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)