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
Vice-President, Academic and Provost	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
Interim Executive Director, Communications and Public Relations	Tina McComb
Executive Director, Human Resources	Janine Reed
Executive Director, Infrastructure and Ancillary Services	Ric Kelm
Executive Director, Student Services	Darrel Mansbridge
Interim Chief Technology Officer, Information Systems	Calvin Wilson
Interim Dean, Arts and Humanities	Ross MacKay
Dean, Education	Harry Janzen
Dean, Health and Human Services	Carol Stuart
Dean, International Education	Graham Pike
Dean, Management	Dave Twynam
Dean, Science and Technology	Greg Crawford
Dean, Social Sciences	John Black
Dean, Trades and Applied Technology	Fred MacDonald
Campus Academic Administrator, Cowichan	Vacant
Campus Principal, Powell River	Arlette Raaen
Director, Aboriginal Education	Sharon Hobenshield
Interim Director, Adult and Continuing Education	Jeannie Maltesen
Director, Development and Alumni	Julie Keenan
Director, University Planning and Analysis	David Rees
Director, Enrolment Management and Registrar	Fred Jacklin
Director, Financial Services	Wendy Young
Director, Library Services	Bob Foley
Director, Research Services	Liz Hammond-Kaarremaa
Director, Innovation and Excellence in Learning & VIU	Liesel Knaack
* Interim Human Resources Representative	Brenda McKay
* Institutional, Labour Relations	Preben Skovgaard

* depicts Associate

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.