{"id":68437,"date":"2026-02-25T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/?page_id=68437"},"modified":"2026-03-05T09:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:32:39","slug":"council-meeting-agenda-march-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/faculty-staff\/council-and-governance\/faculty-council\/council-meeting-agenda-march-5-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Council Meeting Agenda March 5, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<br>Thursday, March 5, 2026<br>2:30 p.m.<br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom. The link and password to join the meeting may be found via the meeting\u2019s email notice<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Welcome and Chair\u2019s Remarks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chair Mike Zryd<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Division of Equity, People and Culture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/03\/fgs-council-march-2026-epc.pdf\">Presentation<\/a> (.pdf)<br>Parissa Safai, Vice-President Equity, People &amp; Culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3.&nbsp;Launch of the Graduate Student Certificate in Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEDIA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Presentation<br>Guests: Dalia El Farra, Advisor, Education &amp; Communications,&nbsp;and Oliver Martin, Director Workplace Restoration &amp; Culture, Centre for Human Rights, Equity &amp; Inclusion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2023\/02\/4-fgs-council-minutes-february-5-2026-for-march-2026-revised.docx\">Minutes<\/a> (Minutes of Previous Meeting February 5, 2026) (.docx)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Dean's Remarks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean Alice MacLachlan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <strong>The Graduate Supervision Capacity-Building Professional Development Fund<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Associate Dean Academic Cheryl van Daalen-Smith<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/supervisiontoolkit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/370\/2026\/02\/2026-02-18-Grad-Supervision-PD-Fund-VF-1.pdf\">Supervision toolkit capacity-building fund<\/a> (URL, pdf)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Changes to Faculty Regulations:  Leave to Appeal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For discussion<br>Associate Director, Graduate Academic Affairs Wes Moir<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/02\/7-fgs-council-changes-to-faculty-regulations-leave-to-appeal-discussion-march-2026.docx\">Motion<\/a> (.docx)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. University Academic Plan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For discussion<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2026\/03\/fgs-council-AM_UAP-Renewal-Grad-Discussion-march-2026.pptx\">Presentation<\/a> (.pptx)<br>Dean Alice MacLachlan<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/184\/2025\/11\/fgs-council-UAP-renewal-memo-Committees-and-Councils-december-2025.pdf\">University Academic Plan 2025-2030 Consultations<\/a>\u00a0(URL, pdf)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">9. Reports from Faculty of Graduate Studies' Representatives to Senate Committees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Cheryl van Daalen-Smith<\/em>, Senate Academic Standards, Curriculum &amp; Pedagogy Committee<\/em><br><em>Anne MacLennan, Senate Academic Policy, Planning and Research Committee<\/em><br><em>Naomi Couto, Senate Executive Committee<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10. 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