Copyright Advisory Committee

Accountability

Reporting to the Vice-President, Academic & Provost from time to time as requested by the Vice-President, Academic & Provost, the Steering Committee:

• develops, documents and oversees a risk management plan for copyright, consistent with Policy 11, University Risk Management, the University Risk Management Reporting Guideline, the Statement of Institutional Risk Appetite, and the Institutional Risk Mitigation Strategy, including a bi-annual review of copyright infrastructure, reporting as necessary;
• develops the University-wide communication plan for copyright;
• directs, supervises and sponsors the Working Group, collaborating with and supporting the Working Group in the execution of its mandate;
• assists the Working Group, and any other working group that may be established by the Steering Committee, in the development of work plans for such working groups;
• regularly reports on national consortia and working group activities;
• provides advice and guidance on University policies as they relate to copyright issues;
• develops recommendations on the use of copyright exceptions as they apply to the University; and,
• provides a comprehensive report to the Vice-President, Academic & Provost, on not less than a semi-annual basis, detailing the activities of the Steering Committee and any working group that may be established under its direction.

Meetings

Meetings are to be called at least once per term. The Steering Committee may also be convened on an ad hoc basis to consider specific issues. While all members of the Steering Committee will be invited to and provided with the materials for all meetings (both regular and ad hoc) of the Steering Committee, there may be occasions where such meetings are sufficiently limited in their topic that only a relevant subset of the Steering Committee will be expected to attend.