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Senators

Meet all of HÂþ»­'s Senators, who are responsible for pursuing the academic mission of the university.

Senators for 2024 – 2025 academic year

For information on Senate composition, visit the Membership page.

Officers of Senate

Faculty Representatives

Faculty of Agriculture

  • Rebecca Meagher, Humanities House
  • Tasha Richard, Department of Business & Social Sciences
  • Brandon Heung, Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

  • David Black, Political Science
  • Michael Fournier, Philosophy, Religion and Culture
  • Lindsay DuBois, Sociology and Social Anthropology 
  • Ajay Parasram, History & International Development Studies
  • Ruben Zaiotti, Political Science
  • Jason Haslam, English

Faculty ofÌýArchitecture and Planning

  • Diogo BurnayÌý, School of ArchitectureÌý

Faculty ofÌýOpen Learning and Career Development

  • Melanie Farrimond, Open Learning and Career DevelopmentÌý

Faculty of Computer Science

  • Jamie Blustein, Computer Science
  • Raghav Sampangi,ÌýComputer Science
  • Michael Goudreault ,ÌýComputer Science

Faculty of Dentistry

  • Pierre-Luc Michaud, Dental Clinical Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

  • Ya-Jun Pan, Mechanical Engineering
  • Farzaneh Naghibi, Process Engineering Math
  • Ahmed Saif, Industrial Engineering
  • Michael Cada
  • Dominic Grouix
  • Azadeh Kermanshahi-pour, Process Engineering and Applied Science

Faculty of Health

  • Niki Kiepek, Occupational Therapy
  • Catrina Brown, School of Social Work
  • Sara Kirk, School of Health and Human Performance
  • Rebecca Affoo, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • David Jakeman, College of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry (Faculty of Science)
  • Nadine Ezzeddine, School of Nursing
  • Emily Black, College of Pharmacy
  • Michelle Sutherland-Allan, School of Social Work

Schulich School of Law

  • Olabisi Akinkugbe, Law
  • Liam McHugh-Russell, Law

Libraries

  • Ratna Dhaliwal, Library

Faculty of Management

  • M. Ali Ulku, Rowe School of Business
  • Heidi Weigand, Leadership and Organizations
  • Carolan McLarney, Rowe School of Business
  • Markus Sharaput, School of Public Administration
  • Simon Berge, Leadership and Organization

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Faculty of Medicine

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  • Turgay Akay, Medical Neuroscience
  • Gabriela Ilie, Community Health & Epidemiology
  • Andre Bernard, Anesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine
  • Kirill Rosen, Biochemisty and Molecular Biology
  • Yassine El Hiani, Physiology and Biophysics
  • Valerie Chappe, Physiology & Biophysics
  • OmiSoore Dryden, Community Health and Epidemiology
  • Oluwasayo Olatunde, Family Medicine
  • Angelo Iulanella, Medical Neuroscience
  • Daniel Dutton, Community Health & Epidemiology

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Faculty of Science

  • Debra Grantham, Biology
  • Tara Perrot, Psychology and Neuroscience
  • Théo Michelot, Mathematics & Statistics
  • Sian Kou-Giesbrecht, Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Markus Keinast, Oceanography
  • Saurabh Chitnis, Chemistry
  • Paola Marignani, BioChemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Yulia Kotlyarova, Economics
  • Stanley Asah, School of Resources and Environmental Studies
  • Meghan Bailey
  • VACANT, Physics & Atmospheric Science

Non-faculty representatives

  • Mariam Knakriah, DSU
  • Nick d’Entremont, DSU
  • Jeena Goyal, DSU
  • Nathan Cromwell Tesfazion, DSU
  • Eshan Arora, DSU
  • Ava Maleki, DSU
  • VACANT, DSU
  • VACANT, DSU
  • VACANT, DSU
  • VACANT, DSU

  • Kim Brooks , President and Vice-Chancellor
  • Marty Leonard, Acting Provost and Vice-President, Academic
  • Alice Aiken, Vice-President, Research
  • Rick Ezekiel, Vice-Provost, Student Affairs
  • Lesile Philmore, Associate Vice-President, Academic
  • Michael Vandenburg, Dean of Libraries
  • Heather Bruce, Dean and Principal, Faculty of Agriculture
  • Graham Gagnon, Dean, Faculty of Architecture and Planning
  • Jennifer Andrews, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Andrew Rau-Chaplin, Dean, Faculty of Computer Science
  • John Newhook, Dean, Faculty of Engineering
  • Ben Davis, Dean, Faculty of Dentistry
  • Brenda Merritt, Dean, Faculty of Health
  • Jennifer Hann, Acting Dean, College of Continuing Education
  • Adam Donaldson, Acting Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Sara Harding, Dean, Schulich School of Law
  • Mike Smit, Dean, Faculty of Management
  • David Anderson, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
  • Charles (Chuck) Macdonald , Dean, Faculty of Science
  • Theresa Rajack-Talley, Vice Provost, Equity & Inclusion

  • William Lahey, President, University of King’s College

  • Dominic Silvio, University Libraries

  • Patti Doyle-Bedwell, Open Learning and Career Development

  • Emmanuel K. Yiridoe, Agriculture
  • VACANT