Governing Documents: Governance

POLICY:	DEPARTMENT COUNCIL BYLAWS
Effective Date:	November 5, 1974
Revised Date:
Review Date:
Approving Body:	Senate
Authority:
Implementation:
Contact:	University Secretary
Applies to:	Deans/Directors/Department Heads

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Senate has provided for the establishment of councils within all departments of the University. Unlike faculty councils that are established and regulated by a Senate bylaw, Senate has delegated to the individual faculty and school councils the power to establish and regulate department councils where applicable within a faculty or school.

A copy of all current department council bylaws, when revised and approved by the individual faculty/school councils, shall be held in the University Secretariat.

Each new member of a department council shall receive from the Department Head's office an up-to-date copy of the bylaw. Amendments shall be distributed, as they are approved, to members of the Department, the University Secretary, and, where applicable, to the Presidents of the Graduate and Undergraduate Students' Associations, and to the Senior Stick of the faculty or school concerned.

Consistent with the policy with respect to amendments to faculty and school council bylaws, all proposed amendments to department council bylaws shall be reviewed by the Committee on Rules and Procedures before they are presented to a faculty/school council.