{"id":5922,"date":"2013-10-22T17:31:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T21:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secretariat.info.yorku.ca\/?page_id=5922"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:25:09","slug":"composition-of-senate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/secretariat\/senate\/composition-of-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Composition of Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The membership of Senate reflects the University\u2019s main academic structures (Faculties and units). The composition of Senate is determined by the <a title=\"快播视频 Act, 1965\" href=\"http:\/\/secretariat.info.yorku.ca\/governance-documents\/york-university-act-1965\/\"><em>The 快播视频 Act, 1965<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp; The<a href=\"http:\/\/secretariat.info.yorku.ca\/files\/Rules-of-Senate-FINAL-20191212.pdf\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/secretariat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2023\/04\/Rules-of-Senate-2024.FINAL_.pdf\">Rules of Senate<\/a> set out the detailed composition of Senate membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Membership of Senate 2025-2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Total 169<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ex Officio Members (22)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty Elected by Councils (99)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arts, Media, Performance and Design (7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education (4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environmental and Urban Change (4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glendon College (7)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Health (13)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lassonde School of Engineering (9)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (34)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Osgoode (4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schulich School of Business (5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science (12)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elected Librarians and Archivists (2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Student Representatives (28)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chairs of Senate Committees (estimated at 5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Members (13)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senate Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/secretariat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2026\/04\/Membership-of-Senate-2025-2026.pdf\">Membership of Senate 2025-2026 (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div 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