Senate Members
The Senate comprises the President of the University; the Vice-Presidents of the University; the Deans of Faculties and Schools; the Registrar; the University Librarian and Director of the Office of Skills Development and Learning; six members of the student body, at least one of whom is a mature or part-time student or both; the President of the Student Union; one member of the Board of Governors; one member of the Alumni Association; and twenty-two members elected from the full-time teaching faculty.
Members of Senate 2025–2026
Ex Officio
- Wendy Rodgers – President, Vice-Chancellor, and Chair of Senate
- Kim Mears – Librarian, Vice-Chair of Senate
- Pascal Robichaud – University Secretary (non-voting)
- Andrea Trowbridge – Interim Registrar
Vice-Presidents
- Greg Naterer – Vice-President, Academic and Research
- Tim Walker – Vice-President, Administration and Finance
- Jane Ngobia – Vice-President, People and Culture
Deans
- Simon Lloyd – Interim University Librarian
- Nola Etkin – Dean of Science
- Dominique Griffon – Dean of Veterinary Medicine
- Suzanne Kresta – Dean of Sustainable Design Engineering
- Tarek Mady – Dean of Business
- Patrice Drake – Interim Dean of Nursing
- Sharon Myers – Dean of Arts
- Preston Smith – Dean of Medicine
- Marva Sweeney-Nixon – Associate Vice-President (Research) and Dean of Graduate Studies
- Miles Turnbull – Dean of Education
- Angelina Weenie – Dean of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies
Alumni Member
- Inara Bhalesha (2026)
Board Memeber
- Mary Anne McMahon (2026)
Student Members
- Lucianna Quiroa Paredes
- Deana Magbanua
- Rose Avoine Dalton
- Hadiqa Sulman
Faculty Members
Term expires 30 June 2026
- Patrick Joseph Augustine – Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies
- Erin Reid – Faculty of Indigenous Knowledge, Education, Research, and Applied Studies
- Stephanie Hamilton – Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- William Montelpare – Applied Human Sciences, Faculty of Science
- James Sentance – Economics, Faculty of Arts
- Magdalena von Eccher – Music, Faculty of Arts
- Robert Deziel – Faculty of Science
- Vacant – Faculty of Arts
Term expires 30 June 2027
- Charles Adeyanju – Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
- Vacant – Faculty of Arts
- Melanie Buote – Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Marissa Clapson – Chemistry, Faculty of Science
- John McIntyre – Faculty of Arts
- Barry Linkletter – Faculty of Science
- Peter Foley – Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Kathy Gottschall-Pass – Applied Human Sciences, Faculty of Science
- Cezar Campeanu – Faculty of Science
- Amy Hsiao – Faculty of Sustainable Design Engineering
- Raquel Hoersting – Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- J. Trenton McClure – Health Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Yuliya Rashchupkina – Political Science, Faculty of Arts
- William Whelan – Physics, Faculty of Science
Term expires 30 June 2028
- Ann Braithwaite – Faculty of Arts
- Nancy Clark – Faculty of Nursing
- Scott Cassidy – McDougall Faculty of Business
- Paul Bernard – Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
- Terri Jackson – Faculty of Education
Non-Voting
- Andrea Bourque – President, UPEI Faculty Association
