Governing Documents: University Community

POLICY:	SENIOR SCHOLAR
Effective Date:	December 13, 1984
Revised Date:	March 26, 1998
Review Date:
Approving Body:	Board of Governors
Authority:
Implementation:
Contact:	Vice-President (Academic) and Provost
Applies to:	Academic Staff

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Preamble

Retirement of a senior member of the academic staff of the University is an important event for both the individual concerned and the academic unit with which the staff member is associated. It represents one of the most significant transitions in life style and pattern of daily activity most of us are likely to encounter.

From the perspective of the unit from which a scholar is about to retire, it may be advantageous for such an individual to maintain an active presence in the unit because of the contribution the staff member could make to the general level of research and scholarly activity of their unit. Where the interest of the retiring faculty member and the unit coincide, it seems desirable to provide appropriate means by which an active association can be continued.

Policy and Procedure

1. A Senior Scholar is an individual who:

   a) has retired from a full-time academic appointment, or from a reduced academic appointment at the University of Manitoba

   b) normally holds no other academic appointment at the University

   c) wishes to continue or engage in active research and scholarship at the University

   d) has been recommended for appointment as a Senior Scholar by the department head and dean/director and whose appointment has been approved by the President.
   
   

2. In exceptional circumstances the President may consider the appointment as a Senior Scholar of an individual who does not fulfill all of the criteria described in clause 1.

3. Senior Scholars shall normally be appointed for an initial term not exceeding three years and may be reappointed for successive terms, each term not to exceed three years.

4. Senior Scholars may have such access to office or laboratory space, secretarial assistance, computer services and other academic support services as may be deemed appropriate by the head of the academic unit concerned.

5. Senior Scholars may be provided with such other privileges as may be approved by the President.

6. Senior Scholars may, on the recommendation of the head of the academic unit concerned, be considered for appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for such designated activities as teaching and graduate student supervising. Such appointments would fall under the normal procedures of that Faculty.

7. Senior Scholars shall be eligible to apply for grants and contracts under the aegis of the University.

8. Senior Scholar appointments and any privileges granted to Senior Scholars are entirely ex gratia and discretionary. Those with Senior Scholar appointments are, however, not precluded from also holding sessional or part-time appointments provided these conform with the policy on post-retirement appointments.