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The Emily Carr University of Art + Design Board of Governors is pleased to present an update on its activities from September 2014—August 2015.

If you would like further information, please contact Alisha Walsh, University Secretary at:

604.844.3811 [email protected]

EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY OF ART + DESIGN 1399 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9


BOARD MEMBERSHIP 2015

Chancellor

Geoff Plant (as of May 1/15) John C. (Jake) Kerr (until April 30/15)

President + Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Ron Burnett

Appointed Members

Toby Baker (until July 31/15) Angela Baldonero (until July 31/15) Shauna Bryan (as of July 31/15) Jo Delesalle (as of July 31/15) Rick Mischel Michael O’Brian Kim Peacock (as of July 31/15) Blair Qualey Bob Rennie Denise Turner (until July 31/15)

Faculty Members

Dr. Randy Lee Cutler (as of Nov 22/14) Ingrid Koenig John Wertschek (until Nov 21/14)

Employee Member

Gaye Fowler

Student Members

Gloria Han Salguero Kiernan

BOARD COMMITTEES 2015

Executive + Human Resources Committee

Evaleen Jaager Roy, Chair Michael O’Brian, Vice Chair Jake Kerr, Director-at-Large (until April 30, 2015) Bob Rennie, Director-at-Large John Wertschek, Director-at-Large (until Nov 21/14)

Finance + Audit Committee

Rick Mischel, Chair Michael O’Brian Denise Turner

Policy Governance Committee

Blair Qualey, Chair Toby Baker Ron Burnett Gaye Fowler Ingrid Koenig

Board Representatives

Foundation Board: Evaleen Jaager Roy Senate Representative: Ingrid Koenig Sabbatical Committee: Blair Qualey PSEA Members’ Board Compensation Committee: Blair Qualey


Emily Carr is a public post-secondary institution governed in accordance with the University Act of British Columbia. It operates with a bicameral governance system with a duly constituted Board of Governors and Senate, both of which include representation from faculty, staff, administrators, alumni and students.

BOARD RESPONSIBILITIES The Board of Governors is the senior governing body at Emily Carr and has responsibility for the management, administration and control of property, revenue, business and affairs of the University. The Board operates in accordance with the University Act, Board Bylaws, Board and University policies and procedures and other provincial legislation and direction.

The Board has 15 members which include the Chancellor, President + Vice-Chancellor, two elected faculty members, two elected student members, one elected employee member and eight members appointed by the Government of British Columbia.

SENATE RESPONSIBILITIES Senate is the senior academic governing body at Emily Carr and has responsibility for academic degree programs, curriculum, evaluation and the granting of degrees. The Senate also acts in an advisory capacity to the Board and must advise the Board and the Board must seek advice from the Senate on the development of educational policy as outlined in the Act.

Senate has 25 members which include the Chancellor, President + Vice-Chancellor, Vice President Academic + Provost, all Deans, University Librarian, two faculty members elected from each Faculty, four students, an alumni member, two support staff and a Board representative.

HONORARY DEGREE + EMILY AWARD RECIPIENTS The Board was pleased to recognize the following individuals as recipients of this year’s Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree and the Emily Award (which recognizes outstanding alumni):

Kate Fletcher, Honorary Doctor of Letters

Kate is a dedicated advocate of ethics and sustainability in fashion and design. She is the founder of Slow Fashion, a design for sustainability consultancy working with companies, educational institutions and organizations fostering sustainability around the world. Kate is Professor of Sustainability, Design and Fashion at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion, London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, and has authored over fifty scholarly publications.

Pan Gongkai, Honorary Doctor of Letters

Pan is an internationally acclaimed educator, scholar and artist. He has made invaluable contributions to Chinese modern and contemporary art worldwide and has been instrumental in developing educational and cultural programs throughout China. He is the former President of both the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the China Academy of Arts. His influential body of research entitled The Road of Chinese Modern Art, has been presented in both publication and exhibition form and his ink paintings and installation works have been exhibited worldwide in group and solo exhibitions including the Venice Biennale.

Evaleen Jaager Roy, Honorary Doctor of Letters

Evaleen is an inspirational business and community leader who is the current Chair of the Board of Governors at Emily Carr. After earning an MBA from Harvard, she become Vice President of Human


Resources at Electronic Arts and has since developed an international consultancy agency, coaching executives worldwide. She currently sits on the Board of Governors at the Banff Centre and the Asia Pacific Foundation and is the former Chair of the Simon Fraser University Board. Evaleen was recently awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

John Montalbano, Honorary Doctor of Letters

John is one of Canada’s most influential and dynamic business and philanthropic leaders. An alumnus of UBC, he currently leads the organization as the Chair of the Board of Governors. For the past decade, John has been the CEO of RBC Global Asset Management. His outstanding dedication to community and philanthropic organizations includes the Vancouver Community Arts Council, Science World, BC Down Syndrome Research Foundation, the Power to Be Society, and The Canada Council for the Arts, the University of Victoria and UBC. John is also a member of the Emily Carr Campaign Cabinet.

Daina Warren, Emily Award

Daina is a rising star among Canadian curators. A member of the Akamihk Cree Nation in Maskwacis Alberta, Daina graduated from Emily Carr in 2003. Her work as a curator led to two fellowship awards from the Canada Council and in 2012 she earned a Master’s in Art History. She has distinguished herself through roles at grunt gallery and the National Gallery of Canada. Daina continues her remarkable career as the Director of Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Winnipeg where she is a dedicated advocate and champion for contemporary Aboriginal art.

NEW CAMPUS For 90 years, Emily Carr faculty, alumni, students and staff have made significant and lasting contributions to the world of art, media and design. This tradition will continue and expand in our new campus at Great Northern Way. Earlier this year, we celebrated breaking ground and the start of construction of our new campus, which will be purpose-built and will provide students, faculty, staff, alumni, life-long

learners and the community with a world-class, state-of-the-art facility for 21st century learning.

The Board of Governors has been actively involved, both collectively and individually, in advocating for and supporting a new campus for Emily Carr. This past year was momentous in the history of the new campus project as Applied Arts Partners was selected as the team that we will work with to design, build, finance and maintain the campus, the Project Agreement was approved, the first renderings and images of the new campus were unveiled and we also broke ground at the new campus.

BOARD APPROVALS + ACTIVITIES

September 2014

• Evaleen Jaager Roy elected Chair of the Board

• Michael O’Brian elected Vice Chair of the Board

• Jake Kerr, Bob Rennie and Blair Qualey elected Directors-at-Large

• Approval of banking resolution for signing authorities

• Oath of Office and welcome to new Board members Denise Turner and Salguero Kiernan

• Review of Presidential priorities

• Approval of Safe Disclosure Policy

• Approval of Confidentiality Policy

• Report on new campus project

• Regular reports from Chancellor, Chair, President + Vice-Chancellor, Vice President Academic + Provost, Vice President Enrolment + Student Services / Registrar and Senate

• Members signed the annual conflict declaration form

• Presentation by Broek Bosma, Associate Vice President External Relations, regarding campaign and fundraising update


November 2014

• Oath of Office and welcome to new Board members Angela Baldonero and Randy Lee Cutler

• Approval of Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree recipients

• Approval of Emily Award recipient

• Approval of faculty sabbaticals for 2015/16 academic year

• Approval of Chancellor Selection policy


• Regular reports from Chancellor, Chair, President + Vice-Chancellor, Vice President Academic + Provost, Vice President Enrolment + Student Services / Registrar, Senate and Board Committees

• Presentation by Sadira Rodrigues, Dean, Continuing Studies regarding strategic direction for department

March 2015

• Approval of new student Board member terms

• Approval of Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree recipient

• Approval of New Campus Project Agreement

• Appointment of new Chancellor

• Approval of Authority for use of GNWC Lands

• Regular reports from Board Committees

• Presentation by Applied Arts Partners regarding new campus design and renderings

April 2015

• Approval of 2015/16 Operating Budget

• Approval of Administrator Emeritus Status Policy

• Approval of Honorary Doctorate Degree Recipient

• Approval of Chancellor Emeritus

• Approval of Term Appointment of Vice President Academic + Provost


• Regular reports from Chair, President + Vice-Chancellor, Vice President Academic + Provost and Senate

• Presentation by Chelsea Yuill, Chair, Emily Carr Student Union regarding mandate and work of Student Union and “How can the Board of Governors and its individual members work to counteract government trends for post-secondary so as to maintain affordability?”

May 2015

• Graduation ceremony and events

• Approval of Audited Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 2013


• Regular reports from President + Vice-Chancellor, Vice President Academic + Provost, Vice President Enrolment + Student Services / Registrar and Senate

• Report on Presidential Priorities

July 2015

• Approval of Faculty Collective Agreement

• Approval of Honorary Doctorate Degree recipients

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