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Statutes of Alberta, 2003 Chapter P-19.5
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Amendments Not in Force This consolidation incorporates only those amendments in force on the consolidation date shown on the cover. It does not include the following amendments: 2012 cE-0.3 s288 amends s48. Regulations The following is a list of the regulations made under the Post-secondary Learning Act that are filed as Alberta Regulations under the Regulations Act Alta. Reg. Amendments Post-secondary Learning Act Alternative Academic Council . . 219/2006 . 131/2015 Athabasca University . . 50/2004 . 225/2010, 163/2011 Campus Alberta Sector . . 239/2008 . 6/2013 Land Use . . 54/2004 . 55/2008, 226/2010, 64/2013, 41/2015 Model Provisions .
53/2004 . 227/2010, 113/2013, 138/2015 Pension Validation . . 52/2004 Programs of Study . . 91/2009 . 7/2013 Public Post-secondary Institutions’ Tuition Fees . . 273/2006 . 211/2010, 132/2015
1 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT Chapter P-19.5 Table of Contents 1 Definitions 1.1 Provincial laws prevail Part 1 Universities 2 Definitions Establishment 3 Establishment of universities 4 Initial governing authority 5 Powers and duties of initial governing authority Chancellor and Vice-chancellor 6 Election of chancellor 7 Nomination of chancellor 8 Term of office and removal 9 Duties of chancellor 10 Vice-chancellor Senate 11 Senate 12 Term of office and vacancy 13 Duties of senate 14 Administration of senate 15 Report to senate Board of Governors 16 Board of governors 17 Powers of board 18 Bylaws of board
2003 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 2 19 Board to consider recommendations Officers and Employees 20 Registrar 21 Deans 22 Appointment, suspension and dismissal of staff General Faculties Council 23 Composition of general faculties council 24 Elected members 25 Appointed members 26 Powers of general faculties council Deans’ Council 27 Deans’ council Faculty and School Councils 28 Faculty councils 29 Powers of faculty councils 30 School councils Student Affairs 31 Student discipline 32 Council on student affairs Universities Exempted from Provisions of this Act 33 Regulations establishing governing authority 34 Regulations establishing 2 separate bodies 35 Interpretation of terms when s34 is operative Miscellaneous 36 Use of word “university”, coat of arms or crest 36.1 Order changing name 37 Bodies of deceased persons 38 Religious freedom
2003 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 3 Part 2 Colleges and Technical Institutes 39 Definitions Establishment 40 Establishment of public colleges and technical institutes Initial Governing Authority 41 Initial governing authority 42 Powers and duties of initial governing authority Board of Governors 43 Board of governors 44 Composition of board 45 Programs boards must provide Academic Council 46 Academic council 47 Powers and duties 47.1 Alternative academic council Miscellaneous 48 Use of “college” or “technical institute” Part 3 The Banff Centre 50 Definition 51 Continuation 52 Board of governors Part 4 Public Post-secondary Institutions 53 Definitions Division 1 Administration Membership of Board 54 Eligibility 55 Remuneration and expenses 56 Term of office and vacancy 57 Termination 58 Majority and quorum
2003 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 4 Board Powers and Duties 59 Natural person powers 60 General powers and duties 61 Tuition fees 61.1 Parking bylaws 62 Delegation of powers 63 Settlement of questions 64 Student discipline 65 Collection of personal information 66 Acquisition of land 67 Disposition of land 68 Ownership of intellectual property 69 Pensions and annuities Financial Matters 70 Fiscal year 71 Auditor 72 Borrowing 73 Debenture borrowing 74 Guarantees 75 Banking and investment 76 Pooled trust fund 77 Approval respecting Financial Administration Act Accountability of Board 78 Business plans 78.1 Access plan 79 Annual report 80 Other reports and information Officers and Staff 81 President 82 Vice-presidents 83 Officers and employees 84 Academic staff 85 Academic staff associations 86 Academic staff association executive 87 Academic staff agreements 88 Compulsory binding arbitration 89 Execution of agreements 90 Application of labour law 91 Continuation of dispute settlement provisions
2003 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 5 92 Model dispute settlement provisions Student Affairs 93 Students association 94 Graduate students association 95 Management of student organizations 96 Graduate student employment agreements 97 Audit of student organizations 98 Student petitions Investigator, Administrator and Dissolution 99 Investigation 100 Administrator of public post-secondary institution 101 Effect of appointment of administrator 102 Dissolution of public post-secondary institution Division 2 Campus Alberta Publicly Funded Post-secondary System 102.1 Definitions 102.2 Six sector system 102.3 Sector roles 103 Mandate statement 105 Programs of study 106 Degrees 107 Honorary degrees Campus Alberta Strategic Directions Committee 107.1 Campus Alberta Strategic Directions Committee Campus Alberta Quality Council 108 Establishment of Campus Alberta Quality Council 109 Powers and duties Division 3 Miscellaneous 118 Information and reports 119 Protection from liability 120 Exemption from expropriation 121 Development of land 122 Change of corporate name
2003 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 6 Division 4 Regulations 123 Application of Regulations Act 124 Lieutenant Governor in Council regulations 125 Ministerial regulations Part 5 Transitional Provisions, Consequential Amendments, Repeals and Coming into Force Division 1 Transition from Former Acts to this Act 126 Continuation of Universities Act corporations 127 Continuation of Colleges Act corporations 128 Continuation of Technical Institutes Act corporations 129 Continuation of other bodies Division 1.1 Validity and Enforcement of Bylaws 129.1 Transitional Division 1.2 Orders in Council 129.2 Orders in Council remain in force Division 2 Consequential Amendments 130-152 Consequential amendments Division 3 Repeals and Coming into Force 153 Repeals 155 Coming into force WHEREAS the Government of Alberta recognizes that the creation and transfer of knowledge contributes to Alberta’s competitive advantage in a global economy; and WHEREAS the Government of Alberta is committed to ensuring that Albertans have the opportunity to enhance their social, cultural and economic well-being through participation in an accessible, responsive and flexible post-secondary system; and
2003 Section 1 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 7 WHEREAS the Government of Alberta is committed to ensuring Albertans have the opportunity to participate in learning opportunities through a co-ordinated and integrated system approach, known as Campus Alberta, wherein post-secondary institutions collaborate to develop and deliver high quality learning opportunities; THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: Definitions 1 In this Act, (a) “academic council” means the academic council of a public college or technical institute established under section 46 or 47.1 or continued under Part 5; (b) “academic staff association” means an academic staff association of a public college, technical institute or university established under section 85 or continued under Part 5; (c) “academic staff member”, “academic staff” and “member of the academic staff” mean an employee of the board of a public college, technical institute or university who, as a member of a category of employees or individually, is designated as an academic staff member under this Act; (d) “applied degree” means a degree that may be granted by a public college or a technical institute on the completion of a program of study that includes (i) course work, and (ii) work-related experience determined by the public college or technical institute that are oriented to a field of practice; (e) “Banff Centre” means The Banff Centre continued under Part 3; (f) “board” means the board of governors of a public post-secondary institution; (g) “graduate student” means a person enrolled in a program of graduate studies at a university;
2003 Section 1 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 8 (h) “graduate students association” means a graduate students association of a university established under section 94 or continued under Part 5; (i) “Minister” means the Minister determined under section 16 of the Government Organization Act as the Minister responsible for this Act; (j) “non-academic staff”, “non-academic staff member” and “member of the non-academic staff” mean an employee of the board of a public college, technical institute or university other than an academic staff member; (k) “non-academic staff association” means a bargaining agent, as defined in the Public Service Employee Relations Act, representing non-academic staff; (l) “president” means the president of a public post-secondary institution appointed under section 81; (m) “private college” means any college other than a public college; (n) “program of study” means a group of credit courses that, on completion, leads to the granting of a degree, diploma, certificate or applied degree; (o) “public college” means a public college established under section 40 or continued under Part 5; (p) “public post-secondary institution” means Banff Centre, a university, a public college or a technical institute; (q) “student” means a person enrolled at a public post-secondary institution, and includes a graduate student; (r) “students association” means a students association of a public college, technical institute or university established under section 93 or continued under Part 5; (s) “student organization” means a students association or graduate students association; (t) “technical institute” means a technical institute established under section 40 or continued under Part 5; (u) “university” means a university established under section 3 or continued under Part 5.
2003 cP-19.5 s1;2005 c45 s2;2008 c25 s2
2003 Section 1.1 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 9 Provincial laws prevail 1.1 If there is an inconsistency between this Act or any other enactment and a resolution, regulation, bylaw, rule, policy or other instrument made under this Act, the instrument is of no effect to the extent of the inconsistency. 2010 c22 s2 Part 1 Universities Definitions 2 In this Part, (a) “alumni association” means an association recognized by the board of a university as being representative of the graduates of the university; (b) “board” means the board of governors of a university.
Establishment Establishment of universities 3 The Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order establish a university and shall designate the name of a university so established.
Initial governing authority 4(1) When the Lieutenant Governor in Council establishes a university under section 3, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may (a) establish an initial governing authority for the university consisting of one or more members; (b) appoint the member or members of the initial governing authority and, if the Lieutenant Governor in Council appoints more than one member, shall designate one of them as its chair; (c) specify the name of the initial governing authority; (d) confer or impose on the initial governing authority any powers or duties the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary in connection with the carrying out of its responsibilities.
2003 Section 5 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 10 (3) The members of the initial governing authority (a) may be paid remuneration for the performance of their duties as members of the initial governing authority, and (b) shall be paid travelling and living expenses while away from their ordinary places of residence in the course of their duties as members of the initial governing authority, at the rates prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make any order the Lieutenant Governor in Council considers necessary in respect of the disposition of the rights, property, debts and obligations of the initial governing authority on its dissolution. Powers and duties of initial governing authority 5(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act and in addition to the powers and duties conferred or imposed on the initial governing authority under section 4(1)(d), the initial governing authority of a university (a) may exercise the powers and perform the duties of (i) the chancellor, until the election of the first chancellor, (ii) the president, until the appointment of the first president, (iii) the senate, until the commencement of the senate’s first meeting, (iv) the board, until the commencement of the board’s first meeting, and (v) the general faculties council, until the commencement of the general faculties council’s first meeting, and (b) may exercise the powers and perform the duties referred to in clause (a) either in its own name or in the name of the chancellor, the president, the senate, the board or the general faculties council, as the case may be.
2003 Section 6 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 11 (2) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the initial governing authority of a university (a) shall do one or both of the following: (i) designate categories of employees as academic staff members of the university; (ii) designate individual employees as academic staff members of the university, (b) shall prescribe procedures respecting the election of (i) the first executive of the academic staff association at the university, and (ii) the first councils of the student organizations at the university, and (c) may, after consultation with the academic staff association, change a designation made by it under this subsection.
Chancellor and Vice-chancellor Election of chancellor 6(1) The senate of a university shall elect a chancellor for the university from among (a) the persons nominated by the joint committee under section 7(3), and (b) any other persons who are nominated by members of the senate at the meeting of the senate at which the joint committee presents its nominations to the senate. (2) A person is not eligible for election as chancellor unless the person is a Canadian citizen or has been lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence.
Nomination of chancellor 7(1) The senate shall establish a joint committee when (a) a university is established under section 3,
2003 Section 8 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 12 (b) a vacancy occurs during the term of office of the chancellor, or (c) the expiry of the term of office of the chancellor is imminent. (2) A joint committee must consist of (a) 3 members of the general faculties council appointed by the general faculties council, (b) 3 members of the alumni association appointed by the alumni association, (c) 3 members of the senate appointed by the senate, (d) one member of the students association appointed by the students association, and (e) one member of the graduate students association appointed by the graduate students association or, if there is no graduate students association, one graduate student appointed by the graduate students.
(3) A joint committee shall nominate for the office of chancellor the number of persons that the senate directs. Term of office and removal 8(1) A chancellor holds office for a term of 4 years and is not eligible for re-election as chancellor. (2) If the senate is satisfied that a person elected as chancellor is, for any reason, no longer capable of acting as chancellor or of fulfilling the chancellor’s duties, the senate may remove that person from office. Duties of chancellor 9(1) In addition to the chancellor’s other functions under this Act, the chancellor shall represent the university at ceremonial occasions, preside over all degree-conferring ceremonies of the university and confer the degrees, and represent the public interest in the university.
(2) When the office of chancellor is vacant or the chancellor is absent or unable to act, the vice-chancellor may perform all the functions of the chancellor.
2003 Section 10 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 13 (3) When the chancellor and the vice-chancellor are absent or unable to act or when the offices are vacant, the deans’ council may designate a person to perform the chancellor’s functions at degree-conferring ceremonies. Vice-chancellor 10 The president of a university is the vice-chancellor. Senate Senate 11(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall by order establish a senate for each university.
(2) Each senate is a corporation with the name given to it by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and consists of its members. (3) A senate shall consist of (a) the following persons who are members by virtue of their offices: (i) the chancellor, who is the chair; (ii) the president; (iii) the vice-president designated by the board; (iv) the chief academic officer for student affairs; (v) the director of extension, or if none, the officer performing comparable functions; (vi) the president and vice-president of the alumni association; (b) the following appointed members: (i) 2 deans, appointed by the deans’ council; (ii) 2 members of the board, appointed by the board; (iii) 3 members of the general faculties council, appointed by the general faculties council; (iv) 2 members of the alumni association, appointed by the alumni association;
2003 Section 12 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 14 (v) 2 non-academic staff members, appointed by the non-academic staff association; (vi) 4 members of the students association, appointed by the council of the students association; (vii) if there is a graduate students association, one member of the association, appointed by the council of the association; (viii) 9 members of the public, appointed by the Minister; (c) 30 representative members, elected by the members of the senate referred to in subsection (4), to represent geographical areas and groups and organizations with an interest in the university including, at the discretion of the members of the senate, representatives of staff organizations within the university.
(4) The persons eligible to vote in the election of a representative member under subsection (3)(c) are all the persons who, at the time of the election, are members of the senate. (5) Only persons who are Canadian citizens or have been lawfully admitted to Canada for permanent residence are eligible to be appointed as members of a senate under subsection (3)(b)(viii). (6) The members of the senate may be paid travelling and living expenses while away from their ordinary places of residence in the course of their duties as members of the senate at the rates prescribed by the senate.
Term of office and vacancy 12(1) A person appointed under section 11(3)(b)(i) to (v) (a) holds office for a term that does not exceed 3 years, and (b) is, if otherwise qualified, eligible for reappointment.
(2) A person appointed under section 11(3)(b)(vi) or (vii) (a) holds office for a term of one year, and (b) is, if otherwise qualified, eligible for reappointment. (3) A person appointed under section 11(3)(b)(viii) (a) holds office for a term that does not exceed 3 years, and
2003 Section 13 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 15 (b) may not be appointed for more than two terms. (4) A person elected under section 11(3)(c) (a) holds office for a term that does not exceed 3 years, and (b) may not be elected for more than two terms. (5) When a vacancy exists on a senate, (a) if the vacancy is in respect of an appointed member, the person or body having the power of appointment may appoint a person under section 11(3)(b) to serve the balance of the unexpired term of office of the former member, and (b) if the vacancy is among the representative members, the members of the senate may elect a person under section 11(3)(c) to serve the balance of the unexpired term of office of the former member.
(6) When a person is appointed by the Minister under section 11(3)(b)(viii) to serve the balance of a former member’s unexpired term of office in accordance with subsection (5)(a), that service is not considered a term for the purposes of subsection (3)(b). (7) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), a person appointed as a member of the senate under section 11(3)(b)(i) to (vii) ceases to hold office when the member ceases to occupy the position or perform the function that qualifies the member for the appointment. (8) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (4), when a senate is satisfied that an appointed or representative member is, for any reason, no longer capable of acting as a member or of fulfilling the member’s duties, the senate may, on the vote of not less than 2/3 of the members present when the vote for removal from office is taken, remove that member from office.
Duties of senate 13(1) It is the duty of a senate to inquire into any matter that might benefit the university and enhance its position in the community. (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), a senate may (a) require a report on any matter from any faculty or school council, the council of the students association, the council of the graduate students association and any member of the academic staff of the university,
2003 Section 14 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 16 (b) receive and consider submissions from anyone interested in the university, (c) acquire and provide information with respect to the university and its functions through public meetings, radio and television programs and any other means that it considers appropriate, and (d) make any report and recommendations respecting the matters referred to in clauses (a) to (c) that it considers advisable to the board, the general faculties council or the Minister.
Administration of senate 14(1) There is to be an executive committee of the senate consisting of the chancellor and 6 to 12 other members of the senate to be selected annually by the senate, which shall exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions that are assigned to it by the senate. (2) Each year a senate may submit a budget to the board for approval and the board shall, in accordance with the approved budget, provide the senate with the funds required to meet the cost of staff and supplies and any other expenses that may be incurred by the senate in fulfilling its duties.
Report to senate 15 The president shall report annually to the senate on the academic work of the university and as to its progress and requirements and make any recommendations on them that the president considers necessary.
Board of Governors Board of governors 16(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall by order establish a board of governors for each university. (2) Each board is a corporation with the name given to it by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. (3) A board shall consist of the following members: (a) a chair of the board appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council; (b) the chancellor of the university;
2003 Section 17 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 17 (c) the president of the university; (d) the following members appointed by the Minister: (i) 2 alumni of the university nominated by the alumni association; (ii) one member of the senate nominated by the other members of the senate from among the members appointed under section 11(3)(b)(viii) or elected under section 11(3)(c); (iii) 2 members of the academic staff of the university, one of whom is nominated by the general faculties council and one of whom is nominated by the academic staff association; (iv) 2 students nominated by the council of the students association; (v) if the university has a graduate students association, one graduate student nominated by the council of the association; (vi) one member of the non-academic staff nominated by the non-academic staff association; (e) not more than 9 members representative of the general public, in addition to the chair, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
(4) The members of a board may elect one member to act as chair in the absence of the chair or in the event of the chair’s inability to act. (5) The members of the board must act in the best interests of the university. (6) If a board advises the Lieutenant Governor in Council that an appointed member of the board is, for any reason, no longer capable of acting as a member or of fulfilling the member’s duties, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may terminate the appointment of the member. Powers of board 17 In addition to the other powers of a board under this Part and Part 4, a board may
2003 Section 18 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 18 (a) make bylaws respecting the physical examination of the students of the university, and (b) own and operate a gas utility as defined in the Gas Utilities Act or a public utility as defined in the Public Utilities Act.
2003 cP-19.5 s17;2007 cA-37.2 s82(23) Bylaws of board 18(1) A board may make any bylaws the board considers appropriate for the management, government and control of the university buildings and land. (2) A board may make the following bylaws to control vehicles and pedestrians on university land: (a) parking bylaws (i) governing the places where, the times when and the conditions on which persons are authorized to park or are prohibited from parking vehicles; (ii) authorizing any person to allocate reserved parking locations to persons, subject to the conditions prescribed by the bylaws; (iii) providing for the placement of parking control signs, markings and meters prohibiting or governing the parking of vehicles; (iv) providing for the impounding and removal of vehicles parked or left in contravention of a bylaw; (v) establishing fees respecting the parking of vehicles and providing for the collection of those fees; (vi) prescribing penalties, including fines, to be imposed for contraventions of bylaws made under this clause and providing for the imposition and collection of those penalties; (vii) providing for the hearing and determination of disputes arising in relation to (A) contraventions of bylaws, or (B) the imposition and collection of penalties under this clause.
2003 Section 19 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 19 (i) fixing speed limits, (ii) prohibiting the entry of or restricting the direction of movement of vehicles, and (iii) requiring vehicles to yield or to stop and yield the right of way to other vehicles or pedestrians before proceeding, at the places indicated by traffic control devices; (c) pedestrian bylaws governing and prohibiting the crossing of and walking on roadways by pedestrians. (3) A bylaw under subsection (2) may delegate to any person the authority to determine where parking control signs, markings and meters or traffic control devices are to be placed and the duty to ensure that they are so placed and that a record of the locations is kept.
2003 cP-19.5 s18;2010 c22 s3 Board to consider recommendations 19 A board must consider the recommendations of the general faculties council, if any, on matters of academic import prior to providing for (a) the support and maintenance of the university, (b) the betterment of existing buildings, (c) the construction of any new buildings the board considers necessary for the purposes of the university, (d) the furnishing and equipping of the existing and newly erected buildings, or (e) the establishment of faculties, schools, departments, chairs, programs of study and any other activities the board considers necessary or advantageous.
Officers and Employees Registrar 20(1) The board of a university shall appoint a registrar for the university. (2) A registrar has the powers, duties and functions that are assigned to the registrar by the board and the president.
2003 Section 21 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 20 Deans 21(1) The board of a university shall appoint a dean for each faculty of the university. (2) A dean of a faculty (a) repealed 2008 c25 s3, (b) has general supervision over and direction of the academic work and instructional staff of the faculty and of the officers and employees employed in connection with that work, and (c) has the other powers, duties and functions that are assigned to the dean by the president.
(4) A dean may delegate any of the dean’s powers, duties and functions as the dean considers appropriate and may prescribe conditions governing the exercise or performance of any delegated power, duty or function, including the power of subdelegation. 2003 cP-19.5 s21;2008 c25 s3 Appointment, suspension and dismissal of staff 22(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the president of a university may, in the president’s discretion, suspend from duty and privileges (a) any officer or employee of the board, or (b) any person who is paid from funds administered by the university, for a period not exceeding 3 months, but any person suspended pursuant to this subsection is entitled to be paid his or her salary during the time the suspension is in effect.
(2) A person shall not be appointed to, promoted to or dismissed from any position on the academic staff at a university except on the recommendation of the president made in accordance with procedures approved by the general faculties council. (3) Subject to any existing agreement, a president may, in the president’s discretion, suspend from duty and privileges any member of the academic staff at the university and shall forthwith report the president’s action and the reasons for it
2003 Section 23 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 21 (a) to the board, and (b) to the executive committee of the general faculties council.
2003 cP-19.5 s22;2008 c25 s4 General Faculties Council Composition of general faculties council 23 Each university must have a general faculties council consisting of (a) the following persons who are members by virtue of their offices: (i) the president, who is the chair; (ii) the vice-presidents; (iii) the dean of each faculty; (iv) the director of each school; (v) the chief librarian; (vi) the director of extension, or if none, the officer performing comparable functions; (vii) the registrar; (b) the members elected under section 24 to represent the faculties and the schools that have school councils; (c) the following student members: (i) 2 students nominated by the council of the students association; (ii) if there is a graduate students association, one student nominated by the council of the association; (d) the members appointed from the staff and students of the university under section 25.
Elected members 24(1) The faculty council of each faculty and the school council of each school that has a school council may elect from the full-time members of the academic staff of the faculty or school the number of members to the general faculties council that may be assigned to it pursuant to subsection (2).
2003 Section 25 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 22 (2) On the direction of the general faculties council from time to time the registrar (a) shall establish the total number of elected members to be on the general faculties council, which shall be twice the number of persons who are members of the general faculties council by virtue of their offices, and (b) shall determine and assign to each faculty and school the number of members that may be elected by that faculty or school, which so far as is reasonably possible shall be in the same proportion to the total number of elected members as the number of full-time members of the academic staff of the faculty or school is to the total number of full-time members of the academic staff of all the faculties and schools.
(3) A member elected under subsection (1) holds office for a term of 3 years or until the member’s successor is elected. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a member elected under subsection (1) ceases to hold office if the member ceases to be a full-time member of the academic staff of the faculty or school. (5) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a faculty council or school council (a) shall, as circumstances require, elect members to hold office for one-year or 2-year terms so as to provide overlapping terms of office for the representatives of the faculty or school, and (b) may, when a member ceases to hold office before the expiry of that member’s term of office, elect a new member to hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Appointed members 25 The members of the general faculties council referred to in section 23(a), (b) and (c) shall appoint the appointed members of the general faculties council from the staff and students of the university, in the number and for the terms of office that the elected and student members and persons who are members by virtue of their offices determine.
Powers of general faculties council 26(1) Subject to the authority of the board, a general faculties council is responsible for the academic affairs of the university and,
2003 Section 26 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 23 without restricting the generality of the foregoing, has the authority to (a) exercise any power of a faculty council that the general faculties council considers desirable to exercise; (b) consider and make decisions on the reports of the faculty councils as to the programs of study in the faculties; (c) determine all programs of study to which clause (b) does not apply that are to be offered by the university for credit toward the requirements for any degree or diploma; (d) determine the timetables for examinations and for lectures and other instruction in each faculty; (e) consider and make decisions on the reports of faculty councils as to the appointment of examiners and the conduct and results of examinations in the faculties; (f) provide for the granting and conferring of degrees other than honorary degrees; (g) provide for the preparation and publication of the university calendar; (h) hear and determine appeals from the decisions of faculty councils on applications, requests or petitions by students and others; (i) consider all matters reported to it by any faculty council and communicate its opinion or action on those matters to the faculty council concerned; (j) determine the date for the beginning and end of lectures in the university and also the beginning and end of each university term; (k) make rules and regulations for the management and operation of libraries; (l) recommend to the board the establishment of faculties, schools, departments, chairs and programs of study in the university in any subject that the general faculties council thinks fit; (m) make rules and regulations respecting academic awards; (n) determine standards and policies respecting the admission of persons to the university as students;
2003 Section 27 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 24 (o) make recommendations to the board with respect to affiliation with other institutions, academic planning, campus planning, a building program, the budget, the regulation of residences and dining halls, procedures in respect of appointments, promotions, salaries, tenure and dismissals, and any other matters considered by the general faculties council to be of interest to the university; (p) authorize lecturing and teaching on the university premises by persons other than members of the staff of the university; (q) authorize a school to have a school council of the same nature and with the same powers, duties and functions as a faculty council and, in its discretion, revoke any authority so given.
(2) Any recommendations from the general faculties council to the board must be transmitted to the board through the president. (3) A general faculties council may delegate any of its powers, duties and functions under this Act, including the powers referred to in section 31, as it sees fit and may prescribe conditions governing the exercise or performance of any delegated power, duty or function, including the power of subdelegation. 2003 cP-19.5 s26;2009 c11 s2 Deans’ Council Deans’ council 27(1) Each university must have a deans’ council that shall consist of (a) the president, who is the chair, (b) the vice-presidents, (c) the dean of each faculty, and (d) any other officers of the university that may be designated by the council.
(2) The deans’ council is an advisory body to the president of the university, the board and the general faculties council and has the powers, duties and functions that are delegated to it. Faculty and School Councils Faculty councils 28(1) Each faculty of a university must have a faculty council.
2003 Section 29 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 25 (2) A faculty council, other than that of a faculty of graduate studies, shall consist of (a) the dean of the faculty, who is the chair, (b) the president, (c) all full-time members of the academic staff of the faculty, (d) any representative of a professional association appointed pursuant to subsection (4), and (e) any other persons who are appointed to the faculty council by the general faculties council on the recommendation of the faculty council.
(3) The faculty council of a faculty of graduate studies shall consist of (a) the dean of the faculty, who is the chair, (b) the president, and (c) any other persons who are appointed to the faculty council by the general faculties council. (4) When by statute a body has regulatory powers in respect of a profession for which a faculty offers a program of study, the general faculties council shall appoint to the faculty council of that faculty a representative of that body nominated by that body. Powers of faculty councils 29(1) A faculty council may (a) determine the programs of study for which the faculty is established, (b) appoint the examiners for examinations in the faculty, conduct the examinations and determine the results of them, (c) provide for the admission of students to the faculty, (d) determine the conditions under which a student must withdraw from or may continue the student’s program of studies in the faculty, and (e) authorize the granting of degrees,
2003 Section 30 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 26 subject to any conditions or restrictions that are imposed by the general faculties council. (2) A meeting of a faculty council must be held at any time on the summons of the dean of the faculty. (3) A faculty council may delegate any of its powers, duties and functions under this Act as it sees fit and may prescribe conditions governing the exercise or performance of any delegated power, duty or function, including the power of subdelegation. 2003 cP-19.5 s29;2009 c11 s3 School councils 30 When the general faculties council authorizes a school of the university to have a school council, (a) the director of the school may exercise and perform all the powers, duties and functions of a dean of a faculty, and (b) the school council shall be of the same nature as and may exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of a faculty council, subject to any conditions or restrictions that are imposed by the general faculties council.
Student Affairs Student discipline 31(1) The general faculties council has general supervision of student affairs at a university and in particular, but without restricting the generality of the foregoing, the general faculties council may (a) subject to a right of appeal to the board, discipline students attending the university, and the power to discipline includes the power (i) to fine students, (ii) to suspend the right of students to attend the university or to participate in any student activities, or both, and (iii) to expel students from the university; (b) delegate its power to discipline students in any particular case or generally to any person or body of persons, subject to any conditions with respect to the exercise of any delegated power that it considers proper;
2003 Section 32 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 27 (c) give to a student organization of the university the powers to govern the conduct of students it represents that the general faculties council considers proper. (2) Any powers to govern the conduct of students given to a student organization pursuant to subsection (1)(c) are subject to the overriding control of the board, the president and the general faculties council. Council on student affairs 32(1) A general faculties council may establish a council on student affairs to exercise immediate jurisdiction over student affairs with respect to any matters and in any manner the general faculties council determines and to exercise or perform any other powers, duties and functions the general faculties council determines.
(2) A council on student affairs may consist of (a) members of the academic staff of the university, (b) students of the university, and (c) officers of the university who have administrative responsibility for student affairs. (3) A council on student affairs may make bylaws governing the calling of its meetings and the quorum and conduct of business at its meetings and generally as to the conduct of its affairs. Universities Exempted from Provisions of this Act Regulations establishing governing authority 33(1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act, with respect to a university established under section 3 of this Act after the coming into force of that section, or under the corresponding provision of a predecessor to this Act after December 1, 1972, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by regulation (a) establish a governing authority for the university as a corporation and provide for its composition, (b) specify the name of the governing authority for the university, (c) provide that the governing authority may exercise the powers and perform the duties of
2003 Section 34 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 28 (i) a board, and (ii) a general faculties council, (d) provide that any or all of the provisions of sections 5(2), 6 to 16, 21, 22 to 32, 54 to 58, 83 to 98, 107(1) and 119 do not apply to the university, (e) prescribe the powers and duties that the governing authority may exercise or perform in addition to the powers and duties of a board and a general faculties council, and (f) if an initial governing authority has been established for the university, dissolve the initial governing authority and provide for the transfer of the rights, property, debts and obligations of the initial governing authority to the governing authority.
(2) When a governing authority has been established for a university pursuant to subsection (1), any reference to “board of governors”, “board” or “general faculties council” in this or any other Act is deemed to be, with respect to that university, a reference to the governing authority. Regulations establishing 2 separate bodies 34 If the Lieutenant Governor in Council has established a governing authority for a university under section 33, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may, with respect to that university, by regulation (a) establish 2 separate bodies and provide for their composition; (b) specify the names of the 2 bodies established under clause (a); (c) incorporate one of the bodies as a corporation and provide that it may exercise the powers and perform the duties of a board; (d) provide that the other body may exercise the powers and perform the duties of a general faculties council; (e) provide that any or all of the provisions of sections 5(2), 6 to 16, 21, 22 to 32, 54 to 58, 83 to 98, 107(1) and 119 do not apply to the university;
2003 Section 35 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 29 (f) prescribe the powers and duties that the 2 bodies established under clause (a) may exercise or perform in addition to those provided for under clauses (c) and (d); (g) dissolve the governing authority established under section 33 and provide for the transfer of the rights, property, debts and obligations of the governing authority to the body that has been incorporated under clause (c). Interpretation of terms when s34 is operative 35 When 2 separate bodies have been established for a university pursuant to section 34, (a) any reference to “board of governors” or “board” in this or any other Act is deemed to be, with respect to that university, a reference to the body incorporated pursuant to section 34(c), and (b) any reference to “general faculties council” in this or any other Act is deemed to be, with respect to that university, a reference to the body that exercises and performs the powers and duties of a general faculties council pursuant to section 34(d).
Miscellaneous Use of word “university”, coat of arms or crest 36(1) Except on and in accordance with an authorization of the board, no person shall assume or use (a) the coat of arms or crest of a university, or (b) any design in imitation of the coat of arms or crest of a university. (2) Except on and in accordance with an authorization of the board, no person shall use the name of a university or any derivation or abbreviation of the name (a) in the name of any business or undertaking, (b) in any advertising, or (c) in the name of any thing, place or building. (3) No organization that is or purports to be an educational institution, other than a university established under section 3, may
2003 Section 36.1 Chapter P-19.5 POST-SECONDARY LEARNING ACT 30 use the word “university” or any derivation or abbreviation of it in its name or in any advertising relating to it unless that body (a) is acting in accordance with an authorization of the board under subsection (2), (b) is a non-resident institution approved under the regulations under section 124(k), (b.1) is a public post-secondary institution that is, by order under section 36.1, specifically authorized to use the word “university” or the derivation or abbreviation of that word in its name, (c) is an institution specifically authorized to use the word or expression in its name by an Act of the legislature of another jurisdiction, by the public authority in another jurisdiction having overall responsibility for the body or by an authority having responsibility in another jurisdiction for the accreditation of post-secondary institutions, or (d) is a private college that has been designated as an institution that may grant a degree and has the Minister’s written approval to use the word “university” or any derivation or abbreviation of the word.
(4) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of not more than $5000. (5) If a person contravenes this section, the Court of Queen’s Bench on application (a) by the university in respect of a contravention of subsection (2), or (b) by the Minister in respect of a contravention of subsection (3), may grant an injunction enjoining the person from continuing the contravention of this section. 2003 cP-19.5 s36;2009 c11 s4;2009 c53 s138 Order changing name 36.1(1) A public post-secondary institution that is, by regulation made under section 102.2(2), assigned to the Baccalaureate and Applied Studies Institutions sector may, by application in writing to the Minister, request that the name of the institution be changed to a name that includes the word “university” or a derivation or abbreviation of that word.