2024-2025 (July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025)
Members Appointed by Senate
| Name | Faculty | Composition | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Akbari | Business | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Benson Honig | Business | Teaching Staff | 2025 |
| Trish Ruebottom | Business | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Yufei Yuan | Business | Teaching Staff | 2026 |
| Jennifer Bauman | Engineering | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Jacques Carette | Engineering | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Douglas Down | Engineering | Teaching Staff | 2026 |
| Carlos Filipe | Engineering | Teaching Staff | 2025 |
| Vacancy | Health Sciences | Teaching Staff | |
| Ali Ashkar | Health Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Deborah Cook | Health Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Gail Gauvreau | Health Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2026 |
| Vacancy | Humanities | Teaching Staff | |
| Vacancy | Humanities | Teaching Staff | |
| Alex Sevigny | Humanities | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Steve Streeter (Vice-Chair) | Humanities | Teaching Staff | 2026 |
| Vacancy | Science | Teaching Staff | |
| Vacancy | Science | Teaching Staff | |
| Vacancy | Science | Teaching Staff | |
| Nick Bock | Science | Teaching Staff | 2025 |
| James Benn (Chair) | Social Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2025 |
| Mirna Carranza | Social Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2025 |
| Greg Flynn | Social Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2027 |
| Stephen McBride | Social Sciences | Teaching Staff | 2023 |
| Emilie Kueber | Social Sciences | Undergraduate Students | 2025 |
| Visali Manimaran | Science | Undergraduate Students | 2025 |
| Twinkle Prajapati | Science | Undergraduate Students | 2026 |
| Maddie Brockbank | Social Sciences | Graduate Students | 2025 |
| Kangze (Brian) Ren | Engineering | Graduate Students | 2025 |
| Yara Soliman | Engineering | Graduate Students | 2025 |
Members Appointed by the Board of Governors
| Name | Staff | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Boyko | TMG | 2025 |
| Lynn Giordano | TMG | 2025 |
| Lori Goff | TMG | 2027 |
| George Hamilton | TMG | 2025 |
| Jennifer McCleary | TMG | 2025 |
| Maria White | TMG | 2025 |
| Chika Agbassi | UNIFOR | 2025 |
| Meighan Colterjohn | UNIFOR | 2025 |
| Julie Gross | UNIFOR | 2025 |
| Paige Maylott | UNIFOR | 2026 |
| Kathleen O’Neill | UNIFOR | 2025 |
| Lisa Rudd-Scott | UNIFOR | 2025 |
Terms of Reference
Article IX of the Senate By-Laws states:
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(a) The Board-Senate Research Misconduct Hearings Panel shall consist of eighteen tenured faculty members appointed by the Senate after consultation with the Faculty Association, three graduate and three undergraduate students appointed by the Senate, and twelve full-time staff members who have been employees of the University for at least two years appointed by the Board of Governors after consultation with the appropriate staff associations.
(b) Members of the Panel shall be appointed for staggered renewable three-year terms. The Chair and one Vice-Chair of the Panel shall be appointed by Senate from among the tenured faculty members; one Vice-Chair shall be appointed by the Board of Governors from among the staff members. In addition, the Chair of the Panel has the authority to appoint, on an ad hoc basis, faculty, staff and students who are not members of the Panel to serve on Hearings Committees as auxiliary Panel members. For meetings of the Panel that do not relate to a specific case, fifteen members of the Panel constitute a quorum.
(c) The Board-Senate Research Misconduct Hearings Panel shall
(i) receive all cases of alleged research misconduct referred to it and arrange the adjudication of them in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Research Integrity Policy and approved by the Senate and the Board of Governors, and
(ii) when deemed appropriate, review the policy and procedures relating to academic ethics and allegations of research misconduct and make recommendations to the Senate and the Board of Governors on policy changes or new policies deemed necessary by the Panel.
(d) The hearing of any case referred to the Panel shall be conducted before a Hearings Committee, established according to the procedures outlined in the Research Integrity Policy.
(e) The conduct of hearings before a Hearings Committee of the Board-Senate Research Misconduct Hearings Panel shall be in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Research Integrity Policy.
Revised: December 9, 2020