Senate Membership (2025-2026)

Faculty Representatives:

Faculty of Arts

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in term
Margaret Moulson	Psychology	1	2
Evan Cleave	Geography	1	2
Nima Naghibi	English	1	2
Andrew Hunter	Chair, Philosophy	1	1

Faculty of Community Services

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Sejal Patel*	Director, Early Childhood Studies	1	2
Denise McLane-Davison	Social Work	1	2
Petra Roberts	Child and Youth Care	2	2
Dawn Onishenko	Social Work	1	2

The Creative School

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Caroline O'Brien	Chair, School of Performance	2	2
Afsoon Soudi	RTA School of Media - Media Production	1	2
Danielle Martin	Fashion	1	2
Nicole Forrester	RTA School of Media - Sport Media	1	1

Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Lisa Landrum	Chair, Architectural Science	1	2
Rania Hamza	Civil Engineering	1	1
Rasha Kashef	Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering	1	2
Mehrab Mehrvar	Chemical Engineering	1	2

Faculty of Science

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Costin Antonescu	Chair, Chemistry and Biology	1	2
Marc Adler	Chemistry and Biology	1	2
Vacant (TBD)		1	2
Alexandre (Sasha) Douplik	Physics	1	1

Ted Rogers School of Management

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Laleh Samarbakhsh	Chair, Finance	1	2
Alan Kaplan	Accounting & Finance	1	2
Irfan Butt	Marketing Management	1	2
Bouchaib Bahli	Information Technology Management	1	2

G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education

Name	Department/School	Term #	Year in Term
Chris Cachia	Continuing Education	1	1
Nhan Tran	Continuing Education	1	1

Lincoln Alexander School of Law

Name	Faculty	Term	Year in Term
Uchechukwu Ngwaba	Law	2	1
Priscylla Joca	Law	1	1

At-Large Faculty

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

Librarian, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA), Indigenous Faculty

Name	Designation	Term	Year in Term
Brandon Martin	Indigenous
Catherine Jenkins	Canadia Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Jesmen Mendoza	Toronto Faculty Association (TFA)
Alison Skyrme	Librarian	1	2

Student Representatives:

Students (Faculty Representatives)

Name	Faculty, Department/School	Term
Raiyan Mirja	Faculty of Arts, Politics and Governance	1
Luke Bowden	Faculty of Community Services, Social Work	1
Hailey Ford	The Creative School, Journalism	1
Anastasia Trivanovic	Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science, Electrical Engineering	1
Aedan Hennessy	Faculty of Science, Mathematics	1
Andrea Trivisonno	Ted Rogers School of Management, Business Technology Management	1
Maasilan Vigneswaran	Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Juris Doctor	1
Atif Ahmad	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Computer Science (PhD)	1
Kenneth Gabriel Antenor	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Molecular Science (PhD)	2
Alexandra Culcearu	Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Business Administration (MBA)	1
David Marmor	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Computer Coding	1
Vacant	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management	1

At-Large Students

Name	Faculty, Department/ School	Term
Ahmed Elshahed	Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Mechatronics Engineering	2
Hetu Patel	Faculty of Science, Computer Science	1
May Qaid	Ted Rogers School of Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management	1
Anamika Sharma	Faculty of Law, Lincoln Alexander School of Law	1
Jack Vanek	Ted Rogers School of Management, Business Management	1

TMSU, TMAPS & TMGSU Representatives

Name	Designation	Term
TBD	Vice-President Education, Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union (TMSU)	1
Esther Deng	Vice-President Governance and Academic Policy, Toronto Metropolitan Association of Part-time Students (TMAPS)	1
Saadeq Ahmed	President, Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Students' Union (TMGSU)	1

Alumni Representatives

Name	Term
Jacob Circo, BURPl Urban and Regional Planning	Year 1 of Term 1
Pamela Kerr, Project Management Certificate	Year 1 of Term 1

Ex-Officio

Name	Designation
Donette Chin-Loy Chang	Chancellor
Mohamed Lachemi	President, Vice-Chancellor and Chair of Senate
Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano	Provost and Vice-President, Academic
Saeed Zolfaghari	Vice-President, Administration and Operations
Steven Liss	Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Krishan Mehta	Vice-President, University Advancement and Alumni Relations
Tanya (Toni) De Mello	Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
Sean Kheraj	Vice Provost, Academic
Patrizia Albanese	Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs
Jen McMillen	Vice Provost, Students
Kimberley McCausland	Vice Provost, University Planning
Amy Peng	Dean, Faculty of Arts
Kiaras Gharabaghi	Dean, Faculty of Community Services
Natalie Alvarez	Dean, The Creative School
Sri Krishnan	Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Donna Young Graham Hudson	Dean, Faculty of Law Interim Dean, Faculty of Law (January 2026 - June 2026)
David Cramb Andrew McWilliams	Dean, Faculty of Science Interim Dean, Faculty of Science (January 2026 - June 2026)
Cynthia Holmes	Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management
Teresa M. Chan	Dean, School of Medicine & Vice-President, Medical Affairs
Carl Kumaradas	Vice-Provost and Dean, Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Linda Koechli	Dean, G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Shari Hodges (Interim)	Registrar
Mark Robertson	Dean of Libraries
Donna Bell	Secretary of Senate (Non-voting)

Senate Associates (non-voting)

Name	Title/Department/School/Faculty
Jessica Cammaert	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Anne-Marie Brinsmead	G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Bonnie Johnson	Indigenous
Alexa Vzrovski	Indigenous
Kelly Train	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 1)
Rob Denning	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 2)
Rebecca Scenna	Canadian Union of Public Employees (Unit 3)

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) )