About the Council

The membership and terms of reference for the President's Council are as follows:

Members and Associates

Position	Name
President and Vice-Chancellor	Ralph Nilson
Provost and Vice-President Academic	David Witty
Vice-President, Administration and Finance	Pat Eagar
University Secretary/Senior Policy Advisor	Diny van Beers
Associate Vice-President, Academic Planning and Aboriginal Initiatives	Steve Lane
Executive Director, Human Resources	Janine Reed
Executive Director, Infrastructure and Ancillary Services	Ric Kelm
Executive Director, Student Services	Patrick Donahoe
Executive Director, University Relations	Dan Hurley
Director, IT & Chief Technology Officer	Calvin Wilson
Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities	Ross MacKay
Dean, Faculty of Education	Harry Janzen
Dean, Faculty of Health and Human Services	Carol Stuart
Dean, Faculty of International Education	Graham Pike
Dean, Faculty of Management	Dave Twynam
Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology	Greg Crawford
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences	John Black
Dean, Faculty of Trades and Applied Technology	Fred MacDonald
Dean, Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation	Jean Maltesen
Campus Academic Administrator, Cowichan	Warren Weir
Campus Principal, Powell River	Arlette Raaen
Director, Aboriginal Education	Sharon Hobenshield
Director, Advancement & Alumni Relations	Julie Keenan
Interim Director, Enrolment Management	Tina McComb
Director, University Planning and Analysis	David Rees
Registrar	Fred Jacklin
Director, Financial Services	Wendy Young
Director, Library Services	Bob Foley
Director, Research Services	Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa
Director, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning	Liesel Knaack
Director, Human Rights and Respectful Workplace	Katrin Roth Von Szepesbela

 

Terms of Reference

The President’s Council serves several purposes as follows:

• provide cohesive and highly engaged leadership to the university, and provide counsel to the President, other members of the Senior Management Group and the Council-at-large.
• discuss/debate university directions, strategic decisions, policies and macro-level procedures and operations.
• provide a forum for members to bring forward for discussion opportunities and issues of relevance to the broader community.
• provide support and oversight for:
• completion and implementation of the Integrated Planning Process (and resulting Plans), and
• development and implementation of multi-year financial and human resource plans.
• provide a forum for university wide two-way communications and engagement:
  • to ensure communications and information is more widely shared and disseminated from leadership to and throughout the university, and
  • to provide a mechanism by which faculty, employees, students and various faculty councils can provide information and feedback directly to President's Council members, and through them, the the entire President's Council.
• actively build understanding of the opportunities and challenges; sharing advice and feedback.
• actively engage the University community in the pursuit of the VIU Mandate, Vision and Purpose.

The Council normally meets twice per term. Agenda submisssions/inquiries should be forwarded to the Executive Assistant to the President.