FACULTY COUNCIL FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 28, :00 11:00, Room A2428, CEP Campus

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1 FACULTY COUNCIL FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES MEETING MINUTES Monday, January 28, :00 11:00, Room A2428, CEP Campus VICE-CHAIR: Alison Pritchard Orr PRESENT: Anne Kent Shelley Canning Janine Roberts Alastair Hodges Sheila Edwards Jason Brandenburg Sandra Flynn Rona Miller Rosie Friesen Karen Davidson Hannah MacDonald Renette Aubin Boisclair Lee-Anne Jackson Nancy Goad Maggie Theron Gianina Bocsanu Shellie Steidle Adele Phillips Sherri Leon Torres Debbie Jobb Debbie Horin Sarah Johanson Arlene Haley Joanna Sheppard Crystal Heywood REGRETS: Kate McCulloch Paula Stubbings Pamela Causton Dave Harper Marlene Upton Heather Compeau Kathy Keiver Cecilia Grant Michael Gaetz Maggie Shamro Dawna Williams Elvira Warner JoAnne Nelmes Diane Cruickshank RECORDER: Denise Tuchscherer 1. WELCOME and INTRODUCTIONS The meeting was called to order at 9:03 am with Alison Pritchard Orr as Vice-Chair. Alison welcomed everyone and introduced guest Laurie Klesh, Director of Information Technology Services. Laurie presented information regarding the new student system that will be in effect February 3, This new system will not change how instructors and staff students. The ability to students using class lists within myufv, Banner, or Blackboard will continue to work the same. The new system will change the way students access their s. s to students in the old system will not automatically migrate to the new system. January 28, 2013 Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences 1

2 The old system will shut down on April 30, 2013 and any s in the old system that have not been forwarded to the new system, will no longer be available. Instructors are encouraged to help get the word out to students about the new system. 2. APPROVAL of AGENDA and MINUTES 2.2 Adoption of Agenda Joanna Sheppard/Nancy Goad THAT the agenda be approved with the addition of 3.1 Update on sub-committees, add Curriculum Committee and the addition of 5.3 Voice Amplification System. 2.3 Adoption of Minutes of November 19, 2012 Sandra Flynn/Hannah MacDonald THAT the minutes of the meeting of November 19, 2012 be approved as presented. 3. BUSINESS ARISING FROM the MINUTES 3.1 Update on sub-committees Internationalization Committee Members of the Internationalization Committee include: Joanna Sheppard (chair), Alison Pritchard Orr, Sherri Leon Torres, Sheila Edwards, Kevin Antonishen, and Cindy Shultz. The committee will be meeting with Ora Steyn from the International Department, to determine what they want to be as a committee and how to help study tours, students that go to different countries, as well as our own collegial exchanges that Faculty would like to do. Interdisciplinary Committee Members of the Interdisciplinary Committee include: Shelley Canning (chair), Michael Gaetz, Sandra Flynn, and Maggie Theron. The Interdisciplinary Committee have set their Terms of References, looked at their mandate, and discussed ways to be interdisciplinary within the faculty and in the broad community. The committee will look at areas within the faculty where there may be joint teaching opportunities in common content areas and also look at opportunities in scholarship and research in areas where students and faculty can join together. Curriculum Committee Members of the Curriculum Committee include: Nancy Goad, Amber Zutz, and Elvira Warner. A chair has yet to be appointed. The committee will be looking at the Terms of Reference at their next meeting. The primary role of this committee is to review curriculum material from the programs before coming to Faculty Council. Other note Hannah MacDonald has been asked to sit on the Faculty of Professional Studies Field Experience Committee. Reports and documents pertaining to Health Sciences will be reported back to Faculty Council. January 28, 2013 Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences 2

3 4. STANDING ITEMS 4.1 Report from Senators The Senate reports from the December 7, 2012 and the January 18, 2013 meeting were circulated prior to Faculty Council and were posted on the overhead. Maggie Theron presented a brief summary of the Senate report from the January 18, 2013 meeting. Summaries of both reports are attached to the minutes. 4.2 Report from the Dean In the absence of the Dean, Alison Pritchard Orr read a summary report from the Dean. The Dean would like to thank Alison for stepping into the position of Chair for this Faculty Council meeting. The Dean has been sitting as a member of a Task Force looking at UFV Admissions, searching for both effectiveness and efficiency in all matters related to that area of the institution. The Dean is also a member of a 2nd ad hoc committee from this area tasked to review the UFV calendar, its effectiveness and usefulness as an appropriate means of communicating with various university stakeholders. The Dean has been a representative for the Deans on a committee with Brian Leonard, seeking to categorize the risk inherent to off-campus activities. The Dean has participated as a member of both the sabbatical review and scholarly activity review committees, as well as sitting as a member of the search committee for the Associate Vice President, Research, Engagement & Graduate Studies. The Dean is a member of the APPC ad hoc committee reviewing procedures for Program Discontinuance. The Dean attended the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing or CASN meetings in Ottawa in November and the Canadian Council of University Physical Education and Kinesiology Administrator's or CCUPEKA meetings in Toronto last December. Both meetings provided useful contextual information related to other university programs across the country. Externally, together with President Mark Evered, the Dean has met with representatives from Fraser Health and Communitas, looking for partnership and collaborative activities between our organizations. The Dean will continue to represent the Faculty of Health Sciences at Senate, Dean's Council, Academic Planning & Priorities Committee of Senate, Campus and Facilities Planning, Board of Governors (as invited), and Senior Academic meetings. A meeting has occurred with representatives from the Offices of University Advancement and Student Recruitment, to ensure that our Faculty is integrated to their activities and our needs are acknowledged and met by their services. The Dean has been invited to present the activities of our Faculty to the Board of Governors on February 7 th. Within the Faculty, we continue to move forward with a governance structure appropriate to the needs of the nursing, practical nursing, health care assistant and dental assistant programs. January 28, 2013 Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences 3

4 Two short-term priorities that the faculty will be engaging in is finalizing and aligning our programmatic learning outcomes with the institutional ILOs; and establishing criteria for the potential implementation of rank and/or tenure systems at UFV. Please be advised that a Provost s Forum is being scheduled for April 24 th on the topic of Program Learning Outcomes, and that the Provost wishes a draft document of PLOs by the end of June, As timing allows at the completion of these activities, the Dean hopes to engage everyone in the Faculty of Health Sciences in a visioning exercise, to collectively agree on the mission, and long and shorter range goals and directions for the Faculty. Two other priority areas for the university are: one is in the area of copyright, and the second is relative to research planning. 1. Copyright, in relation to universities, has changed and there are a number of issues that instructors need to be made aware of. Interim University Librarian, Patti Wilson, will be invited to Faculty Council in February to update us on this topic, along with Heather Compeau. She will be able to inform Council about copyright changes and their impact, and also about upcoming UFV workshops designed to assist instructors. 2. The Provost has created a Task Force (TF) on Research and Scholarship (r/s) that has begun meeting. The initial goals of the TF are: To determine which kinds of r/s UFV should most support, given our mandate, strategic directions, education and research plans, and the changing landscape of post-secondary education; To imagine the best ways of supporting r/s at UFV, ways which are easily accessible, clear, comparatively simple, fair, and transparent (and best utilize our existing resources). Further goals may be added as the TF discusses its objectives at its first meeting. The TF will be representative of the kinds of research and scholarship that are happening at UFV and that fit within our mandate, vision, and mission, and that meet our planning goals. 4.3 Committee Reports A summary from the Research Advisory Council report from Michael Gaetz was projected on the overhead. No further discussion took place. The report summary is attached to the minutes. 5. New Business 5.2 Math course/prerequisite changes BSN Program Nancy Goad/Crystal Heywood THAT Faculty Council approves the removal of Math 108 as a course offered in the BSN program and as a prerequisite for NURS 406. January 28, 2013 Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences 4

5 Nancy Goad/Crystal Heywood THAT Faculty Council approve the changing of the name for Math 104 and Math 106 from Math to Stats for the prerequisite to NURS Developing and aligning Program Learning Outcomes with the ILO s Recognizing the importance and the deadline of the alignment phase, each program discussed their progress in aligning their program learning outcomes with the ILOs. Wendy Burton will be facilitating the process of taking ILO s to a program level for the BSN program on February 25 th. The KPE program will be going through course for course and looking at how each course lines up with the ILOs. The CDA program has nine program outcomes. Some of these outcomes align perfectly while others do not. Evidence and rationalization for how the program outcomes align with the ILOs will be provided. Rosie will set up a meeting with Wendy for assistance with the CDA program, if necessary. The Practical Nursing Program and the Health Care Assistant program have prescribed curriculum and will show how their program outcomes align with the ILOs. The PN program faculty have been invited to join the BSN meeting with Wendy in February. A copy of the ILOs and information from Wendy are attached to the minutes. ACTION: Hannah will contact Wendy Burton to ask if there is a standardized organizational chart or guidelines that can be circulated to all of the programs to assist with the alignment phase. 5.3 Voice Amplification System The University is looking at testing out different options in a voice amplification system. If anyone is interested in testing one of these systems in their classrooms, please contact Sheila Edwards or June Pitcher. 6. NEXT MEETING TIME The next Faculty Council meeting will be February 22, 2013 at 9:00 am. 7. Debbie Jobb Meeting Adjourned at 10:10 am. January 28, 2013 Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences 5