Senate Membership

The membership of Senate is broadly representative of the university community. A majority of senators are faculty members and academic librarians. Faculty members are elected to represent all faculties and departments across the university, as well as affiliated and federated colleges. Senate also includes: eight students (including one graduate student and at least one student from Brantford), three alumni, one staff member and two representatives of the secondary school system of Ontario.

Senate also has several ex-officio members. In addition to the president and vice-chancellor of the university, who chairs Senate, each vice-president, dean of a Faculty, the chancellor, university librarian, registrar and head of each federated or affiliated college are ex-officio members.

The officers of Senate include the chair, vice-chair and secretary. The chair is the president and vice-chancellor per the Wilfrid Laurier University Act, while the vice-chair and secretary are elected by Senate in accordance with the governing documents.

Officers

• Senate Chair: Deborah MacLatchy, President and Vice-Chancellor
• Senate Vice-Chair: James Popham
• Senate Secretary: Vacant

Ex-Officio Members

• Chancellor: Nadir Patel
• President and Vice-Chancellor: Deborah MacLatchy
• Chair, Board of Governors: Simon Chan
• Principal-Dean, Martin Luther University College (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary): Kristine Lund
• Provost and Vice-President: Academic: Heidi Northwood
• Vice-President: Advancement and External Relations: Jason Coolman
• Interim Vice-President: Finance and Administration: Pam Cant
• Acting Vice-President: Student Affairs: Adam Lawrence
• Vice-President: Research: Jonathan Newman
• Associate Vice-President: Academic: Trish McLaren 
• Associate Vice-President: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Andrea Davis
• Associate Vice-President: Indigenous Initiatives: Darren Thomas
• Dean, Faculty of Arts: Sofie Lachapelle
• Dean, Faculty of Social Work: Michael Woodford
• Dean, Faculty of Education: Maria Cantalini-Williams
• Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: Brent Wolfe
• Dean, Faculty of Music: Cynthia Johnston Turner
• Dean, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics: Kyle Murray
• Dean, Faculty of Science: Anthony Clarke
• University Librarian: Scott Gillies 
• Interim Dean, Faculty of Liberal Arts: Tarah Brookfield
• Interim Dean, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences: Tarah Brookfield
• Registrar: Mike Emery

Elected/Appointed Members

• Three appointed by the Board of Governors:
  
  • Greg Dilworth
  • Joseph Micallef
  • Vacant

• One elected by administrative staff: Tyler Britz 

• One elected by academic librarians: Joanna Blair

• Seven elected by undergraduate students:
  
  • Wajiha Arshad
  • Lulia Habtemichael
  • Iqbal Hamza
  • Ruvahafi Jean Damour Mugabonihera
  • Christopher Matheson
  • Veronica Philip
  • Vacant

• One elected by graduate students: Adeniran Akkani

• Three appointed by the Alumni Association:
  • Anita Hansra
  • Devyn Kelly
  • Rachel Runge

• Two appointed by Senate to represent the Ontario Secondary School System:
  
  • Vida Collis
  • Jeff Crowell

• Two members of faculty from Martin Luther University College (Waterloo Lutheran Seminary):
  • Marc Blainey
  • Daniel Maoz 

• Eight from the Faculty of Arts:
  • Darryl Dee
  • Gary Foster
  • Penelope Ironstone
  • Loren King
  • Andrew Herman
  • Jill Rusin
  • Peter Urquhart
  • Ali Zaidi

• Ten from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics:
  
  • Abhijith Acharya
  • Ling Chu
  • Anne Domurath
  • Azim Essaji
  • Darren Henderson
  • Lisa Keeping
  • Mary Kelly
  • Ebrahim Mazaheri
  • Steve Risavy
  • Christos Shiamptanis

• Two from the Faculty of Education:
  
  • Kathleen Clarke
  • Jennifer Straub

• Two from the Faculty of Liberal Arts:
  
  • James Cairns 
  • Jonathan Lavery

• Three from the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences:
  
  • Ken Dowler
  • Rosemary McGowan
  • James Popham

• Two from the Faculty of Music:
  
  • Demian Kogutek
  • Gerard Yun

• Nine from the Faculty of Science:
  
  • Louise Dawe
  • Sean Doherty
  • Derek Gray
  • Shengda Hu
  • Paul Mallet
  • Abdul-Rahman Mawlood-Yunis
  • Robert McLeman
  • Stephen Perry
  • Sarah Poynter

• Two from the Faculty of Social Work:
  • Cheryl-Anne Cait
  • Michelle Skop