University of Calgary

 

General Faculties Council

Subject to the authority of the Board of Governors, General Faculties Council is primarily responsible for the academic affairs of the University. The General Faculties Council consists of:

• the President (as Chair),
• the Vice-Presidents,
• the Dean of each Faculty,
• the Director of Libraries and Cultural Resources,
• the Registrar,
• the elected members representing the Faculties,
• two students nominated by the council of the Students' Union,
• one student nominated by the council of the Graduate Students' Association, and
• the appointed members, who include:
  • 13 students representing each undergraduate faculty,
  • the Academic Officer for Student Affairs,
  • the Director of Information Technologies,
  • the President of the Faculty Association,
  • one representative of the Alumni Association,
  • one representative of the Graduate Students' Association,
  • one member elected by Student and Academic Services, and
  • one member elected by the Library Council

Non-Voting observers include:

• two representatives from the Senate,
• one representative from the Management and Professional Staff,
• one representative from the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, and
• the Associate Vice-President (Academic)

The activity of the Board of Governors and the General Faculties Council is supported by the University Secretariat.

For a current General Faculties Council membership list, please refer to the University Secretariat website: http://www.ucalgary.ca/secretariat/gfc/GFC.htm.