Message from Andrea Kelman, Acting University Secretary.
Welcoming our new Governors to the Board
June 6th marked the first Board Meeting of the 2023 – 2024 Governance cycle. With the new year comes a new group of Governors keen to make an impact in Waterloo’s institutional governance.
As of May 1st, we welcomed three new Community-at-Large governors for a three-year term:
Aubrey Basdeo – Head of Canadian Fixed Income (FI), Guardian Capital LP
Linda Blair – Chief Experience Officer, Deloitte Canada
Bilal Khan – Managing Director and Head of Snowflake Canada
Our Waterloo staff community also elected a new staff representative for a three-year term:
Jennisha Wilson – Director, Anti-Racism (Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism)
Members of Senate elected their faculty and student peers as representatives to serve on the Board for a two-year term:
Marc Aucoin – Professor; Associate Chair, Operations (Department of Chemical Engineering)
Neela Hassan – PhD student; President, Graduate Students Association
Kristiina Montero – Vice-President, Academic and Dean (Renison University College)
Rory Norris – Undergraduate student; President, Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association
David Porreca – Associate Professor; President, Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo
Asher Scaini – Undergraduate student; Vice-President, Finance, St. Jerome’s University Student Union
Terms for Community-at-Large, staff, faculty, and students run from May 1 to April 30.
We are working closely with the Ministry of Colleges & Universities to fill three Lieutenant-Governor in Council (LGIC) vacancies that are appointed by the province. We look forward to having these individuals in place in the coming year.
You may learn more about all members of the Board of Governors on the Secretariat website. Welcome to all of our new governors – we thank you for your dedication and service to the University of Waterloo!
Summary of June 6th Board of Governors Meeting
The Board of Governors held its first meeting of the 2023-24 Governance year and orientation on 6 June 2023. The agenda and meeting materials can be found online.
Board Business and Action
The Board approved the following items:
- Revisions to Policy 33 – Ethical Behaviour in compliance with Bill 26 – Strengthening Post-secondary Institutions and Students Act, 2022.
- Delegation of authority to the Board Executive Committee regarding the External Auditor appointment for fiscal year ended 30 April 2024.
- Award of a construction management contract for Math 4.
- Grant of an easement to Enova Power.
- Approval of a new board mandate and position descriptions for Governor, Board Chair, Board Vice-Chair and Committee Chair.
- Approval of a new Board Succession Policy.
- Approval of 2024/25 Board and Board Committee dates.
- Approval to file an actuarial valuation report as at 1 January 2023 with the FSRA and CRA.
- Amendment to the University of Waterloo Pension Plan.
- Incidental fee changes effective Fall 2023.
The Board received updates regarding the following items:
- President’s Anti-Racism Task Force (PART).
- Annual Advancement update.
For More Information
Future Board meeting dates can be found online. The Secretariat will make Zoom links available to those wishing to attend Board meetings virtually.
If you have any questions, please contact the Secretariat at board@uwaterloo.ca.