{"id":965,"date":"2012-01-27T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T20:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/?page_id=965"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T16:59:54","slug":"science-faculty-planning-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/dean\/science-faculty-council\/science-faculty-planning-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Faculty Planning Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Terms of Reference for the Science Faculty Planning Committee (SFPC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Established: 5 November 2008<\/li>\n<li>Revised by SFPC: 6 September 2018<\/li>\n<li>Approved by SFC: 4 October 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preamble<\/h3>\n<p>This committee was established by Science Faculty Council in November 2008.\u00a0 The committee membership is comprised of the Dean of Science and one member from each department, elected from or recommended by the department.\u00a0 The Chair is the Dean of Science.\u00a0 The purpose of this committee is to plan for the future of Science Faculty and to deal with issues such as space and expansion.\u00a0 It is not meant to review new program proposals or program expansion requests from departments.\u00a0 This committee brings all recommendations back to Science Faculty Council<\/p>\n<h3>Membership<\/h3>\n<p>Members of SFPC are normally appointed for a term of three years, with the opportunity to renew for additional terms upon recommendation from the Department.\u00a0 While members serve as representatives of their departments and its programs on behalf of SFC, they are encouraged to bring a faculty-wide perspective. The current membership is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Dr. Chris LeMoine, Dean of Science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies: <\/strong>Dr. Etsuko Yasui (to December 31, 2026)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Biology:<\/strong> Dr. Terry McGonigle (to December 31, 2025)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chemistry: <\/strong>Dr. Michael Charette (to April 1, 2026)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography:<\/strong> Dr. Rachel Herron (to June 30, 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geology:<\/strong> Mr. Ayat Baig (to April 30, 2026)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mathematics and Computer Science:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Abdel Al-Abdallah (to June 30, 2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physics and Astronomy:<\/strong> Dr. Austin Gulliver (to June 30, 2026)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Psychology:<\/strong> Dr. Nicholas Watier (to April 30, 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Responsibilities<\/h3>\n<p>It is the responsibility of the SFPC to:<\/p>\n<ol type=\"A\">\n<li>Serve as a resource to the strategic planning process including exploring and developing ideas for SFC\u2019s consideration;<\/li>\n<li>Assist in the development of a strategic plan that addresses teaching, research and community engagement;<\/li>\n<li>Serve as part of the oversight committee for the assessment of the John R. Brodie Science Centre; and provide input on issues such as space and expansion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Meetings<\/h3>\n<p>The committee will meet as needed at the call of the Dean or at the request of two members.\u00a0 Notification of a meeting is to be at least one week prior to the meeting. Minutes must be produced for each meeting, and must be forwarded to SFC.<\/p>\n<h3>Voting<\/h3>\n<p>Each member shall have one vote and the Chair will only vote to break ties.<\/p>\n<h3>Quorum<\/h3>\n<p>The quorum is met with 50% (fifty per cent) of the Committee members in attendance.<\/p>\n<h3>Evaluation of Terms of Reference<\/h3>\n<p>SFPC will review its Terms of Reference annually to meet policies and changing needs within the faculty, the university, the scientific community, and society as a whole.\u00a0 The Terms of Reference can be updated at any time by a member of SFC through its departmental representative who will bring requested changes to SFPC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terms of Reference for the Science Faculty Planning Committee (SFPC) Established: 5 November 2008 Revised by SFPC: 6 September 2018 Approved by SFC: 4 October 2018 Preamble This committee was established by Science Faculty Council in November 2008.\u00a0 The committee membership is comprised of the Dean of Science and one member from each department, elected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":972,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-965","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=965"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9953,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/965\/revisions\/9953"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}