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Senate Membership (2026-2027)

Faculty Representatives:

Faculty of Arts

Name Department/School Term # Year in term
Andrew Hunter Chair, Philosophy 1 2
Irene Gammel English 1 1
Evan Cleave Geography 2 1
Eric Kam Economics 1 1

Faculty of Community Services

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term
Julian Hasford Director, Early Childhood Studies 1 1
Kathleen Peets Early Childhood Studies 1 1
Nick Bellissimo Nutrition 1 1
Yvonne Yuan Nutrition 1 1

The Creative School

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term
David Bouchard Chair, New Media 1 1
Krzysztof (Kris) Krystosiak Graphic Communications Management 1 1
Danielle Martin Fashion 2 1
Nicole Forrester RTA School of Media - Sport Media 1 2

Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term
Hekmat Alighanbari Chair, Aerospace Engineering 1 1
Rania Hamza Civil Engineering 2 1
Commondore (Ravi) Ravindran Mechanical, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering 1 1
Marco Antoniades Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering 1 1

Faculty of Science

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term
Dave Mason Chair, Computer Science 1
1
Alex Ferworn (Vice-Chair) Computer Science 1 1
Eric Da Silva Physics 1 1
Alexandre (Sasha) Douplik Physics 1 2

Ted Rogers School of Management

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term
Sameh Al Natour Director, Information Technology Management 1
1
Anson Ho Real Estate Management 1 1
Kenneth Kalu Global Management Studies 1 1
Julie Kellershohn Hospitality and Tourism Management 1
1

Lincoln Alexander School of Law

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

School of Medicine

Name Faculty Term  Year in Term
Fatima Maryam Hussain Medicine 1 1
Nirojini Sivachandran Medicine 1 1

G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education

Name Department/School Term # Year in Term

Chris Cachia

Continuing Education

1

2

Nhan Tran Continuing Education 1 2

At-Large Faculty

Name
Faculty, Department/School
Term Year in Term
Pavlo Bosyy The Creative School, Performance 1 1
Afsoon Soudi The Creative School, RTA School of Media 1 1
Mitu Sengupta Faculty of Arts, Politics and Public Administration 1 1
Tara Burke Faculty of Arts, Psychology 2 1
Jennifer McArthur Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science, Architectural Science 2 1
TBD      

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)    
Toby Malone Librarian 1 1

Student Representatives:

Students (Faculty Representatives)

Name

Faculty, Department/School

Term

Solyana Habtemariam

Faculty of Arts, Criminology

 1

William Ward

Faculty of Community Services, Social Work

 1

Alex Spyropoulos The Creative School, Sport Media 1

Ahmed Elshahed

Faculty of Engineering & Architectural Science, Mechatronics Engineering

1

Karman Khehra

Faculty of Science, Biomedical Sciences

1

Muhammad Dayan Imran

Ted Rogers School of Management, Business Technology Management

 1

Todd Westcott Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Juris Doctor 1
Prabhkirat Kaur School of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine  1

Christopher Blomkwist

Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Media and Design Innovation (PhD)

1

Nick Dreher

Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Policy Studies (PhD)

1

Junyeong Kim Yeates School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Medical Physics (PhD) 1
Christopher Lawrence G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Cybersecurity, Data Protection and Digital Forensics  1
Stephen Derraugh G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Foundations of International Management 1

At-Large Students

Name

Faculty, Department/ School

Term

Denyse Clara Faculty of Community Services, Social Work 1
David Kolev Ted Rogers School of Managmenent, Accounting and Finance 1
Li Jin Faculty of Law, Lincoln Alexander School of Law

1

Jack Vanek Ted Rogers School of Management, Business Management 2

TMSU, TMAPS & TMGSU Representatives

Name Designation
Term
Teresa Baricevic

Vice-President Education, Toronto Metropolitan Students' Union (TMSU)

Esther Deng

Vice-President Governance and Academic Policy, Toronto Metropolitan Association of Part-time Students (TMAPS)

2

Talia Ince  President, Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Students' Union (TMGSU) 1

Alumni Representatives

Name Term
Jacob Circo, BURPl Urban and Regional Planning Year 2 of Term 1

Pamela Kerr,  Project Management Certificate

Year 2 of Term 1

Ex-Officio

Name Designation

Donette Chin-Loy Chang 

 

Chancellor

Mohamed Lachemi 

(until December 2026)

Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano

(effective January 1, 2027)

President, Vice-Chancellor and Chair of Senate

Roberta Iannacito-Provenzano (until December 31, 2026)

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 Gonzales (Interim)

Vice Provost, Students

Kimberley McCausland 

Vice Provost, University Planning

Amy Peng  Dean, Faculty of Arts

Lisa Barnoff (Interim) 

Dean, Faculty of Community Services

Natalie Alvarez   Dean, The Creative School
Sri Krishnan 

Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

Donna Young Dean, Faculty of Law
David Cramb Dean, Faculty of Science
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 

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

Joanne Dallaire 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) )