Standing Committees

As a subcommittee of the General Faculties Council, the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) Council is composed of members from each department offering a graduate program and the Dean of the Faculty, the President, and other members appointed by the General Faculties Council.

GPS Council represents a number of committees: Graduate Scholarship Committee, Academic Appeals, Policy Review Committee. View policies on GPS Council Standing Committees. 

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Graduate Scholarship Committee

The GPS Graduate Scholarship Committee (GSC) was established to make recommendations concerning graduate scholarship policy and to adjudicate University of Alberta graduate scholarship applications (CFGSR 1958/1/17).

It administers and adjudicates the various awards managed competitions by the University of Alberta; it also approves new awards, and develops policy for graduate awards. The GSC is chaired by the Dean GPS, or designate. 

Composition: The GSC is comprised of Dean, GPS or delegate (Chair) ex officio, Associate Dean, GPS ex officio, Associate Dean, GPS ex officio, Associate Dean, GPS ex officio, 18-20 NSERC-area Faculty members, 18-20 SSHRC-area Faculty members, 10-15 CIHR-area Faculty members, Graduate Students' Association (GSA) Representative, Graduate Awards Supervisor, GPS ex officio, (Secretary, non-voting)

Terms of Reference

Membership

Academic Appeals Committee

Students may appeal decisions by the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies that change their academic standing.

An Academic Appeals Committee was established pursuant to GFC policy (Section 1, Academic Appeals Policy). GPS Council delegated authority to the Committee to hear academic appeals and decide upon them. (CFGSR 1973/2/16).

Coordinator: Dena Giroux

Composition: The Academic Appeals Committee consists of the Chair and 10 GPS Council members, comprising 6 faculty and 4 graduate students who are GPS Council members at the time of their appointment. The faculty members shall be appointed by the GPS Council upon nomination of the Dean, normally for a period of 2 years. The Chair of the Committee shall be appointed by the Dean and shall serve for a term of office determined by the Dean.

View this overview of the committee and of appeals procedures

View details on the GPS' Academic Appeal Regulations

Policy Review Committee

At the request of the Council or the Dean, GPS, or at its own discretion, this Committee proposes or considers specific graduate policies, and where necessary will place before the Council proposed revisions of, amendments to, or deletions of existing policy.

As part of its deliberations, the Committee may collect information from stakeholders and interested parties as well as other institutions.

Terms of Reference and Composition