Mandate and Functions of the Senate Committee on Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services1
This Committee originated as an ad hoc committee of Senate mandated to formulate a University policy on students with Special Needs. Once Senate adopted the policy (October, 1993), its members recommended that, in order to fulfill one item of the policy statement “Bishop’s University will endeavor to continue to work towards the removal of barriers to students with disabilities”, the Committee meet on an annual basis to review and identify gaps in services to students with disabilities and make recommendations where appropriate. This, then, is the current mandate of this Committee.
Composition and Membership of the Senate Committee on Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services2
- Manager of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services (Chair)
- One Coordinator of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services
- One Coordinator of Student Accessibility and Accommodation Services (alternate)
- Two faculty representatives
- One full-time student nominated by Students’ Representative Council (SRC)
- One part-time student nominated by Students’ Representative Council (SRC)
- The Vice-Principal Student Affairs
- The Director of English Writing Proficiency Program
- One consultant specifically invited
- One student user of Accessibility and Accommodations Services
1 As approved by Senate at the 392nd Senate meeting on February 24, 1997.
2 As revised by Senate at the 606th Senate meeting on November 22, 2019.
Where an asterisk (*) appears beside a name or position, the position is in the process of being populated or renewed.
Committee Members
| Name | Position | Nominated by: | First Term | Second Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Bibbs | Manager, Student Accessibility & Accommodation Services, Chair | Ex officio | ||
| L. Rezlescu | Coordinator, Student Accessibility & Accommodation Services | Chair | ||
| A. Manning | Coordinator, Student Accessibility & Accommodation Services (alternate) | Chair | ||
| H. Lawford | Faculty representative | Nominating Committee | 25/26 26/27 | |
| TBA | Faculty representative | Nominating Committee | ||
| D. Gagné | Director of English Writing Proficiency Program | Ex officio | ||
| D. Bélanger | Vice-Principal Student Affairs | Ex officio | ||
| TBA | Part-Time Student | Students’ Representative Council | ||
| TBA | Full-Time Student | Students’ Representative Council | ||
| S. Knitter | Consultant, Specifically Invited | Nominating Committee | 24/25 25/26 | |
| TBA | Student user of Accessibility and Accommodation Services | Chair and Students’ Representative Council |