Friday, January 26, 2018, 1:00 p.m. Room F-216 Welcome and Introductions Approval of the Agenda Approval of the Minutes of December 1, 2017 Business Arising from the Minutes Academic Council Committees (A-C. Banville) Standard Blurbs for Policies – Follow Up
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Thursday, January 18th, 2018 ROOM F-216 at 2pm Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes Business Arising Reports & Announcements Coordinators’ meeting New Business VCTA elections to replace External V-P Members’ Concerns Varia Adjournment REMINDER: BRING YOUR OWN COFFEE CUP OR
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Boardroom F-216, Time: 2:00 p.m. Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes – November 28, 2017 Business Arising VCTA Release Time Quality Assurance Reports & Announcements New Business Audit Committee Report -2016-17 Memorials for Deceased Colleagues* Continuing Education
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Thursday, November 30, 2017 ROOM F-216 at 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes – November 16, 2017 Business Arising Quality Assurance Cont Ed Charge Recommendations for 2018-2019 Projet By Law 3 Reports & Announcements Coordinators’
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Friday, December 1, 2017, 1:00 p.m. Room F-216 Welcome and Introductions Approval of the Agenda Approval of the Minutes of September 15, 2017 Business Arising from the Minutes Recommendations of Academic Space Committee (A-C. Banville) Academic Council Committees (A-C. Banville)
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Asbestos update We are happy to be able, finally, to report good news on the asbestos test results. After surmounting the obstacles the College put in place in order for us to obtain copies of the air quality test results that were done for the renovations in A-500, which involved asbestos, we have
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PD and “dubious” conferences Last May, the Professional Development Committee started to receive PD requests to attend conferences that seemed somewhat peculiar. The admin rep on the committee started to question some and spent a few minutes developing an “abstract” that
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The New York Times “A Peek Inside the Strange World of Fake Academia” A Peek Inside the Strange World of Fake Academia www.nytimes.com Sham scholarly publications and academic conferences without rigor reflect a legitimate problem: too many Ph.D.-holders chasing
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Thursday, November 16, 2017 ROOM F-216 at 1:15 pm – 4:00 pm Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes – November 2, 2017 Business Arising Asbestos Cont Ed charges By Law 3 SO24 update – resources for teachers with students with
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Cont Ed Teachers’ Special Meeting You are invited to a special meeting to address the specific concerns of Cont Ed teachers over wine and cheese: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, on Thursday, January 25, 2018. (We chose this time, in
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