Senate Membership (2024-2025)

Faculty Representatives:

Faculty of Arts

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in term
Brennan Thompson	Chair, Economics	1	2
Evan Cleave	Geography	1	1
Margaret Moulson	Psychology	1	1
Nima Naghibi	English	1	1

Faculty of Community Services

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Dawn Onishenko	Social Work	1	1
Denise McLane-Davison	Social Work	1	1
Petra Roberts	Child and Youth Care	2	1
Raktim Mitra	Director, Urban and Regional Planning	1	1

The Creative School

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Afsoon Soudi	RTA School of Media	1	1
Caroline O'Brien	Chair, School of Performance	2	1
Danielle Martin	Fashion	1	1
Katty Alhayek	Professional Communication	1	1

Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Farrokh Janabi-Sharifi	Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering	1	2
Lisa Landrum	Chair, Architectural Science	1	1
Mehrab Mehrvar (Winter 2025)	Chemical Engineering	1	1
Rasha Kashef	Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering	1	1

Faculty of Science

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Carina Rebello	Physics	1	1
Costin Antonescu	Chair, Chemistry and Biology	1	1
Marc Adler	Chemistry and Biology	1	1
Marcus Santos	Computer Science	1	2

Ted Rogers School of Management

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Alan Kaplan	Accounting & Finance	1	1
Bouchaib Bahli	Information Technology Management	1	1
Irfan Butt	Marketing Management	1	1
Laleh Samarbakhsh	Chair, Finance	1	1

G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Ross Fair	History	1	2
Jamal El Ali	Continuing Education	1	2

Lincoln Alexander School of Law

Name	Faculty	Term	Year in Term
Uchechukwu Ngwaba	Law	1	2
Vacant	Law	1	1

At-Large Faculty

Name	Faculty, Department/School	Term	Year in Term
Alex Ferworn	Faculty of Science, Computer Science	2	1
Kateryna Metersky	Faculty of Community Services, Nursing	2	1
Diane Pirner	Faculty of Community Services, Nursing	1	1
Tara Burke	Faculty of Arts, Psychology	1	1
Donatus Oguamanam	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering	1	1
Comondore (Ravi) Ravindran	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering	1	1
Jennifer McArthur	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Architectural Science	1	1
Joseph Medaglia	The Creative School, Fashion	1	1

Librarian, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association, Indigenous Faculty

Name	Designation	Term	Year in Term
Vacant	Indigenous
Catherine Jenkins	Canadia Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Jesmen Mendoza	Toronto Faculty Association (TFA)
Alison Skyrme	Librarian	1	1

Student Representatives:

Students (Faculty Representatives)

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Name	Faculty, Department/School	Term
Aaron McQuaid	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Environmental Applied Science and Management (PhD)	1
Allision Allison	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Data Analytics Big Data and Predictive Analytics	1
Batool Qasim	The Creative School, Professional Communication	1
Jessica Ward	Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science, Biomedical Engineering	1
Joanna Eaton	Faculty of Community Services, Midwifery	1
Kenneth Gabriel Antenor	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Molecular Science (MSc)	1
Latif Ali Ayub Ali Syed	Ted Rogers School of Management, Real Estate Management	1
Louise Malabanan	Faculty of Science, Biomedical Sciences	1
Maddison Wilson	Lincoln Alexander School of Law	1
Mohammed Ur Rahman	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Business Administration (MBA)	1
Mohammed Zakir Hossain Chowdhury	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Business Management	1
Simone Cellario	Faculty of Arts, Sociology	2

At-Large Students

Name	Faculty, Department/ School	Term
Nakeiro Ayudo	Faculty of Community Services, Urban and Regional Planning	1
Veda Aziz	Faculty of Arts, Criminology and Politics and Governance	1
Patricia Doan-Mcfarlane	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Industrial Engineering	1
Tahnia Naveed	Faculty of Community Services, Collaborative Nursing	1
Ahmed Elshahed	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Mechatronics Engineering	1

TMSU, TMAPS & TMGSU Representatives

Name	Designation	Term
Aneesa Masood	Vice-President Education, Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union (TMSU)	1
Annie Yang	Vice-President Governance and Academic Policy, Toronto Metropolitan Association of Part-time Students (TMAPS)	1
Bahareh Chaichypour	President, Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Students' Union (TMGSU)	1

Alumni Representatives

Name	Term
Katie Choi	Year 2 of Term 1
Stephen Miles Van Dine	Year 2 of Term 1

Ex-Officio

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Name	Designation
Amy Peng (Interim)	Dean, Faculty of Arts
Carl Kumaradas	Vice-Provost and Dean, Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Charles Falzon	Dean, The Creative School
Cynthia Holmes	Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management
David Cramb	Dean, Faculty of Science
Donette Chin-Loy Chang	Chancellor
Donna Bell	Secretary of Senate (Non-voting)
Donna Young	Dean, Faculty of Law
Jen McMillen	Vice Provost, Students
Kiaras Gharabaghi	Dean, Faculty of Community Services
Kimberley McCausland	Vice Provost, University Planning
Krishan Mehta	Vice-President, University Advancement and Alumni Relations
Linda Koechli	Dean, G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Mark Robertson	Dean of Libraries
Mohamed Lachemi	President, Vice-Chancellor and Chair of Senate
Patrizia Albanese	Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano	Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Saeed Zolfaghari	Vice-President, Administration and Operations
Sean Kheraj	Vice Provost, Academic
Shari Hodges (Interim)	Registrar
Sri Krishnan	Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Steven Liss	Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Tanya (Toni) De Mello	Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
Teresa M. Chan	Dean, School of Medicine & Vice-President, Medical Affairs

Senate Associates (non-voting)

Name	Title/Department/School/Faculty
Elder Joanne Dallaire	Indigenous
Jessica Cammaert (Interim)	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Karina Brant	Indigenous
Kelly Train	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 1)
Lena Patterson	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Rebecca Scenna	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 3)
Rob Denning	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 2)

Emeritus

Senator Emeritus	Dept./School/Faculty	Year
David Checkland	Philosophy, Faculty of Arts	2023

 Senator Emeritus: A title conferred by the TMU Senate for the purpose of recognizing the meritorious service of a faculty/librarian member upon or after retirement. The status shall carry no duties or obligations, but its holder may be called upon for advice or counsel. (Senate Bylaw #1, Section 1.14. (external link) )