Degree Committee of Convocation

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

FUNCTIONS OF THE DEGREE COMMITTEE1

  • The Degree Committee shall have the power to act in the name of Convocation except as regards the granting and conferring of degrees in course.  All their proceedings must be reported to the subsequent meeting of Convocation.
  • Any member of the University community may recommend candidates to the Degree Committee for degrees honoris causa.  The Degree Committee shall approve the recipients of all such honorary degrees.
  • The Chancellor, or in the absence of the Chancellor the Vice-Chancellor, shall be the Chair of the Degree Committee.
  • The Secretary-General shall be the Secretary of the Degree Committee.


COMPOSITION AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE DEGREE COMMITTEE2
The members of the Degree Committee are: 

  • the Chancellor, Chair of the Degree Committee3;
  • the Principal and Vice-Chancellor,
  • the Vice-Principal Academic;
  • the Chair of the Council of Advisors;
  • the Chair of the Board of Governors;
  • the Academic Deans; and
  • seven members of the faculty elected by the Faculty Council.

Members 2012-13

Bacon, Benoit-Antoine
Beauchamp, Catherine
Benson, Jim
Childs, Michael
Eby, Jack
Goldbloom, Michael
Gordon, Robert
Griffin, Scott
Sproule, Robert
Standing, Leo
Tuck, Greg
Valsan, Calin
Van Hulst, Robert
White, Harvey

1 As set out in s. 6.6 of the Statutes
2 As set out in s. 6.5 of Division I of the Statutes
3 As set out in s. 6.6.3 of Division I of the Statutes