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Reappointment of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

MCLIU congratulates Professor Jim Nicell on his reappointment as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. We look forward to working with him in future and wish him all success in his second term.

From: MRO McGill Staff
 Sent: Friday, April 27, 2018 10:00 AM 
Subject: Reappointment of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

Sent on behalf of Professor Christopher Manfredi, Provost and Vice-Principal Academic

Dear members of the McGill community:

It is my pleasure to announce the reappointment of Professor Jim Nicell as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. Prof. Nicell’s second five-year term will begin on July 1, 2018, and end June 30, 2023. The Advisory Committee for the Possible Reappointment of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering conducted an extensive evaluation of Prof. Nicell’s performance, including a 360-degree leadership assessment and review of written comments from members of the McGill community. The McGill University Board of Governors accepted the committee’s recommendation during its meeting on April 26, 2018.

Under Prof. Nicell’s leadership, the Faculty of Engineering has maintained its commitment to a student-centered learning environment, to leading-edge research, and to promoting partnership and engagement within McGill and beyond.

Professor Nicell is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering & Applied Mechanics and a registered professional engineer. He earned his PhD in environmental engineering from the University of Windsor in 1991 and joined McGill’s Faculty of Engineering the following year. His research has focused on developing catalytic processes for treating trace contaminants in water, new methods for risk assessment of contaminants of emerging concern, and green approaches to chemical design and production. His work has directly contributed to the implementation of policies, regulations and permitting processes in Canada and elsewhere to protect human health and the environment. Prior to becoming Dean, Prof. Nicell served as McGill’s Associate Vice-Principal (University Services) from 2007 to 2012 and as his faculty’s Associate Dean (Student Affairs) from 2001 to 2006. He is the current Vice-Chair of the National Council of Deans of Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Please join me in congratulating Prof. Nicell on his reappointment as Dean. Thank you to the members of the Advisory Committee, and to everyone in the community who shared their comments and advice during the reappointment process.

With best regards,

Professor Christopher Manfredi
Provost and Vice-Principal Academic

MCLIU welcomes the new Dean of School of Continuing Studies

On behalf of the McGill Course Lecturers and Instructors Union (MCLIU), I extend a warm welcome to Dr. Carola Weil, the new Dean of McGill’s School of Continuing Studies. We look forward to building a healthy and respectful working and teaching environment.

Raad Jassim
President, MCLIU

Campaign for support of print media

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December 2017 Season’s Greetings Get-together

Attended by special guests: Mr. Ram Panda, Chair of Board of Governors; Mr. Yves Beauchamp, VP Administration and Finance; Sylvain Marois, Vice-président regroupement université Fédération nationale des enseignantes et enseignants du Québec (FNEEQ-CSN) and other Presidents of Course Lecturers Unions in Québec: Christine Gauthier, Pierre Verge and Robert Soroka.

National survey on Contract Academic Staff

You can participate till December 15, 2017.

The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is undertaking the first ever national study on the experiences of contract academic staff. If you taught in the 2016-2017 academic year in a non-permanent position, please fill out the survey by December 15. The survey will gather data on a range of objective qualities of contract positions, such as wages, hours of work, office space, and teaching loads, as well as on the experiences of a contract academic.

The survey consists of approximately 60 questions—some multiple-choice and some open-ended—that should take approximately 30 minutes to complete. It will be open until December 15, 2017. The survey can be accessed at survey.caut.ca.

Additional information on the study, data protection, confidentiality, and risks of participation is accessible via a linked Informed Consent document in the survey’s introduction.
If you have any questions, please contact the lead researcher, Dr. Karen Foster at 902-494-6751 or Karen.Foster@dal.ca (email is most reliable).

This research will help strengthen local and collective efforts to win fairness for contract academic staff.