Appointments

Please note that this list only includes positions at the level of Associate Dean and above.

Establishment of the Position

1. Associate Vice-President (Nuclear).

Revised Terms of Reference and/or Name Changed

1. Chancellor, revised.
2. Provost & Vice-President (Academic)
3. Vice-President (Research)

Appointments, Reappointments, and Extensions

1. Acting Associate Dean (Graduate Studies and Research), Faculty of Humanities (Heathorn), appointment.
2. Acting Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Accreditation, DeGroote School of Business (Zargoush), appointment.
3. Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, Faculty of Humanities (Heathorn), appointment.
4. Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science (Parker), appointment.
5. Acting Associate Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, Faculty of Humanities (Chakraborty), appointment.
6. Acting Associate Dean, Indigenous Health, Faculty of Health Sciences (Farrugia), appointment.
7. Acting Associate Dean, Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science (Goward), appointment.
8. Acting Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Humanities (Grisé), appointment.
9. Acting Associate Vice-President, Research (Nuclear) (Preston), appointment.
10. Acting Dean, Faculty of Science (Newbold), appointment.
11. Acting Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (Cuff), appointment.
12. Acting Deputy Vice-President (Research) (Horn), reappointment.
13. Acting Provost & Vice-President (Academic) (Hurley), appointment.
14. Acting Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learning) (Anderson), appointment.
15. Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs and Accreditation, DeGroote School of Business (Zargoush), appointment.
16. Associate Dean, Research & External Relations, Faculty of Science (Goward), appointment.
17. Chancellor (Smith), extension.
18. Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences (Hurley), reappointment.
19. President & Vice Chancellor (Tighe), appointment.
20. Provost & Vice-President (Academic) (MacDonald), appointment.
21. Vice Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences and Executive Director, School of Rehabilitation Sciences (Wojkowski), appointment.
22. Vice-Dean, Education, Faculty of Health Sciences (Whyte), extension.
23. Vice-President (Research) (Parise), appointment.

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Named Professorships

Refer also to Research: Endowed Chairs.

Established

1. Faculty of Social Science Professorship in Canadian and US Relations, Faculty of Social Sciences.
2. Gilles G. Patry Professorship of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering.
3. McMaster Professorship in Rheumatology Education, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Honorific Titles

Revised Terms of Reference and/or Name Changed

1. Distinguished Engineering Honorifics, Faculty of Engineering, revised.
   • Distinguished Engineering Professor.
   • Distinguished University Educator.
   • David Weaver Distinguished Engineering Professor.
   • Simon Haykin Distinguished Engineering Professor.
   • Joseph Ip Distinguished University Fellow.

Awarded

Honorary Degrees

1. Armughan Ahmad, Doctor of Laws (L.L.D.).
2. John Bell, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
3. John Berlinsky and Catherine Kallin, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
4. Robert Brian Haynes, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
5. John Ioannidis, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
6. H. Julie Lefebvre, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
7. Jean Eleanor Marmoreo, Doctor of Laws (L.L.D.).
8. Aly Orady, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
9. Paul Santerre, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.).
10. Thomas Wilson, Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.).

Distinguished University Professor

1. Juliette Daniel, Faculty of Science.
2. Jeffrey Weitz, Faculty of Health Sciences.

University Scholar

1. Faculty of Engineering (Li).
2. Faculty of Health Sciences (Georgiades, Miller, Vanstone).
3. Faculty of Humanities (Zeffiro).
4. Faculty of Science (Ljubicic, Xiao).
5. Faculty of Social Sciences (Joseph).

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Policies

Refer also to the Policy Directory website, including the Policy Update pages that are published by calendar year.

Established

1. Faculty Association Observers at Hearings Policy, which has superseded SPS D2 – Faculty Association Observers at Appeal Tribunal Hearings and SPS D3 – Faculty Association Observers at Removal Proceedings, effective January 1, 2025.
2. Statement on Bill 166, Strengthening Accountability and Student Supports Act, 2024.

Revised

1. Academic Integrity Policy (2024).
2. By-laws for the Faculty of Engineering.
3. By-laws for the Faculty of Humanities.
4. By-laws for the Senate.
5. Code of Conduct for Faculty and Procedure for Disciplinary Action (1994): Appendix B: Guidelines Concerning the Appointment and Deportment of Observers at Faculty Disciplinary Hearings section removed.
6. Faculty Grievance Policy (2021): Appendix B: Faculty Observers at Hearings section removed.
7. Graduate Course Management Policy (2022).
8. Indirect Costs Associated with Research and Related Services and Activities (2018).
9. Policy on Recruitment and Selection of Faculty Members (SPS A1).
10. Research Integrity Policy (2017): revisions that include the removal of Appendix D: Association Observers at Hearings.
11. Tenure & Promotion Policy (2020), Section III(11).
12. Undergraduate Course Management Policy (2020).
13. Undergraduate Examinations Policy (2023).

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Research: Centres, Institutes, and Groups

Established or Name Changed

1. McMaster Health Research Education, Innovation and Theory Centre (MERIT), Faculty of Health Sciences, established.
2. CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, name changed to CanChild Centre for Childhood On-set Disability Research.

Research: Endowed Chairs

Refer also to Named Professorships.

Establishment

1. Anne Marie Brune/PHRI Chair in Vascular Dementia, Faculty of Health Sciences.
2. John G. Kelton Chair in Immunological Blood Disorders, Faculty of Health Sciences.
3. Marianne Barrie – PHRI Chair in ARVC Research, Faculty of Health Sciences.
4. McMaster/PHRI Chair in Global Stroke Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences.
5. Schroeder Chair in Undergraduate Nursing Pedagogy, Faculty of Health Sciences.
6. Brian Haynes and Family Chair in Knowledge Translation, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Revised Terms of Reference and/or Name Changed

1. David Braley and Nancy Gordon Chair in Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Revised Terms of Reference.
2. Dorothy C. Hall Chair in Primary Health Care Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Revised Terms of Reference and Name Changed to the Dorothy C. Hall Chair in Nursing Research.
3. Farncombe Family Chair in Microbial Ecology and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Revised Terms of Reference and Name Changed to the Farncombe Family Chair in Microbiota and Gastrointestinal Motility.
4. Mortgage Intelligence – GMAC Residential Funding of Canada Chair in Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Revised Terms of Reference.
5. Salim Yusuf Chair in Cardiology, Revised Terms of Reference and Name Changed to the Salim Yusuf-PHRI Chair in Cardiology.

Research: Other

1. Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), approval for McMaster to adopt and sign the declaration.

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University Departments and Schools

Establishment

1. Mary Heersink School of Global Health and Social Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.
2. School of Integrated Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences.

Curriculum

Please note that microcredentials are not included in this list.

New Degrees, Programs, Program Streams, and Certificates

1. Accelerated Option (Stream) has been established for Honours Economics (B.A.), Faculty of Social Sciences.
2. Certificate of Professional Learning, Adult Critical Care Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences.
3. Concurrent Certificates
   • Anti-Racism, Inclusion and Equity (ARIE) in Science, Faculty of Science.
   • Cinema Studies, Faculty of Humanities.
   • Critical Heritage Studies, Faculty of Humanities.
   • Quantum Science and Technology, Faculty of Science.
   • Scientific Computing, Faculty of Science.
4. Dual Degree Stream (M.A.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computational Science and Engineering), a partnership between McMaster University (Faculty of Science), Universite Grenoble Alpes, and Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble.
5. Graduate Academic Certificates
   • Data Science, Applied AI, & Organizational Leadership, DeGroote School of Business.
   • Medical Health Physics & Internal Dosimetry, Faculty of Science.
   • Nuclear Detection, Instrumentation & Methods, Faculty of Science.
   • Radioactivity and Radiation Interactions, Faculty of Science.
6. Graduate Diploma in Global Surgery: Surgical Care Systems & Health Equity, Faculty of Health Sciences.
7. Master of Management, Applied AI and Analytics, DeGroote School of Business.
8. Master of Management, Applied AI and Data Driven Decision-Making, DeGroote School of Business.
9. Master of Public Policy: Housing Policy Stream, Faculty of Social Sciences.
10. New co-op options have been established for Honours Anthropology (B.A.), Honours Environment & Society (B.A.), Honours Aging and Society (B.A.), Honours Health and Society (B.A.) and the Honours Sociology (B.A.), Faculty of Social Sciences.

Degree, Program, and Certificate Closures

1. McMaster Continuing Education (MCE)
   • Canadian Health Care Certificate.
   • Certificate of Professional Learning – Science of Cannabis.
   • Health and Social Service Skill Development (Certificate and Certificate of Professional Learning).
   • Health Information Fundamentals Diploma.
2. Master of Arts in Sociology: Social Psychology Stream, Faculty of Social Sciences.
3. Graduate Diploma in Critical Leadership in Social Services and Communities, Faculty of Social Sciences.

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