Graduate Studies Committee

Mandate and Functions of the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies¹

The mandate of the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies (SCGS) is to support Bishop’s in the development and maintenance of graduate programs.

The committee, chaired by the Vice-Principal Academic and Research, will provide guidance, context and resources, and promote and advocate for graduate programs across campus for Bishop’s University.

The tasks of the committee include:

• Reviewing, revising and developing University-wide policies for graduate studies with the goal of excellence in programming and delivery.
• Developing, reviewing and revising general graduate studies components of the Academic Calendar.
• Reviewing and assessing graduate program proposals to provide feedback, advice and guidance to departments / schools / divisions before their approval by the Senate Planning Committee and Senate.
• Developing and promoting funding opportunities for graduate students, such as internal and external graduate awards, scholarships, and prizes, mentoring and peer-teaching and funds for conferences.
• Advocating with the Foundation for funds for graduate students.
• Providing a liaison role between Bishop’s University and any internal working group at the divisional level.
• Providing a liaison role between Bishop’s University and external working such as (but not limited to) the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), and the Association des doyens des études supérieures au Québec (ADESAQ).
• Advocating, supporting, and developing policies that encourage, recognize, and support graduate research at Bishop’s University.
• Reviewing and moving the approval of individualized M.A. / M.Sc.

Composition and Membership of the Senate Committee on Graduate Studies²

• Vice-Principal Academic and Research (Chair, ex officio, voting member)
• Registrar (ex officio, voting member)
• Director of Research and Graduate Studies (ex officio, voting member)
• Graduate program coordinators (or delegate) from Divisions/Schools with graduate programs; Divisions/Schools without graduate programs may nominate someone to act as a divisional representative on the Committee (voting members)
• One graduate student from a course-based program enrolled at Bishop’s University named by the Students’ Representative Council (voting member)
• One graduate student from a thesis-based program enrolled at Bishop’s University named by the Students’ Representative Council (voting member)

¹ As revised at the 643rd meeting of Senate held on May 20, 2022.

Committee Members

Name	Position	Nominated by:	First Term	Second Term
A. Webster	Vice-Principal Academic and Research	Ex officio, Chair
H. Rouleau	Registrar	Ex officio
H. Shirdastian	Divisional Graduate program coordinator (GPC) or rep (where this is no GPC): Williams School of Business	Nominating Committee	23/24 24/25
A. Aitken	Divisional GPC or rep (where this is no GPC): School of Education	Nominating Committee	23/24 24/25
J. Crooks	Divisional GPC or rep (where this is no GPC): Humanities	Nominating Committee	21/22 22/23	23/24 24/25
T. Bruestle	Divisional GPC or rep (where this is no GPC): Natural Sciences & Mathematics	Nominating Committee	23/24 24/25
A. Miltsov	Divisional GPC or rep (where this is no GPC): Social Sciences	Nominating Committee	22/23 23/24	24/25 25/26
A. Diallo	Graduate Student from a course-based program	Nominating Committee	24/25
TBA	Graduate Student from a research-based program	Nominating Committee
J. Jean-Jules	Director of Research and Graduate Studies (or designate)	Ex officio