Human Resources Committee

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

MANDATE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE¹

The Human Resources Committee shall be charged with formulating and overseeing human resources policies and advising on matters relating to the employment of management of the University.

The functions of the Human Resources committee include:

• ensuring that effective human resources strategies, policies and practices are established and adhered to that will represent and reinforce the core values, and culture of the University. Ensuring that the standards and scales of remuneration and other conditions of employment of all the University’s employees, staff, faculty and management personnel, are submitted to the Board for periodic review of their relevance, adequacy, affordability and compliance with provincial regulations;
• developing and proposing for consideration by the Board of Governors an expertise and experience profile to be used in appointing the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University;
• ensuring that the appointment procedure for senior management personnel is applied;
• formulating and proposing criteria for evaluating the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University, and making recommendations to the Board of Governors regarding the remuneration and benefits of the Principal and Vice-Chancellor;
• making recommendations to the Board on a method to evaluate the performance of senior management personnel;
• receiving the candidacies that the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University proposes for the senior management positions under his or her immediate authority, examining the candidacies and submitting its conclusions to the Principal and Vice-Chancellor;
• receiving from the administration a proposal on collective bargaining mandates, examining the proposal and proposing a mandate in accordance with the University's budget envelope;
• establishing a succession planning program for the University's management personnel; and
• preparing and publishing a yearly report on the discharge of its mandate. 

COMPOSITION AND PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE²

The Human Resources Committee is composed of:  

• three External Governors;  
• the Chair of the Board of Governors;  and
• the Principal and Vice-Chancellor.  

The Vice-Principal Academic, the Vice-Principal Finance and Administration and the Director of Human Resources attend meetings in a non-voting capacity.

¹ As set out in s. 3.2.3 of Division I and s. 1.7 of Division IV of the Statutes

² As set out in s. 1.8 of the statutes