FACULTY COUNCIL FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES APPROVED MEETING MINUTES March 27, 2015 10:30 12:00, Room CEP A2211 CEP Campus CHAIR: PRESENT: REGRETS: ABSENT: Joanne MacLean David Harper, Alastair Hodges, Kathy Keiver (via Skype), Alison Pritchard Orr, Shelley Canning, Pamela Causton, Karen Davidson, Sheila Edwards, Lee-Anne Jackson, Deborah Larson, JoAnne Nelmes, Janice Savoy, Paula Stubbings, Marlene Upton, Katie Baird, Diane Cruikshank, Greg St. Hilaire. (15 voting members present; Quorum = 11 members) Adele Phillips, Amber Johnston, Anne Kent, Cindy Schultz, Dawna Williams, Debbie Horin, Debbie Jobb, Elvira Warner, Hannah MacDonald, Heather Compeau, Janet Davis, Joanna Sheppard, Karen Davidson, Kate McCulloch, Margaret Shamro, Michael Gaetz, Nancy Goad, Renette Aubin Boisclair, Rona Miller, Rosie Friesen, Sarah Johanson, Shellie Steidle Arlene Haley, Brian Justin, Cecilia Grant, Chris Bertram, Emilio Landolfi, Gianina Bocsanu, Guillermo Leon Torres, Jason Brandenburg, Kevin Antonishen, Lynne Wells, Roger Friesen, Samantha Hampton. RECORDER: Eleanor Busse Klassen 1. WELCOME The meeting was called to order at 10:34 a.m. with Dean, Joanne MacLean as Chair. Quorum was confirmed. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA AND MINUTES 2.1 Adoption of Agenda Item 5.3 Senate Report for Faculty of Health Sciences was added to the agenda previously circulated. March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 1
MOTION: THAT the agenda be approved as amended. Minutes - March 27, 2015 Alastair Hodges/Dave Harper CARRIED 2.2 Adoption of Minutes of February 27, 2015 MOTION: THAT the minutes of the Health Sciences Faculty Council meeting of February 27, 2015 be approved as circulated. JoAnne Nelmes/Paula Stubbings CARRIED 1 abstention 3. REPRESENTATIVE TO UEC CURRICULUM QUALITY SUBCOMMITTEE Samantha Hampton volunteered to represent the Faculty of Health Sciences on the UEC Curriculum Quality Subcommittee. MOTION: THAT the Health Sciences Faculty Council approve Samantha Hampton as the representative from our Faculty to the UEC Curriculum Quality subcommittee. Sheila Edwards/Alastair Hodges 4. FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES DRAFT STRATEGIC PLAN CARRIED Unanimous The DRAFT was circulated via email prior to the meeting. Hard copies were available at the meeting as well. Joanne MacLean made some introductory comments about the value of a Strategic Plan for the Faculty. It is meant to identify where we want to be at a particular point in time and then to align our resources toward meeting these goals. Mission, Vision and Values were set at a retreat in June 2013. Last year in June, Lorne MacKenzie facilitated a retreat to help articulate and identify key performance indicators or objectives to help achieve these goals. A Working Group was formed to look at where we are and where we have been in terms of our faculty planning, to look at the University s plans, and to look at Strat Plans from other departments. The members of the working group are: Shelley Canning, Lee-Anne Jackson, Joanne MacLean, JoAnne Nelmes, Alison Pritchard Orr, Joanna Sheppard, Paula Stubbings. The document has general objectives for the entire Faculty of Health Sciences, with more specific objectives under those general objectives for Nursing programs, the Dental program, and the KPE program. There is no motion today no decision today, just the opportunity to review and discuss. The current draft Strategic Plan document will be circulated to all faculty in Health Sciences following this meeting for written feedback. The deadline for this first round of feedback is April 10 th. An updated/second draft will be circulated again for a second opportunity for feedback around April March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 2
20 th, with a feedback deadline of April 30 th. If there is a lot of feedback, there will be a third round of editing, circulation and feedback. The goal is to have a final document ready for the May 22 Faculty Council meeting for ratification. Everyone was encouraged to review the document and to submit their thoughts, comments and suggestions to Eleanor before the deadlines outlined above for consideration. A summary of the Faculty Council discussion is attached as Appendix A to these Minutes. 5. INFORMATION ITEMS 5.1 Science Faculty Council Report... Dave Harper The report from Dave Harper was circulated at the meeting in hard copy. Dave pointed out that there would be a Science Night on April 14 th 5 8 pm D121 Abbotsford campus. The Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with a specialty in Horticulture and are working on a major in Food Science. 5.2 New Science of Nutrition presentation. This presentation by Dave Harper will be April 7 th at the Abbotsford campus theatre B101. 5.3 Senate report for Faculty of Health Sciences... Alastair Hodges. The report was circulated in hard copy at the meeting. Alastair reported that the main topics at the March 13 th Senate meeting were the budget presentation by Jackie Hogan and the Provost s report that included the transition of the Writing Centre to the Academic Success Centre. 5.4 Faculty of Health Sciences Convocation Thursday, June 11 at 3:00 p.m. There will be a reception for our students and faculty prior to the ceremony at the Phoenix lounge. Joanne encouraged faculty to plan to attend Convocation. 5.5 Senate Sub-Committees representatives are needed. 6. NEXT MEETING The next Faculty Council meeting is scheduled for Friday, May 22, 2015; 10:00 11:30, Room A2215, CEP Campus. MOTION to Adjourn: JoAnne Nelmes/Dave Harper Meeting Adjourned at 12:05 p.m. March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 3
Appendix A: FHS Strategic Plan discussion notes from March 27, 2015 Faculty Council meeting: Dave Harper suggestion that under Strategic Goal Statements for the Faculty of Health Sciences Health & Wellness Programming somehow include that our students are prepared for careers in their chosen field. Under Capacity Building is there a way to craft a connection between this statement and the SEM plan goals of Health & Wellness; Agriculture and the Environmentally- Responsible Development of the Fraser Valley; and Digital Media Technologies. Objectives: Faculty of Health Sciences Workplace Culture: Sandra Flynn - workload has an effect on culture; Joanne - Workload is a collective agreement issue so cannot be addressed in a strategic plan. Workplace culture is addressed more specifically in this section under Nursing Programs. Alastair Hodges - social events should not be mandatory; Shelley Canning within a healthy faculty all of this falls into place, people will engage in a respectful way because of what is going on at the foundation. Katie Baird Smaller departments appreciate opportunities that are created to interact with colleagues from other program areas. Dave Harper perhaps a statement that addresses respect for work/life balance. Objectives: Nursing Programs: Student Success: Suggestion that the first bullet under Enhance student experiential learning needs clarification. Sheila Edwards expressed concern about wording that seems to limit opportunities instead of expanding partnerships. Health and Wellness Programming: Sheila Question about health centre for community, health, wellness and fitness under the KPE section. Would this be inter-disciplinary as the Nursing programs have been talking about a student health centre for some time. Joanne this is more of a centre for the promotion and study of these areas not a health clinic. There would definitely be opportunities for interdisciplinary initiatives. Pamela Causton question about two new certificates focusing on the needs of health care practitioners. JoAnne Nelmes Currently our students go elsewhere for electives and do not think of coming back to UFV for courses for example, breastfeeding. Sandra Is there a need for a bridging program for healthcare professionals trained outside of Canada. Kwantlen already has this program. Joanne There has been quite a bit of discussion at the provincial ministry level about this. We would not move forward with something like this if the need is not there. Capacity Building: Sheila under Maintain and expand student study tours add and student exchanges Workplace Culture: Dave a formal mentoring program could conflict with collective agreement language. Alastair What is the difference between the first and third bullet points? Joanne the first was meant to focus on development of a formal orientation for new faculty and sessional instructors. The third point was more of a voluntary and individual mentoring program between senior faculty members and new hires. March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 4
There were suggestions for changes in wording to clarify the difference between these two points. Communicate Success: These are very similar in all three program areas. There may be some customization within departments. Suggestion to include current students in the last bullet point Engage current students and Nursing alumni to share Objectives: Dental Program Dental program faculty were unable to attend Faculty Council due to classroom commitments. They were involved in the development of their Objectives and they will submit their suggestions, comments and concerns individually. Objectives: KPE Program Student Success: Alastair this looks ambitious. KPE is already establishing majors in Exercise Science and in Pedagogy with those going forward in the approval process this fall. An internship program, as well as a formal honours program, a capstone course and a review of KPE electives could all be added. It may be counter-productive to move forward with the current work on majors and then immediately look at changing to add these items. Alison These are goals and need to be refined to reflect what the priorities for the department are. Joanne asked that feedback from KPE individuals and the department include this review of departmental priorities. We would not want to include anything in this plan that we cannot start working on within the next five years. Dave We need to be aware of promising things we cannot deliver. Maybe just softening the language such as this example instead of implement. Alison part of this was to capture ideas that have already been discussed. Alastair concern about current curriculum development work that is being done being re-worked too soon. Health and Wellness Programming: Alastair Question about UFV health centre? Is this a genuine university Centre with governance and funding or more of a centre for KPE studies? Alison a way to engage the community with the KPE lab. The problem is with the word centre and needs word-smithing. Sheila question about the interdisciplinary Health Sciences course. Would it include all of the listed items or are these just examples. Alison These were just examples potential topics. This item should be listed under the Nursing and Dental Programs Objectives as well. Capacity Building: Sandra Partnerships with community organizations is also done by Nursing students. There are collaborative opportunities for all programs here as well. Joanne the intention is to expand on opportunities within partnership agreements that currently exist. Dave suggestion to add potential for partnerships with Agriculture programs. Workplace Culture: Dave wonders if the second bullet under mentor new faculty belongs there. Can these items actually be measured? Remove the word measurable. Samarjit Under create and support professional events the bullet under that is applicable to all programs (UFV Health Sciences & Fraser Valley Health Conference). This should be under all program objectives. Alastair Engagement should be under workplace culture as well. Service is one part of that. Alastair will think about how to include it. March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 5
Communicate Success: The final sub-bullet should include current KPE students as well as alumni. Minutes - March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 Health Sciences Faculty Council 6