Senate Membership
2024-2025 Senate
Chancellor: Mary Jane McCallum (term expires May 2027)
President & Chair: David Docherty
Provost and Vice President (Academic): Kofi Campbell
Vice President (Administration & Finance): Peter Hickey
Vice President (Research & Graduate Studies): Bernadette Ardelli
Deputy Minister of Education & Training or designate: Grant Prairie (Director of Post-Secondary Education Programs)
Deans and Directors:
- Dean of Arts: Gregory Kennedy
- Dean of Science: Christophe LeMoine
- Dean of Education: Alysha Farrell
- Dean of Music: Greg Gatien
- Acting Dean of Health Studies: Linda Ross
- Dean of Students: Katie Whelpton
- Director of Educational Technology: Curt Shoultz
- Chief Information Officer: Melanie Sucha
Representative Appointed by the Board of Governors:
- Sunday Frangi
One Representative Elected by Each Faculty or School:
- Faculty of Arts: Deanna Smid (term expires 2025)
- Faculty of Science: Bryan Hill (term expires 2025)
- Faculty of Education: Matteo Di Muro (term expires 2025)
- School of Music: Leanne Zacharias (term expires 2026)
- Faculty of Health Studies: Kathryn Chachula (term expires 2025)
Six Professors or Associate Professors:
(elected by professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers)
- Pamela Rutherford (term expires 2025)
- Christopher Malcolm (term expires 2026)
- Etsuko Yasui (term expires 2026)
- Simon Pattison (term expires 2026)
- Ariane Hanemaayer (term expires 2026)
- Dion Wiseman (term expires 2026)
Two Assistant Professors or Lecturers:
(elected by faculty at large)
- Dominique Hétu (term expires 2026)
- TBE (term expires 2026)
One Professional Associate:
(elected by Professional Associates)
- Michelle Magnusson (term expires 2025)
Students Elected by the Student Body:
- BUSU Representative: Kesha Haulder
- Arts Senator: Oluwatosin Emmanuel Salau
- Science Senator: Jackie Tran
- Health Studies: Chidimma Joy Chikezie
- Education Senator: Mabel Dzigbordzi
- Music Senator: Beth Wilson
- Two Senators at Large: Richard Adu, Charles Adamu
Associate Vice President, Indigenous Initiatives (non-voting): Chris Lagimodiere
Secretary of Senate: Andrea McDaniel
(Effective June 18, 2024)