Undergraduate Calendar 2011-2012

General Information - General Structure of the University

Officers of Administration
The Board of Governors
The Senate
The Faculty Council
The Faculty Board
Office of The Registrar

Officers of Administration

Chancellor and President
The Minister of National Defence, The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, P.C., Q.C., M.P.

Commandant
Brigadier-General J.G.E. Tremblay, CD

Principal
Dr. Joel Sokolsky, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Director of Cadets
Lieutenant-Colonel Susan L. Wigg, C.D., B.Eng., M.P.M., P.M.P.

The Board of Governors

The RMCC Board of Governors was established in 1997. Its role is to review and approve the strategic direction of the College, and to provide advice to the Minister of National Defence on all matters relating to the College as required.

Chairman
Brigadier-General (retired) Don Macnamara, O.M.M., C.D., D.Sc., Ph.D.

Vice-Chairman
Major-General Daniel Gosselin, O.M.M., C.D.
Commander, Canadian Defence Academy

Executive Secretary
Ms Denise Kerr

Members
Brigadier-General J.G.E. Tremblay, CD
Commandant, Royal Military College of Canada

Dr. Joel Sokolsky, Ph.D.
Principal, Royal Military College of Canada

Dr. David Bercuson, Ph.D., Civilian Member
Center for Military and Strategic Studies, University of Calgary

Captain (Navy) John Gardam, C.D.
Director Maritime Training and Education

Mr. Blake Goldring, M.S.M., L.L.D., C.F.A., Civilian Member
Chair, AGF Management Ltd

Dr. Gérard Hervouet, Ph.D., Civilian Member
Professor, Laval University

Colonel Bernd Horn, Ph.D.
Chief of Staff, Land Forces Doctrine and Training Systems

Dr Anne Irwin, Ph.D., Civilian Member
Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, Chair in Civil-Military Relations, University of Calgary

Colonel Russ Konyk
Director Air Personnel Strategy

Colonel (retired) Chris Lythgo
Alumni Representative

Irene I. MacLeod, Civilian Member
Special Project Coordinator, Macleod Group

Lieutenant-General (retired) Michel Maisonneuve, C.D., B.A., M.A.
Academic Director, RMC Saint-Jean

Dr. Marc Milner, Ph.D., Civilian Member
Director, Gregg Centre for the study of War and Society, University of New Brunswick

Erin Michael O'Toole, C.D., B.A., L.L.B., Civilian Member
Legal Counsel, Proctor and Gamble Canada

The Senate

The Senate was created by the Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act, 1959, and is composed of the President, the Commandant, the Principal, the Deans of the Academic Faculties, the Director of Cadets, and the Registrar.

Its function is to grant degrees and honorary degrees.

Chancellor and President
The Minister of National Defence

Secretary
Registrar

Members
Commandant RMCC

Principal

Dean of Faculty of Arts

Dean of Faculty of Science

Dean of Faculty of Engineering

Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Division

Dean of Continuing Studies

Director of Cadets

Academic Director, RMC St-Jean

Faculty Representative

The Faculty Council

The Faculty Council is composed of the Principal as Chair, the Registrar as Secretary, the Deans of Faculties, the Heads or Acting Heads of the various Departments, the Director of Cadets, and other members of the Senior Staff designated by the Chair.

Its function is to determine on all matters of an educational character including all courses of study, the Library, and the Calendar, to conduct examinations, to recommend to the Senate the candidates for degrees and diplomas, to award College medals, prizes and scholarships and generally to make such recommendations to the Commandant as may be deemed expedient for promoting the interests of the College.

The Faculty Board

The Faculty Board is composed of the Principal as Chair, the Professors, the Associate Professors, the Assistant Professors, the Lecturers, the Chief Librarian, the Registrar, the Director of Administration, the Director of Cadets, the Officers of the Military Wing, all other members of the senior staff designated by the Chair, and students representing the student body invited by the Chair to attend.

The function of the Faculty Board is to deal with examination results of undergraduate students; to make recommendations to the Faculty Council on honours standing and academic failures; to exercise academic supervision of students; to make recommendations to the Commandant on Cadet Wing appointments; and to make recommendations to Faculty Council or the Commandant on any matter affecting the general interest of the College.

Office of The Registrar

Registrar
Major Raymond Stouffer, C.D., B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Associate Registrar (Undergraduate Studies)
Ms. Naomi Ballance, B.A.

Associate Registrar (Graduate Studies)
Ms. Shelagh Corbett, B.A.

Associate Registrar (Admissions)
Mr. Roch Hau, C.D., M.A.