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

Read the archive of past Senate meeting minutes