Steering Committee
The membership of the Steering Committee will include thirty-seven members comprised of the following:
(a) Twenty-one members nominated by an open nomination process and approved by Senate:
- Eleven members representing faculty, ensuring representation from every Faculty
- One member representing postdoctoral scholars
- Three members representing staff
- Two members representing research leaders
- Three members representing the University Students’ Council (USC) (In addition to the Ex Officio member listed below) CLARIFICATION:These three positions are open for nominations (including self-nominations) for any undergraduate students, including those in second-entry programs (Business, Law, Education, and Medicine & Dentistry).
- One member representing the Society of Graduate of Students (SOGS) (In addition to the Ex Officio member listed below) CLARIFICATION:This position is open for nominations (including self-nominations) for any graduate student.
(b) Ten Appointed or Elected members:
- One member elected by Senate (In addition to the Ex Officio member listed below)
- Two Deans appointed by the Provost
- Two members elected by the Alumni Association
- Two members elected by the Board of Governors
- Three members named by the Chair in consultation with the Chair of SCUP and senior leaders, one of whom will represent the London-Middlesex Community
(c) Six Ex Officio members:
- President & Vice-Chancellor (Chair)
- Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
- Vice-President (Research)
- Chair of SCUP
- President of the USC
- President of SOGS
The work of the Steering Committee members will include:
- Helping advise and steer the strategic planning process and plan
- Participating in, and at times facilitating public consultations
- Participating in, and at times structuring theme-based sub-group consultations (i.e. Student experience, research, etc.)
- Bringing together networks of people from across campus
- Participating in consultations, creating mini reports of ideas and recommendations
- Ensuring ideas and recommendations are captured and included throughout the core planning timeframe
- Participating in regular meetings
- Serving as an ambassador throughout the strategic planning process
- Ensuring good two-way communication with the community
- Providing feedback on draft iterations of the strategic plan
- Providing comments on a final draft plan for presentation to the Senate Committee on University Planning (SCUP), that will ultimately be approved by the Senate and Board of Governors