The Nominee and all nominators must be members of McMaster University as defined below:

Graduate Student means a person who is proceeding toward a Master’s or a Doctor’s degree. Students registered in McMaster University degree programs in the McMaster Divinity College shall be eligible to be candidates for election as graduate students in the Faculty of Humanities.  Any graduate student, either full-time or part-time, is eligible to be elected.

Note:
Graduate students registered in joint or collaborative programs under the auspices of more than one Faculty are eligible for nomination in only one of those Faculties. Those registered in interdisciplinary programs not under the auspices of any Faculty are eligible for nomination in the Faculty of their choice.

For graduate students in joint, collaborative, or interdisciplinary programs, the seconders must be registered in either the same program or in the same Faculty in which the candidate intends to run for election.

Undergraduate Student means: a full-time undergraduate student who has not been declared ineligible to continue at the University in the preceding Session; or a part-time student, a continuing student, or a second-degree student, registered for at least six units of undergraduate work.

Graduate Students

The (3) three nominators must all be graduate students registered in the same Faculty as the Nominee. For graduate students in joint, collaborative, or interdisciplinary programs, the seconders must be registered in either the same program or in the same Faculty in which the candidate intends to run for election.

Undergraduate Students

The (3) three nominators must all be undergraduate students registered in the same Faculty as the Nominee.

All nominators must send an email from their McMaster email account to the nominee with the Nomination Email Text.

The Nominee must attach a PDF copy of all 3 nomination emails to their completed nomination form in order for their nomination to be accepted.

Nomination Email Text

I nominate <Nominee Name> as a candidate for election to the Senate.  I understand that the University Secretariat may contact me to verify this nomination.

Nominator Information:
First and Last name
McMaster email address
Student ID#

The University Senate has ultimate responsibility for determining academic policy and regulating the system of education, which includes new academic programmes, changes in curriculum, standards for admission to the University, examination policy, academic regulations, the conferring of degrees, the criteria and procedures for granting tenure and promotion to faculty members and so on. The Senate recommends to the Board the establishment or termination of Faculties, Schools, Institutes and Departments. The powers of the Senate are described in Section 13 of the McMaster University Act.  The composition of Senate is described in Section 12 of the Act.

Standing Committees of the Senate

The Senate has a number of standing committees where many of the matters that come to Senate for approval are discussed in detail first. The terms of reference and the composition of these committees are described in the Senate By-Laws.

• Thursday, October 24, 2024
• Thursday, December 12, 2024
• Thursday, March 6, 2025
• Thursday, April 24, 2025
• Thursday, June 12, 2025

Student representatives to the Board of Governors are expected to regularly attend Board meetings.