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1. Reminder to Chairs, Program Directors and Faculty Members
2. SCTP Note To All Chairs, Directors, Program Directors
3. Final Call for Nominations to Standing Committees
4. Faculty of Education Web Server
5. House For Rent

Research
All funded and non funded research must have ethical approval before it is undertaken. This applies to all faculty members and students

Ethics Approval and Summer Session
Please advise members and students in your department they if they need approval of Ethical Certificates for funded and non-funded research, we would appreciate receiving their applications by June 15th in order that we can process them within a reasonable time frame. This is especially important if they plan to conduct research during the months of July and August.

Ethics/Annual Renewal
Reminder: Faculty members who received research grants last year (e.g. SSHRC 2002) need to apply for an annual renewal this year. If the protocols have not been changed, do the following:

Complete the signature page (the top sheet in our ethics package which lists member of the ethics committee), check off the line ANNUAL RENEWAL, INDICATE GRANTING AGENCY AND SIGN.

If protocols or design have changed, do the following:

Complete the signature page (the top sheet in our ethics package which lists member of the ethics committee), check off the line annual renewal, indicate granting agency, sign and append the changes to this sheet.

External Evaluators
PLEASE BE ADVISED OF THE UNIVERSITY POLICY WITH RESPECT TO CHOICE OF EXTERNAL EVALUATORS FOR THESIS:

"I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS OF EXAMINERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR BY A COMMITTEE AUTHORIZED FOR THIS PURPOSE. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE CANDIDATE OR THE SUPERVISOR AND THE PROPOSED EXAMINERS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT TO CONTACT THE EXTERNAL EXAMINERS WITH REGARD TO THE EVALUATION OF THIS THESIS."

Dates for Thesis Submission for Fall Convocation
M.A. - June 16
Ph.D. - June 2

Associate Dean Mary H. Maguire
Academic Programs, Graduate Studies and Research

Please note that all changes of modality (e.g. off campus sites, change in delivery of course content) reporting must be approved by Faculty before submission to the Subcommittee on Courses and Teaching Programs. The changes must include an appropriate program proposal form indicating Faculty approval. Any International Project must include a detailed budget, list of human resources, and a copy of the memorandum of understanding or agreement.

Associate Dean Mary H. Maguire
Academic Programs, Graduate Studies and Research

Nominating Committee is putting forward the following slate of new members for Faculty Committees for 2003-2006. Terms are for three years unless otherwise noted. Some positions still remain to be filled – volunteers welcome. Current committee membership and mandates can be found in the Faculty Handbook at www.education.mcgill.ca/main/pdf/FacultyHandbook.pdf

Further nominations will be accepted until Friday May 23rd. Please use the appended nomination form. If elections are necessary, they will be held (tentatively) May 30th -June 3rd.

ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE
Gillian Bramwell - (ECP)
Kate Le Maistre - (DISE)

FACULTY COUNCIL
David Pearsall - (K&PE)
Shaheen Shariff - (DISE)
Spencer Boudreau - (DISE)
Roy Lister - (DISE)
TBA
Susan Allnutt (Elected; staff representative)

COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PERSONNEL
Helen Amoriggi - (DISE)
Jon Bradley - (DISE)
Ron Morris (DISE)

COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT STANDING
Greg Reid (K&PE)
Lise Winer (DISE)

NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Bob Bracewell (ECP)
Spencer Boudreau (DISE)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TENURE
Lynn Butler-Kisber (DISE)
TBA (Sabbatical replacement, ECP)

FACULTY COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC & STAFF AWARDS
Elizabeth Wood (DISE)
TBA (ECP –one-year sabbatical replacement)
TBA (K&PE)
TBA (GSLIS)

FACULTY ETHICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE
Helen Amoriggi (DISE; sabbatical replacement 2003-2004)
Joan Russell (DISE)

UNIVERSITY HONOURS COMMITTEE (appointed by Chairs)
R. Turcotte (K&PE)
Janet Donin (Tentative; ECP)
TBA (DISE)
TBA (GSLIS)

FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES TO SENATE
Susanne Lajoie (Elected; One year sabbatical replacement – not open for nominations)

Gill Bramwell (Rejskind),
Chair, Nominating Committee

The Faculty of Education web server will be off line for approximately 2 hours for routine maintenance beginning at 10:00 am this Friday, May 16, 2003.

Jim Harris
Media Services Manager

Large semi-detached house in N.D.G. (adjacent lower Westmount). Convenient to shopping and public transport (c.20 minutes to downtown and all four universities). Our house has 2-3 bedrooms, 2 studies, 1 1/2 bathrooms, 2 decorative fireplaces, a fully renovated kitchen, a small garden, and private parking. From September 1 for academic year. No smokers or pets. Heating included. Dates negotiable. Rent: Can$ 2200.

Tel: (514) 398-6580 Fax: (514) 398-8146 or leanore.lieblein@ mcgill.ca

Professor Leanore Lieblein
Department of English