The terms of reference and membership for the President's Council are as follows:
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 submissions/inquiries should be forwarded to the Executive Assistant to the President.
Membership
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President and Vice-Chancellor | Deborah Saucier |
| Provost and Vice-President, Academic | Carol Stuart |
| Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice-President, Administration | Marlene Kowalski |
| University Secretary | Marie Armstrong |
| Senior Advisor to the President, Social Innovation and Strategic Partnerships | Robin McLay |
| Associate Vice-President, Academic | Ross MacKay |
| Interim Associate Vice-President, Facilities and Ancillary Services | Richard Lewis |
| Associate Vice-President, Finance and Risk Management | Wendy Young |
| Associate Vice-President, Human Resources | Dan VanderSluis |
| Chief of Staff, Office of the President | Lidia Surman |
| Associate Vice-President, Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity | Nicole Vaugeois |
| Associate Vice-President, Student Affairs | Irlanda Price |
| Associate Vice-President, University Relations and Chief Advancement Officer | William Litchfield |
| Acting Dean, Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | Rita Alton |
| Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Marni Stanley |
| Dean, Faculty of Education | David Paterson |
| Dean, Faculty of Health and Human Services | Patricia O'Hagan |
| Acting Dean, Faculty of International Education | Graham Pike |
| Acting Dean, Faculty of Management | Bryan Webber |
| Acting Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology | Eve Stringham |
| Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences | Elizabeth Brimacombe |
| Dean, Faculty of Trades and Applied Technology | Glynis Steen |
| Acting Campus Academic Administrator, Cowichan | Karen Leeman |
| Campus Administrator, Powell River Campus | Greg Cran |
| Director, Aboriginal Education | Sharon Hobenshield |
| Director, Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning | Maxwell Stevenson |
| Co-CIO and Director, Enterprise Systems | Andrew Speed |
| Co-CIO and Director, IT Operations | Darren Eveleigh |
| Director, Equity, Diversity and Human Rights | Monica Kay |
| Director, Strategic Initiatives | Nikki Klaassen |
| Director, Communications and Public Engagement | Janina Stajic |
| Director, Enterprise Risk Management | Robert Okashimo |
| Director, Office of University Planning & Analysis | Kathryn Snow |
| Registrar | Fred Jacklin |
| University Librarian | Ben Hyman |