Symposium on the 50th Anniversary of the Governing Council

8:30–9:00

Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:00 –9:10

Opening Remarks

Ms Janet Ecker
Chair of the Governing Council
 

9:10-9:50

Panel – Evolution of the Unicameral Model


Ms Sheree Drummond - Moderator
Secretary of the Governing Council
 

Mr. John (Jack) Dimond
Former Secretary of the Governing Council (1981 - 1999)


Mr. Louis Charpentier
Former Secretary of the Governing Council (1999 - 2015)
 

9:50–10:00

Break

10:00 – 10:50

Panel – Primacy of the Academic Mission


Professor Emeritus Ellen Hodnett - Moderator
Former Teaching Staff Governor (2002 - 2003, 2006 - 2014),
Former Chair of the Academic Board (2010 - 2014),
Former University Ombudsperson (2015 - 2021)


Professor Emeritus W. Raymond Cummins
Former Teaching Staff Governor (1998 - 2006),
Former Chair of the Academic Board (2002 - 2006)


Ms Susan Froom
Part-Time Undergraduate Student Governor (2014 - 2023)


Associate Professor Emerita Andrea Sass-Kortsak
Former Teaching Staff Governor (2010 - 2019),
Former Chair of the Academic Board (2014 - 2019)


Dr. Geeta Yadav
Former Full-Time Undergraduate Student Governor (2001 - 2002),
Former Chair of the College of Electors (2016 - 2018),
Alumni Governor (2021 - Present)
 

Panel - Reflections on the Unicameral Governance Experience
 

Professor Meric S. Gertler - Moderator
President


Ms Judy G. Goldring
Former Lieutenant Governor in Council (LGIC) member of the Governing Council (2007 - 2016),
Former Chair of the Governing Council (2013 - 2016)


President Emeritus C. David Naylor
President (2005 - 2013)
 

Mr. Richard B. Nunn
Former LGIC Governor (2004 - 2013),
Former Chair of the Governing Council (2011 - 2013)


President Emeritus J. Robert S. Prichard
President (1990 - 2000)
 

Mr. Thomas H. Simpson
Former Graduate Student Governor (1979 - 1981),
Former Alumni Governor (1990 - 1999),
Former LGIC Governor (2001 - 2004),
Former Chair of the Governing Council (2002-2004)