Appendix A:  Search and Review Committee Composition by Category

The search/review committee is intended to bring the perspective of constituent groups. The desire to provide broad perspective must be balanced against the desire to ensure the size of the committee is functional.

The individual to whom the incumbent will report will normally chair the search or review committee. 

Staff representation will not normally be included except for those searches or reviews where the incumbent has a broad responsibility for oversight of large administrative units.

The search/review committee will normally include an undergraduate student and may include a graduate student.  If no graduate student is included on the committee, the undergraduate student will be directed to consult with graduate students in the college respecting the needs of the position.

For those searches/reviews where the incumbent has significant interaction and impact upon the wider community and no professional organization represented on Senate is closely related to the college, representation will include a member of University Senate appointed by the Senate Nominations Committee.  If a professional organization is closely associated with a college and is represented on University Senate, the search/review committee will include a member of the professional association, selected by the professional association, as a representative of the public at large.  If more than one professional association is associated, the Senate Nominations Committee will select the association to be represented.  Under unique circumstances, more than one professional association may be represented as determined by the Board following a formal request from the College Faculty Council. 

Search/review committees shall ordinarily be composed of the following as members across the general categories of senior administrative appointments.

The following interpretations apply:

  • Board means the Board of Governors of the University of Saskatchewan
  • Council means the University of Saskatchewan Council
  • GAA means the General Academic Assembly of the University of Saskatchewan
  • GSA means the University of Saskatchewan Graduate Students' Association
  • Senate means the University of Saskatchewan Senate
  • USSU means the University of Saskatchewan Students' Union         

SEARCH/REVIEW COMMITTEE COMPOSITION:

PRESIDENT

  • Chair - Chair of the Board
  • Two members of the Board selected by the Board
  • One member of the Senate selected by Senate Nominations Committee
  • Two Deans or Executive Directors of schools, appointed by the Deans
  • Four members of the GAA selected by Council
  • Two students, one who is President of the USSU and one who is President of the GSA

 PROVOST AND VICE-PRESIDENT ACADEMIC

  • Chair - the President
  • One member of the Board selected by the Board
  • One member of the Senate selected by the Senate Nominations Committee
  • Four members of the GAA selected by Council
  • One member of Council, selected by Council and who holds a senior administrative position in the University
  • Two members of Administration and/or Support Staff appointed by the President
  • One undergraduate student selected by the USSU
  •  One graduate student selected by the GSA

VICE-PROVOSTS

  • Chair – Provost and Vice-President Academic
  • One member of the Board selected by the Board (at the option of the Board)
  • One Dean or Executive Director of a school appointed by the Provost
  • One member of Council, selected by Council and who holds a senior administrative position in the University
  • Four members of the GAA selected by Council
  • One undergraduate student selected by the USSU
  • One graduate student selected by the GSA

VICE-PRESIDENTS

  • Chair - the President
  • One member of the Board selected by the Board (at the option of the Board)
  • One member of Senate selected by the Senate Nominations Committee
  • The Provost and Vice-President Academic
  • Two members of Administration and/or Support Staff appointed by the President
  • Two members of the GAA selected by Council
  • One graduate student selected by the GSA
  • One undergraduate student selected by the USSU                            

For the Vice-President, Finance and Resources, an additional Board member;

For the Vice-President Research, two additional GAA members; the Dean, College of Graduate Studies and Research; and one member of Council, selected by Council who holds a senior administrative position in the University

 ASSOCIATE VICE-PRESIDENTS

  • Chair – the Vice-President to whom the position reports
  • One member of the Board selected by the Board (at the option of the Board)
  • One Dean, or Executive Director of school appointed by the Provost and Vice-President Academic
  • Three members of the GAA selected by Council
  • One student selected by the USSU
  • One graduate student selected by the GSA

DEANS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS

  • Chair – Provost and Vice-President Academic or designate
  • One member of the Board selected by the Board (at the option of the Board)
  • Vice-President Research or designate
  • One Dean, Vice Dean, Associate Dean or Executive Director or Associate Director of a school appointed by the Provost and Vice-President Academic preferably from a cognate or closely-related college or school
  • One member of the GAA, selected by Council who is not a member of the faculty of the College and who holds a senior administrative position in the University
  • Three members of the faculty of the College or School selected by the faculty of the College or School
  • One undergraduate student selected by the College’s student society [An undergraduate student is not included for colleges and schools that do not have an undergraduate program. At the time of the report, this applies to the Dean Graduate Studies and Research and the Executive Directorsof the School of Environment and Sustainability, the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and the School of Public Health]
  • One graduate student from a discipline taught in the college or school, selected by the GSA [a graduate student is not included for the Dean of Dentistry]
  • One member of a related professional association selected by the professional association Unless otherwise indicated, if there is more than one association associated with the College, the Senate Nominations Committee will determine which association is represented [A member from a professional association is not included for colleges and schools for which no association has been identified, but a Senate member is appointed to ensure community representation.  At the time of the report, this applies to the Dean Arts and Science,   Dean Graduate Studies and Research, and Executive Directors of the School of Environment and Sustainability, the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and the School of Public Health];
  • For Arts and Science, a member of Senate selected by the Senate Nominations Committee; an additional member of GAA who is not a member of the faculty of the College and who holds a senior administrative position in the University; and an additional faculty member; of the four faculty members of the College selected to serve, there should be one from each of the areas of fine arts; humanities; natural sciences; and social sciences;
  • For Graduate Studies and Research, a member of Senate selected by the Senate Nominations Committee [note:  the member of GAA selected by Council may be a member of the faculty of the College];
  • For Kinesiology, a representative of Huskie Athletics and a representative of Community Programming;
  • For Medicine, a medical resident selected by the Residents and a representative of the Academic Health Sciences network;
  • For Pharmacy and Nutrition, an additional member from a related professional association selected by the Senate Nominations Committee to ensure each of the two academic areas is represented;
  • For the School of Environment and Sustainability, the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, and the School of Public Health a member of Senate appointed by the Senate nominations committee. [Although the Interdisciplinary schools have associated professional bodies, at the time of this report, none of those professional associations have membership on Senate. If the associations apply and are granted membership on Senate they would appoint a member to the Search/Review committee of the appropriate school. In the interim a member of Senate will serve to ensure community representation.] Additionally, the Executive Director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is a joint appointment with the University of Regina. Provision for University of Regina representation will be necessary. This may involve either modest expansion of the Search/Review committee or sharing of positions between the universities or both
VICE-DEANS
  • Chair - Dean of the College
  • One member appointed by the Provost and Vice-President Academic who holds a senior administrative position
  • Two members of the faculty of the College from the area of the College for which the Vice-Dean will be responsible
  • One undergraduate student selected by the College’s student society from the area for which the Vice-Dean will be responsible
  • One graduate student selected by the GSA from the area for which the Vice-Dean will be responsible

 ASSOCIATE DEANS AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS

  • Chair - Dean of the College
  • One member appointed by the Provost and Vice-President Academic
  • Two members of the faculty of the College selected by the faculty of the College
  • One undergraduate student selected by the College’s student society in cases where the Associate Dean is clearly involved in student affairs in the College
  • One graduate student selected by the GSA where the Associate Dean has responsibility for research
  • Note that the Associate Director of the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is a joint appointment with the University of Regina. Provision for University of Regina representation will be necessary. This may involve either modest expansion of the Search/Review committee or sharing of positions between the universities or both.