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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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The President welcomed new Senators and welcomed members back to campus for the new Academic Year. The President noted the Senate reception held at Norman MacKenzie House and highlighted the return of campus activities, including Imagine UBC, the pep rally, and Homecoming. The President reported that the University had received federal investment in the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada and had recruited nine researchers through the first intake.

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Minutes of the Meetings of 13 May 2026 and 31 August 2026

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Refer the matter concerning the implications of generative artificial intelligence note-taking to the Teaching, Learning, and Library Committee

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Candidate for Degree

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Revisions to Academic Regulations for Course Grading Policy for the Faculties of Applied Science, and Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Applied Science): Mechanical Engineering

full agenda

meet your senators

Officers7

Judy Rogers

Chancellor

Benoit-Antoine Bacon

President and Chair

Gage Averill

Vice-President, Academic

Dale Askey

University Librarian

Simon Bates

Director of Continuing Education

RNNon-voting

Rella Ng

Registrar and Secretary

CENon-voting

Christopher Eaton

Clerk to Senate

Deans12

Sharmila Anandasabapathy

Dean, Faculty of Medicine

Clare Haru Crowston

Dean, Faculty of Arts

Darren Dahl

Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Leonard Foster

Dean Pro Tempore, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Jan Hare

Dean, Faculty of Education

David Kitts

Dean Pro Tempore, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Robert Kozak

Dean, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship

Hannu Larjava

Dean Pro Tempore, Faculty of Dentistry

Bruce MacDougall

Dean Pro Tempore, Peter A. Allard School of Law

Mark MacLachlan

Dean, Faculty of Science

James Olson

Dean, Faculty of Applied Science

Lalitha Raman-Wilms

Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty35

Chris Addison

Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science

Marina Adshade

Assistant Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Arts

Elisa Baniassad

Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science

Shannon Bredin

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education

Ben Britton

Professor, Faculty of Applied Science

Julie Cool

Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship

Jacquelyn Cragg

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Agnes d’Entremont

Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Applied Science

Nancy Ford

Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry

Susan Forwell

Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Joanne Fox

Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science

Dustin Garnet

Associate Professor, Faculty of Education

Benjamin Goold

Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law

Sathish Gopalakrishnan

Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science

Martin Hirst

Professor, Faculty of Science

André Ivanov

Professor, Faculty of Applied Science

Jessica Kalra

Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Christina Laffin

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts

Minghao Li

Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship

Kin Lo

Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Siobhán McElduff

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts

Charles Menzies

Professor, Faculty of Arts

Ian Mitchell

Professor, Faculty of Science

Wendy Norman

Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Steven Pelech

Professor, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Anubhav Pratap-Singh

Associate Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Ingrid Price

Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Candice Rideout

Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

Maged Senbel

Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science

Santokh Singh

Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Science

Tsur Somerville

Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Althea Thauberger

Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts

Greg Werker

Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Eli Whitney

Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Dentistry

Steve Wilton

Professor, Faculty of Applied Science

Students18

Brian Agafitei

Student Rep, Faculty of Dentistry

Pratyaksha Awasthi

Student Rep, Faculty of Education

Bryan Buraga

Student Rep, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Alex Chui

Student Rep, Faculty of Science

Ian Chung

Student Rep, At-Large

Dylan Evans

Student Rep, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Stewardship

Drédyn Fontana

Student Rep, At-Large

Sarah Kamal

Student Rep, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Kevin Li

Student Rep, Faculty of Applied Science

Chaeyoung Lim

Student Rep, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jasper Lorien

Student Rep, At-Large

Zarifa Nawar

Student Rep, Faculty of Arts

Priscilla Ng

Student Rep, Peter A. Allard School of Law

Jaiya Panchi

Student Rep, At-Large

Sultana Razia

Student Rep, At-Large

Ethan Ruggiero

Student Rep, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration

Nicholas Viegas

Student Rep, Faculty of Medicine

Max Wilson Sladkus

Student Rep, Faculty of Land and Food Systems