCITS)

FOR INFORMATION
Acquisition of an Enterprise Communications Solution

ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS

Standard Report