University Governance

The Board of Governors is a body established by the Post-secondary Learning Act, a statute of the Province of Alberta. The Act vests in the Board the duty to develop the University mandate and grants the authority to manage and operate the public post secondary institution in accordance with its mandate; develop, manage and operate, alone or in co-operation with any person or organization, programs, services and facilities for the educational or cultural advancement of the people of Alberta. The Board of Governors is the corporate entity of the University. Land titles, agreements and leases bear the name The Governors of the University of Calgary. The members of the Board of Governors, as trustees, hold the University in trust for the people of the Province of Alberta.

General Faculties Council (GFC) is also a body established in the Post-Secondary Learning Act. The Post-Secondary Learning Act gives GFC authority over the institution's academic affairs, subject to the approval of the Board, and as such is the senior academic decision- and policy-making body of the University. GFC may make recommendations to the Board of Governors on several other issues.

The President connects the two governing bodies, as Chair of GFC and as a voting member of the Board. Recommendations from GFC to the Board are transmitted through the President.